Fake Relationship. Five Rules. One Love They Never Saw Coming.

Maya Bennett has sworn off love. After being blindsided by her ex at her best friend's wedding, the last thing she needs is another complicated relationship-especially with a man who is impossible, intimidating, and completely off-limits. Ethan Cole has a problem of his own. His family won't stop trying to set him up, and the only way to get them to back off is to convince them he's finally found someone.
When Maya agrees to become his fake girlfriend, the arrangement seems perfect. They make five simple rules:No jealousy. No sleeping together. No kissing in private. Keep their feelings out of it. And absolutely, under no circumstances, fall in love. But pretending to be a couple means spending more time together. Family dinners become stolen glances. Fake kisses start feeling dangerously real. And every touch makes it harder to remember where the act ends and their true feelings begin.
Then Ethan's ex returns with secrets that threaten to destroy their arrangement-and Maya discovers that Ethan has been hiding something far more dangerous than his complicated past. Because Ethan hasn't just started falling for her. He's been in love with her for years. Now Maya must decide whether she's willing to break every rule they've made for the one thing neither of them was supposed to want:a love that was never supposed to be real.