Mara Antonini has built her life on never staying anywhere long enough to matter. She works the Vegas comedy circuit—clubs, casinos, anywhere that pays—with the kind of focus that doesn’t leave room for complications. The gigs are what matters. The headlining slot is what matters. Everything else is noise.
Then Victoria McHenry walks in asking for something Mara’s never had to consider: help. Victoria’s a nurse, which means she actually cares about things. Her mother is a nightmare of expectations and old money. Her grandmother’s birthday gala is the kind of event where the wrong date can become family legend. Victoria needs someone to pretend to be devoted to her for one night. Someone convincing enough to satisfy her mother.
Mara needs to stop looking like someone who runs through women like other people run through coffee. A serious relationship would help. An actual partner—or someone playing one convincingly—could reshape how the industry sees her, could get her closer to the headlining slots she’s been chasing.
The arrangement makes sense. Fake dating, clearly defined, with an expiration date built in.
Except Vegas is small in ways that matter. The McHenry family is larger than expected in ways that matter. The more nights Mara spends in Victoria’s space, the more the pretense starts feeling like something else—like she’s actually showing up for someone instead of performing. Victoria stops being a problem to solve and becomes the thing Mara doesn’t want to lose. The performance cracks. The real thing underneath starts showing through.
By the time they both realize what’s happened, the fake relationship has become the only true thing in either of their lives. And that’s the dangerous part—because now there’s actually something at stake.
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| ISBN: 9781642472004 |
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| Genre: Romance |
| Subject(s): Amours – Romans, nouvelles, etc; Comedians; Comedians – Fiction; Comiques – Romans, nouvelles, etc; Dating (Social customs); Dating (Social Customs) – Fiction; Lesbians; Lesbians – Fiction; Lesbiennes – Romans, nouvelles, etc |
| Publication Date: 2021-05-18 |
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| Publisher: Bella Books |
| Language: English |
| Format: Paperback |
| Pages: 204 |
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| Book_ID: 105897 |