The Cupid Dilemma by April Asher: Adalyn Whitlock has always believed in happily ever afters. As the daughter of Aphrodite and a wedding planner by 
trade, love is supposed to be her specialty. Unfortunately, her business is struggling, her reputation has taken a hit, and her ex has started calling her the Anti-Aphrodite. Phoenix “Nix” Cross is a rising rockstar battling a serious case of writer’s block while his band’s success skyrockets. When Addie and Nix discover that a carefully staged fauxmance could solve both of their problems, what begins as a strategic arrangement quickly turns into something far more real.
THE CUPID DILEMMA was a swoony romance that blended sparkling chemistry with magical charm and heartfelt emotion.
Adalyn Whitlock was a heroine I rooted for immediately. Between her struggling wedding-planning business, the pressure of living up to Aphrodite’s legacy, and a very public reputation crisis, she had more than enough on her plate before Phoenix “Nix” Cross showed up in her life. Nix was exactly the kind of hero I can never resist—talented, romantic, and far more vulnerable than his rockstar image suggested. He was openly hopeful about finding lasting love, and there was something incredibly swoony about the way he saw Addie as both his muse and his perfect match. The chemistry between them was playful and electric.
There was something so addictive about the combination of magical mythology, celebrity romance, and laugh-out-loud banter. The paranormal elements added a unique twist, but what made this story especially satisfying was watching Addie and Nix turn a fake relationship into something that felt increasingly real.
Tropes
💞 Fake dating
🎸 Rockstar romance
🏡 Neighbors to lovers
💛 Paranormal romance
💫 Forced proximity
🎤 Celebrity hero
✨ Magic and mythology
THE CUPID DILEMMA was a fun, flirty paranormal romance about trusting in love and discovering that sometimes the most unexpected person becomes exactly what your heart needed. Perfect for readers who love paranormal rom-coms, fake dating, and heroes who wear their hearts on their sleeves.
Book Info:
Publication: Published: May 12, 2026 | St. Martin’s Griffin
A lover of love and a champion for happily ever after. Those are two of many things people expect from Aphrodite’s daughter. To Adalyn Whitlock, ‘love’ pays the bills, and currently, not well. Business is dropping at Happily Ever Forever, with her latest wedding planning catastrophe ending in a negative social media storm and her sister Maxi’s matchmaking ability on the fritz. To top it off, there’s an ex-boyfriend calling her ‘the Anti-Aphrodite’ and paparazzi pics linking Addie to her new client’s older brother.
Phoenix “Nix” Cross―songwriter and drummer for the hot new band, The Stone Talons―is no saint, but he’s far from the womanizer the band’s image rep bestowed on him. If anything, Nix is a romantic, hopeful he’ll find a love like the one his parents share. With the band’s star quickly rising and the record label pressuring him to deliver their next hit, Nix’s writer’s block couldn’t have come at a worse time. But when he opens his door to his irate new next-door neighbor, Nix feels the brief flash of inspiration for the first time in ages. And it just so happens that his new Muse is none other than his little sister’s new wedding planner.
With Addie needing an end to her public-relations nightmare and the record label breathing down Nix’s neck, the pair agree to a fauxmance. But what happens when the emotions turned on for the cameras don’t turn off?
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