cover image How to Fake a Wedding Date

How to Fake a Wedding Date

Karen Booth. Harlequin Desire, $5.50 mass market (224p) ISBN 978-1-335-73575-1

Booth immerses readers in an opulent world of sex and scandal in her third Little Black Book of Secrets romance (after Black Tie Bachelor Bid). Socialite Alexandra Gold caused a stir when she walked out on her extravagant wedding 14 months before the start of the novel. Now she must face her best friend’s wedding—but she refuses to go solo and risk the attention of the new, venomous gossip site Little Black Book of Secrets. Enter Ryder Carson, Alex’s longstanding secret crush and her brother’s best friend. Though the pair secretly shared one steamy night together a while back, Alex still views Ryder as off-limits. The pair are adamant about keeping things friendly as they fake a relationship, but flirtatious banter and a wedding mood prove difficult to resist. But which will happen first: their romance turning real, or the Little Black Book of Secrets revealing to the world that it was fake? Booth keeps the pages flying with saucy repartee and intense chemistry between the couple. The result is a steamy romance that fans of the brother’s-best-friend and fake-dating tropes will want to snap up. Agent: Melissa Jeglinski, Knight Agency. (June)