Hott Take

The hard part isn’t acting like we’re falling for each other. It’s pretending we’re not.

Shane: My grandfather’s will has me between a rock and a Hott place. If I don’t score a celebrity wedding in three months, my sister will lose her wedding planning business—and we’ll all lose our family’s land. I should be set, because as a bad boy movie star, I know Hollywood’s ins and out. But it turns out that finding two celebrities who can convincingly pretend to be in love is tougher than it looks.

Enter Ivy Scofield—the beautiful star of one of TV’s most beloved failures. She’s hunkered down in Rush Creek, hiding from the paparazzi and her past, running a community theater non-profit for troubled kids. She needs my family’s extra wedding barn to save her program. So we make a deal: I give her the barn—she gives me her hand in fake marriage. Lights, camera, action—and cut—right?

Not so fast. Planning our fake wedding is way more personal than I was expecting. I’m learning Ivy’s quirks, preferences, and pet peeves—not to mention how amazing she looks in a form-fitting white dress. And she’s slowly peeling off my layers—the ones I’ve spent years building up to protect myself from hurt. If someone doesn’t do something soon, we might discover that the only thing fake about this wedding is the way we keep pushing each other away.  

A spicy, movie star, marriage of convenience, fake relationship standalone romantic comedy set in the beloved small town of Rush Creek.