Amy thought her life was finally on track. She was about to be promoted from high school English teacher to department chair, engaged to the town’s hunky football coach and rising fitness club magnate, and heading off on a blissful Hawaiian honeymoon—courtesy of her in-laws’ timeshare.
But then everything goes spectacularly sideways.
The promotion? Snagged by some out-of-towner from Philadelphia.
The fiancé? Caught “having lunch” with a movie star.
(“Star” being generous. So is “lunch” and “movie.”)
And to top it off, Ethan McNamara—her childhood best friend and former next-door neighbor—plants a toe-curling kiss on her at their high school reunion. Right in front of the whole town. And her fiancé.
Ethan isn’t the nerdy boy she used to know. These days, he’s a billionaire tech mogul thanks to the world’s most irritating game app. He’s always charming, often infuriating, and entirely too good-looking—and now he needs a favor.
One fake relationship. One week. On a tropical island. With him.
Amy could use a break from real life, and Ethan’s offer comes with sunshine, escape, and the chance to move on. But what starts as a harmless charade soon gets complicated—especially when that one kiss turns into something neither of them saw coming.
Anything for Her is a flirty, feel-good friends-to-lovers romantic comedy featuring a fake engagement, a billionaire with a hidden heart, over-the-top water slides, a mud bath mishap, and one seriously life-changing kiss. A swoonworthy standalone perfect for fans of laugh-out-loud love stories with a big heart.
Julia Gabriel writes contemporary romance and women’s fiction filled with emotional depth, relatable characters, and satisfying happily-ever-afters. Her books have been selected as Top Picks by RT Book Reviews, and praised by critics at RT, Kirkus, and others as “nuanced,” “heart-wrenching and emotional,” “well-crafted contemporary romance,” and “deeply moving storytelling.”
When she’s not writing, Julia is either teaching in the MFA in Popular Fiction program at Emerson College or getting lost in her latest quilting project—an obsession that sometimes finds its way into her stories. She lives in New England with too much fabric and just the right amount of coffee.