Faker

by Sarah Smith

[Sam@WLABB]

Working at Nuts & Bolts was not walk in the park for Emmie. As one of the few females, she constantly had to employ her "girl boss" persona in order to maintain her sanity. One co-worker she loved to hate, was Tate. He may have been in charge of social media, but he lacked social skills, if you asked Emmie. However, all her feelings about Tate changed, when he came to her aid following a medical emergency. Emmie starting looking at him with hearts in her eyes, but would these two introverts be able to find their HEA?

I was so scared to read this, because of other reviews I had seen. It seemed the conflict Smith put in the latter part of the book turned some readers off, but I was ok with it. That very small portion of the story, which was explained away, could not erase all the wonderful things that proceeded and followed it.

This book was a lot of fun to read. I have enjoyed many office hate-to-love romances, and I think I liked this one more than some of the others, because the hate phase was short. Look, I like romance, and though all that push-and-pull can be entertaining, I actually liked it when these two were mooning over each other even more.

I was a big fan of both the hero and the heroine. Emmie and Tate actually shared a lot of the same great qualities. They were sarcastic, amusing, loyal friends, family orientated, hard working, and big hearted. Because they were both so introverted, it was difficult for people to get to know them, but once I saw what was beneath the surface, I was all in.

I am a very ardent romance reader, therefore, I adored all the wonderful romantic gestures and lovely things these two did in the name of love. Tate was especially good at the romantic stuff, believe it or not. He would do all these little things, which just made my heart flutter, and I began to look forward to what he would do next.

And, wow! I was really impressed with how much heat Smith generated before these two ever, ahem, consummated their relationship. There were hot, passionate kisses, steamed up windows, just for her pleasure, and cuddling, lots of cuddling, which just made me love this couple even more.

The story was told exclusively from Emmie's point of view, and it was a lot of fun being in her head. I did often wonder what Tate was thinking, though, and thankfully we got a little peek via his text messages. I was really grateful Smith gave that to us, because it helped me understand him a bit more.

I devoured this book, and wore a stupid grin across my face just about the whole time. It was a sweet and gooey romance, which left me utterly elated, and I look forward to seeing what Smith does in the future.

*ARC provided in exchange for an honest review.

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