It's only for the week, then they'll go their own separate ways. Dumped and alone for the holidays, Emily needs to escape. She'll even interview smug self-help guru Blaze Smith, if it gets her a free trip to Italy. "Of all the random strangers I could have kissed in an airport lounge on the one and only time I've let my guard down enough to do something so reckless, it had to be this guy. My assignment." Who trusts a relationship expert who's been publicly dumped? Blaze Smith's manager wants him to fake date to save face, but he already feels like a fraud. "Of all the times to meet someone I actually feel this kind of a connection with it had to be a journalist who's gathering intel on me. There's nothing I want more right now than to call off the entire book tour, cancel the interview, and whisk Emily away somewhere." Pretending to be in love is simple. Having real feelings about your make-believe romance is complicated. While Blaze and Emily may have no real future, at least they'll always have Rome for the Holidays.