The Spanish Love Deception: A Novel

By Elena Armas

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A TikTok sensation, this rom-com about a young woman who agrees to fake date a colleague and bring him to her sister's wedding has "everything you could want in a romance" (Helen Hoang, New York Times bestselling author).

Catalina Martín desperately needs a date to her sister's wedding. Especially since her little white lie about her American boyfriend has spiralled out of control. Now everyone she knows--including her ex and his fiancée--will be there and eager to meet him.

She only has four weeks to find someone willing to cross the Atlantic and aid in her deception. New York to Spain is no short flight and her raucous family won't be easy to fool.

Enter Aaron Blackford--her tall, handsome, condescending colleague--who surprisingly offers to step in. She'd rather refuse; never has there been a more aggravating, blood-boiling, and insufferable man.

But Catalina is desperate, and as the wedding draws nearer, Aaron looks like her best option. And she begins to realize he might not be as terrible in the real world as he is at the office.

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Published Nov 23, 2021

480 pages

Average rating: 6.24

136 RATINGS

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Community Reviews

Anna leigh
Feb 20, 2026
It was a cute book..soft romance a must read for romance lovers
Myths & Dreams
Aug 07, 2023
9/10 stars
I couldn't stop smiling throughout the book. Well, almost throughout. It was a nice, cheesy romance in the best possible way. Aaron's charisma and charm were a deadly combination. I read someone calling him a dreamy book boyfriend? That's accurate. The slow burn was out of the charts. It had me curling my feet, giggle and long for more chapters. ”I’ll give you the world. The moon. The fucking stars. Anything you ask, it’s yours. I’m yours”.
ek_426
Jul 26, 2023
7/10 stars
lowkey kinda cringe but it was cute!, literally imagined Aaron as Henry cavil the whole time and it made it better, if you come from a spanish family this is def a good book for you (I am too white so I could not relate to some of these); SLOW AF BURN - they were fake dating so it makes sense but damn
Gabri
Jul 05, 2023
8/10 stars
Soooo good, la fille m’énervait un peu desfois tho mais so good
Baylower
Jun 25, 2023
8/10 stars
Would be 10 stars if it wasn’t for that ONE CHAPTER!!! It actually made me cringe and it almost ruined the whole thing for me

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