Book Vows

Chloe:Dating shows are for desperate people-so sign me up.My parents' company? Bankrupt.My gamer accounts? Sabotaged.My reputation as the girl who always has it together? Crumbling.Book Vows pairs readers whose bookshelves sync, slaps engagement rings on them, and shoves them through reader gauntlets, and live-stream Q&As. Survive four months engaged to your match, win a cool $100,000. Totally worth faking a smile for the cameras.And that only gets easier when I'm paired with Kareem-literary agent, book-devourer, and the guy I once made out with over a year ago. Neither of us are in this for real. We're here for the money, not to get attached.But the longer we pretend, the more our safe little sham feels dangerously real-especially when Kareem pushes me to drop the perfect façade.Because the chemistry? Not fake.And the feelings? Way too real.Kareem:Chloe dodges questions with a smile; I tackle obstacles three moves ahead.Planning is how I keep my mind on the rails and my future in sight. And on this show, authenticity is currency-every blush, every ad-lib, every crack in the armor.So I push her. Prod her. Coax the real Chloe into the spotlight-because winning means showing the audience something raw and unscripted.Yet the closer she lets me stand, the harder it gets to remember this is strategy, not surrender.Cue book-nerd obstacle courses, on-air plot twists, and exes parachuted in for maximum drama.I planned for everything-Except how much I'd want her to say yes when the cameras stop rolling.