Faking forever never tasted so sweet.
When Calla Nikolakis gets the cake commission of her dreams, she’s in love… with how much exposure she’ll get from doing ultra-hot lifestyle guru Jay Rustin’s wedding.
Smash cut to twelve hours later. She wakes up buck naked next to Jay, wearing a ring on her finger and sporting a Jay bird brand-new tattoo. In case anyone’s counting, that’s two bad decisions for the price of one.
The next thing she knows, a viral post of her and Jay saying “I do” spreads like wildfire. Everybody and their mama has seen her become Mrs. Jay Rustin.
Normally, Calla is known for being calm in any situation. But one look into her now-husband’s panty-meltingly blue eyes, and she’s anything but cool and collected. Before she can freak the geek out, Jay makes her a new proposal.
Stay married for three months. Go on a crazy hillbilly honeymoon to appease his sponsors. Convince everyone they’re the real deal.
In exchange, Jay promises to boost her business to guarantee that her bakery stays afloat. She can hardly say no. Besides, with the opportunity to spend weeks sleeping in Jay’s bed… why would she want to decline?
There’s just one thing she promises herself: absolutely no falling in love. No looking at his sculpted muscles as they hike. No peeking beneath the covers just out of curiosity. And absolutely no swooning when he feeds her buttercream with his fingers.
It’s all for show to convince the world they’re a dream couple. It should be no problem… just as long as he doesn’t accidentally love her back.
This is a sweet and funny story about a small-town baker who gets her big break when she’s hired to make a wedding cake for a popular influencer. Jay Rustin is even more gorgeous in person, not to mention sweet and funny and extremely kind. Calla is drawn to him but he’s a client and he’s about to get married, so he couldn’t be more off-limits. But when his runaway bride puts Jay in the spotlight in a way he never could have imagined, Calla can’t help but offer some encouraging words.
Her efforts to comfort him end up soaked in tequila and leads to a night neither of them remember in the morning. Luckily, there are rings, witnesses and videos to fill them in since they don’t remember their wedding. Jay’s brand took a big hit when the first wedding didn’t happen and will take an even bigger one is he admits the one that did was a drunk prank that backfired, so he makes Calla an offer she can’t refuse, to stay married and go on his sponsored honeymoon.
He has to salvage his brand and take care of his employees, which isn’t possible without this honeymoon. It will mean tons of exposure for Calla’s bakery, You Butter Believe It, so she agrees, but this isn’t just a business deal. The characters are adorable and their story was a lot of fun. This is my first book by the author but won’t be the last. I’d like to thank the author and The Author Agency for providing an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
