Impressing My Family
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Last published Fri, Oct 24, 2025
Althea Lathan is your typical doctor with absolutely no time for a love life. Her schedule is so demanding that even her friends and family have given up trying to keep up with her. So when her mother calls with news that her younger sister, Angel, is getting married, Althea isn't exactly thrilled. The family is expected to come together for the celebration, but Althea could hardly care less-especially since she and Angel have never gotten along. Their childhood rivalry never faded, and even as adults, they haven't made the slightest effort to mend their relationship. To make matters worse, Angel never misses a chance to mock Althea for being single.
Determined not to give her sister any more ammunition, Althea turns to her best friend for help. The solution? Hire someone to play the role of her boyfriend for a week. Her friend finds a man willing to take on the job-but what starts as a simple arrangement quickly gets complicated when he begins to catch real feelings for Althea.
Now the question is: will Althea let down her guard and open her heart, or is she only using him to save face in front of her family?
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