seriously romantic: hidden seams by alessandra torre

usually, when there's a fake relationship story, you see it play out over the course of the novel and the characters fall in love. sometimes, you see the fake relationship of opposite genders, where the girl is straight and the guy is gay and things get complicated when she meets someone she can really love. but in hidden seams the fake relationship scenario is even more complicated. marco agreed to be vince's fake lover over ten years ago. he was young and wanted a chance in the fashion indusry. and even though he was clearly not gay, vince horace, famous and falmboyantly gay fashion designer, wanted him to pretend to be his partner.

and marco agreed. he had everything to gain and nothing to lose by the pretense. he never cared what anyone thought of him. working in fashion most people already assumed he was gay. and then vince dies. and this is where things are complicated. you don't spend a decade with someone and not have an intimate relationship. it wasn't a sexual relationship, but marco loves and misses vince. and he's in charge of protecting his legacy. but he's also been repressing his needs for far too long.

so when he comes across avery, he behaves impulsively. he knows she is lying, but he doesn't know what she is hiding. and when they have the most mind-blowing sex, it horrifies marco to realize that avery has reason to believe that vince is her father. there are legal manueverings and blowout arguments, but when they agree that all avery wants is knowledge, he trusts her with his secrets.

in some ways marco has to recover the pieces of himself that he lost when he fell into vince's orbit. being with avery could destroy everything, but it also is the first time he's felt alive in a long time. she sets him free even as she captures his heart. and the ups and downs and highs and lows of their relationship is fun to follow.

**hidden seams published on january 16, 2018. i received an digital copy courtesy of netgalley/select publishing in exchange for my honest review.

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