Fake it Till You Make it

Book excerpt: Food truck owner Steve Groff is laying low. That revenge song that’s sweeping the country like vitriolic wildfire? It’s about him. His ex hasn’t outed him yet, but he knows it’s coming. And even though he really is a good guy, the hateful tune is haunting him from coast to coast and has him sincerely wondering, Am I the asshole? Firmly stuck in identity crisis mode, the last thing he needs is a relationship of any kind. But the people-pleaser in him can’t resist when a sexy shop-keeper offers up a fake-boyfriend quid pro quo. What’s that saying about those who don’t learn from the past? Maeve Morrison has ex problems of her own when hers pops up after years of radio silence. Caught off-guard and woefully unprepared to face him or his new fiancée, she grabs the nearest customer and begs him to be her stand-in boyfriend. An easy-enough plan until things escalate, and she and Steve are suddenly co-catering her ex’s wedding. In a week. Now, despite their best efforts, they're falling hard for each other while fighting just as hard to keep their skeletons locked firmly in the closet. But can two people still drowning in the fallout of their failed past relationships trust a new one built on lies?