The Fiancée Farce by Alexandria Bellefleur

However, readers unfamiliar with Seattle won’t have a hard time picturing the landscape and lifestyle.

Having lived in the Seattle area, I love reliving fond memories, and the mention of one of our favorite restaurants, Purple Cafe, made me smile and laugh. Foreshadowing is used wisely but leaving some surprises, and of course, we get the HEA.

The characters are well built and diverse. Smartly written with good pacing, this is a fun queer romcom with just enough heat. The fake fiancée trope gets a bit of a fresh take here, but let’s be honest, it’s a trope. I’ve listened to Bellefleur’s three previous books and this is another hit. But the scheming Van Dalen family won’t give up the company without a fight, and Gemma and Tansy’s newfound happiness might get caught in the fallout… Unexpected sparks fly as Tansy and Gemma play the role of affectionate fiancées, and suddenly the line between convenient arrangement and real feelings begins to blur. A marriage could be mutually beneficial, if they can fool everyone into thinking it’s a love match. Gemma needs a wife to meet the terms of her grandfather’s will and Tansy needs money to save her struggling bookstore. When Gemma discovers a beautiful stranger has been pretending to date her for months, she decides to take the charade one step further-and announces their engagement. But the title comes with one tiny condition: she must be married in order to inherit. Gemma van Dalen is a wild child, the outcast of her wealthy family, and now the latest heir to Van Dalen Publishing. They’ll never actually meet, so what’s the harm in a little fib? Yet when real-life Gemma crosses Tansy’s path, her white lie nearly implodes.

Tired of her stepfamily’s questions about her love life, Tansy invents Gemma, a fake girlfriend inspired by the stunning cover model on a bestselling book.

But when it comes to actual romance… Tansy can’t get past the first chapter. Tansy Adams’ greatest love is her family’s bookstore, passed down from her late father. Lambda Literary award winner and national bestselling author Alexandria Bellefleur returns with a steamy sapphic rom-com about a quiet bookseller and a romance novel cover model who agree to a modern-day marriage of convenience.

The Fiancée Farce by Alexandria Bellefleur