He fell first.



She's never falling in love again—ever.

Ren Moretti is a divorce attorney who spends every spare hour fundraising for the women's center he built with his brother. He's good at the work. What he's not good at is fending off the well-meaning donors who treat every charity dinner like a personal opportunity to fix his love life—one unwanted introduction at a time.

Piper Darlington makes wedding cakes for a living and wants absolutely nothing to do with the real thing—not after her ex cheated with her best friend, kept their dog, and turned every custody drop-off into a power play. When her older sister proposes a fake-dating arrangement—Piper as Ren's date so matchmakers back off, Ren as Piper's buffer against her messy ex—it sounds perfectly simple.

It isn't simple. Not even close.

Because somewhere between charity dinners, raccoon evictions in the middle of the night, dog custody standoffs, and far too many hours spent laughing together, the lines between pretend and real start to blur in ways neither of them planned for.

Make You Mine is a slow-burn, fake-dating romance with a grumpy-sunshine twist, big feelings, and the kind of man who shows up—every single time—without being asked.