Runaway Vows

One fake date. One destination wedding. A thousand bad decisions-each hotter than the last.Isla Hart doesn't do weddings. Not anymore. Not since her ex traded "forever" for a yoga influencer and left her RSVP'ing "minus one" to every event on the planet. But when that same ex announces he's bringing his new fiancée to their mutual friend's luxe Mallorca wedding, Isla panics-and blurts out that she's bringing someone, too.Enter Theo Mercer. Her maddeningly confident, infuriatingly gorgeous neighbor who's been flirting with her over morning lattes for months. He's more tattooed temptation than safety net, but when he offers to play the role of "fake boyfriend," she's desperate enough to say yes.What's supposed to be a harmless charade turns wicked fast when the resort upgrades them to the honeymoon suite, the bride insists on couple's salsa lessons, and one "practice kiss" feels anything but pretend. Between midnight swims, tangled sheets, and a meddling gossip blogger sniffing out secrets, Isla's realizing this plus-one might be the biggest mistake-or best decision-of her life.Because pretending to be in love is easy. It's stopping that gets complicated.

Clara Langley planned the perfect wedding-until it went perfectly wrong.Santorini, the perfect sunset, and a thousand livestream viewers were supposed to capture her dream day. Instead, they caught her groom kissing her bridesmaid minutes before she walked down the aisle.Armed with a phone full of betrayal footage and a handful of wedding cake, Clara loses her cool in spectacular fashion-shoving frosting in faces, tossing champagne, and storming out in her couture gown. Hours later, she's gone viral, mortified, and stranded on a tiny neighboring island after bribing a fisherman to sail her anywhere else.Her only refuge? A half-closed seaside inn-and Nikos Papadakis, the grumpy, broad-shouldered Greek baker who made her wedding cake…and witnessed her meltdown in high definition.He's determined to keep his peace and his kitchen in order. She's determined to disappear until the scandal dies down. But when storms trap them together and gossip travels faster than the ferry, sparks fly faster than a flaming saganaki.Now Clara's realizing that maybe the perfect wedding wasn't what she wanted after all-because the grumpy baker next door might just be her happily ever after.TropesRunaway bride / viral scandalGrumpy x sunshineForced proximity on a Greek islandEnemies to loversRedemption, self-discovery, found familyHEA with spice and heart