FAKING IT
Author: K. Bromberg
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: September 25th, 2018 (Audiobook)
January 8th, 2019 (Ebook and Paperback)
Cover Model: Jeremy Baudoin
Design: Helen Williams
Photographer: Alexis Salgues
Faking It never felt so good in this red-hot new standalone by New York Times bestselling author K. Bromberg – available NOW!
Zane Phillips mistook me for his dog walker. It shouldn’t surprise me that the man with a suit more expensive than my rent would assume that I was there to serve him. The positive? I put him in his place. The negative? I missed my job interview because of it. Now I find out he’s a rich Australian entrepreneur, and he wants to make up for tanking my interview.
Yes, he’s impossibly hot – but he’s also an arrogant jackass – so…no thanks.
But after a little white lie I tell spirals out of control, I’m somehow offered the chance to play Zane’s girlfriend to help promote his new dating website – and the best part? He can’t say no because he’ll get caught in his lie, too.
Little did I know this would entail sharing a tour bus with him for the next few months. The fact that the bus has just one bed isn’t the most ideal of circumstances, but this spokesperson gig might be the kick in the pants my career needs, so why not take a chance?
Famous last words.
Now I’m crisscrossing the country – and sharing that bed – with the one guy I can’t stand. And even worse, my traitorous body is wondering at every turn what it’s like to be down under the gorgeous Australian. But as the miles unfurl, so does our passion…and if I’m not careful, I might end up believing that fairy tales really do come true.
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“I have connections.” Brilliant, Zane. Fucking brilliant. That’s how you get her to not run away from you? By giving her a sleazy line? “Maybe I could help you find something.”
“I couldn’t care less about your connections.” She hangs her head and when she lifts it, I watch her reign in the pride I feel like a dick for bruising. “I’m sorry. That was rude. Like I said, thank you.” She holds up the papers and offers a reticent smile.
“Look . . .” I take a step toward her, more than aware that I don’t want her to go just yet and questioning why I’m even bringing this up. “I have an event I’m holding at the end of the week. You should come. I could introduce you to some people. There might be some job opportunities there.”
“Thanks, but no thanks. I’m not that kind of girl.” The roll of her eyes has me realizing how she took my comment.
My laugh makes my dog lift her head. “That’s not exactly what I meant, Harlow. I run a matchmaking website, not an escort service.”
“Good to know. So basically that means you cherry pick the women you want to date after you scope out all their information. I assure you now I can sleep better at night knowing this.”
“You’re exhausting.” And she is, but in the most fascinating of ways.
“You’re one to talk.” She crosses her arms over her chest and lifts her eyebrows.
I hold my hands up. “All I was trying to say is connections matter in this town. You and I both know that. My event . . . there is going to be a lot of people there. Industry people,” I say more than aware I just let it slip that I looked her up and know she works in the industry.
“Good. Great. Can you go now?”
But there’s a crack of a smile on her face. A chink in her defensive armor that tells me I’m getting somewhere.
“You have to take opportunities when they present themselves.” She doesn’t say anything but the slight smile remains. “Zane Phillips. Nice to meet you.” I stick my hand out. She looks down at it and nods but doesn’t shake it.
God, she’s stubborn.
And damn gorgeous.
“And you’re Harlow Nicks.”
“Considering you had my electric bill, I guess that means you know how to read.”
“I do.” I nod. “And I also have your email address from your interview paperwork.”
“Should I worry that you’re stalking me?”
I shake my head and sigh. “I’ll email you the information about the party—”
“—don’t bother—”
“—it’s on Friday night. Cocktail attire. Lots of networking.”
“I won’t read it.”
I flash a megawatt smile at her and then turn to walk away. “Yes, you will.”
And she will.
It’s rare that a woman resists me. She’s trying but I’ll win in the end. It just seems for the time being that I have my work cut out for me.
I’m a man who always has an end goal in mind. Always.
There’s no point in setting a goal if you don’t plan on smashing it.
Question is, what in the hell am I aiming for when it comes to Harlow Nicks?
4.5 ‘It all comes back to love’ Stars
HOLY AUSSIE HOTNESS! Faking It proves, once again, that K. Bromberg always has the magic combo between gripping emotional, scorching hot and hilariously entertaining! This book truly had it all!
First of all, I was insta in love with Harlow. From her very first thoughts, and how she met and deal with Zane, from the very first second, omg, I was THERE with her, and like, ‘Tell him, girl!’. Yep, total girl crush – and not just because she is me with her sarcastic and ‘take no crap’ attitude – on Harlow, but her overall kickass and outspoken manner, and specially the not falling for his irresistible charm and panty melting accent. Damn, it was hard not to cave to those green mischief filled beauties, and cocky smile!
“Hence?” he says with a mocking grin.
“Yes, hence.” I take a step closer. “This isn’t the Outback. You’re not wrestling crocs, Dundee. So—”
“No. I don’t. I don’t even think Smudge does. He’s cute and has manners while you’re just . . .” I look him up and down. “The real dog of the house.”
Just like Harlow, I wanted to punched Zane, entrepreneur and unapologetic player extraordinaire. With the way she heard him chat with his buddy, and how he treated and mistook her without even a word from her, I would have handled it just as smoothly as she did, so kudos for her for the instant come backs – and Ms. Bromberg’s spot on talent – that earn her not only my love, but definitely Zane’s attention. Let’s just say he was more used to women throwing their panties at him, not their shoes to his head. That was a first…
“Sometimes the people who make you feel all riled up inside end up lighting a fire in your heart.”
And so the their story begins, an personalized apology becomes a invitation to a party, and there, both her impulsive and filterless mind and his arrogant player ‘never stay behind’ attitude, puts them in a situation they never anticipated and wanted, being forced to pretend being in love and working together, basically twenty four seven for the next couple of months. Let’s just saw sparks – of every kind would be flying – anyone could see that.
“I love you, but princes don’t exist and I don’t need any man to catch me. I can manage perfectly all on my own.”
“Do you believe in love, Zane?”
“Love is a bullshit emotion.”
Add to it her both very different, but both discarding notions of love, we could see just what would happen. And OMG, the BANTER!!! The banter and back and forth between Harlow and Zane was just BRILLIANT, and I soaked every second of hit! Ms. Bromberg sure knows how to capture our attention from minute one. These two had me go through all the emotions, and had me on the edge of my seat pulling for their love.
Fucking Harlow.
It’s all her fault. This. The tour. Me wanting her. All of it.
Welcome to hell, Phillips.
Where the temptation is hot as fuck, the consequences are damning, and the sins are at your fingertips waiting to burn you.
Zane, oh Zane… Much like Harlow, I can’t say it was love at first sight, given that again, much like our heroine – whom I fell instantly hard – this man made me want to throat (not to say worst) punch him for a big part of the start of the book. But as the book moved forward, their proximity grew and we got to see another side of Zane that I did not expect. Sure, his ‘love is a bullshit emotion’ motto was present, but you could see how much he was struggling to come to terms with the notion, versus his growing feelings towards Harlow. His internal struggle was as usual brilliantly felt and described through his thoughts, and revealed once again K. Bromberg’s deep and organic character build up.
The woman’s a force to be reckoned with and damn do I want to be reckoned by her.
Hands down. No question.
She fazes me all right. Grabs me by the balls and makes me want like I’ve never wanted before.
Harlow was just superb! From start to finish, feisty and outspoken, yes, but also so mature, so level headed till the very end, and one of the most rational, yet still emotional, female main characters I had the pleasure to read. She was a lady through and through and I can honestly say, one of my all time fav romance heroines.
“Life’s not a fairytale.”
“For some people like my mom it is. For others . . . they have to write their own.
Love is . . . love is the one thing in life that doesn’t need to be taught. It just is. You can’t help it when you feel it. You can fight it—God knows I have in the past—but fighting it doesn’t do you any good. You’re still going to feel it even when the fight has run out.”
“Zane Phillips, you deserve the kind of love that makes you believe in love.”
Awww… How Faking It was anything but. I felt it ALL! The delicious banter, the scorching chemistry and sexy scenes, the slow but enrapturing emotional build up, and the overall ‘contemporary fairytale’ romance feel was an outstanding winning formula! And that beautiful, and spot on epilogue just wrapped it up in the most charming of ways. Ms. Bromberg did it once again, and got me hooked from start to finish and craving even more! Can’t wait to see what she brings us new! Already hyper excited! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
I’m not a knight in shining armor, Harlow—far, far from it—but I know I can be the man you deserve.
Sure, you played me at my own game to start this all . . . but it’s been me that’s been played ever since.”
ARC kindly provided by the author via Social Butterfly PR for an honest review
New York Times Bestselling author K. Bromberg writes contemporary novels that contain a mixture of sweet, emotional, a whole lot of sexy, and a little bit of real. She likes to write strong heroines, and damaged heroes who we love to hate and hate to love.
A mom of three, she plots her novels in between school runs and soccer practices, more often than not with her laptop in tow.
Since publishing her first book in 2013, Kristy has sold over one million copies of her books across sixteen different countries and has landed on the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal Bestsellers lists over twenty-five times. Her Driven trilogy (Driven, Fueled, and Crashed) is currently being adapted for film by Passionflix with the first movie slated to release in the summer of 2018.
She is currently working on her Everyday Heroes trilogy. This series consists of three complete standalone novels—Cuffed, Combust, and Cockpit (late spring 2018)—and is about three brothers who are emergency responders, the jobs that call to them, and the women who challenge them.
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Katie Reus is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Red Stone Security series, the Darkness series and the Deadly Ops series. She fell in love with romance at a young age thanks to books she pilfered from her mom’s stash. Years later she loves reading romance almost as much as she loves writing it.