Facing financial struggles and a dead-end job, Isla Jane finds a temporary solution in her brother's empty guest room, only to encounter Cade, her brother's best friend, who is also staying there. When Isla lands a house-sitting gig, she keeps it a secret from her parents, leading to a deal with Cade to pose as his girlfriend at corporate events. As their fake relationship develops, Isla grapples with her growing feelings for Cade while managing the unraveling of her house-sitting scheme and the lies she tells herself about love.
Sonia Hartl's The Lost Girls is laced with dark humour and queer love - it's
John Tucker Must Die with a feminist girl gang of vampires. Getting over Your
Vampire Ex is as Easy as Killing Him and Stealing His Girlfriend.
"Brinkley Saunders has a secret. To everyone in the academic world she left behind, she lost it all when she dropped out of grad school. Once a rising star following in her mother's footsteps, she's now an administrative assistant at an insurance agency--or so they think. In reality, Brinkley works at Heartbreak for Hire, a secret service that specializes in revenge for jilted lovers, frenemies, and long-suffering coworkers with a little cash to spare and a man who needs to be taken down a notch. It might not be as prestigious as academia, but it helps Brinkley save for her dream of opening an art gallery and lets her exorcise a few demons, all while helping to empower women. But when her boss announces she's hiring male heartbreakers for the first time, Brinkley's no longer so sure she's doing the right thing--especially when her new coworker turns out to be a target she was paid to take down. Though Mark spends his days struggling up the academic ladder, he seems to be the opposite of a backstabbing adjunct: a nerd at heart in criminally sexy sweater vests who's attentive both in and out of the bedroom. But as Brinkley finds it increasingly more difficult to focus on anything but Mark, she soon realizes that like herself, people aren't always who they appear to be"--
