The Cinderella Deal by Jennifer Crusie

In ten words or less: Daisy poses as neighbor's fiancee to win him faculty position.

Review: Free spirit Daisy's upstairs neighbor needs a fiancee for the weekend. Linc Blaise has a job interview lined up at a college in Ohio, and the president expects his new professor to come with a faculty wife. Put on the spot, Linc asks Daisy to play the part of his wife-to-be, in return for a thousand dollars. She's behind on her rent, and grudgingly agrees.

Why bother? A reprint edition of one of Crusie's early romances, it's more sentimental than her current novels. You can guess the ending before you even crack the cover, but Daisy is a likeable character and warm fuzzies leap off the pages.