If I Never Met You

If I Never Met You
Mhairi McFarlane

If faking love is this easy… how do you know when it’s real? The brand new novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Mhairi McFarlane Laurie and Jamie have the perfect office romance(They set the rules via email) Everyone can see they’re head over heels(They staged the photos) This must be true love(They’re faking it) When Laurie is dumped by her partner of eighteen years, she’s blindsided. Not only does she feel humiliated, they still have to work together. So when she gets stuck in the lift with handsome colleague Jamie, they hatch a plan to stage the perfect romance. Revenge will be sweet… But this fauxmance is about to get complicated. You can’t break your heart in a fake relationship – can you?

IF I NEVER MET YOU

Mhairi McFarlane

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First published in the UK by HarperCollinsPublishers 2020

Copyright © Mhairi McFarlane 2020

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Cover illustration © Abbey Lossing / Handsome Frank

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This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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Source ISBN: 9780008169480

Ebook Edition © January 2020 ISBN: 9780008169473

Version: 2019-11-04

Dedication (#ue9466f73-b481-5adf-8f26-c4644539ec16)

For my sister, Laura

the human Lisa Simpson

Contents

Cover (#uaaa4a5b8-d545-5bc6-941f-29426932a92b)

Title Page (#ubbf3ec37-c622-5f34-8f18-64fa55485f16)

Copyright

Dedication

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Chapter 2 (#u62029394-cdad-57de-b194-f8749b3def52)

Chapter 3 (#ud88c071a-d36b-5058-9e54-04e74360fe5e)

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