Five-Star Stranger : A Novel

Summary: In an age where online ratings are all-powerful, 'Five-Star Stranger' is a debut novel that follows the adventures of a top-rated man on the Rental Stranger app - a place where users can hire a pretend fiance, a wingman, or an extra mourner for a funeral. Referred to only as Stranger, the narrator navigates New York City under the guise of characters he plays. When a nosy patron threatens to upend his long-term role as father to a young girl, Stranger begins to reckon with his attachment to his pretend daughter, her mother, and his own fraught past.