I'd decided long ago it was easier to pretend to embrace my namesake than try to prove myself to the world.

No one had ever seen through that...

Until I rescued a runaway bride from the side of the road.

Then my mom-my interfering, matchmaking mom-saw the diamond ring, made assumptions I didn't have the heart to dispel, and, suddenly, Rory and I were pretending to be engaged.

Only...somewhere along the way, it became real.

Somewhere along the way, I realized I could never let her go.