Seven Days of Professional Pretending
When Nora Chen discovers her ex-fianc will be best man at her sister's destination wedding, she does what any reasonable event planner would do - she hires a fake boyfriend. What could possibly go wrong?
Nora Chen has her life figured out. As a successful event planner in Seattle, she orchestrates perfect days for everyone else while keeping her own messy emotions locked away. But when she learns that Ethan Walsh, the man who shattered her heart two years ago, will be spending an entire week at her little sister's Costa Rican wedding festivities, her carefully constructed composure crumbles.
Faced with seven days of family scrutiny, pitying glances, and her mother's not-so-subtle disappointment, Nora makes an impulsive decision that would horrify her practical, plan-ahead self - she books a professional boyfriend from an exclusive escort service.
Enter Jake Russo, a former actor who has turned the art of being the perfect plus-one into a lucrative career. He is charming without being sleazy, attentive without being clingy, and comes with a remarkable ability to remember fake relationship backstories. Their arrangement is simple: seven days of hand-holding, strategic kissing, and convincing everyone - including her ex - that Nora has moved on spectacularly. No real feelings. No complications. Just professional pretending.
But between sunset beach dinners, couples yoga sessions gone hilariously wrong, and late-night conversations that cut deeper than either expected, the line between performance and reality begins to blur. Jake is carrying secrets that could demolish the fragile trust growing between them, and Nora is terrified to discover that the version of herself she becomes around Jake - vulnerable and open and recklessly hopeful - might be who she was meant to be all along.
As the wedding week counts down and their fake relationship feels increasingly real, both must decide whether seven days of pretending is worth risking everything for something authentic.
Perfect for fans of witty banter, sizzling chemistry, and swoon-worthy romance with genuine emotional depth, Seven Days of Professional Pretending asks whether you can plan your way to happiness - or if the best things in life are the ones that catch you completely off guard.
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Nora Chen is a master at planning perfect events for everyone except herself. When her ex-fianc becomes the best man at her sister's Costa Rican destination wedding, she panics and hires Jake Russo, a professional fake boyfriend, to survive the week-long celebration.
Seven days in Costa Rica. One simple arrangement. No real feelings allowed.
But between sunset dinners and late-night confessions, their performance becomes dangerously convincing. As the wedding approaches, Nora must choose between the safety of pretending and the terrifying possibility that what she feels for Jake is the most real thing in her carefully controlled life.
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