Synopsis:
She played the bride. He stopped pretending.
I knew every romance trope by heart.
I never expected to become one.
As a romance novel reviewer, Poppy Lane has read hundreds of love stories. She knows every setup, every red flag, and every fake-dating rule.
Then she gets lost in the hedge maze of a billionaire’s private estate, overhears a devastating breakup, and makes one impulsive decision that changes everything.
She doesn’t correct the wedding planner who mistakes her for the bride.
Now Poppy has ten days to pretend to be engaged to Weston cold, controlled, dangerously hard to read, and heir to a powerful old-money family that cannot afford another scandal.
He needs a bride.
She needs money before an eviction notice destroys what little stability she has left.
So they make a
Ten days.
One fake engagement.
One performance convincing enough to save them both.
The rules are
Smile for the guests.
Survive the family.
Keep your boundaries.
Do not fall for the groom.
Easy—until Wes stops pretending.
Between sharp banter, old-money secrets, a terrifyingly elegant matriarch, a cousin who weaponizes courtesy, and a found family determined to keep Poppy alive and emotionally inconvenient, the line between performance and truth begins to blur.
Because Poppy may know every romance trope on the page…
But surviving one is another story.
POPPY is a sharp, emotional fake-bride romantic comedy about boundaries, found family, slow-burn tension, and two people who pretend to fall in love until the lie becomes the safest truth they have.
One hedge maze.
One wrong bride.
One chance to stop pretending.
Perfect for readers who love fake dating, fake engagement, grumpy x sunshine, old-money family drama, sharp banter, wedding chaos, found family, and slow-burn romance with a guaranteed happy ending.
Review:
Poppy is a struggling romance novel reviewer who is at the very prestigious Ravenmoor Hall for a press tour. While exploring the grounds, she overhears Wes's phone conversation and his fiancee who calls off the wedding. Given her financial problems, Poppy agreed to step in as the stand in bride. To meet his grandmother's demands, He agrees to the fake engagement. But of course, in true romance fashion, there is a contract. And as feeling begins to unravel, it becomes hard to stick to.
Wes is the perfect blend of sophistication and charisma. He just has that natural charm that draws you in.
Wes definitely fought his feelings for Poppy.. until he couldn't.
"I'm trying to keep things manageable .. Are you? Yes. For whom? I could have said... When I stand close to you, I forget which part of this arrangement are meant to end. Because a photograph caught me wanting something I have no right to make real, because Monaco arrived in white roses Hugo was digging, my grandmother is moving pieces I cannot see, and you are becoming the least manageable thing in this house. Instead, I said... For the wedding." 🙄
This story had me giggling and smiling like a schoolgirl with a crush. The laugh out load moments and mixed with the emotional ones, completely got me🥹🥹, and of course, I cried more than once. I would happily do it all again in a heartbeat.
Now, if Mr Kade can conjure up my very own Weston Blackwood for THIS struggle romance reviewer, all would be right in the world 😂
5 ⭐
*I received this book from the author in exchange for my honest review*
I knew every romance trope by heart.
I never expected to become one.
As a romance novel reviewer, Poppy Lane has read hundreds of love stories. She knows every setup, every red flag, and every fake-dating rule.
Then she gets lost in the hedge maze of a billionaire’s private estate, overhears a devastating breakup, and makes one impulsive decision that changes everything.
She doesn’t correct the wedding planner who mistakes her for the bride.
Now Poppy has ten days to pretend to be engaged to Weston cold, controlled, dangerously hard to read, and heir to a powerful old-money family that cannot afford another scandal.
He needs a bride.
She needs money before an eviction notice destroys what little stability she has left.
So they make a
Ten days.
One fake engagement.
One performance convincing enough to save them both.
The rules are
Smile for the guests.
Survive the family.
Keep your boundaries.
Do not fall for the groom.
Easy—until Wes stops pretending.
Between sharp banter, old-money secrets, a terrifyingly elegant matriarch, a cousin who weaponizes courtesy, and a found family determined to keep Poppy alive and emotionally inconvenient, the line between performance and truth begins to blur.
Because Poppy may know every romance trope on the page…
But surviving one is another story.
POPPY is a sharp, emotional fake-bride romantic comedy about boundaries, found family, slow-burn tension, and two people who pretend to fall in love until the lie becomes the safest truth they have.
One hedge maze.
One wrong bride.
One chance to stop pretending.
Perfect for readers who love fake dating, fake engagement, grumpy x sunshine, old-money family drama, sharp banter, wedding chaos, found family, and slow-burn romance with a guaranteed happy ending.
Review:
Poppy is a struggling romance novel reviewer who is at the very prestigious Ravenmoor Hall for a press tour. While exploring the grounds, she overhears Wes's phone conversation and his fiancee who calls off the wedding. Given her financial problems, Poppy agreed to step in as the stand in bride. To meet his grandmother's demands, He agrees to the fake engagement. But of course, in true romance fashion, there is a contract. And as feeling begins to unravel, it becomes hard to stick to.
Wes is the perfect blend of sophistication and charisma. He just has that natural charm that draws you in.
Wes definitely fought his feelings for Poppy.. until he couldn't.
"I'm trying to keep things manageable .. Are you? Yes. For whom? I could have said... When I stand close to you, I forget which part of this arrangement are meant to end. Because a photograph caught me wanting something I have no right to make real, because Monaco arrived in white roses Hugo was digging, my grandmother is moving pieces I cannot see, and you are becoming the least manageable thing in this house. Instead, I said... For the wedding." 🙄
This story had me giggling and smiling like a schoolgirl with a crush. The laugh out load moments and mixed with the emotional ones, completely got me🥹🥹, and of course, I cried more than once. I would happily do it all again in a heartbeat.
Now, if Mr Kade can conjure up my very own Weston Blackwood for THIS struggle romance reviewer, all would be right in the world 😂
5 ⭐
*I received this book from the author in exchange for my honest review*
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