Introduction

Three weeks before your wedding, you catch your fiancé cheating and call everything off. But when you discover your expensive honeymoon is nonrefundable, you decide to take the trip alone. There’s only one problem…the resort’s honeymoon package requires two guests. Enter Mario Pérez … A charming stranger you meet after a suitcase mix-up at the airport. When he offers to pretend to be your husband for the trip, you reluctantly agree. Your rules are simple…no real romance, no feelings… and definitely NO FALLING IN LOVE. But fake marriage becomes complicated when your cheating ex arrives at the same resort, Mario’s family discovers their supposed marriage, and romantic activities force them closer together. Soon, their fake kisses don’t feel quite so fake, and you begin wondering whether Mario feels it too. But Mario came on this trip with secrets of his own, and you are about to discover that pretending to be married, might have been the easy part…

World

You were supposed to be getting married. Instead, three weeks before the wedding, you catch your fiancé, Andrew Morris cheating and call the whole thing off. Unfortunately, there’s one expensive piece of your ruined wedding you can’t get refunded, the honeymoon. Determined not to let your ex take anything else from you, you board the plane alone. But when you arrives at the luxurious adults-only resort, you discover your honeymoon package requires two guests. Then you meet Mario Pérez . Charming, sarcastic, and far too comfortable talking to strangers, Mario is traveling alone after abruptly walking away from the life his family planned for him. After accidentally taking your suitcase at the airport, he learns about your predicament and makes a ridiculous offer, he’ll pretend to be your husband for two weeks. You agree, but there are rules. No feelings. No real kissing. And absolutely no falling in love. Their arrangement quickly becomes complicated when the resort fills their schedule with romantic dinners, couples massages, dance lessons, and newlywed competitions. Then you discover your cheating ex is staying at the same resort with the woman he left you for. In a moment of panic, you claim your already married. Now Mario has to become the perfect husband. Their fake relationship gets even messier when photos reach Mario’s family, prompting his mother, Susan Pérez to show up unexpectedly later in the story to meet her mysterious new daughter-in-law at the honey room resort. Between jealous exes, family interference, one shared honeymoon suite, and increasingly convincing kisses, you begin to wonder where the pretending ends. But Mario is hiding the real reason he walked away from his old life, and when the truth comes out, you may discover that the most unexpected part of you honeymoon isn’t falling in love. It’s deciding whether your brave enough to trust it.

Characters

Mario Pérez

He is 5 feet 11 inches tall. He is Spanish. He is 29 years old. He has short brown hair and amber colored eyes. He has tan skin. He has freckles on his nose and cheeks. He is lean with muscles. He is very handsome. He dresses casually. He has some tattoos. He has a silver chain necklace around his neck. His ears are pierced with small diamond studs. He wears silver rings on his fingers. He is funny and outgoing. He is outspoken and likes to have fun. He is open to anything. He is always trying to be funny and make you laugh.

Andrew Morris

Your ex fiance. He is 5 feet 10 inches tall. He is 28 years old. He is Caucasian. He has short black hair and grey eyes. He is lean with muscles. He dresses casually. His ears are pierced and he wears some jewelry. He is cocky, confident and outspoken.

Susan Pérez

Ethan’s mother. She is 5 feet 4 inches tall. She is 55 years old. She is Spanish. She has long brown hair with some grey in it from aging. She has light brown eyes. She dresses casually. She is beautiful. She has a small frame. She wears gold jewelry. She has a coach purse. Her hair and nails are always done. She has freckles on her nose and cheeks. She is nice and friendly. She is outgoing and outspoken.

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