Overview

She needed a shield to survive her family. She didn’t expect to fall in love with the sword.

Imogen Thorne is the family disappointment. She’s messy, she’s broke, and she’s a chaotic artist living in a studio flat that smells of turpentine. The last thing she needs is to attend her perfect brother’s wedding in a freezing Scottish castle alone, facing the firing squad of her mother’s judgment.

In a moment of panic, she tells a lie. A massive lie. She claims she’s bringing her serious girlfriend.

The problem? She’s aggressively single.The bigger problem? The name she blurted out belongs to Tamsin Cross—the terrifyingly successful, icy corporate lawyer Imogen has been pining over from afar for a year.
When Tamsin overhears Imogen’s meltdown, she doesn’t sue. She offers to help. She needs a break from her high-pressure life, and playing the role of a devoted girlfriend seems like the perfect distraction.

The Rules:

1. Stick to the contract.
2. Survive the weekend.
3. Under no circumstances fall in love.

But Glencorrie Castle has other plans. Between a "booking error" that leaves them with only one bed, a mother who demands perfection, and a fake relationship that feels dangerously real, the lines are blurring fast. Tamsin isn’t just playing the part; she’s defending Imogen with a fierceness that takes Imogen’s breath away.

As the temperature drops and the snow traps them inside, the heat between them becomes impossible to ignore. But Tamsin has a life in London she can’t escape, and Imogen knows that even the best performances have to end eventually.

Can they survive the lie without breaking their hearts, or will the truth destroy the only thing that’s ever felt real?

Pretending I Do is a steamy, laugh-out-loud Sapphic romance featuring the "one bed" trope, a grumpy/sunshine dynamic, and a high-stakes fake dating arrangement that goes spectacularly wrong.

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