The (Fake) Dating Game
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Description
Ready. Set. Faux.
Holden James picked the worst time to have a meltdown. His chance to audition for his favorite game show, Madcap Market, should have been a moment of triumph—a glorious, loving homage to his adored mom, who died six years ago. Instead, he’s destroying the minibar in a grim Los Angeles hotel room…recently dumped, partnerless and sliding into misery.
But at least the hotel service is sublime. It even comes with an unfairly fit and sexy (smart-ass) concierge who arrives at the door with pizza, Monopoly and deliciously distracting forearms.
All Holden knows about Leo Min is that he’s beautiful and unexpectedly sympathetic, and the chemistry between them is beyond. Maybe it’s even enough to convince everyone, including the show’s casting directors, that they’re a real couple. All they’d have to do is crush the competition, win the huge cash prize and all of Holden’s problems—his broken heart, his buried grief, his complete lack of money and direction—will be fixed.
Of course, reality doesn’t quite work out that way. But love is an entirely different game…
The (Fake) Dating Game is a spicy, fast-paced romance you can read in one sitting.
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I’d describe this as a very American rom-com :D a little obnoxious, all out and loud, hitting the highs high and the lows low, full to the brim with one-liners and a performative quality about it. I had fun with it, got lured in by the formula and I’m not mad about it :D it touches on grief and depression and even though it’s not an in-depth journey, I don’t think it was done badly. Very quick, horny romp. Don’t expect for the wheel to be newly invented, prepare for a dramatic third act conflict and you’ll be entertained, I think. CNs: grief, loss of a parent, discussion of terminal illness, implied homophobia, absent parent, financial struggles and job insecurity, a side character’s implied infidelity
Description
Ready. Set. Faux.
Holden James picked the worst time to have a meltdown. His chance to audition for his favorite game show, Madcap Market, should have been a moment of triumph—a glorious, loving homage to his adored mom, who died six years ago. Instead, he’s destroying the minibar in a grim Los Angeles hotel room…recently dumped, partnerless and sliding into misery.
But at least the hotel service is sublime. It even comes with an unfairly fit and sexy (smart-ass) concierge who arrives at the door with pizza, Monopoly and deliciously distracting forearms.
All Holden knows about Leo Min is that he’s beautiful and unexpectedly sympathetic, and the chemistry between them is beyond. Maybe it’s even enough to convince everyone, including the show’s casting directors, that they’re a real couple. All they’d have to do is crush the competition, win the huge cash prize and all of Holden’s problems—his broken heart, his buried grief, his complete lack of money and direction—will be fixed.
Of course, reality doesn’t quite work out that way. But love is an entirely different game…
The (Fake) Dating Game is a spicy, fast-paced romance you can read in one sitting.
Book Information
Posts
I’d describe this as a very American rom-com :D a little obnoxious, all out and loud, hitting the highs high and the lows low, full to the brim with one-liners and a performative quality about it. I had fun with it, got lured in by the formula and I’m not mad about it :D it touches on grief and depression and even though it’s not an in-depth journey, I don’t think it was done badly. Very quick, horny romp. Don’t expect for the wheel to be newly invented, prepare for a dramatic third act conflict and you’ll be entertained, I think. CNs: grief, loss of a parent, discussion of terminal illness, implied homophobia, absent parent, financial struggles and job insecurity, a side character’s implied infidelity