Fake It Till You Bake It
A Novel
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4.5 • 64 Ratings
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
A reality star and a cupcake-baking football player pretend to be a couple in order to save his bakery in this sweet and sexy romance from Jamie Wesley, Fake It Till You Bake It.
Jada Townsend-Matthews is the most reviled woman in America after turning down a proposal on a reality dating show. When she comes home to lick her wounds, Jada finds herself working at San Diego's newest cupcake bakery, Sugar Blitz, alongside the uptight owner and professional football player Donovan Dell.
When a reporter mistakenly believes Jada and Donovan are an item, they realize they can use the misunderstanding to their advantage to help the struggling bakery and rehabilitate Jada's image. Faking a relationship should be simple, but sometimes love is the most unexpected ingredient.
Fake it Till You Bake It is a sweet confection of a novel, the perfect story to curl up with and enjoy with a cupcake on the side.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Opposites attract in this low-angst rom-com from Wesley (Make the Play), which follows a self-centered reality star and a rule-following, cupcake baking football player who fake a relationship to save his bakery. Jada Townsend-Matthews is infamous for turning down the proposal of a fan favorite contestant on a reality-TV dating show. She's working to restore her image when her grandmother, the owner of a San Diego football team, ropes her into working at Sugar Blitz bakery, which is owned by the team's star, Donovan Dell. Jada must prove her ability to be responsible and hold down real work in order to gain access to her trust fund. When the tabloids mistake Jada and Donovan for a couple, Jada goes with it in order to save face, and Donovan, seeing an opportunity to increase sales for his failing cupcakery, agrees to fake a relationship. Proximity pushes their relationship to become more real than fake, but familial baggage could cost them their happy ending. After a slow start, Wesley does a good job bringing these two together through some fun tropes, though their chemistry remains a bit tepid. Readers will long for a greater connection between the romantic leads but will appreciate the mellow sweetness of the atmosphere.
Customer Reviews
Great read!
This book was a great read! I’m trying to get back into reading and I couldn’t put it down! I
Cute feel good story!
Okay from page 1 I was hooked!!!! This is such a feel good cute story. I couldn’t help smiling as I read it. I hope there is a part 2 I would love to see August & Nicholas characters come to life … maybe Olivia could be the one to tame Nicholas!!!
Jada brought this rating down
I was a third of the way through this book before Jada became even remotely tolerable. Honestly I just found her to be incredibly unlikable and at some points complete insufferable. Her character alone brought this book from four stars to three in the final chapters of this book with her completely unnecessary behavior. It was cliche and rushed after the typical 3rd act conflict had already been introduced and resolved. The book was decent enough to finish despite Jada’s character but I would only recommend getting it if you can catch it on sale like I did. I would read from this author again in the hopes that the characters are a bit more likable.