The Love Gimmick

The Love Gimmick follows Poppy Montgomery, a wrestler with a villain persona on screen but a soft-hearted Texas girl at heart, whose carefully balanced life is threatened by trouble from her past. When successful architect Evan Park needs a fake girlfriend to land a major deal, he proposes a strategic, controlled arrangement with Poppy—his longtime celebrity crush. Between red-carpet appearances and honest road-trip conversations, their pretend relationship starts to feel surprisingly real. No-spice readers who enjoy fake-dating romances, celebrity-adjacent settings, and clean chemistry with emotional depth will likely enjoy this book. It blends light humor, tender moments, and a slow-burn connection as two people discover that the hardest role to play might be pretending not to fall in love.