Fake heiress. Real secrets. One sizzling summer she'll never 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 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 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.
"Chu (Drop Dead) offers a laugh-out-loud closed-door romance between two characters who are still finding their place in life. It's a lighthearted and fun rom-com, perfect for fans of Sarah Adams and Katherine Center." -- Library Journal