Author: Carrie Aarons
Pages: 250 pages
Version: Ebook (ARC)
Release date: 6 May 2022
Rating: ★★★★★
Synopsis
This summer was supposed to be an escape from the city and the demons lurking within it. Too bad the minute I arrive at the beach house I’m sharing with friends, the guy I swore I’d never talk to again in my life walks through the door.
Now I’m not only stuck hiding out from an ex who won’t leave me alone, but with someone who screwed me over before he could even be considered an ex.
That’s right, two years ago Campbell Whitlock double booked me on our fourth date. As in, had a girl show up to the table where he was feeding me off his own fork and barely disguising it as foreplay. Meanwhile, my head and heart had been completely on board to make our relationship more serious.
But a leggy blonde foiled that plan, and I’ve hated him on sight since. The ex-Marine turned millionaire restauranteur didn’t even have the decency to follow me with an apology as I ran out of his own establishment.
It’s just my luck that I’m forced to room right next door to my nemesis, who couldn’t be acting more like a saint if he tried. And then the impossible happens; my ex hunts me down to deliver loaded threats and the fear I thought I’d left behind in Manhattan. Who is the only person to witness it? Campbell, of course.
His apology tour apparently extends to offering himself up as my fake boyfriend to scare off my stalker. While the plan is moronic and means having to spend more time with him, the danger I feel is real. Having a hulking, intimidating boyfriend, fake or not, might be exactly what I need.
With every passing day, pretend date, emotional gaze and midnight run-in, our relationship starts to feel less like a deal and more like something very similar to the connection I thought we had years ago. Even though I promised myself I’d never give him a second chance.
But what happens when the person protecting me starts to feel like the one I want to trust forever? And how will I recover if his favor was done only to gain forgiveness, instead of a chance at falling in love?
Review
This book was provided by the author in exchange for an honest review. Thank you Carrie Aarons!
Kiss and Fake Up is a standalone Second Chance/Fake Relationship Romance book about Heather and Campbell.
Every time I see Carrie Aarons announce a new release, I’m always excited to read it. Carrie Aarons is such a talented author, and she can write many different Romance genres. Kiss and Fake Up is a Second Chance/Fake Relationship Romance, and those two are two of my favourite tropes. Something that I also really enjoyed about this book was that it was set in the same world as Love at First Fight, another amazing book by Carrie Aarons!
Kiss and Fake Up tells the story of Heather and Campbell. Heather and Campbell went on an unsuccessful date and a few years later they meet again. Heather has a toxic ex, and Campbell comes up with the idea to fake date. I love the fake dating trope, so this book was so enjoyable to read. I really liked getting to know Heather and Campbell, and seeing them trust each other and fall in love. I really liked both characters and I’m glad they got their happy ending!
Like every other Carrie Aarons book, Kiss and Fake Up was a well-written and fast-paced Romance read. I really enjoyed reading about Heather and Campbell, and reading about Molly and Smith (Love at First Fight) again! Kiss and Fake Up was such an enjoyable Romance read, and I highly recommend this book (and every other book I’ve read by Carrie Aarons) if you’re looking for an amazing and quick Romance read!