Taking cues from his favorite rom-coms, Brendon plans to woo her with elaborate dates straight out of Nora Ephron’s playbook. Getting involved would be a terrible idea-her stay is temporary and he wants forever-but when Brendon learns Annie has given up on dating, he’s determined to prove that romance is real. Except, the 6-foot-4 man who shows up at her door is a certified Hot Nerd and Annie. Annie remembers Brendon as a sweet, dorky kid. She’s not looking for love, especially with her best friend’s brother. Annie booked a spur-of-the-moment trip to Seattle to spend time with friends before moving across the globe. He’s crushed on Annie since they were kids, and the stars have finally aligned, putting them in the same city at the same time. has he? When his sister's best friend turns up in Seattle unexpectedly, Brendon jumps at the chance to hang out with her. It’s why he created a dating app to help people find their one true pairing and why he’s convinced “the one” is out there, even if he hasn’t met her yet. (Nov.In a delightful follow-up to Written in the Stars, Alexandria Bellefleur delivers another queer rom-com about a hopeless romantic who vows to show his childhood crush that romance isn’t dead by recreating iconic dates from his favorite films. Agent: Sarah Younger, Nancy Yost Literary Agency. A moving subplot about Elle’s fight for her family’s acceptance rounds out the story, while astrology memes (“What brunch food are you based on your zodiac?”) and nods to Pride and Prejudice scattered throughout add texture.
Readers will be rapt by the sensuous love scenes once Darcy and Elle throw pretense aside-but Darcy’s inability to admit her feelings might still keep the couple from their happy ending. As the women spend more time together, ironing out the details of their fake relationship and going on double dates with Brendon, they begin to see each other’s differences as turn-ons rather than turn-offs, and the line between reality and pretend blurs. Elle resents being pulled into the lie-but agrees to play along to get her own family off her back. Still, when Darcy’s brother, Brendon, who set them up, asks Darcy how it went, she says it was great to get him to stop worrying about her love life. Elle Jones, an eternally optimistic astrologist, and Darcy Lowell, a tightly buttoned actuary who’s given up on love after a past betrayal, realize almost immediately that, though their physical chemistry is electric, their personalities mix like oil and water. A disastrous blind date kicks off Bellefleur’s excellent rom-com debut.
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