Lily Chen has exactly three problems:One: Her mother won't stop setting her up on blind dates with "nice Chinese boys" who all want a traditional wife.Two: Her family's annual reunion is in six weeks, and everyone—including her perfect older sister—will be there with their significant others.Three: She just told her mother she's bringing her boyfriend. The boyfriend who doesn't exist.In a moment of panic during yet another phone call about her love life, Lily invented the perfect man. Successful. Handsome. Serious about marriage. Her mother was thrilled. Her sister was impressed. And Lily was doomed.Because now she has six weeks to produce an actual boyfriend or admit she's a lying disaster.Enter Noah Martinez: her infuriating, arrogant, devastatingly attractive coworker.They've been competing for the same promotion for months. Trading barbs. One-upping each other in meetings. Making each other's professional lives miserable. Lily can't stand him. The feeling is entirely mutual.But when Noah overhears Lily's predicament, he makes her an offer she can't refuse: he'll be her fake boyfriend for the reunion. In exchange, she'll help him close the biggest deal of his career—a deal that requires him to appear stable, settled, and relationship-ready to conservative clients.It's a simple arrangement. Six weeks of pretending. No feelings. No complications. They'll play the perfect couple in public, go back to hating each other in private, and walk away clean.Except nothing about being with Noah is simple.The first time he holds her hand, Lily's heart races. The first time he kisses her (for appearances, obviously), she forgets it's fake. And the first time he looks at her like she's the only person in the room, she realizes she's in serious trouble.Because somewhere between the fake dates and staged photos and practiced affection, the lines started to blur. The touches started lasting longer. The kisses started feeling real. And Lily started falling for the man she's supposed to hate.Noah's not doing any better. He told himself this was just business. A mutually beneficial arrangement. But Lily makes him laugh. Makes him want to be better. Makes him forget why he was keeping everyone at arm's length in the first place.He finds himself wanting to actually meet her family. Actually be the boyfriend she's pretending he is. Actually build something real with the woman who drives him absolutely insane in the best possible way.But they're competitors. They're pretending. And admitting feelings means risking the carefully constructed walls they've both built around their hearts.As the reunion approaches, the fake relationship feels increasingly real. Secret glances. Genuine smiles. Moments where they forget they're supposed to be acting. Until neither of them knows where the pretense ends and the truth begins.The question is: when the six weeks are up and the deal is done, will they go back to being enemies? Or will they finally admit that what started as pretend has become the most real thing in both their lives?PRETEND YOU'RE MINE is a swoon-worthy fake dating romance about enemies who become lovers, professional rivals who become partners, and two people who thought they were pretending until they realized they'd been falling in love all along. Perfect for fans of workplace romance, fake relationships that turn real, enemies-to-lovers tension, forced proximity, family dynamics, slow-burn chemistry, and happily ever afters that prove sometimes the best relationships start with a lie.Featuring: a fake boyfriend arrangement, competitive coworkers who can't stand each other (or can they?), a family reunion that changes everything, practiced kisses that feel too real, hand-holding that makes hearts race, the moment when fake becomes forever, and an ending that will make you believe in love again.Because sometimes you have to pretend before you can admit the truth: that you've been falling for them all along.
