ACCIDENTALLY ENGAGED

They’ve been best friends since college. He’s been secretly in love with her for seven years. She has no idea.

Then they wake up married in Vegas.

Before they can annul it, her senator father sees the announcement on social media and insists on throwing them an engagement party in three weeks. With her promotion on the line, they agree to fake it — which means moving in together, cake tastings, dance lessons, a couples retreat with only one bed, and pretending they’re NOT falling apart every time they accidentally touch.

She’s spent her whole life performing “perfect daughter.” He’s spent seven years convinced he’s not good enough for a senator’s daughter. Three weeks of wedding planning chaos is about to blow up every wall they’ve built.

Rom-com gold. The kind of book readers finish in one sitting with a stupid grin on their face.

WHY THIS WILL SELL

→ Accidental marriage + fake engagement + friends-to-lovers is a rom-com trifecta with massive reader demand
→ Wedding planning content (cake tastings, bridal showers, dress shopping, engagement parties) is proven reader catnip with strong sales history
→ Friends-to-lovers foundation means readers root for them from page one — lower emotional barrier than enemies-to-lovers
→ Political family angle differentiates this from the crowded accidental-marriage market
→ Three-week countdown creates built-in urgency and escalating stakes

TROPES:
• Accidental Marriage (Vegas Wedding)
• Friends to Lovers
• Fake Engagement
• Forced Proximity / Roommates
• Wedding Planning Chaos
• He Falls First
• Only One Bed
• Mutual Pining
• Political Family Pressure
• Class Differences
• Slow Burn
• Dual POV
• Grand Gesture
• Public Confession

HEAT LEVEL: Moderate

Perfect for fans of: Helena Hunting, Lynn Painter, Emily Henry, and Jasmine Guillory