When Alison Mullally, a post-double-mastectomy BRCA 1 carrier, attends her ex-boyfriend's funeral and finds out no one knows he dumped her, she agrees to pose as his grieving girlfriend to help his family and sort out his apartment with his grumpy best friend, Adam Berg. Stuck with Adam for four weekends, Alison is determined to win him over despite his monosyllabic demeanor. As they navigate family tensions and packing dilemmas, a surprising chemistry develops between them. Alison must decide whether to reveal the truth and embrace the love she's always wanted or risk losing her new romance due to her initial deception.
This was a cute & funny contemporary romance debut! If I didn't have a million things going on, I probably could've read this in a few days. I can see this appealing to those who love the Midwestern US setting - lots of details on that. Lots of talk around breast cancer, so if that's a trigger for you, proceed with caution. I don't think I really understood why the 'third act conflict' was even a conflict... Maybe I missed something, but I felt like the situation was kind of exaggerated/blown out of proportion? Took me out of the story a little.