Faking by Sean Ashcroft

A leaked sex tape. A fake relationship. A return home.

Ryder swore he was never going back to Otter Bay after leaving at seventeen, but when his life is set on fire in LA, he finds himself ducking into a cozy café on Main Street with his tail between his legs.
Unfortunately, he also finds that his best friend, the first boy he ever had a crush on, grew up hot.
And then, because he can’t stop messing up his own life, he kisses him.
And that’s not even the worst of his problems.
Ward never expected to see Ryder again, but he can’t pretend he’s not happy about it. The life he’s built in Otter Bay is all prepped for his dream of settling down, but the little cabin he built with his own two hands never hosts anyone overnight.
With Ryder back in town he’s forced to confront some old feelings he was never brave enough to share as a teenager, a regret he’s had to live with for the past ten years with a Ryder-shaped hole in his heart.
The fact that saving Ryder’s career means pretending to be his boyfriend isn’t helping at all.