Tall, Dark, and Definitely Real

She reads about romance. He plays to avoid it. But when sparks fly under fake rules, the only thing they're faking is control.

Hattie Bennett is perfectly content living in the pages of her romance novels. Tall, shy, and more familiar with fictional kisses than real ones, she'd rather rot in bed with her Kindle than navigate the mess of real boys and real heartbreak.

But when her spot in her long-time friend group starts to feel shakier than ever, and Ashley the queen bee of their group starts obsessing over the dreamy, tatted captain of the hockey team, Hattie finds herself unexpectedly thrown into the chaos of college party culture. She's just there to people-watch... until one accidental encounter turns into a fake dating arrangement she never saw coming.

Wyatt Rivers is the golden boy of campus hockey-tattoos, mullet, muscles, and a reputation that's both terrifying and magnetic. Everyone wants him. He wants nothing to do with any of it-until a public misunderstanding forces him and Hattie into a fake relationship to save face.

Now they're faking it. But between team parties, locker room gossip, jealousy from all the wrong people, and moments that feel a little too real, Hattie's beginning to wonder if fiction has prepared her for anything like this.

Because falling for your fake boyfriend? That's not part of the deal.