If the Fates Allow

As a professional fake girlfriend, Henri Elm has the luxury of ignoring all her problems. No strings. No commitments. No one who can get close enough to know the real her. But on Thanksgiving, while running from one date to the next, she accuses a man she shares a taxi with of stalking her, only to find out he's her favorite journalist: the mysterious L. Hughes.

It's Liam Hughes's last winter in Manhattan before moving home to Colorado to take over Dulcet Point Resort, and continue his family's legendary ski legacy. But before packing up his desk and saying goodbye to his dream job as a writer for Spitfire magazine, his editor-in-chief tasks him with hunting down one final story. It just so happens that he can't get one smart-mouthed blonde who fake dates men for a living out of his head.

After a viral incident that puts Henri's anonymity at risk, she reluctantly agrees to take Liam on as a client and go home with him for Christmas. There, Henri must face the harsh reality that she might just want to belong with someone . . . someone just like Liam. But can she risk the absolute control she's grown to rely on for a relationship that was never supposed to be more than an interview?

Between bad timing, family rivalries, and a life-altering secret, some relationships can only happen if the fates allow.