{"product_id":"much-obliged-d-p-clarence-9781739550981","title":"Much Obliged: A charmingly British fake dating gay romantic comedy","description":"\u003cp\u003eBreakfast TV producer Petey Boy Topham dreams of producing the reality shows he loves to watch. When he finally lands a job on \u003cem\u003eThe Love Manor\u003c\/em\u003e-a Regency-inspired dating show filmed at an actual country house-it's his golden ticket to his career ambitions. If he can impress his new boss, she might give him his own show.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Winters is infamous in the tabloids as the \"Bisexual Baron Buckford\". But this rugby-playing, fantasy-novel-obsessed aristocrat never wanted the title or the media attention. After a family tragedy, he's inherited not only a crumbling manor house, but millions of pounds of debt. To save his estate, he's let \u003cem\u003eThe Love Manor\u003c\/em\u003e's cameras in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach man would do anything to make the show a success. So when the contestants discover there's a real-life baron in residence and abandon the dating format to pursue him instead, there's only one solution: a fake engagement between producer and baron.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiving together in Buckford Hall's romantic folly, confident Londoner Petey Boy might be up for a no-strings fling with the sexy baron-but bookish William is far from the rake the papers make him out to be. Soon, what started as a desperate lie begins to feel dangerously real.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen news of their \"engagement\" leaks to the press and the consequences of their deceit spiral out of control, will their fake relationship survive the chaos long enough to become a reality?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e D. P. Clarence\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1739550986\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781739550981\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Proud Marlee Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.83d","brand":"D. P. Clarence","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48242062885119,"sku":"9781739550981","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fd24f07b-e2b9-4336-a279-7655beac9385.jpg?v=1772657308","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/much-obliged-d-p-clarence-9781739550981","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}