“Fake It Till You Bake It” by Jamie Wesley

Title: Fake It Till You Bake It
Author: Jamie Wesley
Publisher:  St. Martin’s Griffin
Year: 2022   
Genre(s):  romantic comedy   
Part of a Series: No

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Why I Read It: Once Upon a Book Club selection

Summary: Professional football player and bakery owner Donovan Dell’s orderly life gets turned upside down when he hired Jada Townsend-Matthews to work at his bakery. She is the most hated woman in America after turning down a beloved bachelor on a reality dating show. When pressed for an explanation, Jada lies that she’s dating someone and ropes Donovan into being her fake boyfriend. But as their relationship continues, things start to change for the better – and their feelings may not be as fake as they thought.

Review: Another fun rom-com! It was another nice treat!

I was amused that it also featured another Bachelor-esque show as well but that was more my doing. I’m behind on my books and so I’m reading one from each year. If the Shoe Fits was a 2021 pick while Fake It Till You Bake It was a 2022 pick.

But the coincidence is still amusing.

Jada and Donovan were a great couple to watch fall in love. They were opposites but the type that complement each other. Donovan needed Jada’s more spontaneous nature while she needed his more disciplined nature to help them both grow as people. He learned to embrace some chaos in his life and she learned to focus herself to achieve her goals. They both grow together.

And that’s something you want in a good romantic couple.

That and chemistry, which Jada and Donovan had in spades. It was easy to root for them from their first interaction. As a reader, you know it wasn’t as fake as they wanted to believe and couldn’t wait until they realized it as well.

And that doesn’t even touch on the steamy love scenes included in the book. You’ll definitely feel the need to fan yourself while reading them.

Then you’ll likely want to get a cupcake for yourself because the ones in the book sounded so good.

Bottom line: A fun and sweet romance.

Sex: Yes and in some detail.

Moonlight Musing

Do you like fake dating tropes?