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A fake relationship after a horrible onenight stand is anything but an act in this witty and heartfelt new romantic comedy by Ashley Herring Blake

Everyone around Iris Kelly is in love Her best friends are all coupled up her siblings have partners that are perfect for them and her parents are still blissfully married And shes happy for all of them truly Iris doesnt want any of thatdating love romance Shell stick to her commitmentfree hookups thanks very much except no one in her life will just let her be Everyone wants to see her settled down but she holds firmly to her no dating rule Theres only one problemIris is a romance author facing an imminent deadline for her second book and shes completely out of ideas

Perfectly happy to ignore her problems as per usual Iris goes to a bar in Portland and meets a sexy stranger Stefania and a night of dancing and making out turns into the worst onenight stand Iris has had in her life To get her mind off everything Iris tries out for the lead role in a local play a queer retelling of Much Ado About Nothing but comes facetoface with Stefania whose real name turns out to be Stevie Desperate to save face in front of her friends Stevie asks Iris to play along as her girlfriend Iris is shocked but when she realizes the arrangement might provide her with some muchneeded romantic content for her book she agrees As the two women play the part of a happy couple lines start to blur and theyre left wondering who will make the real first move