When a recently-dumped TV heartthrob gets stuck in an elevator with a jaded romance novelist, he enlists her to ruin romance for him--one rom-com trope at a time--so he never gets swept off his feet and into the tabloids ever again. Sawyer Greene knows romance. She's a bestselling author of the genre--or she was, until her college girlfriend left her with nothing but writer's block and bitterness. So when Sawyer gets stuck in an elevator with a handsome stranger, she sees it for what it is: NOT a meet-cute, but a chance encounter with a charming man whom she will sleep with exactly once and go on her HEA-avoiding way. Easy enough...until she runs into him again at a Christmas market straight out of a Hallmark holiday movie. Tired of heartbreak, Mason West recognizes Sawyer's reappearance in his life for what it is: a sign. Obviously, they're meant to cure each other--him of his hopeless romanticism and Sawyer of her writer's block. And the timing couldn't be better. Mason's career is at a crossroads, and he needs to stay single to turn media attention away from his disastrous love life and towards his budding production company. Similarly, Sawyer's editor is breathing down her neck for the book she was supposed to turn in months ago--and has yet to start. Their agreement is simple: Sawyer will become the quintessential romcom love interest of Mason's dreams, showering him in grand gestures, meet-cutes, and tropes so he never falls for them again. Only rules? 1. No more sex, and 2. No matter how swoony the circumstances, absolutely no falling in love. It's a foolproof plan. Until Sawyer and Mason find that, once set in motion, some plots cannot be stopped--and despite their best efforts, they might be hurtling towards a happy ending...
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This fun, fluffy contemporary romance has everything you could ask for. It even lists the relevant trope at the beginning of each chapter which was super cute, especially if you are a big romance reader. Embrace the premise and you will enjoy this book!
Sawyer, a successful and personally cynical romance author, has sworn off love and needs to get to work on her next book, stat. But after she has a one-night stand with famous actor Mason, who falls in love at the drop of a hat, they keep finding themselves in each other's paths. Deciding to work together through a list of stereotypical romantic scenarios for opposite reasons, the two begin to fall for each other despite their best efforts. This is a bit of a quirky premise, but if you can suspend your disbelief and simply enjoy a fun book, it shouldn't bother you much.
Whether these two will end up together is a foregone conclusion from the very start. Their chemistry is obvious immediately, to the reader and everyone in the book (including the main characters). If you are looking for a will they won't they with crazy levels of brooding tension, this book isn't for you. If you're looking for a cute, funny, fluffy celebration of the ways we fall in love (and some spice - that tights scene!) this is the book for you.
I highly recommend this for fans of fluffy romantic comedies and anyone looking for an entertaining, feel-good read. If you're a sucker for romance tropes, this one has most of them.
Thank you to HQ and NetGalley for providing an eARC for my review.
