THE DATING GAME

"Low Angst, high feels. I loved every minute of Oliver and Elijah's journey." - Bookshelf Obsessions

Signing up for a reality dating show wasn’t Plan A for saving my family’s restaurant—hell, it wasn’t even Plan Z—but when you’re desperate, you do what you have to do. The strategy was simple: head to California, charm America, and return home a hero. What could go wrong?

Everything.

Because now I’m trapped in a mansion with cameras everywhere, pretending to compete for a woman I have no intention of marrying. But I am developing feelings for someone else … big, confusing feelings I’ve never experienced before.

Elijah Crane is everything I’m not—polished where I’m rough around the edges, sophisticated where I’m simple, effortlessly charming where I just try to get by. We shouldn’t work, but somehow we’ve become the house’s most talked-about friendship. #BromanceGoals, the other guys call us.

But late at night, when the cameras stop rolling and it’s just us talking until dawn, something shifts. Something that feels suspiciously like the kind of desire I’ve spent my whole life not understanding. I’ve never wanted anyone the way I want him. Never felt this kind of pull, this kind of need. And with every passing day, one thing becomes crystal clear: I didn’t come here looking for love, but I might just leave with it.