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$7.55The Story
Fake heiress. Real secrets. One sizzling summer she'll never forget.
Event planner Valerie Peng never planned on spending her summer sipping champagne at a lakefront estate, dodging suspicious socialites, or pretending to be anyone's long-lost daughter. But when a very public, deeply mortifying mishap lands her in hot water--and her career in a hot mess--her uber-wealthy older client makes her an offer she can't refuse: come to his glamorous summer home and pose as the long-lost daughter he believes his conniving family has hidden from him. In exchange? Time away from her actual life...and the chance to help uncover a long-buried secret.
But Cinderella needs some magic for this big of a makeover. Enter Nico Hever: her client's maddeningly perfect right-hand man. He's organized, meticulous, impossible to read, and infuriatingly handsome. But even though he claims this scheme is a capital-M Mistake, Nico's the only person she can trust to have her back. As they navigate a world of eccentric matriarchs, class divides, and private family feuds, their chemistry is as undeniable as it is ill-timed.
Caught between pretending to belong and unexpectedly finding where she truly fits in, Valerie's summer is about to get far more complicated than she ever planned.
Author: Lily Chu
Publisher: Cosmo Reads
Published: 07/07/2026
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.21h x 5.41w x 1.01d
ISBN: 9781728291055
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/27/2026
Library Journal 06/01/2026 pg. 74
About the Author
Chu, Lily: -
Lily Chu loves ordering the second-cheapest wine, wearing perfume all the time, and staying up far too late reading a good book. She writes romantic comedies set in Toronto with strong Asian characters.
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Fake heiress. Real secrets. One sizzling summer she'll never forget.
Event planner Valerie Peng never planned on spending her summer sipping champagne at a lakefront estate, dodging suspicious socialites, or pretending to be anyone's long-lost daughter. But when a very public, deeply mortifying mishap lands her in hot water--and her career in a hot mess--her uber-wealthy older client makes her an offer she can't refuse: come to his glamorous summer home and pose as the long-lost daughter he believes his conniving family has hidden from him. In exchange? Time away from her actual life...and the chance to help uncover a long-buried secret.
But Cinderella needs some magic for this big of a makeover. Enter Nico Hever: her client's maddeningly perfect right-hand man. He's organized, meticulous, impossible to read, and infuriatingly handsome. But even though he claims this scheme is a capital-M Mistake, Nico's the only person she can trust to have her back. As they navigate a world of eccentric matriarchs, class divides, and private family feuds, their chemistry is as undeniable as it is ill-timed.
Caught between pretending to belong and unexpectedly finding where she truly fits in, Valerie's summer is about to get far more complicated than she ever planned.
Author: Lily Chu
Publisher: Cosmo Reads
Published: 07/07/2026
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.21h x 5.41w x 1.01d
ISBN: 9781728291055
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/27/2026
Library Journal 06/01/2026 pg. 74
About the Author
Chu, Lily: -
Lily Chu loves ordering the second-cheapest wine, wearing perfume all the time, and staying up far too late reading a good book. She writes romantic comedies set in Toronto with strong Asian characters.
