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PUBLISHER: HarperCollins

ISBN: 9780008562045

RRP: £9.99

PAGES: 416

PUBLICATION DATE:
May 8, 2025

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By Mhairi MacFarlane

Bel’s joined the tiny Manchester office of a national paper from her indie podcast.

Thirty-something Connor is going to back to the start as the new intern.

The latest office news? They can’t stand each other.

So of course Bel bumps into Connor when she’s working undercover on the biggest scoop of her career. And of course she’s forced to improvise, pretending they’re a couple. A couple deeply in love.

Two rivals. One fake romance. The headline writes itself…

Mhairi MacFarlane

Sunday Times bestselling author Mhairi McFarlane was born in Scotland in 1976 and her unnecessarily confusing name is pronounced Vah-Ree. After some efforts at journalism, she started writing fiction and her debut, You Had Me at Hello, was an instant success. She’s since sold over 4.5 million copies of her books worldwide. She lives in Nottingham with a man and, sadly for the time being, no cat.

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