BOOKWORM REVIEW: Kiss and Fake Up by Carrie Aarons


RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
STEAM: πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯

✅ Enemies-to-lovers
✅ Second chance
✅ Spicy chemistry

If you are looking for these, look no further. Carrie Aarons delivers on these and more with Kiss and Fake Up

Heather hates Campbell with the fire of a thousand suns. After he double-books her with another woman during their last date, she walks away from him, vowing to hold the worst of grudges. Unfortunately for both of them, they have common friends that love to get together, making the distance between them a challenge. This time, they are all gathering at a beach house in the Hamptons.

Heather plans to stay there for the summer, remotely working while running away from a secret. When Campbell finds out about the secret, he volunteers to help Heather, rendering her efforts for distance and grudges moot at the moment. Will this be his second chance at gaining Heather's trust and affection?

This was a fantastic read that draws you in right away to Heather and Campbell's story. Their chemistry from the get-go, even when at odds, is hot and only gets hotter as they get closer. Though our initial impression of Campbell is this insensitive lothario, he redeems himself as we get to know him better. There is more to Campbell than meets the eye, and it turns out to be the gentle, protective touch that Heather needed.

Heather also goes through remarkable character development. She finally realizes how her anger toward Campbell has made things awkward for their mutual friends. We also quickly learn that she cares deeply for her friends; she is happy for their fortunes and doesn't want to burden them with her problems. 

Carrie Aarons reads always draw you in, making you invested emotionally in her characters so that you feel their pain and joy. This book is no different. I found myself cheering for them to get together and stay together. As we get to know more about the two, we realize that they are indeed perfect for each other. It just took the right time and the right circumstances.

** I am voluntarily reviewing an advance copy of this book. Thank you to Carrie Aarons and Greys Promotions for providing an ARC. **

ABOUT THE BOOK

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?

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MEET CARRIE AARONS

Author of romance novels such as Fool Me Twice and Love at First Fight, Carrie Aarons writes books that are just as swoon-worthy as they are sarcastic. A former journalist, she prefers the love stories of her imagination, and the athleisure dress code, much better.

When she isn't writing, Carrie is busy binging reality TV, having a love/hate relationship with cardio, and trying not to burn dinner. She lives in the suburbs of New Jersey with her husband, two children and ninety-pound rescue pup.


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