The Fiancée Farce follows Tansy who has been lying to her family about having a girlfriend in order to get out of family events and Gemma, the romance cover model that is the face to Tansy's lie, as she crashes her cousin's wedding. Gemma, in need of a spouse in order to inherit her grandfather's publishing company, rolls with the lie and takes it one step further by saying the two of them are engaged. I flew through this book - it's fast paced and an easy read. I enjoyed the depth that Gemma and Tansy had. I enjoyed most of Gemma's friend group and the way that they embraced Tansy. I did feel like real feelings between Gemma and Tansy developed very quickly, too quickly and the timeline that they had to marry by for Gemma to get her inheritance didn't help with that. I feel like I would have enjoyed things more if more time had been able to pass. 

Synopsis:

Tansy Adams’ greatest love is her family’s bookstore, passed down from her late father. But when it comes to actual romance… Tansy can’t get past the first chapter. Tired of her stepfamily’s questions about her love life, Tansy invents Gemma, a fake girlfriend inspired by the stunning cover model on a bestselling book. They’ll never actually meet, so what’s the harm in a little fib? Yet when real-life Gemma crosses Tansy’s path, her white lie nearly implodes.

Gemma van Dalen is a wild child, the outcast of her wealthy family, and now the latest heir to Van Dalen Publishing. But the title comes with one tiny condition: she must be married in order to inherit. When Gemma discovers a beautiful stranger has been pretending to date her for months, she decides to take the charade one step further—and announces their engagement.

Gemma needs a wife to meet the terms of her grandfather’s will and Tansy needs money to save her struggling bookstore. A marriage could be mutually beneficial, if they can fool everyone into thinking it’s a love match. Unexpected sparks fly as Tansy and Gemma play the role of affectionate fiancées, and suddenly the line between convenient arrangement and real feelings begins to blur. But the scheming Van Dalen family won’t give up the company without a fight, and Gemma and Tansy’s newfound happiness might get caught in the fallout…

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