Until It Gets Real

Name: Until It Gets Real
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ISBN: 9781464219481

Carolyn Brown

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Poisoned Pen Press
05 August 2026

Adult & contemporary romance

New York Times bestseller Carolyn Brown brings her Southern sass to brand-new contemporary romance with a fake-dating ploy to steer off Great Aunt Bernie's meddlesome matchmaking.

Caution- Fake relationship in progress. Try not to fall in love.

Charlotte ""Lottie"" Johnston, the only woman on her construction crew, has had enough or the catcalls, teasing, and flirting from the men on her team. So when she spots Knox Callahan on the job site, she hatches a plan- a fake boyfriend arrangement to keep the guys in line.

Knox agrees. After all, pretending to date Lottie might also keep his meddling Aunt Bernie from setting him up with a date every weekend. What starts as a simple arrangement soon is anything but as the crew looks for signs to prove Lottie and Knox are pretending.

Between long workdays, shared lunches, and stolen laughs, their make-believe romance begins to feel dangerously real. But while Knox's roots are planted deep in small-town soil, Lottie's work will send her hours and miles away. Settling down in one place might be scary, but that's what it will take to build a life together.

By: Carolyn Brown
Imprint: Poisoned Pen Press
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 3
Dimensions: Height: 1mm, Width: 1mm,
Weight: 1g
ISBN: 9781464219481
ISBN 10: 1464219486
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 05 August 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Carolyn Brown is a New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Publisher's Weekly and #1 Amazon and #1 Washington Post bestselling author. She is the author of more than 100 novels and several novellas. She's a recipient of the Bookseller's Best Award, Montlake Romance's prestigious Montlake Diamond Award, and a three-time recipient of the National Reader's Choice Award. Brown has been published for more than 25 years, and her books have been translated into 21 foreign languages, and have sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. When she's not writing, she likes to take road trips with her husband, Mr. B, and her family, and she plots out new stories as they travel. Visit her at www.carolynbrownbooks.com.