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Project Fake Date: A BWWM Billionaire Romance
I needed to impress my boss. He needed a date to dodge his ex. Faking it was supposed to be simple—until it got way too real.
I'd rather be elbows-deep in spreadsheets than mingling with Chicago’s luxury market elite. But when my promotion depends on leading a series of high-profile networking events, I’m suddenly in over my head.
Enter Tristan Brooks—my longtime friend, ridiculously charming billionaire, and the only man I trust to survive these events with me. When he needs a date to a charity ball to avoid the ex-from-hell, he offers a a fake date arrangement. It’s the perfect plan… until it isn’t.
Because somewhere between pretending to be his plus-one and actually enjoying his company a little too much, the lines start to blur. His touch lingers. His compliments feel too genuine. And suddenly, I’m wondering if the only thing we’re faking is how *not* into each other we are.
Project Fake Date" is a swoony, slow-burn BWWM interracial romance about ambition, friendship, and taking a leap when love might be right in front of you.
I'd rather be elbows-deep in spreadsheets than mingling with Chicago’s luxury market elite. But when my promotion depends on leading a series of high-profile networking events, I’m suddenly in over my head.
Enter Tristan Brooks—my longtime friend, ridiculously charming billionaire, and the only man I trust to survive these events with me. When he needs a date to a charity ball to avoid the ex-from-hell, he offers a a fake date arrangement. It’s the perfect plan… until it isn’t.
Because somewhere between pretending to be his plus-one and actually enjoying his company a little too much, the lines start to blur. His touch lingers. His compliments feel too genuine. And suddenly, I’m wondering if the only thing we’re faking is how *not* into each other we are.
Project Fake Date" is a swoony, slow-burn BWWM interracial romance about ambition, friendship, and taking a leap when love might be right in front of you.
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Published April 5, 2025
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September 22, 2025
Project Reality!!!
Talia Parker, is a brilliant African American businesswomen who lacks networking skills. Tristan Brooks, a white male from a billionaire family, is still trying to prove that he's more than a playboy to his father. He thinks his dad is partial to his older brother and have no respect for his business skills.
They've been friends since they we're study partners in college. Now, almost than ten years later, they began fake dating. He's helping her to improve her business networking to enhance her ability for a promotion. She's helping him to keep his parents from trying to marry him off by picking someone for him, especially his ex-girlfriend.
They both exceeded exceptionally well. She impressed her boss and the company clients that ensures her a promotion. His parents have known her for years but as his friend. His mother readily accepts their relationship as real. His father tests him which almost causes him to lose Talia.
She had met his parents but he had never met hers. Nor had their parents ever met. Her father was a professor of African American studies and her mother was a biochemical engineer. Academics was their world. His father, a high powered billionaire businessman and his socialite mother lived in an entirely different world. When their parents finally met was one of the most delightful parts of the book.
More importantly, they both realized that their relationship had been more than friendship for years. Have they actually been in love for years? How have they ignored the very real attraction they have to each other?
Talia Parker, is a brilliant African American businesswomen who lacks networking skills. Tristan Brooks, a white male from a billionaire family, is still trying to prove that he's more than a playboy to his father. He thinks his dad is partial to his older brother and have no respect for his business skills.
They've been friends since they we're study partners in college. Now, almost than ten years later, they began fake dating. He's helping her to improve her business networking to enhance her ability for a promotion. She's helping him to keep his parents from trying to marry him off by picking someone for him, especially his ex-girlfriend.
They both exceeded exceptionally well. She impressed her boss and the company clients that ensures her a promotion. His parents have known her for years but as his friend. His mother readily accepts their relationship as real. His father tests him which almost causes him to lose Talia.
She had met his parents but he had never met hers. Nor had their parents ever met. Her father was a professor of African American studies and her mother was a biochemical engineer. Academics was their world. His father, a high powered billionaire businessman and his socialite mother lived in an entirely different world. When their parents finally met was one of the most delightful parts of the book.
More importantly, they both realized that their relationship had been more than friendship for years. Have they actually been in love for years? How have they ignored the very real attraction they have to each other?
September 11, 2025
Very cute slow burn where the man yearns!
The trope is one we’ve all read before but that doesn’t take away from Talia and Tristan’s story. I love the she was a career-driven woman and more so, I love that he loved that about her. 4/5 due to some inconsistencies but this is my 5th book read in as many days by Dara Hunt. Do with that what you will!
The trope is one we’ve all read before but that doesn’t take away from Talia and Tristan’s story. I love the she was a career-driven woman and more so, I love that he loved that about her. 4/5 due to some inconsistencies but this is my 5th book read in as many days by Dara Hunt. Do with that what you will!
May 4, 2025
THE PROJECT
Very interesting. First they were friends, then became friends with benefits. I really enjoyed the way the relationship worked. The DRAMA was just enough, not drawn out. I enjoyed it and I think it’s worth reading 🥰
Very interesting. First they were friends, then became friends with benefits. I really enjoyed the way the relationship worked. The DRAMA was just enough, not drawn out. I enjoyed it and I think it’s worth reading 🥰
June 28, 2025
DNF @ 51٪
Insta-love, the worst kind, with no build up. Just immediate feelings. simple inconsistencies in the writing that should have been caught with a proper copy edit.
this should have a fun little quick read and unfortunately it was not.
Insta-love, the worst kind, with no build up. Just immediate feelings. simple inconsistencies in the writing that should have been caught with a proper copy edit.
this should have a fun little quick read and unfortunately it was not.
August 28, 2025
good
This was a good read. Took me a minute to get into it. I would like to say, it was confusing of what was texted conversation or face to face. First by these authors. I will more than likely read something else by them.
This was a good read. Took me a minute to get into it. I would like to say, it was confusing of what was texted conversation or face to face. First by these authors. I will more than likely read something else by them.
May 16, 2025
Enjoyed this book. Great story and writing.
July 13, 2025
Believe it when you see it.
They needed each other, but when your heart gets involved you go with it and make it last forever and a day.
They needed each other, but when your heart gets involved you go with it and make it last forever and a day.
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