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  • Published: 29 August 2023
  • ISBN: 9780593569917
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $22.99

Picture-Perfect Boyfriend





Two strangers, one tropical island, and lots of lies in this funny beach romance from the author of Love & Other Great Expectations!

Two strangers, one tropical island, and lots of lies in this funny beach romance from the author of Love & Other Great Expectations!

Aspiring nature photographer Kenzie Reed just can’t get her straitlaced family of optometrists to take her art seriously. She’s resigned to putting aside her dreams and accepting the depressing life that awaits her at the family business. She even makes up a fake, boring boyfriend—Jacob—to get her parents off her back. 

But when the Reeds arrive in Hawaii for spring break, Kenzie is shocked that "Jacob" shows up at the airport—and joins their vacation. Kenzie can’t reveal him as a fraud without confessing her lie, so she’s stuck playing along while trying to find out who he really is. 

No way is she going to actually fall for him—because even though he’s funny, nice, smart, and cute, he’s also a liar. Isn’t he?  

Filled with warm summer breezes and salty sea air, Becky Dean’s Picture-Perfect Boyfriend will sweep you off your feet into a tropical paradise, sun on your shoulders—where love is just around a palm tree.

  • Published: 29 August 2023
  • ISBN: 9780593569917
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $22.99

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“This smart and swoony debut is the perfect read for lovers of travel and British literature. Pack your bags and get ready to join the coolest scavenger hunt ever!” —Kristy Boyce, bestselling author of Dungeons and Drama

"Take it from a romance-addicted Anglophile: Becky Dean’s Love & Other Great Expectations is a dessert to be devoured. Simply put, I adored it." —K. L. Walther, New York Times bestselling author of The Summer of Broken Rules

A delightful debut.” —Nova McBee, author of the Calculated series

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