Spanish Love and Deception

Catalina Martin needs a plausible date for a family wedding in Spain, and the colleague who volunteers is the last person she would have picked. Elena Armas builds the novel on a fake-dating arrangement that runs into real feeling, with much of the comedy coming from a Spanish family gathering that leaves neither party anywhere to hide. The pacing is deliberately slow-burn, keeping banter and friction in the foreground while the emotional stakes rise underneath. At a glance: • Contemporary romantic comedy by Elena Armas, set between New York and Spain • Uses the fake-relationship and enemies-to-lovers setups familiar to romance readers • Family, wedding chaos and cultural detail shape much of the humour • Simon & Schuster English edition Written for readers of feel-good contemporary romance and slow-burn love stories, and available at Boipoka.