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May 25, 2026

REVIEW: The Trouble with a Fake Courtship by Maggie Weston

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviews1840s / Early Victorian / fake relationship / Harlequin Historical / historical romance / Scandal2 Comments

Will a courtship ruse… Lead to complete ruination? Roguish gentleman Jameson Russell is given an ultimatum by his brother: marry or be cut off. So he hatches a foolproof plan—find a lady so entirely unsuitable to court that his brother will beg him to stay a bachelor! Society has shunned ... more >

Illustrated cover with a green (grass) background. the titles are in white in the top section and the lower half features a good looking white couple laying down on the grass. Their heads/faces and upper torsos only are visible. Her head is pointing toward the right of the cover and his is pointing toward the left of the cover. He is wearing a blue football jersey and has dark brown hair. She is wearing a purple v-neck top and has mid-brown hair with a hint of red. His left hand is in her hair and her left hand is in his, near his ear. They are looking at one another lovingly.
January 7, 2026

REVIEW: Only On Gameday by Kristen Callihan

KaetrinB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsContemporary / fake relationship / football / found family / NetGalley / sports romanceComments Off on REVIEW: Only On Gameday by Kristen Callihan

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Dear Kristen Callihan, How wonderful to have a new book in the Game On series! I have missed this author’s books and I’m so glad she’s publishing again. (Only on Gameday features a hero with four siblings and I can only hope this book is also book one in the ... more >

Illustrated cover with a pink background of only one bed in a hotel room/cabin. A white couple sits on the bed, she is reaching to kiss his cheek, he is facing forward. She is fat and has long pink hair and is wearing a green and white gingham dress. He is big and burly/fat and is wearing blue pants, a chambray shirt and has suspenders and a bow tie. He has thick dark hair and a thick straight mustache.
March 11, 2025

REVIEW: My Big Fat Fake Marriage by Charlotte Stein

KaetrinA Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsContemporary / England / fake relationship / NetGalley / only one bed6 Comments

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CW: Dear Charlotte Stein, My Big Fat Fake Marriage is the follow up novel to last year’s When Grumpy Met Sunshine, which made my best of 2024 list so my hopes were high for this one. Readers first met Connie in the earlier book – she’s the friend who tolerates ... more >

Illustrated cover with a red background, featuring a South Asian woman in the top right and a South Asian man in the lower left, generally looking toward one another, with the title in the centre, with a peacock feather design around each person.
September 10, 2024

REVIEW: Sunshine and Spice by Aurora Palit

KaetrinB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ ReviewsCanada / Contemporary / cultural differences / fake relationship / first generation immigrant / NetGalley / secret relationship / South-Asian CanadianComments Off on REVIEW: Sunshine and Spice by Aurora Palit

Dear Aurora Palit, Naomi Kelly was born to Bengali parents in Canada. Her biological father abandoned her mother, Supriya – aka “Sue” and Sue then left her own parents and rejected the South Asian community altogether. Sue subsequently married a wonderful Canadian man who was a loving and engaged father ... more >

May 10, 2024

REVIEW: Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie by Jackie Lau

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsauthor heroine / Canada / cat / Chinese-Canadian MCs / fake dating / fake relationship / family drama / family relationships / First-Person / mothers and daughters / sisters / South-Asian Canadian9 Comments

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Mark Chan this. Mark Chan that. Writer and barista Emily Hung is tired of hearing about the great Mark Chan, the son of her parents’ friends. You’d think he single-handedly stopped climate change and ended child poverty from the way her mother raves about him. But in reality, he’s just ... more >

Illustrated cover featuring a dark-haired white couple in jeans and tees having cocktails at a wooden bar overlooking a lake. The background is purple mountains and the red sun going down in front of an orange sky.
April 23, 2024

REVIEW: Funny Story by Emily Henry

KaetrinA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsContemporary / fake relationship / NetGalley9 Comments

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Dear Emily Henry, After reading and loving your books for a number of years now, I’ve come to have high expectations. I’ve yet to be disappointed. There must be a signal released in my brain when I recognise your words; something in me just relaxes and prepares to be all-in ... more >

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