This zippy Sapphic rom-com from Bellefleur (Count Your Lucky Stars) features slow-burn romance, a steamy marriage-of-convenience, and a profusion of Taylor Swift references. From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Written with a surfeit of quippy wit and graced with a delightfully quirky constellation of supporting characters, Lambda Literary Award winner Bellefleur's (Count Your Lucky Stars, 2022) fun, fresh take on the marriage of convenience trope delivers all the romantically swoonworthy moments and steamy chemistry romance readers crave. Bracing herself for the resulting debacle once her relatives discover the truth, Tansy is even more shocked when Gemma not only pretends to know Tansy but announces to everyone attending that they are now engaged to be married. This isn't a problem until six months later, when the real Gemma van Dalen turns up as a guest at a wedding Tansy is attending. The first name that pops into Tansy's head is that of romance novel cover model Gemma West, a.k.a. In order to avoid her family's persistent meddling in her love life, Seattle bookstore owner Tansy Adams invents a girlfriend for herself.
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