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About the Book
This sassy, spirited
baker is fine with heat—but is her fake fiancรฉ too hot to handle?
Bakery owner
Willow Dalton’s friendship with Zane Walker has always been a bit complicated.
Now a scrumptiously hot A-list actor, Zane’s always had a reputation as player.
He’s arrogant, and he’s definitely not boyfriend material. Sure, he did Willow
a favor by agreeing to take her virginity before college, but is that reason
enough to go along with a fake engagement a decade later—even if it comes with
a real diamond ring?
Zane should
have known better. Nothing involving Willow has ever been easy. Still, he knows
her better than anyone, and becoming America’s hottest new leading man means
cleaning up his reputation. An “engagement” to curvy, sass-mouthed Willow is
the perfect PR move . . . provided no one gets hurt.
Now Zane and
Willow’s little white lie has turned into an irresistible recipe for sweet
temptation. And soon no one will be able to tell the difference between their
fake engagement or the real thing—including them.
**THE REAL
THING is being published by Montlake (an Amazon imprint) and won’t be available
on other ebook retailers, but you can download a FREE ereader app to read
it HERE, order the paperback.
Links
Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34092384-the-real-thingGoodreads Series Link: https://www.goodreads.com/series/203560-sugar-lake
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Addicted 2 Romance Review
I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.
The two grew up together and had crushes on the other and when Willow was 18 she asked Zane to take her virginity before college. She had abunch of rules so despite them having feelings neither followed up on the other though they stayed in touch.
Now ten years later Zane wants a favor and that is a fake engagement with Willow because his movies focus group thinks its a great idea. Sound flimsy to you? Well it does to Willow but she figures whatever. That is until the media gets a little crazy and her family finds out and Zane's plan goes belly up.
And then she has to decide if its fake or true love. Along the way Zane and her have lots of hot sex and they hve to decide what they really have together and can it last in the real world between the hottie and the baker. Throw in lots of friends and family and delicious pastries and this was a fun story with a lot of hot sex and romance.
This was awell written and fun story. I enjoyed all the characters and am interested in reading their stories. Zane and Wills were a fun couple and I enjoyed their story. I felt things for them worked out very smoothly. They did not have many obastacles besides themselves and so while I enjoyed the story, it was not very fast paced or one I could not put down.
Excerpt
“You're sleeping on the couch,” Willow said for the fifth time in as
many minutes as she and Zane left their suite. He was busy texting, and she
wasn’t sure he was even listening anymore. He used to be such a great listener.
When they were younger, he’d never acted like he was above her, despite the
fact that he was the star quarterback, lead pitcher, and eventually the prom
king, and she was two years behind and as awkward as a foal on new legs.
“Are you listening to me?” she asked as they walked down the hall.
“Yes. I just got confirmation. You’re catering breakfasts for the set.
Cool?”
“Yes, perfect. But did you hear what I said?”
She had almost backed out of their deal twice since she’d accepted.
First when she’d seen the king-size bed, which really drove home their
situation, and again when Zane had whipped off his shirt to change and her
sex-starved body had buzzed to life. She was still a little nervous about the
whole thing, mostly due to that second issue, but she felt a certain obligation
to help him. Regardless of how arrogant he was, she’d never forget how tender
he’d been with her when she’d given her almost-eighteen-year-old self over to
him, and he was a true friend, even if they had a weird friendship.
The truth was, even if he hadn’t done her that favor before college, she would
have agreed to his plan. She liked him despite his insatiable appetite for
women. He was everything she loved in a person and more. He was confident and
funny, direct and thoughtful, and honest when it
counted. Painfully honest. The exposure for Sweetie Pie Bakery was
just the icing on the fake-fiancรฉe cake. What a difference national exposure
could make.
Zane shoved his phone in his pocket. “Yes. Sleeping on the
couch. Got it. But you can’t blame a guy for trying.”
She laid her best damn-right-I-can stare on him and pushed the button
for the elevator.
“Fine. I’ll behave. Jesus, Wills, you’re never this uptight when I
visit.”
“You mean that five minutes twice a year?” Willow remembered how happy
he’d been when he’d finally left town to pursue his dream of being an actor.
He’d been bursting at the seams for a bigger life. But her “five
minutes” comment wasn’t really fair. He never missed Ben’s birthday, and he
almost always made it back for a few days over the holidays, even though his
parents had moved to Florida right after he’d graduated from high school and
left town. He’d been back a few other times when he was filming nearby. Even
though she rarely saw him, their texts—and the fact that he was her first real
love, even if he didn’t know it—had kept him in the forefront of her mind.
Unfortunately, it also kept her heartbreak pretty close to the surface, no
matter how deep she tried to bury it.
About the Author
Melissa Foster is a New
York Times & USA
Today bestselling and award-winning
author. She writes sexy and heartwarming contemporary romance and new adult
romance with emotionally compelling characters that stay with you long after
you turn the last page. Melissa’s emotional journeys are lovingly erotic and
always family oriented–perfect beach reads for contemporary romance lovers who
enjoy reading about wealthy heroes and smart, sassy heroines.
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