Since reading After We Fall I've became a Massive Melanie Harlow fan, while I still have most of her work to read what I have read has not disappointed, far from it it. I loved that there wasn’t any ow/om drama, and just dealt with Claire and Theo needing to growth within themselves. But with the clarity of morning, she finds herself confirmed for a date with a man promising to be her "platonic" date and it's too late to back out now. He’s just playing the role of boyfriend, fiance, or husband to these lonely single females who want to trick their peers into thinking that this amazing looking dude actually belongs to them. He has a heart of gold hidden beneath layers of pain, if only he would uncover that hidden treasure.

Jaime is a pretty prominent character since she's Claire's best friend, and she was able to help Claire work through her pain since she'd behaved the same way, but it was literally the exact same reason and break up act in both books. Claire is an immensely endearing and compassionate heroine who wants nothing more than love in her life. After looking at their catalog, she sees Fred, a man who could play the role of her imaginary boyfriend.

The beauty of their story is getting lost with these two as they explore and discover something about themselves.

He had a rotten childhood and a difficult past so found it hard to trust and believe in relationships and love.

What was supposed to be one night of pretending to love one another, turns into a night a passion that neither could forget. Theo had the biggest hurdles in this tale and it was telling that his brother finally had figured out how to help himself first so he could be there for Theo. He’s had a rough childhood until his grandmother took care of him and his big brother, and it was followed by questionable decisions in his twenties that led to a year in jail. He had baggage due to his tragic backstory (which broke my heart), but he wasn't really dealing with it properly and that lead to all the drama in the book.

Very steamy, delightful and a tiny bit angsty, this is the book you’ve been dying to lose yourself in. It's a fake-dating book, that is not really a fair comment to make, so let me give you a couple of fair comments. One night becomes much more more but can Theo overcome his past, learn to trust and believe that there is someone who will love him for him?And so when her co-worker asks her if she’s coming alone (again), she lies and tells her she’s finally bringing a plus one; this time in the form of a Ryan Gosling look-a-like who’s a rock star in bed. From start to finish, I found this one to be super enjoyable, so if you, like me, are a fan of this author, or you simply want to read something delightful, you don’t want to miss this one. I guess her situation left an impact on me and made me think about how I love to doubt myself and now I live a very unsatisfactory life yet I do nothing about it. It was FUN, SEXY, and LIGHT-HEARTED, but also had seriously DEEP FEELS that really balanced the story out beautifully.

The vision of Singles Table and all of the Pity Looks caused her mouth to say she was bringing a Plus One and before she knew it, she had a guy who looked like Ryan Gosling and they had been dating for a few months. She was a person who wanted love, deserved love, and Theo introduced her to what it felt like to truly love someone. Have lots of kleenex handy as crying is a strong possibility , something to drink, and curl up in, and begin a wonderful adventure!I am having a hard time figuring out if this whole fake-dating trope is just not for me, or if people just don't know how to do it right. It wasn’t on my radar, but audible suggested it and I remembered reading this author a while ago, so I grabbed it.