INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER When it comes to romance, sometimes it doesn't hurt to play games. A fun YA romcom full of fake dating hijinks!

A COSMOPOLITAN BEST YOUNG ADULT BOOK OF THE YEAR

No one loves musicals more than Riley Morris her dream is to be a Broadway director. But when the spring show is canceled, Riley has to figure out a way to bring it back. Easier said than done she s stuck working at her dad s game store. The place that means more to him than his family does.

Riley can't waste time at a dead-end job when her entire future is resting on making a name for herself. So she convinces her co-worker Nathan Wheeler the floppy-haired, glasses-wearing guy she barely knows from school to help her. In exchange, she ll help him make his gamer-girl crush jealous. Plus it won t hurt to show her egotistical ex, Paul, just what he s missing without her.

Soon Riley and Nathan are a couple, and people seem to believe it. But selling the ruse means joining Nathan s role-playing game. To Riley s surprise, the game is almost fun. And even more surprising, flirting with Nathan doesn t require as much acting as she thought it would. . . .