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Set the Record Straight

A Sapphic, Friends-to-Lovers, Holiday Romance from the Bestselling Author of OUT ON A LIMB
By Hannah Bonam-Young
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A fake girlfriend. A real best friend. One very complicated lie... The day Clara started her new (dream) job as an assistant to her photography idol, she was met with an assumption that caught her off guard and stunned her silent. Suddenly, she has to bring... Read More
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Clara’s dream job begins with a misunderstanding that forces her to bring a fake girlfriend. Evan, newly single, needs a date too. Best friends pretend to date, until real feelings surface and complicate everything.

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A fake girlfriend. A real best friend. One very complicated lie...

The day Clara started her new (dream) job as an assistant to her photography idol, she was met with an assumption that caught her off guard and stunned her silent. Suddenly, she has to bring a girlfriend to the gallery's opening in a few weeks—all because she choked up and failed to correct her boss that she is, in fact, straight.

Evan was recently dumped by her fellow teacher fiancée for a mutual co-worker and is still trying to figure out where it all went wrong. So when she gets the news the happy new couple will be hosting the staff's holiday party, she feels utterly horrified by her single status and looks for a quick solution.

Together, these two life-long friends make a plan to get through the gallery opening and holiday party by pretending to date one another. Easy... right?

That is until Clara starts developing real feelings for Evan, shocking herself. All the while Evan realises that perhaps pretending to date your straight best friend, who you've had a crush on for half your life, isn't the best idea.

Set the Record Straight by Hannah Bonam-Young is a story about love, friendship, and the complications of pretending.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781835016640

Publisher: Bedford Square Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 October 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bedford Square Publishers

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 192

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About the Author

Hannah Bonam-Young is NYT and USA Today bestselling author from Ontario, Canada. She lives with her childhood-friend-turned-husband Ben, two kids, and bulldog near Niagara Falls on the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabe peoples.

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