



Max approaches Cade at his table in all of her gorgeous 1950’s-pinup-looking glory and asks him a ridiculous and very presumptuous favor: Max needs Cade to pretend to be her boyfriend over the Thanksgiving holiday so her parents won’t realize she’s actually dating a guy named Mace, a tatted-up, no-good-for-nothing, musician loser. And the more they fake the relationship, the more real it begins to feel. But when Cade plays the role a little too well, they’re forced to keep the ruse going. When Max approaches him in a coffee shop with a crazy request to pretend to be her boyfriend, he agrees to play the part. So far though, he’s kept the problems and had very little opportunity to take the stage. All her lies are about to come crashing down around her, but then she meets Cade.Ĭade moved to Philadelphia to act and to leave his problems behind in Texas. Even worse, they’re expecting to meet a nice, wholesome boyfriend, not a guy named Mace who has a neck tattoo and plays in a band. Her parents have arrived in town for a surprise visit, and if they see her dyed hair, tattoos, and piercings, they just might disown her.
