Torn apart by a series of miscarriages, Levi O'Devlin is no longer in the market for a relationship. How can he, when the alpha of his dreams craves a baby so much? Instead, Levi spends his days as a cashier, daydreaming of a better life. Cole Lancaster had an omega, a long time ago. But a devastating accident happened, injuring Levi's friend and driving Cole and Levi apart. To escape his guilt these days, Cole works as a firefighter, borrowing his nephew just so he has a baby to hold. It doesn't hurt that Levi's working right where Cole's nephew is... and Levi always smells so good. When Levi's gran makes an irresistible offer—on the condition that Levi produces a great-grandchild—Levi's faced with a difficult choice: to give up the house of his memories, or to find someone to stand in as the 'boyfriend' he's been telling Gran about. Cole doesn't mind being a pretend boyfriend, right? Never mind that Levi's heart still yearns for this alpha, and never mind that Cole's giving him another baby he can't carry to term. This is all just a pretense. The Pretense is a 72k-word standalone non-shifter MPreg romance novel, with family bumblebee outfits, hurt/comfort themes, and an alpha who has secretly never stopped loving his omega.