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Ben Stephens (Theo’s brother) lands an ad campaign featuring movie star Anna Gardiner. Both Ben and Anna are huge flirts and like to have fun, and soon, that innocent flirting turns into sleeping together. When Anna suddenly needs a temporary boyfriend to gain some publicity for an upcoming movie, who better than Ben to fill the role? It’s all fun and games… until feelings are involved.

WHAT I LOVED: 

The way the main characters interact with each other. That’s so very “Jasmine Guillory,” that the MCs establish a connection by talking to each other and that’s at the core of their relationship. Granted, both MC have some growing up to do, but they will over the course of the book (even though Anna got me frustrated quite a bit).

A big part of the book focuses on being black in Hollywood, and generally on black underrepresentation in the industry, the stress, the struggles with body and image, and I really appreciated the discussion on that. I also loved that both MCs are dealing with issues requiring therapy, and there’s positive talk of all the benefits of counselling. Mental health is such a difficult topic to get right in a book, and Ms Guillory did it thoughtfully, like the talented writer she is.

This might seem weird, but I also absolutely love that Jasmine Guillory’s characters EAT. Have you noticed that romance books characters never eat? Why is that? I love that there’s always some food involved with Jasmine Guillory and there’s an appreciation for/legitimization of eating that I haven’t seen anywhere else. 

IN A NUTSHELL:

I could go on listing what I loved, but the point is:

SO you need to go read it right now and then we can gush about it together!