Millie believed she was going to make it on Broadway until a harsh director tore it away when she gained a bit of weight. Now, she is hiding from the stage and voicing erotic stories from home. Ezra is a kind middle school teacher. He is exhausted by his father’s womanizing ways and expectation that he will be the same. When a family crisis forces Ezra to visit his father in Hawaii, Ezra has no choice but to quickly find a “wife”. Who better to fill the role than an actress and one-time fling, Millie. What starts as a practical arrangement soon becomes something more complicated. The line between acting and reality starts to blur. Ezra and Millie must decide whether their relationship is pretend after all. 

Millie and Ezra are such well-developed characters, and that made it easy to connect to them. Ezra gets top marks for boyfriend goals. He loved hard and cared for Millie in such kind ways. He was so kind and thoughtful, it made me swoon. Millie’s struggles with her health and body image were so relatable that I found myself rooting for her and her success. 

These two together were great, though! I loved watching them in Hawaii, and though they had struggles, they had some great laugh-out-loud moments, too. I loved how they supported each other through the hard parts and worked to communicate with each other about their feelings and worries. 

The author did an excellent job writing a story I loved while tackling tough topics like depression, childhood trauma, and health problems while adding some humour to balance it out perfectly.  Thank you to Grey’s Promotion and the author for a copy of this book. All opinions are 100% mine.