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Date read: July 29, 2025
West Hollywood
1. Fake - Paperback | Kindle
Kylie Scott
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Synopsis (Goodreads):
He walks the red carpet. She’s more familiar with vacuuming one.Thoughts on Fake: Okay. So I recently (like yesterday) read a different fake dating book by KS and LOVED IT and I realized I'd never read this one and OH.MY.GOODNESS YES. Patrick is scowly and not great at communicating and he's so fun to read about. He's also kind of gone on Norah, but has the aforementioned terrible communication skills and HA. Dude is good at delivering lines onscreen, but not so great when the words aren't scripted.
When a scandal tarnishes the reputation of hot as hell A-lister, Patrick Walsh, he needs a reputation rescue, pronto.
Enter waitress Norah Peers–a nobody who’s average with a capital A. She’s available, dependable, and has sworn off men for the rest of her natural born life. In other words: the perfect match for a no-strings fake romance.
For the right amount of money, she can avoid waitressing and play the part of his dependable down-to-earth girlfriend. What she can’t avoid–dammit–is the growing steam between them.
But being hounded by the paparazzi and having her life dissected on social media is a panic attack in the making. And while Patrick might be a charming rogue on screen, in real life he’s a six-foot-two confusing, gorgeous, brooding grump, who keeps her at a distance . . . but also makes her feel like this bond between them might be more than just an act.
Being dumped on cue should be no big deal. Except being fake with Patrick is the realist relationship Norah has ever had. What’s a girl to do, but flip the script, and ask for a re-match made in Hollywood?
Anywho. I liked Patrick. I liked Norah. Him getting a little disgruntled (more than usual) when Norah fangirls over one of his compatriots when she never fangirled over him was GREAT.
But let's get to the meat (so to speak) of the story. Patrick did a not so smart thing (not terrible, mind you, but still not so smart) and is now dealing with the scandalous blowback. He needs some quick PR to show he's not the homewrecker he's being made out to be and the quiet waitress who never bothers him when he slips into his favorite hole-in-the-wall restaurant is just the thing. She's genuine in a way anybody else he asked to help him couldn't be and he doesn't mind sharing space with her. Even when she starts babbling from nerves.
On Norah's end, she absolutely knows this something between them has an expiration date. That it's fake. That being with him even in this limited sense puts her in the spotlight. And she's okay with that. Sure, she might be starting to figure out what his brooding, blank faces and scowls mean, but that doesn't mean they're meant to be together. He's a movie star and she's a waitress. Except...they're kind of hot together and those fake kisses are downright steamy.
So, YEAH. Maybe there is something there after all that can make it for the long haul. *thumbs up* ALL AROUND.
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