Ten Rules for Faking It

What happens when your love life becomes the talk of the town?
As birthdays go, this year’s birthday for radio producer Everly Dean hit an all-time low.

Worse than the birthday she had a tonsillectomy. Worse than the one her loveably reckless parents decided to split up (the first time). Catching your boyfriend cheating on you? Clichés sting.

But no matter. This is Everly Dean’s year! The year her anxiety doesn't hold her back. When she stops being the hot potato in the drama of her parent’s marriage. When she pitches her podcast to her boss. There’s just one problem: her boss, Chris, is way too cute. (WHY did he have to be cute)? He’s also supremely respectful of her, to the point of being distant (that means he hates her, right)? Oh, and Stacey, best friend/DJ, forgot to mute the mic as Everly ranted about Simon the Snake (syn: see Cheating Ex). Maybe she has three problems.

Suddenly, people are lining up to date her, fans are voting for their favorite dates (note to self: never leave house again), and meanwhile, that spark she feels for Chris might be a two-way street. It’s a lot to handle for a woman who considers avoiding people an Olympic sport. She’s going to have to fake it ‘till she makes it to get through this.

Maybe she’ll make a list of three (that’s barely a list), five (no one likes an odd number), ten rules for faking it.

Because sometimes making the rules finds you happiness when you least expect it.