i'm engaged to a stranger. okay, maybe not officially, but when owen porter spots me floundering for words in front of my ex-fiancé and his new wife, i decide to go along with his little farce. the catch? he wants me to return the favor by being his date to a company mixer. i'm supposed to be on vacation-forgetting about men. now, thanks to unforeseen events, i'm not only owen's date, but i'm also his hotel roommate. lines i didn't want to cross are quickly blurred, and my best friends convince me that there's nothing wrong with a vacation fling. that one might help me get over my latest relationship disaster. but as the clock counts down to my departure, i know my feelings aren't as fake as i'd like them to be. far from it. meeting owen wasn't in my plans. finding out who i am was. but maybe i can make both work... that is, if owen can prove he isn't like my other exes: a lying cheat. a mutually beneficial proposal is a laugh-out-loud and spicy romantic comedy. it's told in dual pov, and is a full-length standalone included in the unexpected series that can be read in any order, but best consumed consecutively.