It was just a simple favor between friends. Until it wasn't...

 

I’ve loved Gabriel for as long as I can remember. To him, I’m just his best friend’s little sister. 

 

So when Gabriel asks me to be his fake girlfriend during a trip to his über-rich French grandmother’s estate—where Gabriel’s cousin is about to get engaged to Gabriel’s ex—, I know I’ve got to say no. 

 

First, I don’t want to be Gabriel’s means of getting back at his snobbish ex-girlfriend.

 

Plus, a make-believe relationship with him is risky, and it will almost certainly lead me to heartbreak.

 

Still, I’m not able to turn Gabriel down in his moment of need.

(His pleading grey eyes make me absolutely powerless, darn it.)

 

So now I have to figure out how to guard my heart against the one man I want to give it to the most, all the while I pretend to be his. 

 

But it can’t be that hard, can it?