She needs money to save her event-planning business. He needs a fiancée to save his inheritance. Falling in love was never part of the contract.

Poppy Hart can turn any disaster into a beautiful event—except the disaster of returning to Bellweather Cove, the small town she left behind. When a famous footballer offers her a fortune to pose as his fiancée for the summer, she accepts the outrageous deal for one reason: her business is about to collapse.

Callum Mercer is rich, famous, and emotionally unavailable enough to make a locked door seem chatty. His grandmother will only preserve the Mercer family estate if he can prove he has built a stable life beyond football. A fake engagement seems like the perfect solution.

There are rules. No kissing. No emotional attachment. No changing the arrangement.

But then they are sent to rescue the town's chaotic summer festival, a booking error traps them in a cottage with one bed, and one very real kiss becomes an internet sensation. When their contract leaks, Poppy and Callum must face the truth: the relationship that began as a performance may be the most honest thing either of them has ever had.

Perfect for readers who love fake engagements, grumpy athletes, sunshine heroines, forced proximity, only-one-bed romance, and charming small towns full of opinions.