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Stranger Things Have Happened

Kasie West (2026-04-14)

Subgenre
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingR
Pages270 (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age18+

Content levels

ViolenceNone
Sexual contentSteamy
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

Chronic IllnessAbandonmentEmotional Abuse

Positive tags

Found Familyhealing arcHeartwarmingHumor

Tropes

ContemporaryFake DatingForced ProximityFriends to LoversGrumpy SunshineHEA (Happy Ever After)Slow BurnStrangers to Lovers

Themes

AuthenticityEmotional GrowthFamily ExpectationsFriendshipSecond ChancesSelf-Discovery

Synopsis

Can fake dating lead to real love? In Kasie West's next sexy adult romcom two people must decide where the lie ends and the chemistry begins. Sutton knows she needs therapy. After all, she’s managing her newly opened restaurant remotely while taking care of her ungrateful sick mother. Plus, her boyfriend of two years just dumped her over the phone. But does therapy with a handsome stranger, who she has to pretend to be engaged to, in order to help her friend’s struggling relationship count? Probably not. Then why did she just agree to go? Because she’s had a few too many drinks? Because this stranger, Elijah, is smug and annoying and really, really handsome? Because she feels guilty that she abandoned her best friend, Tara, after high school and this might just make up for it? Whatever the reason, she has committed to this unhinged plan. What the hell is Sutton doing? Helping Tara prove a point: a good therapist can tell the difference between real love and fake love. That’s what she’s doing. But as they attend their sessions, Sutton and Elijah only seem to be proving one thing—the lines between pretend desire and real desire are very blurry. This true connection forming between them is threatening to unravel everything Sutton thought she knew about family, friendship, and her own heart.

Tags

Romantic ComedyWorkplace Drama