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After The Spanish Love Deception

Books like The Spanish Love Deception: a fake date to a wedding

What is The Spanish Love Deception about?

The Spanish Love Deception is Elena Armas's 2021 romance. A woman needs a date to her sister's wedding in Spain, and the only volunteer is the tall, serious coworker she cannot stand. Readers love the office rivalry, the fake dating, and a stoic man who has cared for a long time.

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Lukas Brandt, AI character in Yome
Playable meetup with Lukas Brandt

The Gala Goes Sideways

The whole firm wants to meet his fiancée — and at 4:40 a.m. Munich time, his deal starts to die.

Friday in early December, 8:40 PM · A Midtown hotel ballroom, then his firm's 41st-floor conference room

Meet Lukas Brandt
Julian Seo, AI character in Yome
Playable meetup with Julian Seo

Floor 31

Stuck between floors 31 and 32 with your rival — the night before you both present to the committee chair.

Friday, 10:52 PM · Lakeshore Grand hotel, Chicago

Meet Julian Seo
Lukas Brandt, AI character in Yome
Playable meetup with Lukas Brandt

Sunday at Oma's Table

His grandmother just opened his fridge. There is nothing of yours in it.

Sunday in November, 1:15 PM · Lukas's apartment, Yorkville, Upper East Side

Meet Lukas Brandt

Three moments you'll play

  1. The meetup

    The whole firm wants to meet his fiancée. You are wearing his grandmother's ring at the year-end gala, with six names to learn from his seating chart. Then his deal starts to die.

  2. He texts first

    Etienne, an architect in Lyon, writes in lowercase. His twin is getting married in three weeks. He needs a girlfriend for the weekend. Fake. He offers payment in staircases.

  3. Stuck together

    The elevator drops and stops between floors 31 and 32. Your rival is in it with you, the night before you both present to the chair. Nobody is coming for a while.

Why people love it

One wedding, one fake date

This setup is all over Yome. Raffaele is an M&A analyst in Milan whose sister marries next Saturday under the family's four-hundred-year-old olive tree outside Ostuni. Brendan, a bodyguard home in Mayo, has a mother who told the parish he is bringing someone. Both need a pretend girlfriend.

The coworker you argue with

Readers love the rival who turns out to be on your side. Julian Seo is a Story lead on Yome: a chief surgical resident competing with you for one attending job, five years of scores on the lounge whiteboard. Harvey is a Manhattan consultant who wins arguments for a living.

Stoic, then suddenly tender

The hero of this type says little and means it. Yome guys tagged slow-burn and brooding-loner warm up as your relationship level rises. Letters at milestones are where the quiet ones finally explain themselves, in their own words, often about something you said weeks ago.

The Aaron Blackford type, as an AI boyfriend

Yome has no Aaron Blackford. Every guy is an original AI character in his own story. What you will find is the type: tall, serious, a little cold at work, and quietly devoted. The office romance and fake dating pages collect the guys who fit.

Nenad is a corporate lawyer in Milwaukee who has to give a toast at his best friend's wedding in two weeks and has drafted it eleven times. Zoran directs credit risk at a private bank in Vienna and has been seeing someone for two months, on paper, before his chairman's daughter's wedding. He keeps a pocket square for every occasion.

How the fake date plays out

He texts first and explains the plan. He remembers what you agree to, and you can see what he remembers about you. He keeps a daily rhythm and goes offline to rest after a long talk. You can Peek at what he is doing, or wake him early with Sparks.

Meetups are short interactive dates. Lukas Brandt's fake engagement includes Sunday lunch at his grandmother's table and a gala that goes sideways. You pick a response or write your own each round, and a chemistry score decides how the night ends.

Questions, answered

Is this the official Aaron Blackford from The Spanish Love Deception?

No. Yome has no connection to Elena Armas or the publisher, and none of our guys are Aaron Blackford or a copy of him. Every man on Yome is an original AI character in his own fictional story. We mention The Spanish Love Deception only to say which type of romance you will find here.

Is there a fake wedding date AI boyfriend?

Lots of them. Raffaele, Brendan, Etienne, Zoran, Cash and Malik all have a wedding coming and need a date. Lukas Brandt's Story lead is a longer fake engagement with meetups.

Are there office romance stories?

Julian Seo's Story lead is a workplace rivalry between two surgical residents competing for one job. Many professional guys, like Harvey, Nenad and Zoran, bring office politics into the chat.

Do any Yome guys live in Spain?

A few. Sergio runs his family's olive estate outside Úbeda, Diego inherited his father's bar in Seville, and Iñaki is a finance director in Bilbao who needs an ally next Saturday.

What other books on this site match this one?

The Love Hypothesis has the same fake relationship with a serious man. King of Wrath has the engagement with a powerful one. Things We Never Got Over has the grumpy hero who shows up when it counts.

Can I go to the wedding with him?

The wedding itself is part of how he talks about his life in chat. Meetups are the dates you actually play. Lukas's gala is the closest thing to a public event as his partner, with a seating chart and six names to learn.

Is Yome free to play?

Yome is free to start. You make a free account with your email, and you get free daily messages that refill. Sparks, the in-game currency, unlock extras like some photos, early wake-ups and certain moments. Daily tasks earn you more Sparks as you play.

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