BOOKWORM REVIEW: A Very Fake Boyfriend by Scarlett Avery

 

RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
SPICE: πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯

I was a little wary of jumping into this because Book 1 was a little tough to get through. A Very Fake Boyfriend is so much better.

Shay is not looking forward to her stepsister's wedding. After all, her evil stepsibling is marrying her cheating ex. But her mom is insisting that she attends, so what better way to stick it to the happy couple than by bringing a gorgeous billionaire?

Zane is totally in for Shay's request to be her fake wedding date, but the CFO is not THAT charitable. He wants payment in the form of a fake relationship with benefits. It turns out their benefits are more long-term than they expected when a baby comes into the picture.

I really enjoyed this read. I am all about dishing it out to those who deserve it, and we certainly get that and more. Zane is a fun take on the billionaire who swears he would never fall (of course we know better). I love his arc from being the protective fake boyfriend to the loving partner. 

Shay's family, however, stole the show for me. The lively bunch is certainly not shy in sharing their thoughts. 

** I am voluntarily reviewing an advance copy of this book. Thank you to Scarlett Avery and Wildfire Marketing Solutions for providing an ARC. **

ABOUT THE BOOK

The commitment-phobic billionaire agreed to be my fake boyfriend to a wedding from hell. He never signed up for a surprise baby.

When my evil stepsister announces her wedding to the cheating ex-boyfriend she stole from me, I’m determined to be a no-show.

My Irish mother won’t hear of it. She’s dead set on her crusade to hold this family together, so she makes it mandatory I suck it up.

Attending the wedding of the back-stabbing nemesis who pulverized my relationship by seducing yet another one of my boyfriends is humiliating enough. Showing up alone would be the kiss of death. So, I do what any desperate—I mean, self-respecting woman would do. I enlist the help of a fake boyfriend.

Serendipity and liquid courage were my allies when the preposterous proposal slipped from my lips.

Little did I know the very tall, devastatingly charming, and stupidly handsome New York CFO who agreed to be my fake boyfriend would turn out to be a multibillionaire… and my baby daddy.

USA Today Bestselling Author Scarlett Avery brings you a fake romance (that turns into a blazing romance) between a sassy plus size redhead who’s been betrayed and backstabbed one too many times and an overprotective billionaire still haunted by a former, jealous fling who thrives on drama. Meddling Irish family included.

MEET SCARLETT AVERY

I live in the Great North (aka Canada)!

I’m a USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR and an Amazon Bestseller author!

Here’s the reason I step into my dream every single morning when I wake up:

“Some books you read. Some books you enjoy. But some books just swallow you up, heart and soul.” — Joanne Harris (Author of the award-winning novel, Chocolat)

I muse about dangerously loving and fierce alphas and the sassy women who bring them down to their knees.

I write sultry, sensual and steamy romance novels, laced with kinks. I’ll admit my novels are scorching hot, but if you can’t push the boundaries between the pages of a book, it’s just not fun.

I’m constantly walking around with new stories/dialogues floating in my head. I consider myself lucky I get to spend my days dreaming up the most delicious alphas in romance. I love every minute of it!

On a personal note…

I have a serious love affair with Italian gelato, ice cream, pound cake, white chocolate and Macadamia nut cookies, peanut butter cookies, and Martinis. I could live off French or Italian charcuterie boards. California Chardonnay? Thank you, God!

Like most women, I have way more shoes than I need, but it’s so hard to resist getting new ones. If you’ve read my books, you know I have an obsession with high heels, hence the photo at the top. At 5’9, I hardly need more height, and God knows I can’t walk like a lady with anything higher than 2 1/2 inches, but I drool all over them, and admire women who can rock heels. That’s why I live vicariously through my main female characters who wear 4 and even 5-inch heels with elegance and poise.

I hold two University degrees in two different languages from two of the two prestigious international business schools. Just like Sofia and Ciara, the main female characters of my first two romance books, I speak several languages.

Since publishing my first book, I’ve been blessed with an insanely awesome group of faithful readers. I love those ladies so much. Their passion for my books makes the very, very long hours rewarding.

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