Brendan is a rock star entangled in a scandal. Can a fake engagement to his best friend’s little sister save his reputation? When his picture is splashed across the front pages of tabloids, Brendan Powers finds his good guy image tarnished. Torn between protecting his image and letting people know the truth behind the scandal, he retreats to his hometown for some serenity.Ava Cullen is the baby … serenity.
Ava Cullen is the baby sister to Brendan’s best friend, Keith. Only, little Ava isn’t so little anymore. Her childhood crush on Brendan has turned into something much more. When asked to participate in the mission to clear Brendan’s name, she reluctantly agrees to pose as his fiancée. Questioning his integrity and his intentions, Ava puts up a wall to protect her heart and her secret love for Brendan.
Forced to spend time together creating a façade, the two old friends quickly find the flames of passion being fanned between them. There’s only one problem, how will Keith handle a growing relationship between his best friend and his little sister?
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If you’ve ever had a childhood crush on your big brother’s best friend, then this is a story you will dive into whole-heartedly. The characters are lovable and relatable, the dialogue flows perfectly, and the chemistry is just the right amount of dynamite for a sweet read!
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A well written story with nice storyline and plot. Likeable main characters who develops nicely through the story. Nice chemistry and passion between them. How to choose the right partner and fight for it despite all the issues that is thrown at you. How to catch the chance for your HEA.
A story that is a mix of friendship issues, drama, love, emotions, scandal, romance, steam and sweetness.
Once again a fake relationship becomes more that than. It is a clean romance that is build over time. Attraction comes when fake turns to real.
I would have liked a bit more depth and not that fast paced in the end of the story. But recommendable if you like a sweet romance.
Enjoyable and entertaining read.
The good storyline and the well rounded characters grabbed my attention from the very first page and wouldn’t let it go until the very last page was turned! I always enjoy reading what this author writes!
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In this book we meet Ava Cullen and Brenan Powers. Brendan is having PR problems that he can’t seem to get away from. So when he comes back to Atlanta to get away from it all for awhile he meets just the person who can help him. Ava has had a crush on Brendan for as long as she can remember. She never thought he would even look her way. When he comes home and needs help she is more than willing to be his fake fiance. Can she keep her heart safe from the one man she has always wanted? After seeing her again can Brendan keep this strictly fake or will he want something more permanent before this is over? Can these two get a HEA or will the lies bury them for good?
This is a great story. It does have its ups and downs I really want to tell you about. However I don’t want to ruin the story for any other readers. I will say this book will have you hooked from the first word to the very end. I would highly recommend it to anyone and everyone.
This is cute romance between someone who doesn’t know how to keep himself out of trouble, and a woman who has loved him as long as she has known him. The agreement to the engagement was exhorted from her because she is one to help those she loves. This is the endearing part of this story, but all I could do was shake my head at Brendan for his stupidity in this book. A musican star is fodder for the paparazzi. Ava is engaging and her brother and sister-in-law are just meddlers.
Brandon is a rock star who got some bad and damaging publicity. He goes home to Atlanta and enters into a fake engagement with Ava a sister of a long time friend. Ava has always had a crush on Brandon. Will Brandon realize he also has feelings for Ava? This is an enjoyable read with lots of twists and turns.
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His is a rock star who reputation is now in tatters after a scandal. What will be do? He thinks a fake engagement will help so he turns to his best friend baby sister. She is not so little anymore. Can she keep her true feeling for him hidden? What will she brother do it it gets serious? Follow their story
A well written fun, enjoyable sweet romance. The fake relationship was a good addition. An intense short read as Ava has always had a crush on her brother’s best friend. The rumors being spread about him starts to change her opinion. I was on the edge of my seat in hopes of a HEA in him trying to fixed his reputation with false rumors involving a married friend. Will hearts be broken?
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This book is a sweet and clean romance. Brendan is a rock star who works hard to maintain a clean image for his entire band. When paparazzi take an innocent situation where he’s comforting a friend and turn it salacious, he doesn’t correct the misinterpretation to protect his friend’s privacy, but it’s ruining his reputation. When he goes home for a break, his Best friend comes up with an idea to have his little sister, Ava, pretend to be his fiance to fix his image. What will happen when he finds out she’s in love with him? Will be reciprocate?
I enjoyed the story a lot, up until the problems got resolved. The end dragged for me. I love a happily ever after, but there were too many details and I felt the end wasn’t edited as well or worked over as well as the rest of the book, almost as if a deadline had come and there wasn’t time to fix it? There were some phrases that needed to be reworked, but again, only at the end of the book.
I would have put 5 stars if the end had been better written, because the first 2/3 of the book was fantastic! I do recommend the book, but would have skimmed over the end if I wasn’t reading to make a review.
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Brendan is the lead singer for the hottest charting band Max Load. Rumors start being written about him making it seem as if he is having an affair with a married woman. He goes home to Atlanta and stays with his best friend Keith. He has been friends with Keith and his little sister Ava since they were all small children. When he returns to Atlanta Keith comes up with the plan to have Brendan pretend to be engage to Ava so the rumors will die down. Ava reluctantly agrees to go along with the plan because she has been in love with Brendan for as long as she can remember and would do anything to help him. During their fake engagement Brendan realizes that he is in love with Ava for real and wants their engagement to be real. Their journey to a happily ever after is very sweet and really does not have a lot of anguish.
The only negative comment I have is that the beginning of the story felt a little stiff making it hard to become fully engaged in the story and the characters but about a third of the way through it became more focused on the emotion and flowed much better. If you like a clean sweet romance this story and these characters will work for you.
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Rockstar Brendan Powers goes home to his hometown after the tabloids print an untruth that enmeshes him in a scandal. While home he sees his best friend Keith Cullen and gets to see Keith’s baby sister Ava who is not a child anymore. He asks her to be his fake fiancée but what happens when things change. A well-written story that I enjoyed reading. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
An absolutely wonderful clean romance. It is emotionally deep, beautiful, funny, and sweet with some drama, twists and turns. The characters are adorable, loveable, and amazing together. Beautifully written, this story is very interesting and enjoyable. Strongly recommended
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I enjoyed this fun, sweet, flirty and tender rock star story. The main characters were amusing and had great chemistry.
The storyline was fast paced and entertaining.
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What starts out as a fake engagement with his best friend’s sister to deal with tabloid rumors may turn into the love of his lifetime. Singer songwriter Brendan Powers gets caught in compromising photos comforting his married female friend who is also dealing with a rocky marriage and this leads to tarnishing his good guy image and bad publicity for his band. To combat those rumors his friend Keith decides that his sister Ava will play the part of his fiance. Ava has had a crush on Brendan for years and she’s upset that he would have an affair with a married woman, but for the sake of her brother and sister-in-law she agrees to the fake engagement. But as she spends time with Brendan who starts to see her as more than his best friend’s little sister she discovers that not everything you read is true and that she might have a chance at happily ever after. There were plenty of funny, sweet, and romantic moments in this pretend to real romance.
Brenden Powers was the head singer in the Max Powers band. His friend Misty Waters was is married to Nick Wade. They were both in the public eye and everyone though they were having an affair. He tried to protect her and it through him on the limelight. His friends set him up to fake a wedding to get the attention on something else. Ave his friend since children played the part. She had been in love with him for years.I loved the story. I highly recommend reading this book.
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This book was great. It was entertaining and sweet. The love and passion shared gave a little lift. the friendship and family bond was great. It was an overall a great read.
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Sweet and tender romance with captivating characters and well-written story that immediately grabbed my attention and kept me glued to the book from beginning to end. I loved the undeniable chemistry between rock star Brendan and his childhood friend Amy. If you enjoy beautifully written clean romances, this is a must-read.
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I was really impressed with this story; the fact that this was a “rock” band that had morals and principles was something I truly enjoyed. His loyalty to his friend was also very impressive. He wasn’t even willing to share the situation with those who were putting their lives on hold to help him. It was a very well written story. Totally enjoyed.
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Full story, no skipping around and towards the end will give a time frame like a month later and 15 months later for their HEA. Most of the chapters is from H’s POV, clean romance, and only drama is from the paparazzi and their so called true stories and the other is the emotional tow on Ava’s heart when these articles are printed. She was 6 and her brother and Brandan were 10 and his younger brother when they all met and became friends, she fell fo him before she knew what love was but Bran always saw Ava as the pesky little sister of his best friend that would follow them everywhere and he would still see her that way until he, her brother and her sister in law made the sham of a fake fiancée business.
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He may be a rock star, but he’s a very loyal friend! She’s loved him forever, so even though she thinks his fame has gone to his head, she’s still willing to play his fake fiancée. It doesn’t take long for the fake to start changing to something more real.
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