Preservation (The Walsh Family)

Riley Walsh doesn’t want a fake girlfriend but he needs one. It’s the only thing he can do to deal with an ex who doesn’t believe it’s over and years of pining for the most off-limits woman in his world—his sister-in-law.

Alexandra Emmerling can’t catch a break. She’s left picking up the pieces of her ex’s humiliating lies and manipulations, rendering her reputation in her ultra-competitive surgical residency program seems beyond repair.

A simple arrangement. Two months. Four dates. Five at the most. But possibly six. Definitely no more than six. Only the appearance of a romantic relationship is required. No other benefits involved in this agreement. One weekend to unravel the entire plan. After waking up in bed together—very naked, very hungover—the terms and conditions of their arrangement no longer apply. But that doesn’t mean they’re finished with each other.

CW: History of emotional and physical abuse by a parent (not on-page); parent illness; parent loss; main character experiences with sexism at work.