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Love, Academically
- Author
- Jen Smith
- Narrator
- Helen Phillips, Elliot McCarthy
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
- Publish Date
- 9 October 2025
- Run Time
- 9 hours 33 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Rhys isn’t Lila’s biggest fan either, but when he needs to convince his family that he’s excelling in both work and love, striking a deal with her suddenly makes sense.
As their fake relationship unfolds, the lines between pretence and reality blur. Can they keep up the act, or is there something real beneath the rivalry?
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Details
- Author
- Jen Smith
- Narrator
- Helen Phillips, Elliot McCarthy
- Duration
- 9 hours 33 minutes
- Release Date
- 9 October 2025
- ISBN
- 9781004217809
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
- Genre
- Romance, Contemporary lifestyle fiction, Romance
Synopsis
Lila Cartwright is thriving after dumping her toxic ex – well, mostly. That is, until she bumps into him and his new girlfriend, forcing her to grab the nearest man and introduce him as her boyfriend. Unfortunately, that man is her infuriatingly moody (yet undeniably attractive) colleague, Rhys Aubrey.Rhys isn’t Lila’s biggest fan either, but when he needs to convince his family that he’s excelling in both work and love, striking a deal with her suddenly makes sense.As their fake relationship unfolds, the lines between pretence and reality blur. Can they keep up the act, or is there something real beneath the rivalry?
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