Many Sounds of Silence

She needs a fake boyfriend. He needs a reason to get closer.

Abbi Dorsey can't escape the night she can't remember: the photos, the harassment, and the humiliation her old college friends won't let her forget. As the daughter of Seattle's most famous musicians, she always knew fame could be cruel. She just never thought it would find her this way.

Clay grew up in the spotlight, too. He knows how to spot phonies and predators. From the moment he sees Abbi, he can't stop thinking about her. When she needs someone to pretend to be her protective boyfriend for the press, he volunteers before she can even finish asking.

It's fake. They both know it's fake. The chemistry between them does not know it's fake.

✓ Fake dating ✓ Protector hero ✓ Famous-family heroine escaping public scandal ✓ Online harassment survival story ✓ Chemistry that stops being fake faster than either of them expects
 

***Content note: this story deals with difficult subject matter. Trigger warning available inside.***