Borrowed Hearts

When Mia Chen asks her brother's best friend to be her fake boyfriend for one weekend, she expects awkward small talk and uncomfortable hand-holding. What she doesn't expect? To fall completely, irrevocably in love.
Mia needs a date to her cousin's destination wedding. Not just any date, but someone who can convince her entire family that she's moved on from her ex, who'll be there flaunting his new relationship. Enter Jake Rivera: landscape architect, longtime family friend, and the man she's secretly had feelings for since forever.
Jake has his own reasons for saying yes. He's been hiding his feelings for Mia for four years, terrified that admitting the truth would cost him the only real family he's ever known. One weekend of pretending to be her boyfriend? It's torture. It's temptation. It's everything he's ever wanted but was too afraid to reach for.
But fake kisses by candlelight start feeling dangerously real. Shared hotel rooms blur the line between performance and truth. And when their carefully constructed charade begins to crumble, both Mia and Jake have to decide: keep playing it safe, or risk everything for a chance at real love?
Tropes: Fake Dating . Brother's Best Friend . Friends to Lovers . Forced Proximity . Only One Bed . Destination Wedding . Found Family . Slow Burn . Sweet with Heat
One weekend. Two hearts. A lifetime of possibilities.
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Jasmine Ashworth writes contemporary romance about ordinary people finding extraordinary love. A lifelong believer in second chances, grand gestures, and happily ever afters, she creates stories that blend emotional depth with swoon-worthy romance.
When she's not writing her next billionaire hero or dreaming up impossible-to-resist meet-cutes, Jasmine can be found buried in a good book, drinking too much coffee, and rewatching her favorite rom-coms for "research purposes."