How to Fake a Southern Gentleman

This bighearted rom-com debut reimagines My Fair Lady,as two women team up to make over a sexy hustler and take down one of Atlanta’s most corrupt men. Along the waytheir story sizzles with unexpected friendship and swoony love. Proud single mom Holly Simmons and ambitious journalist Luisa Martín Moreno have nothing in common—until Atlanta’s most powerful manGriggs Caldecott Johnson IIIturns both their lives upside down. Griggs is threatening Holly’s job as the events manager at the hoity-toity Dogwood Hills Country Clubwhile Luisa gets fired for trying to expose his scheme to defraud an immigrant family and snatch up their land for a luxury development. Determined to fight backthe women team up to infiltrate Griggs’s inner circle. Their secret weapon? Elijah Denvil Sweeta sexy hustler with a knack for reinvention. With a makeoveretiquette lessonsand a little help from Professor Pridmore—a charminghandsomeand single linguistics professor—Eli transforms into “Tripp” the kind of Southern gentleman Griggs might just trust. But as the plan takes shapeso do tender and unexpected feelings neither woman saw coming—with the very men helping them get justice. With sparkling witstrong female friendshipand slow-burn romanceHow to Fake a Southern Gentleman is perfect for anyone who’s ever felt underestimated—and longs for a love that plays by its own rules.