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4.5 Stars!
He walks the red carpet. She’s more familiar with vacuuming
one.
When a scandal tarnishes the reputation of hot as hell
A-lister, Patrick Walsh, he needs a reputation rescue, pronto.
Enter waitress Norah Peers–a nobody who’s average with a capital A. She’s available,
dependable, and has sworn off men for the rest of her natural born life. In
other words: the perfect match for a no-strings fake romance.
For the right amount of money, she can avoid waitressing and
play the part of his dependable down-to-earth girlfriend. What she can’t avoid–dammit–is the growing steam between them.
But being hounded by the paparazzi and having your life
dissected on social medial is a panic attack in the making. And while Patrick
might be a charming rogue on screen, in real life he’s a six-foot-two
confusing, gorgeous, brooding grump, who keeps her at a distance . . . but also
makes her feel like this bond between them might be more than just an act.
Being
dumped on cue should be no big deal. Except being fake with Patrick is the
realist relationship Norah has ever had. What’s a girl to do, but flip the
script, and ask for a rematch made in Hollywood?
Norah + Patrick.
Norah is 30 years old. She's pretty happy working her waitressing job at this little italian restaurant. Plus a second job so she can pay for her grandma's senior living place. Her success with relationships is nothing to write home about.
Enter Patrick - a regular diner at her restaurant.
He's 36 year old Hollywood star.
He's in a bit of a PR nightmare at the moment - so his people need him to get a fake girlfriend for a few months until everything calms down.
LET THE FUN TIMES BEGIN ...
That was so cute!
An adorable and funny and sparky and very Hollywoody love story!
I loved Norah and how she just went with it. Getting hired as a fake Hollywood girlfriend? No problem - I've done that a hundred times before. LOL!
The way she tries to drag grumpy Patrick out into the light of happiness. So cute.
I really enjoyed reading this!
I loved his parents and her grandma and his BFFs - I see more stories coming there!
Can't wait to see what book #2 will have to tell us!
I kinda had the feeling that the book just ... started. You start reading and bam you're in the story - everything just happens immediately. There's no prologue or a few slow chapters to explain things. Nope. Paddy needs a girlfriend and bam Norah's it.
It felt a bit too fast and too ... no idea. A bit weird. I think it's a Kylie Scott thing - I remember complaining about it before. BUT - it's also not a really bad thing. I hate it when a story is unnecessarily long with too much extra drama and info that I don't need to know. So it's definitely not bad. I really liked reading this!
Oh and another tiny little thing ... again, just me and my weirdness.
The expression THAT IS TRUE. In this book Kylie uses THIS IS TRUE - four times at least. And it bothered me so much. No idea why. It's probably not grammatically wrong, but it sounds so weird to my ears!???
Anyway, don't worry - nobody will be bothered by these things! Just me. 🤣
This was a really beautiful Hollywood Romance and I enjoyed reading it!
And the cover - phew!!! 🔥🔥
ARC received for an honest review!
Woot woot! Happy dance! A new Kylie Scott book is out in the world.
And I am loving the wet tshirt contest competitor on the cover (sorry for objectifying, but he is lovely!)
I love a fake romance. I love reading along as our lovelies pretend there aren't feelings. That this is all just a ruse. We're friends but that is all it will ever be.
I loved Norah jumping right into the deep end with Paddy. I felt for Paddy that he was taking all the blame for things that happened that lead to the fake relationship.
It did seem that we did just jump right into things - but that isn't a bad thing, I get tired of stories that waffle on before they get down to the nitty gritty.
I also love the secondary characters, especially Mei - I neeeeeed her to get a story.
I am looking forward to more in the West Hollywood series (and now I want to go back to WeHo, I had a great time there!)
↓ LiNKS TO THE BOOK AND AUTHOR ↓
Kylie is a New York Times and USA Today best-selling author. She was voted Australian Romance Writer of the year, 2013 & 2014, by the Australian Romance Writer’s Association and her books have been translated into eleven different languages. She is a long time fan of romance, rock music, and B-grade horror films. Based in Queensland, Australia with her two children and husband, she reads, writes and never dithers around on the internet.
