Anna Green thought she was marrying Liam “West” Weston for access to subsidized family housing while at UCLA. She also thought she’d signed divorce papers when the graduation caps were tossed, and they both went on their merry ways.
Three years later, Anna is a starving artist living paycheck to paycheck while West is a Stanford professor. He may be one of four heirs to the Weston Foods conglomerate, but he has little interest in working for the heartless corporation his family built from the ground up. He is interested, however, in his one-hundred-million-dollar inheritance. There’s just one catch.
Due to an antiquated clause in his grandfather’s will, Liam won’t see a penny until he’s been happily married for five years. Just when Liam thinks he’s in the home stretch, pressure mounts from his family to see this mysterious spouse, and he has no choice but to turn to the one person he’s afraid to introduce to his one-percenter parents—his unpolished, not-so-ex-wife.
But in the presence of his family, Liam’s fears quickly shift from whether the feisty, foul-mouthed, paint-splattered Anna can play the part, to whether the toxic world of wealth will corrupt someone as pure of heart as his surprisingly grounded and loyal wife. Liam will have to ask himself if the price tag on his flimsy cover story is worth losing true love that sprouted from a lie.
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Contemporary romance and adult fiction featuring humorous, emotional dual-perspective narratives have become a hallmark of modern popular romance, particularly through bestselling releases such as Love and Other Words and The Unhoneymooners. Writing under the combined pen name Christina Lauren, authors Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings have coauthored dozens of romance and young adult novels translated into more than thirty languages.
Christina Hobbs, a former junior high school counselor, and Lauren Billings, who earned a Ph.D. in neuroscience and worked in the pharmaceutical industry, first connected online in 2009 while writing fan fiction. After collaborating on fan works, the duo transitioned into full-time fiction coauthoring. Their professional debut with the Beautiful Bastard series established their joint career in adult contemporary and erotic romance. Together, they have written more than twenty New York Times bestsellers, including The Paradise Problem, Roomies, Autoboyography, Josh and Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating, The Soulmate Equation, Something Wilder, and The True Love Experiment. Their collaborative work has been inducted into the LibraryReads Hall of Fame, named Amazon and Audible Romance of the Year, and selected as a Lambda Literary Award finalist.
Christina Lauren's writing is characterized by fast-paced dialogue, dual point-of-view perspectives, and classic romantic tropes including fake dating, second chances, and friends-to-lovers dynamics. Beyond lighthearted romantic comedy, their books emphasize emotional vulnerability, female autonomy, and marginalized voices, balancing upbeat comedic situations with explorations of family dynamics, personal grief, and self-discovery. Readers can find news and updates on their official website at ChristinaLaurenBooks.com or via @ChristinaLauren on Instagram.
