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At twenty-eight, Della Bowman has her life perfectly under control-until Mattia Polibio, her younger brother Luke's best friend, asks her to fake date him for the summer.
What starts as a simple arrangement quickly turns complicated when late-night conversations, lingering touches, and years of hidden feelings begin to blur the line between pretend and real. Mattia has always been the charming, reckless guy Della swore she'd never fall for, while Della has always been the one person he could never stop wanting.
With her best friend Clarissa warning her not to cross the line and Luke determined to keep his sister and best friend apart, Della and Mattia are forced to decide if risking everything is worth the chance at something real.
Because the hardest part about fake dating your best friend... is realizing you were never pretending at all.