Abbi Dorsey can't escape the night she can't remember: the photos, the harassment, and the humiliation her old college friends won't let her forget. As the daughter of Seattle's most famous musicians, she always knew fame could be cruel. She just never thought it would find her this way.
Clay grew up in the spotlight, too. He knows how to spot phonies and predators. From the moment he sees Abbi, he can't stop thinking about her. When she needs someone to pretend to be her protective boyfriend for the press, he volunteers before she can even finish asking.
It's fake. They both know it's fake. The chemistry between them does not know it's fake.
✓ Fake dating ✓ Protector hero ✓ Famous-family heroine escaping public scandal ✓ Online harassment survival story ✓ Chemistry that stops being fake faster than either of them expects
***Content note: this story deals with difficult subject matter. Trigger warning available inside.***
Alexa Padgett writes contemporary romances filled with heart, heat, and emotional depth that helps readers breathe easier. Her stories offer women a soft place to land, a world where they feel seen, valued, and loved by partners who show up. She writes hockey heroes, rockstars with wounded hearts, and the women strong enough to love them. When she isn’t writing, Alexa can be found at home near Santa Fe, NM, drinking too much coffee, dreaming up new characters, and believing in the power of love stories to make us feel whole again.