Chloe Lafferty doesn't think things can get much worse when she arrives home from a weekend catering job to discover that her roommate, Maddox Curtis, sold their house and its contents out from under her, leaving her broke, homeless, and without a kitchen in which to prepare meals for her catering clients. She soon learns that Maddox also conned his billionaire employer, Burke St. James, prior to disappearing. Burke is determined to find Maddox and hold him accountable for his misdeeds, but in the meantime, he's trying to close a deal to purchase another winery to add to his current holdings. The owner will only sell to someone family-oriented, which is a problem for perpetual bachelor Burke. He convinces Chloe that they can help each other; if she agrees to play his fake fiancee until he closes the deal, Burke will provide her with a place to stay and invest in her business so that she can fulfill her catering contracts. Chloe doesn't like Burke but doesn't have any other good options, so she agrees to go along with the plan. It's not long before their pretend relationship starts to feel very real, especially after Burke's family gets involved. Will Burke and Chloe go their separate ways at the end of their arrangement, or could they actually have found a lasting love?
I really enjoyed this low angst, funny, and sweet story, which featured likeable characters, great banter, and a fast-paced plot. I especially loved Chloe's snark and the fact that she wasn't a pushover. Despite everything that had happened and the tough situation she was in, she didn't just meekly go along with whatever Burke wanted. She actually negotiated with him and made sure that their deal worked for her, too. The push-pull between her and Burke was so much fun, and it was impossible for me not to root for these two to find their way to each other.
I recommend "Something Like Love" for all contemporary romance and romantic comedy fans, and look forward to Claudia Burgoa's next release.
*Review copy provided by the author. All opinions expressed are my own.
About "Something Like Love"
USA TODAY bestselling author Claudia Burgoa pens a fun and sexy romantic comedy where playing pretend turns to playing for keeps…
We have to pretend that what we have is something like love…
I’m down on my luck.
Scratch that. This is the worst week of my life.
Enter the last person I want to deal with: Burke St. James.
He’s wealthy.
He’s a womanizer.
And a big liar.
And it turns out we need each other.
Burke needs a fiancée to seal the deal of a lifetime. I need help or my business is going belly-up. So, Burke very non-romantically asks me to marry him. Well, he asks me to be fake engaged to him, anyway.
I’ll attend a few dinners, pretend I’m in love, and meet the family.
In exchange, he’ll invest in my company and help me launch it off the ground.
All is easy, except his kisses feel more real than they should.
And the sex…damn, we’re not supposed to have sex.
It’s all for show…right?
Did I mention he’s a really good liar?
Pretending not to fall in love is more complicated than I thought.
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