Thom is a highly ambitious political consultant working for the California governor’s imminent presidential campaign. He’s never met a person or situation he can’t use to his best advantage or the advantage of the candidate for which he works.
The one person who constantly gets under his skin is Clay, the campaign’s data analyst. Although Clay is smart, he's always a bit clueless, yet at the same time, he’s full of himself, and his lack of awareness—not to mention his messy appearance—drives the impeccably groomed Thom up a wall. When a photograph is taken of Thom confronting Clay in a heated moment, to the naive eye it looks like they’re in the midst of a romantic moment. And when the governor makes a homophobic gaffe, she convinces Thom and Clay to pretend they’re dating, to divert attention from the scandal.
Despite Thom’s dislike of Clay (and the fact that Thom is straight), he’s a good soldier and wants to run the governor's presidential campaign, so they agree to the fake relationship. (Clay, who is gay, just seems to go along for the ride.) But the more convincing the governor and her team want them to be, will fake feelings turn real? What’s the likelihood of someone—or the campaign—getting hurt?
This book has its cute and (quite) steamy moments. But Thom is a really horrible person for a significant portion of the book—he’s downright mean to Clay—and the governor and her team are pretty odious, too. And the whole scheme really seemed just a little too much, even though I don’t doubt it’s happened.
Still, fake dating is always a trope I enjoy in rom-coms. Love, Hate & Clickbait publishes 4/26/22!
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