

I didn’t want it to end!”* -Lauren Layne, author of Isn’t She Lovely “Cassie Mae is awesome! The perfect balance between laugh-out-loud funny and achingly poignant, The Real Thing is the ultimate escapist read. But she soon realizes she’s about to lose the only real thing she’s ever had. As her advances are continually spurned, Mia splits her time between Eric and her computer. But Eric keeps his desires locked away, unsure of himself and his ability to give his best friend what she deserves in a boyfriend. When the two friends become roommates, Mia finds herself falling harder than she ever thought she could. When she starts receiving supersweet messages from a stranger who thinks she’s someone else, Mia begins to believe that real love is possible outside her virtual world. Along with her email chats and Facebook notifications, Mia also devours romance novels, spending countless hours with fictional characters, dreaming of her own Romeo to sweep her off her feet.

Mia Johnson has thousands of friends-who live in her computer. In this electrifying novel from Cassie Mae, two close friends surprise themselves by shifting from platonic love to sexual attraction.Įric Matua has one friend-his best friend and childhood sweetheart, who needs a place to stay for the summer.
