Downloading The Plus-One Problem: Pretending was easy. Stopping isn’t.

Mara Ellison knows how to manage details, expectations, and everyone else’s happiness. As a sought-after event planner, she orchestrates flawless weddings, seamless galas, picture-perfect nights. What she can’t manage is the steady pressure circling her own life. When a chance reunion with Lina turns into an impulsive deal to pose as a couple for weddings, corporate events, and family gatherings the fix seems simple. Clear rules. Short-term benefits. No feelings. Pretending is easy, especially when it quiets nosy questions and smooths social edges. Then the appearances pile up. The performance starts to feel natural. Too natural. Lina slips into Mara’s ordered world with surprising ease, bringing humor, calm, and a steady presence Mara didn’t know she was missing. Public affection becomes private comfort. Scripted stories give way to late conversations over cold takeout. The line between convenience and connection blurs. When talk of dating for real threatens to end the arrangement, Mara has to face what she’s been managing instead of naming. Walking away would be safer. Choosing honesty means risking the one thing she’s always kept under control. When pretending turns real, will Mara choose the life she planned or the love she didn’t? *** Part of the Ordinary Days Romance series, where modern women find unexpected love in the moments they never planned for. Ordinary Days Romance is a contemporary, clean lesbian FF romcom series about love that arrives quietly and rearranges everything. These stories live in everyday spaces: bakeries before sunrise, thin apartment walls, crowded events, shared responsibilities, and teamwork that sneaks up on you. Each standalone novel follows two women who aren’t looking for romance, only to run into it through timing, choices, and small moments that keep stacking up. Warm and playful, the books balance humor with tenderness and deliver an unmistakable happily-ever-after because even ordinary days can surprise you. Sometimes love doesn’t knock. It just moves in.