Blurb:

Who needs a fairytale, when you’ve got a fancy dress wedding.

Dragged to her best friend’s Tudor-themed wedding at Hever Castle, Hayley Price figured she could handle a few costume changes and a little harmless role play.

She was not expecting a corset out for blood, a hostile hedge, or a persistently problematic peacock.

Paired with Tyler Ashford… insufferable, inconveniently attractive, and cast as the earl. Their mission is simple: pretend to be madly in love.

Easy… right? Stay in character. Convince the audience.

But as the weekend unravels into a comedy of errors and sparks fly, their fake romance starts to feel dangerously real. Complete with wardrobe malfunctions, rogue hair rollers, and a leading man who thinks the bathtub is a perfectly acceptable place to flirt.

Happily ever after wasn’t in the script, and enemies-to-lovers has never looked so undignified.

*****

Review:

I found this book to be a hoot. Very Bridget Jones’s Diary, with a clumsy, trouble-prone heroine and a more staid hero who is charmed by her. Based on Goodreads, it looks like Bell is a new author and she’s got lots of things going for her. There’s entertaining humor and banter, also sweetness as Hayley gets to know Tyler even better. Could there have been more depth? Probably. Were there scenes missing that would have enhanced the story? Sure. I would love to get a better understanding of why Tyler is the black sheep & some of his history and see some more interactions of both of them with their friends. But even with a few plot holes, I was overall just as charmed as Tyler. And I’m definitely going to be looking out for more from this author.

*****

Author Info:

Sarah Bell writes swoony, slow-burn, romances full of flirty banter, emotional depth, and those deliciously heart-twisting moments that lead to unforgettable happily-ever-afters.

She believes love should make you laugh as much as it makes you feel, and her books deliver both in equal measure.

Based in West Sussex, England, Sarah writes from a makeshift office planted firmly in the middle of family chaos, wedged between plastic toys, PlayStation controllers, and far too many abandoned colouring pages.

She writes what she affectionately calls Baby Spice Sarah-lit: perfectly imperfect, emotionally honest romance designed to make you laugh, ache, and fall in love.

Her books blend humour, warmth, vulnerability, and longing, capturing romance at its most human.

http://www.sarahbell.co.uk