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.