We Can't Be Friends

Callum Sullivan, CFO of his best friend's hotel empire, has sworn off love until his mother gives him an ultimatum he can't ignore. Chloe Henry left her hometown nine years ago after her life fell apart, building a picture-perfect existence in Chicago that's now quietly cracking. When Chloe's apartment floods, Callum takes her in as his roommate — on the condition that she play his fake girlfriend — and the arrangement slowly strips away the walls both of them have built around their real selves.

Hannah Hamrick opens the Close to You series with a fake-dating, roommates-to-lovers slow burn about two people who have to decide whether their connection can survive the truths they've both been hiding.