He keeps his private life quiet, even from his beloved younger brother. Posing as half of a fake couple seems like a fun idea… until Henry learns he already knows the deputy playing his other half.ĭeputy Locke may be new to the Glamour Sheriff’s Department, but he’s fought his way up in the world and is determined to make a good impression. Soon Henry helps the local sheriff’s department unravel a crime. When his recently widowed mother needs him, however, “dependable Henry” does the right thing-even if it means leaving the IRS to take a boring corporate position. He’s no longer that pudgy kid desperate to escape his hometown, but it still holds painful memories. Henry Clueley doesn’t want to be in Glamour, not after moving far away to overcome a difficult, if privileged, childhood. I had a good time writing these two novels, and I hope you enjoy them. The fun, of course, is watching them go from pretense to true love. Will somebody find out their secret? What will happen if the truth comes out? Most importantly, the MCs must work for their happily ever after. In both The Last Guy Breathing and The Holiday Hoax, the couples risk exposure. As their friendship deepens, so does their possibility for romance.
They start out as potential friends with no intentions of becoming lovers. Forcing them to spend time together, though, gives them an opportunity to see beyond the angst to the real person underneath.
This is true for Henry and Locke in The Last Guy Breathing. They might be hostile to each other at the beginning. In the fake relationship, the idea is that two people are tossed together due to circumstances outside of their control and must pretend to be a couple. I had to ask myself: what is it about the fake romance trope that it continues to thrive?
The two books are hugely different in tone and plot, so I was actually surprised they shared this feature. In The Holiday Hoax, Evan and JD fake a relationship to fool Evan’s parents and save face. In The Last Guy Breathing, Henry and Locke must pretend to be a couple to solve a crime. Without even realizing it, I wrote two books with pretend relationships in them. For Lady Gaga it might be all about the bad romance, but I’m obsessed lately with the fake ones.
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