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For Hollywood agent Julian Hart, representing his best friend\u2014megastar Carter Williamson\u2014means it\u2019s nearly impossible to keep his personal life and career separate. To make matters worse, Carter\u2019s younger sister has been starring in Julian\u2019s wildest fantasies more often than he\u2019d care to admit. He knows she\u2019s off-limits, but when Ashley shows up on his doorstep, needing a place to crash\u2026 suddenly his greatest temptation is sleeping down the hall.<\/span><\/p>

Free-spirited Ashley Williamson doesn\u2019t do commitment. Jobs, apartments, men\u2026 why let herself be tied down? But she\u2019s had a crush on her older brother\u2019s best friend for years and she\u2019s\u00a0committed<\/em>\u00a0to making Julian want her, one towel-clad midnight encounter at a time. But just as things start heating up, their steamy flirtation is interrupted by Carter\u2019s east coast wedding. Ashley has no desire to go home and face her reputation as the family disappointment. But living with\u2014dare she say\u00a0dating?<\/em>\u2014a successful, sexy film agent could give them something else to talk about.<\/span><\/p>

Julian can\u2019t believe he agreed to fake a relationship with the one woman he can never have. And it\u2019s going to take more than a little willpower to remember it’s all pretend. Or is it?\u00a0<\/span><\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Release Date:<\/strong>\u00a0Apr 10, 2018
Series:<\/strong>\u00a0Love on Cue
<\/em>Book:\u00a0<\/strong>2
Heat Level:<\/strong>\u00a0Hot
Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0HarperCollins
Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0Avon Impulse
Price:<\/strong>\u00a0$3.99<\/p>

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Love this story!<\/em><\/p>

I missed the first book in this series, and I have plans to play catch up. This book is filled with diverse characters, a great play on brother\u2019s best friend and fake engagement tropes, and a storyline that\u2019s poignant without the clich\u00e9. Additionally, Sosa has some of the most natural dialogue I\u2019ve read in a contemporary; the back and forth flows seamlessly.

Julian is the agent for Ashley\u2019s big brother, Carter. She\u2019s had a crush on Julian forever and her latest crash and burn with a roommate gives her the perfect chance just to see if there is any spark. Julian doesn\u2019t want to screw up things with his biggest client, not for something like sex. But with these two sparks fly and between living together, her brother\u2019s surprise wedding and shared interests what should just be a scratching an itch easily turns into something more.

Sosa provides plenty of laughs, emotion, and a story of two people trying to figure out their own future\u2019s while falling in love at the same time. What started for me as reading chapter one before bedtime quickly delved into five chapters and counting toward midnight\u2026 I could not get enough.\u00a0 The tropes themselves, the secondary characters, the modern issues popping up in the external challenges of characters all hit home run out of the ball park.

My only hesitance involved Ashley\u2019s character arc. I felt she needed to have as much of a grand gesture as Julian performed. Some of her physical actions helped represent that, but I felt words would have cemented things. In this case, Julian appeared to do most of the heavy lifting, though the fact he knows his woman so well as to understand her without a gesture or a dozen words is also impressive.

I highly recommend this series for readers who enjoy Tracey Livesay\u2019s<\/strong><\/em> Shades of Love<\/em> series.<\/p>

~ Landra<\/em><\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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To make matters worse, Carter\u2019s younger sister has been starring in Julian\u2019s wildest fantasies more often than he\u2019d care to admit. He knows she\u2019s off-limits, but when Ashley shows up on his doorstep, needing a place to crash\u2026 suddenly his greatest temptation is sleeping down the hall.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Free-spirited Ashley Williamson doesn\u2019t do commitment. Jobs, apartments, men\u2026 why let herself be tied down? But she\u2019s had a crush on her older brother\u2019s best friend for years and she\u2019s\u00a0<em>committed<\/em>\u00a0to making Julian want her, one towel-clad midnight encounter at a time. But just as things start heating up, their steamy flirtation is interrupted by Carter\u2019s east coast wedding. Ashley has no desire to go home and face her reputation as the family disappointment. But living with\u2014dare she say\u00a0<em>dating?<\/em>\u2014a successful, sexy film agent could give them something else to talk about.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Julian can\u2019t believe he agreed to fake a relationship with the one woman he can never have. And it\u2019s going to take more than a little willpower to remember it's all pretend. Or is it?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/4-hearts.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong>\u00a0Apr 10, 2018<br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Love on Cue<br \/><\/em><strong>Book:\u00a0<\/strong>2<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong>\u00a0Hot<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0HarperCollins<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0Avon Impulse<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong>\u00a0$3.99<\/p><hr \/><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Love this story!<\/em><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I missed the first book in this series, and I have plans to play catch up. This book is filled with diverse characters, a great play on brother\u2019s best friend and fake engagement tropes, and a storyline that\u2019s poignant without the clich\u00e9. Additionally, Sosa has some of the most natural dialogue I\u2019ve read in a contemporary; the back and forth flows seamlessly.<br \/> <br \/> Julian is the agent for Ashley\u2019s big brother, Carter. She\u2019s had a crush on Julian forever and her latest crash and burn with a roommate gives her the perfect chance just to see if there is any spark. Julian doesn\u2019t want to screw up things with his biggest client, not for something like sex. But with these two sparks fly and between living together, her brother\u2019s surprise wedding and shared interests what should just be a scratching an itch easily turns into something more.<br \/> <br \/> Sosa provides plenty of laughs, emotion, and a story of two people trying to figure out their own future\u2019s while falling in love at the same time. What started for me as reading chapter one before bedtime quickly delved into five chapters and counting toward midnight\u2026 I could not get enough.\u00a0 The tropes themselves, the secondary characters, the modern issues popping up in the external challenges of characters all hit home run out of the ball park. <br \/> <br \/> My only hesitance involved Ashley\u2019s character arc. I felt she needed to have as much of a grand gesture as Julian performed. Some of her physical actions helped represent that, but I felt words would have cemented things. In this case, Julian appeared to do most of the heavy lifting, though the fact he knows his woman so well as to understand her without a gesture or a dozen words is also impressive.<br \/> <br \/> I highly recommend this series for readers who enjoy <em><strong>Tracey Livesay\u2019s<\/strong><\/em> <em>Shades of Love<\/em> series.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Landra<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2qkqL6a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/geo.itunes.apple.com\/us\/book\/pretending-hes-mine\/id1229856108?mt=11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iBooks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/pretending-hes-mine-mia-sosa\/1126314470?ean=9780062690395\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">B&N<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/pretending-he-s-mine-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kobo<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Mia_Sosa_Pretending_He_s_Mine?id=8oUkDwAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Play<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}