She played the bride. He stopped pretending.
I knew every romance trope by heart.
I never expected to become one.
As a romance novel reviewer, Poppy Lane has read hundreds of love stories. She knows every setup, every red flag, and every fake-dating rule.
Then she gets lost in the hedge maze of a billionaire’s private estate, overhears a devastating breakup, and makes one impulsive decision that changes everything.
She doesn'''t correct the wedding planner who mistakes her for the bride.
Now Poppy has ten days to pretend to be engaged to Weston Blackwood: cold, controlled, dangerously hard to read, and heir to a powerful old-money family that cannot afford another scandal.
He needs a bride.
She needs money before an eviction notice destroys what little stability she has left.
So they make a deal:
Ten days.
One fake engagement.
One performance convincing enough to save them both.
The rules are simple:
Smile for the guests.
Survive the family.
Keep your boundaries.
Do not fall for the groom.
Easy—until Wes stops pretending.
Between sharp banter, old-money secrets, a terrifyingly elegant matriarch, a cousin who weaponizes courtesy, and a found family determined to keep Poppy alive and emotionally inconvenient, the line between performance and truth begins to blur.
Because Poppy may know every romance trope on the page…
But surviving one is another story.
POPPY is a sharp, emotional fake-bride romantic comedy about boundaries, found family, slow-burn tension, and two people who pretend to fall in love until the lie becomes the safest truth they have.
One hedge maze.
One wrong bride.
One chance to stop pretending.
Perfect for readers who love fake dating, fake engagement, grumpy x sunshine, old-money family drama, sharp banter, wedding chaos, found family, and slow-burn romance with a guaranteed happy ending.
Genre: Romance
I knew every romance trope by heart.
I never expected to become one.
As a romance novel reviewer, Poppy Lane has read hundreds of love stories. She knows every setup, every red flag, and every fake-dating rule.
Then she gets lost in the hedge maze of a billionaire’s private estate, overhears a devastating breakup, and makes one impulsive decision that changes everything.
She doesn'''t correct the wedding planner who mistakes her for the bride.
Now Poppy has ten days to pretend to be engaged to Weston Blackwood: cold, controlled, dangerously hard to read, and heir to a powerful old-money family that cannot afford another scandal.
He needs a bride.
She needs money before an eviction notice destroys what little stability she has left.
So they make a deal:
Ten days.
One fake engagement.
One performance convincing enough to save them both.
The rules are simple:
Smile for the guests.
Survive the family.
Keep your boundaries.
Do not fall for the groom.
Easy—until Wes stops pretending.
Between sharp banter, old-money secrets, a terrifyingly elegant matriarch, a cousin who weaponizes courtesy, and a found family determined to keep Poppy alive and emotionally inconvenient, the line between performance and truth begins to blur.
Because Poppy may know every romance trope on the page…
But surviving one is another story.
POPPY is a sharp, emotional fake-bride romantic comedy about boundaries, found family, slow-burn tension, and two people who pretend to fall in love until the lie becomes the safest truth they have.
One hedge maze.
One wrong bride.
One chance to stop pretending.
Perfect for readers who love fake dating, fake engagement, grumpy x sunshine, old-money family drama, sharp banter, wedding chaos, found family, and slow-burn romance with a guaranteed happy ending.
Genre: Romance