The Pen Name Project (Signed Paperback )

Author : Leigh Creek

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ecc Publishing
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 19, 2025
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 386 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8988060031

Tropes :

• Friends to Lovers
• Fake Dating
• Slow Burn
• Forced Proximity
• Protective Golden Retriever MMC
• “It’s always been you” Vibes
• 🌶 Spice Level 2/5

Overview :

What happens when romance needs a bit of research?

Samantha MacMillian is in a bit of a pickle. After an almost year-long writer’s block, she’s finally decided what she wants to try writing next – a romance. But Sam isn’t going to write just any romance novel.

Sam is gonna write smut.

There’s only one tiny little problem: Sam has little to no experience in the romance department. Between the ongoing tension with her family and a contract deadline with her publisher breathing down her neck, she simply hadn’t had the time or energy for it. Not to mention that she is still dealing with the aftermath of her last attempt at romance.

This is when her best friend, Charlie, proposes a unique solution – a fake dating experiment.

It sounds straightforward enough: the two go on dates and act like any regular couple so that Sam can take notes for her book. Including the physical sides of a relationship…

As long as Sam doesn’t start mixing her very real-life feelings for Charlie for the fictional world she’s trying to create, things should work out… right?