Pretending He’s Mine

Sosa’s fluffy second Love on Cue contemporary (after Acting on Impulse) sets up a complicated relationship between flight attendant Ashley Williamson and film agent Julian Hart, who represents Ashley’s movie star brother, Carter. Ashley initially claims she just needs a place to stay between flights, but from the moment Julian gives her his spare room, she does her best to seduce him. He’s hardly immune to her charms, but Julian’s used to thinking of her as his best friend’s kid sister—in other words, off limits. Sosa tries to raise the tension by alternating Ashley and Julian’s narrations to show their inner concerns and hesitations, but the only real questions are where and when the pair will get together, and those are readily answered when they head to the East Coast for Carter’s low-key wedding and have to sleep in the same bed. Ashley’s white and Julian’s black, but the Williamsons look upon Julian as a member of the family, and no issues of cultural compatibility ever come up, which may strike readers as improbable. This contemporary is best suited to fans of light, quick stories with minimal angst. Agent: Sarah Younger, Nancy Yost Literary. (Apr.)