Julia Westbrook

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The Boyfriend Blueprint

Rule #1: Don’t lie to your parents about having a boyfriend.Rule #2: If you do lie, definitely don’t recruit the emotionally unavailable contractor to play your boyfriend.Rule #3: Whatever you do, don’t fall in love with him.Daphne Harper breaks all three.What begins as a harmless fake relationship to soothe her protective parents quickly spirals into something far more complicated. Between staged date nights, real pancakes at her apartment, and one very inconvenient slow dance, Daphne and Elias discover that pretending is much easier than resisting.Now they’re tangled in jealous misunderstandings, meddling families, and feelings neither of them knows how to name — all while Millford Falls watches from the front row.A charming small-town fake-dating romance filled with cinnamon rolls, emotional restraint, and a kiss powerful enough to turn even the most carefully planned life upside down.

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