Wish You Weren't Here: The ultimate fake dating summer romance from Portia MacIntosh for 2025

The BRAND NEW laugh-out-loud, fake dating rom-com from MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER Portia MacIntosh! Perfect for fans of Christina Lauren, Abby Jimenez and Emily Henry 📚 ✨ Tropes & themes ✨ ✧ Sun-drenched romance ☀️ ✧ Fake dating 💗 ✧ Meet cute 😍 ✧ Second chances 💕

Don’t get mad, get Ethan!

Lana has had enough. Her ‘perfect’ sister is getting married. In Australia. On Lana’s 30th birthday and no one seems to have noticed. To make matters worse, she’s been given a list of rules she must follow so she doesn’t upstage the bride. Well, rules are meant to be bent right?

She’s found a killer dress, now she just needs the most inappropriate wedding date she can find. But where to start? All her attempts at online dating are simply disasters, and not in the right way! Too boring/married/easily intimidated! But then her drop dead gorgeous ex Ethan suddenly reappears in her life. With the power to make her dizzy with excitement she reminds herself why they broke up. Together they literally attracted chaos until their relationship imploded. They couldn’t make it work. But could Lana make this work in her favour… just for the wedding?

However, when they arrive in Australia Ethan seems to have forgotten he’s only there to help cause bedlam. Instead he’s off the charts charming, nothing like she remembers and not playing by her rules. She’s here for revenge, not a rekindled holiday romance… but Ethan has other ideas!

A laugh-out-loud fake dating romantic comedy from million-copy bestseller Portia MacIntosh.

Praise for Portia MacIntosh:

'Smart, funny and always brilliantly entertaining, every book from Portia becomes my new favourite rom com.' Shari Low

'I laughed, I cried - I loved it.’ Holly Martin

'The queen of rom com!' Rebecca Raisin

‘This book made me laugh and kept me turning the pages.' Mandy Baggot

'A fun, fabulous 5 star rom com!' Sandy Barker

'Loved the book, it's everything you expect from the force that is Portia! A must read' Rachel Dove

'Fun and witty. Pure escapism!' Laura Carter

'A heartwarming, fun story, perfect for several hours of pure escapism.' Jessica Redland

© 2025 Boldwood Books (Audiobook): 9781804267448
© 2025 Boldwood Books (Ebook): 9781804267387

Release date

Audiobook: 8 January 2025
Ebook: 8 January 2025