Fake Fiancé, Real Fiasco: A Fake Dating MM Romance

Theo Callahan knows the rules of bartending for Manhattan’s elite: be fast, be invisible, and never make a scene. Drowning in $187,000 of student debt, the Columbia PhD candidate can’t afford to lose his job.

Julian Ashford is the heir to a massive foundation, suffocating under his family’s relentless expectations. To secure his inheritance before his thirtieth birthday, a clause in his grandfather’s will requires him to be in a committed partnership. He needs a fake fiancé, and after watching Theo expertly handle a billionaire’s fragile ego, Julian knows he’s found the perfect candidate.

The offer is insane but simple: Play Julian’s fiancé for four weeks at the Ashford family estate in the Hudson Valley, and Julian pays off Theo’s student loans in full.

But surviving the Ashford family requires more than a rehearsed cover story. Between a ruthless cousin, an observant matriarch, and a guest suite with only one bed, the strict rules of their arrangement begin to dissolve. What starts as a clinical transaction turns into a scorching collision of two opposite worlds. As family secrets threaten to expose the fraud, Julian and Theo must decide what happens when a fake relationship becomes the realest thing they’ve ever felt.