He Told His Mother I Was Just a Friend: A Plus Size Romance
Mallory Hargrove thought meeting Reid Bancroft's parents meant their relationship was finally getting serious.
They've been together for ten months. He's met her family. He practically lives at her apartment. He tells her he loves her.
So when Reid invites her to dinner at his parents' house, Mallory spends an hour getting ready, puts on the green dress he loves, and walks to the front door holding his hand.
Then his mother opens it.
"And who is this?"
Reid hesitates.
And says the one thing Mallory never expected.
"This is Mallory. My friend."
Mallory doesn't cause a scene.
She smiles.
She survives dinner.
She lets his family believe the lie while Reid slowly realizes exactly what he's done.
But the second they're alone, Mallory asks him the question he can't answer:
"Do you want me to be your girlfriend in private or your friend in public?"
Then she walks away.
Reid knows he loves her.
Mallory knows it too.
That's what makes the betrayal hurt so badly.
Because Reid wasn't ashamed to touch her, sleep beside her, or build a life with her behind closed doors.
He was just too afraid of his mother's judgment to claim the plus-size woman he loved when it mattered.
Now Reid has to prove that loving Mallory privately isn't enough.
He has to become the kind of man who will stand beside her publicly-even if winning her back means finally confronting the family approval he's spent his entire life chasing.
A steamy, emotional plus-size romance featuring public rejection, family drama, a heroine who refuses to beg for her place, serious groveling, and a hero who has to earn his second chance.
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