Overview

Fake dating the mom, crushing on the daughter.

Rhodes Jenkins loses everything in one week. Job. Apartment. Car that barely ran anyway. She posts a rent-a-girlfriend ad because what else is she supposed to do? It’s half joke, half desperation. Mostly desperation.

Diane Wilkins-Prescott responds. Wealthy. Intimidating. The kind of woman who probably has her maid iron her jeans. She wants Rhodes to play devoted girlfriend through the holidays to save face and avoid pity after a painful divorce. The pay? Stupid good. The catch? There’s always a catch. Diane has a daughter.

Taleah Prescott is warm and sharp and everything Rhodes didn’t sign up for. She is the complication that makes pretending feel impossible. The lines blur fast. Turns out fake doesn’t stay fake when you’re this broke and someone actually sees you and wants to know you, anyway. How long can you play a role when the only thing you’ve got left to lose is the part of your heart that you’re trying to protect?