My Big Fat Fake Marriage
A Novel
Charlotte Stein
- Something
- has
- to
- give...
- Could
- it
- be
- her
- heart?Connie
- has
- always
- distrusted
- nice
- guys.
- In
- her
- experience,
- they’re
- just
- waiting
- to
- reveal
- some
- horrible
- secret.
- And
- then
- she
- meets
- big,
- adorable,
- Henry
- Samuel
- Beckett—editor
- extraordinaire,
- lover
- of
- bow
- ties,
- sweet
- and
- so
- cheery
- she
- struggles
- to
- believe
- he’s
- real.Until
- Henry
- Samuel
- Beckett—or
- Beck,
- as
- he’s
- known
- to
- most—tells
- her
- the
- secret
- underneath
- his
- sunny
- surface:
- He’s
- been
- single
- all
- his
- life.
- But
- in
- a
- moment
- of
- panic,
- he’s
- told
- everyone
- at
- his
- publishing
- house
- that
- he’s
- married.
- And
- when
- Connie,
- an
- aspiring
- writer
- herself,
- can’t
- help
- defending
- him,
- she
- ends
- up
- being
- the
- fake
- wife
- he
- doesn’t
- actually
- have.When
- they
- head
- off
- on
- a
- writing
- retreat,
- surrounded
- by
- people
- convinced
- this
- must
- be
- a
- ruse,
- both
- of
- them
- can't
- help
- but
- agree.
- Until
- they
- share
- their
- first
- kiss,
- their
- first
- touch,
- their
- first
- time
- in
- only
- one
- bed.
- Side
- by
- side,
- every
- night,
- as
- the
- simmering
- tension
- builds…Connie
- starts
- to
- wonder
- if
- this
- might
- be
- real
- after all.
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