As the son of two rock stars, Luc sometimes gets followed by the paparazzi, who always seem to draw the worst conclusions from innocuous situations (tripping over a curb on the way out of a costume party translates to "drugged and drunken D-lister can't control himself or his kinks"), which makes his job raising money for charity particularly difficult. So when Luc's idiot coworker (more on him in a bit) suggests faking a stable relationship to appease the charity's more conservative donors, Luc figures he has nothing to lose. Enter by-the-book barrister Oliver, who happens to need a date to his parents' anniversary party.
Fake dating tropes re quite possibly the least realistic of all romance tropes, but darn if I don't love them! Hall wrote this one wonderfully, letting Luc and Oliver's insecurities create realistic roadblocks to their fake/not-fake relationship. However, my favorite part of this book is the cast of supporting characters, from Luc's friends (including the married couple, James Royce and James Royce, who decided to combine their last names when they married, so now they're both James Royce-Royce) to his quirky coworkers, including the aforementioned idiot, Alex, who would be quite the contender in the Upper-Class Twit of the Year competition. They're hilarious, and add a good balance to the often serious issues Luc and Oliver are dealing with. I'm so glad Hall wrote a sequel, which I'll be blogging about momentarily.
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