A Not So Meet Cute

Lola needs a fiancé — fast — and Huxley Cane needs a fake girlfriend to appease his family. What starts as a desperate, transactional arrangement between two strangers who couldn't be more different quickly becomes something neither of them planned for. Set against the glossy backdrop of Beverly Hills, this is a story about two people who strike a deal to solve their problems and end up with an entirely different kind of complication. The premise leans into the beloved fake-relationship trope, but the emotional stakes — professional humiliation, family pressure, wounded pride — ground it in something that feels genuinely relatable.

Meghan Quinn writes with a sharp, comedic voice that keeps the pages turning even when the romantic tension is doing the heavy lifting. The first-person narration gives Lola an irresistible mix of self-awareness and chaos that makes her easy to root for, and Quinn balances the banter with quieter, more sincere moments that keep the story from tipping into farce. As the first book in the Cane Brothers series, it also does the rare thing of feeling complete on its own while leaving readers curious about what comes next.