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- Content warnings: Alcoholism, Addiction, Grief, Death of loved one, Child abuse (referenced), Sexual content, Harassment
How to Fake It in Hollywood
by Ava Wilder
This is fake dating with real damage underneath the glamour: messy careers, grief, addiction, and two people trying to stop performing long enough to be honest.
Goodreads 3.6/5 26,366 ratings
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Length368 pages
Story statusStandalone
Spice3/5 · Passionate / intense
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Age gap romance
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- Medium
- Passionate / intense
- Earned hope
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- Dark/tortured soul
- Hurt/comfort
- Slow seduction
- Damaged survivor
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Vanilla with emotion
- Longing glances
- Touch starvation
- Eye contact intensity
Fantasy promise
- Contemporary romance
- Fake dating
- Reality show / film set / media
- Contemporary
- Humans only
- Celebrity / rockstar romance
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- Big city / metropolis
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Romantic
- Witty
- Heavy
- Performer
- Angsty
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- Emotional
- Survivor
- Character-driven
- Career woman
- Dramatic
- Cinematic
- Steamy
- Redemption
- Betrayal and forgiveness
- Morally complex
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Book details
- Length
- 368 pages
- Publisher
- Dell
- Language
- English
- Format
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