Blurb
💋 Aurora -Claire MALO - Rory
“Broke, snarky, and dangerously good at making bad decisions look fun.”
Twenty-something bartender. Queen of self-sabotage. Master of avoiding feelings for free. Recently orphaned, recently evicted, and recently desperate enough to fake-date to pay rents.
❤️🔥 Matéo MORIN
“Walking green flag… accessorized with a few alarming red ones.”
Sinfully attractive, emotional cactus architect.Competitive. Protective. Dangerously soft in places he pretends don’t exist. Exactly the kind of man who says “this means nothing” right before it starts meaning everything.
Rory needs fast cash. Matéo needs a fake girlfriend.
The rules were simple: no feelings, no mess, no strings.
What could possibly go wrong?
(Answer: literally everything. Immediately. )
Rory Malo is broke, burned-out, and emotionally barricaded.Fresh off a funeral, halfway to eviction, and still nursing wounds from the last time she let someone in, she’s clinging to her pride with caffeine, spite, and an aggressive “I’m fine” face.
The last thing she wants is help, especially not from a too-handsome architect offering her a paid fake-date gig at his resort launch.
But she agrees. Because money. Obviously.And that jawline of his that meant to be sat on.
Fake dates get complicated when the tension stops pretending. Between whispered insults, shared beds, and slow-burning looks that scream “we shouldn’t,” Rory’s about to learn that some deals don’t always come with clean exits — especially when feelings show up uninvited.
Matéo doesn’t try to fix her — he just keeps showing up. And in Rory’s duct-taped world of controlled disaster, that kind of consistency feels less like comfort… and more like a threat.
Now Rory has to ask the one question she’s been dodging her whole life:What if love isn’t the problem… what if she is?
Will she finally let herself be loved?Or will she sabotage the one thing that wasn’t supposed to hurt?
Steamy, chaotic, and emotionally unhinged,Rent-a-Date: Terms & Conditions Applied is a romcom full of hot messes, soft hearts, and a hero who wasn’t supposed to matter.
‼️READER DISCLAIMER‼️
🟢 READ IF YOU:
✔️ Love heroines with real-world problems and the grace of a trash panda in stilettos
✔️ Crave emotional development alongside the steam (and yes, there’s steam)
✔️ Appreciate inner monologue that sounds like your best friend oversharing in a bathroom stall
✔️ Like your heroes sweet, steady, and just a little bit damaged
✔️ Are here for found family, slow trust, and enemies-to-what-is-happening
✔️ Don’t mind a few spirals before the soft landing
✔️ Want a love story set in Québec, with a side of karaoke, cabaret, and casually muttered tabarnak
🔴 RUN IF YOU:
✘ Expect virginal, delicate heroines with perfect emotional regulation
✘ Need billionaire alpha males who grunt their love into yachts
✘ Think therapy is unnecessary and emotional walls are cute
✘ Want drama for drama’s sake without the character depth
✘ Hate when people have realistic financial stress, grief, or intimacy issues
✘ Are morally opposed to women owning vibrators with names
PS: The story’s already fully written—I'm just releasing it chapter by chapter. If you’re hungry for more, say the word and I’ll crank up the chapter drops! We can absolutely up the pace. I aim to please (unlike my ex).
🔥✨ Follow along if you like your romcoms messy, steamy, and stitched with actual heart.
