About:
A hilarious and heart-warming romantic comedy that examines how the unlikeliest of loves can bloom in – well, the most likely of places. Perfect for fans of The Hating Game and The Spanish Love Deception.
When Cece James agrees to be cast as a ‘Juliet’ on the next season of the hit television show Marry Me, Juliet, it’s certainly not for the right reasons. She’s knee deep in debt and desperate for the associated paycheck. The last thing on her mind is the hunky ‘Romeo’ waiting for her at the end of the gravel driveway.
But Dylan Jayasinghe Mellor isn’t your usual fame-hungry TV star. An Olympic gold medallist with calloused hands, kind eyes and a propensity for panic attacks, it turns out he’s not here for the right reasons either. As spokesperson for a men’s mental health foundation, and the franchise’s first non-white male lead, Dylan’s got a charity to plug and something to prove.
When Cece gets eliminated on the first night, it seems like her and Dylan’s awkward first meeting will be their last conversation. But when the TV set is shut down unexpectedly, Cece and Dylan suddenly get a little more time together than they’d expected.
Will love bloom when the cameras stop rolling?
Review:
Thank you to Jodi and Netgalley for allowing me to read and review this book.
Love stories or reality tv like the Bachelor aren’t my things so why I picked this story to read baffled🤔 even me. Was I reading📖 it for the right reasons?
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When I started reading it, I was bored, thinking this really isn’t me, but it didn’t take long for the story to pull me in, that, in my mind is the sign of an excellent writer. It’s not gritty like the murder mystery suspense novels I like, more, it’s a slow burn building up gradually.
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Lily provides an welcome explosion💥 to the storyline, but also a feeling of, how can anyone be that spiteful, but as the old saying goes never judge a book by its cover.📚
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I’ve never watched the Bachelor ❤ but this has left me wondering probably naively about the set ups, contracts📑 and how much is a foregone conclusion.
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Dylan like any Romeo🥰 in a reality show is portrayed as a perfect man (do they exist!) and to Dylan, Juliet as the perfect hero.
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The story about three quarters of a way in feels predictable but there is also an element of, there has to be a twist and this fairytale 🧚♂️ really isn’t going to happen.
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However no one will see the final line coming, will they Dylan!🤐
