Release Date: March 14
He’s grumpy, boring, and thinks it’s okay to wear a suit and tie to a small town bar full of lumberjacks. But when I kiss him? Let’s just say I wasn’t expecting THAT.
Harper
It's one thing to be dumped by the huge Hollywood star you thought you were going to marry. It’s quite another to move back to the small town you're both from.
As a booby prize for being shown the door by Dex Ryder, everyone is trying to set me up with their son, their nephew, or their long-lost cousin’s gardener. Either that or they’re throwing me pitying looks that say, “You’re a big loser.”
I’m not going to put up with their patronizing sympathy anymore.
So, when I spot new-guy-in-town Christopher Young, I set out to make him mine. Or you know, pretend to make him mine. I’m still in a horrible funk over Dex, and Christopher is an uptight grump. Not exactly my type.
The fact that despite appearances, he’s gorgeous and doing weird things to my blood pressure doesn't mean a thing.
Really.
Not. A. Thing.
Christopher
Hunter’s Creek, population next to nothing, is the reason I work all the time. I’m solely focused on buying the town’s lumber mill so I can go back to NYC and get my big promotion. This small town is a means to an end. Nothing more.
That is until the prettiest girl I've ever seen superglues her lips to mine in an unexpected and very public way. She’s not the kind of woman I usually go for with her boho dress and ankle boots, but that kiss…
I’m disappointed when she comes up for air and tells me it’s all for show. But if Harper Cole wants me to be her fake boyfriend while I'm here in town, who am I to turn her down? Being attached to a local might ingratiate me to the townsfolk and make my job that much the easier.
After all, dating Harper can only be make believe. Not when my entire future is at stake.
Faking It With The Grump is a grumpy-sunshine, opposites attract, fake relationship romance set in the small town of Hunter's Creek, Washington. It's the first book in the new Second Chance Café series. Each book follows a different sister's love story and can be read as a standalone novel or as part of a series.
Caroline's Review
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"What I don't expect is why kissing Christopher Young feels so unexpectedly good."
Harper Cole is back in Hunter's Creek a couple of months after being dumped by her high school sweetheart. The last thing she needs is for the everyone to try and hook her up with any available guy. On the spur of the moment, she makes up a fake love interest - the handsome stranger she bumped into at her aunt's coffee shop. However, one kiss has her thinking beyond a fake relationship.
"I think a little part of me fell for her before she'd even opened her mouth to say hello."
Christopher Young in Hunter's Creek for work. He's an uptight, career-focused city boy. When he meets Harper Cole, for the first time in his life, he's interested in more than just his job, and he jumps at the chance to fake date her, in order to spend more time with her. However, there's an expiration date to his presence in the town, and he's not been quite truthful about why he's there.
"I feel a connection to her I didn't see coming, a connection I can barely explain."
Harper and Christopher were so sweet and fun together. Complete opposites, she loosened him up and he gave her the care and support that had been lacking in her previous relationship. I loved the way she teased him and, even better, I loved seeing Christopher's sense of humour shine through their interactions. He had a ton of integrity and his life was driven by the noble need to provide for his younger sister. I also enjoyed the other characters in this book - typical small-town nosy types that made me smile. Overall, a Hallmark-worthy story!
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Meet Kate O'Keeffe
When she's not penning her latest story, Kate can be found hiking up hills (slowly), traveling to different countries around the globe (back when we used to be able to do that), and eating chocolate. A lot of it.
Right now, Kate is working on the fourth and final title in her hugely popular laugh-out-loud rom com series, It's Complicated. Never Fall for Your One that Got Away is out on July 30th. Find out more here.
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