by Amanda Richardson
Series: Reputation #1
Community rating: 5/5 from 2 ratings.
They say some secrets never graduate. Ours came back for the reunion.
Serena Ten years ago, I had everything. Prom queen. Class president. Golden girl voted Most Likely to Succeed. And now? I’m divorced, drifting, and damn good at pretending I didn’t burn my perfect life to the ground. I’ve spent a decade avoiding my hometown and the people who remember exactly who I used to be. But now I’m stuck planning our ten-year reunion with sixty days to fake a life that looks nothing like the one I’m actually living. I need a date. Someone convincing. Someone deceitful enough to make people believe I’ve moved on. So I choose the one man guaranteed to ruin me. My ex-husband’s older brother.
Rhodes Serena Whitmore has always been my weakness. Ten years ago, I might’ve called it temptation. But now she’s back, asking me to help her. To touch her like it means nothing. That’s the problem—she thinks this is a performance, a temporary fix. But the second she puts her hands on me again, she makes a mistake she won’t be able to undo. Because I don’t share. I don’t forget. And I’m done pretending she ever belonged to my brother. She’s always been mine.
I Know What You Did Last Summer meets Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion in this darkly witty, 90s nostalgia–laced, SPICY slow-burn romance. Most Likely to Pretend is the first book in the Reputation series, dual POV, and can be read as a standalone.
Warning: This book contains a possessive, morally grey fallen hero, explicit sexual situations, and strong language. There is no cheating, and there is a HEA.
Genres: Dark Romance, Adult, Contemporary Romance, Rom-Com
Tropes: Possessive Love, Ex's Brother, Slow Burn, Fake Dating, Morally Gray Hero
Published: 2026-09-25