The Pretend Fianc� Fiasco

A reclusive former celebrity, a recovering good girl, and one terrible agreement...

It started as a joke. After a string of bad boyfriends, I made up a fake boyfriend so people would quit asking when I was going to meet a grumpy lumberjack trying to save his mama's inn in my adopted hometown.

When my grandma demanded proof from afar, I sent her a picture of me and my "boyfriend."

Spoiler alert: He wasn't really my boyfriend.

He was actually a reclusive former boy band member who swings through ...