Review / Tour : The Real Thing

This sassy, spirited baker is fine with heat—but is her fake fiancé too hot to handle?

The Real Thing by Melissa Foster

Sugar Lake #1 
Releasing Sept 5, 2017
Montlake

Bakery owner Willow Dalton’s friendship with Zane Walker has always been a bit complicated. Now a scrumptiously hot A-list actor, Zane’s always had a reputation as player. He’s arrogant, and he’s definitely not boyfriend material. Sure, he did Willow a favor by agreeing to take her virginity before college, but is that reason enough to go along with a fake engagement a decade later—even if it comes with a real diamond ring?

Zane should have known better. Nothing involving Willow has ever been easy. Still, he knows her better than anyone, and becoming America’s hottest new leading man means cleaning up his reputation. An “engagement” to curvy, sass-mouthed Willow is the perfect PR move . . . provided no one gets hurt.

Now Zane and Willow’s little white lie has turned into an irresistible recipe for sweet temptation. And soon no one will be able to tell the difference between their fake engagement or the real thing—including them.

**THE REAL THING is being published by Montlake (an Amazon imprint) and won’t be available on other ebook retailers, but you can download a FREE ereader app to read it HERE, order the paperback.

Zane and Willow have always been friends so close that when Willow asked Zane to take her virginity before college they got right into it. Its been years since then and Willow works baking, meanwhile Zane is a bad boy actor who got to clean up his image a bit. Now its Zane asking Willow for a favor to be his fake fiance to show there is some what of a lovable side to his but that only seems to make things complicated between the two whens he accepts and lines time to get blurred where it seems they are more then just friends for real.

I love a good fake fiance book and this book just did it for me. I loved Willow's character shes the type of person to ask what she wants and get things done, shes not much to back down and if she got something to say shes just going to say it. I loved seeing their relationship. I loved getting to know about each of them in the past and how much they meant to each other. I enjoyed seeing how things where handled when things seemed to get tough, wondering if anything would backfire if everyone where to know the truth of them not really being engaged. I could see that the family really liked Zane so I was curious to see their reaction if they were to even find out about their arrangement. I loved how supportive Willow to Zane really helping him out when he needed it. Overall this was a pretty great book I enjoyed it! 

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Willow stopped abruptly. Her head tipped forward, her shoulders dropping a smidge as she turned, her hair curtaining one eye. “Zane, just tell me what you’ve done.”

He went to her and reached for her hand, feeling shittier than he’d thought he would. “There is no baking gig. I set all this up to get you here.” Anger flared in her eyes. He continued explaining as fast as he could. “Wills, there’s this focus group for my new film, and they’re worried my reputation will hurt the movie. That fans won’t buy me as a romantic hero.”

She scoffed. “Smart fans.”

“Come on. I need your help.”

“What am I supposed to do? Write a letter to the public telling them Zane Walker isn’t a self-centered playboy? Sorry, not your girl.”

She took a step away, and he hauled her against him. Her hands landed on his chest, which felt amazing, and even with darts shooting from her bright-blue eyes with deathly precision, she was still the most beautiful, alluring woman he’d ever known.

“No,” she seethed. “Whatever it is. No.”

“Come on. Just hear me out.”

Her lips formed a tight line.

“I need a . . .” He could hardly believe what he was about to say. “A fake fiancée.”

“A fake fiancée? What does that mean?”

“We’ll pretend to be engaged so everyone thinks I’m a stand-up guy.”

A disgusted look washed over her face. “No.”

“You owe me, Wills.”

Melissa Foster is a New York Times & USA Today bestselling and award-winning author. She writes sexy and heartwarming contemporary romance and new adult romance with emotionally compelling characters that stay with you long after you turn the last page. Melissa’s emotional journeys are lovingly erotic and always family oriented–perfect beach reads for contemporary romance lovers who enjoy reading about wealthy heroes and smart, sassy heroines.