My So-Called (Love) Life by A. L. Michael is a chick-lit f/m romantic comedy set in North London, starring an embittered dumped single who's sworn off romance, only to find herself with the one-upping desire to bring the perfect boyfriend to flaunt at her ex's wedding, as you do, even if she has to find a fake one to play the part, free courtesy of publisher Harlequin UK's Carina UK imprint.
Currently free @
B&N UK,
Amazon UK,
iTunes UK, and
Kobo (available to the UK and apparently also in Japan as well when I spot-checked assorted regional stores). Likely also free at Google Play for the eligible countries.
Description
Meet Tigerlily James: romance cynic, North Londoner and die-hard margarita fan.
Tigerlily James has been a member of the Young and Bitter Club ever since she was dumped on Valentine’s day. By her fiancé.
Surviving on a diet of cynicism and margarita-fuelled ‘Misery Dinners’ with her best friends, she’s become a romance free zone…and that’s the way she likes it. Until an invitation for The Ex’s wedding arrives. Suddenly in need of a plus one, Tig has little choice but to bin the takeaways, ditch the greying underwear collection…and start pretending to view the opposite sex as something other than target practise.
Then, she meets Ollie – ie. the perfect solution. No sex. No strings. Fake boyfriend. The only catch is that she has to pretend to be his girlfriend for three whole months.
Dating without the heartbreak: the best idea Tig’s ever had, right? Wrong!