Something New and Almost True

What do you do when your fake boyfriend and his best friend both steal your heart?

Sidney Wright didn't come to her stepsister's wedding for romance. She came to survive. Armed with a fake boyfriend and a tight smile, she's doing her best to ignore her mother's passive-aggressive comments, her family's scrutiny, and the deep sense that she doesn't quite belong. Pretending to be in love was supposed to keep her out of trouble. But pretending turns out to be a dangerous game.

Dillon Thatcher is used to flying under the radar. Quiet, thoughtful, and good at blending in, he's the perfect person to play the role of doting partner. But there's more to him than he lets on. He's spent years hiding the weight of who he really is and now, with Sidney, for the first time, he feels like he can be someone else. Someone honest. Someone real. If only the truth didn't threaten to unravel everything.

Silas Langford has never liked lies. He left his family's legacy behind years ago, choosing freedom over expectation, detachment over disappointment. He came to the resort to keep an eye on his best friend. But he didn't expect to clash so hard...or so often...with Dillon's new fake girlfriend. But the more time he spends around the fake couple, the more he's forced to question who he's really trying to protect... and why it suddenly feels like he's the one at risk.

Over one unexpected week, lines blur, loyalties shift, and what begins as a carefully constructed arrangement turns into something far messier-and far more real-than any of them imagined.