“When I kissed you last night, I wasn’t pretending.”Everly Dalton is a walking, talking, martini-drinking dating disaster. Forget kissing frogs. She can’t even get past the first date. But at work, she’s a badass—the longest-running assistant billionaire Shepherd Calloway has ever had. Her coworkers wonder how she handles the big bad wolf—and never gets bit. Shepherd Calloway isn’t interested in …
Shepherd Calloway isn’t interested in being anyone’s sugar daddy. Tired of women who only want him for his money, he swears off dating, determined to focus on running his empire. Until his gold-digging ex hits him where it hurts, putting him in a difficult position.
His solution—to have Everly pose as his live-in girlfriend—is obviously crazy. But the timing is uncanny. It just so happens Everly needs a favor from her boss—a big and awkward one—and this could ensure everyone gets what they want.
Besides, Everly can totally survive a few months of faux romance.
Except there’s a problem. Shepherd is supposed to be a single-minded, unemotional robot boss. Not an actual human with a heart and morning wood. Between the awkward bed-sharing and tingly fake dates, lines are blurring. And as Everly gets to know the real Shepherd, she discovers there’s more to the man behind the bank account.
And faking it gets all too real.
Faking Ms. Right is a hot, STAND-ALONE romantic comedy.
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Everly is a very optimistic person, she’s bubbly, positive and is, for lack of a better word, an extrovert. She’s a personal assistant for the broody business mogul Shepard Calloway, and he is, I guess, either emotionally frozen or an introvert. He doesn’t look people in the eye at his place of business, he isn’t close to his father, brother and brother-in-law and he dates women but doesn’t invest in them emotionally…sort of seems to be going through the motions, but not allowing anyone in, or maybe he is just wired differently. Anyway, because of a situation with his father, he has Everly fake being his girlfriend and thing spiral a bit after that. This is an adorable story, I loved it and I hope we see Nora and Hazel’s stories!
Everly Dalton is a mess when it comes to dating. She has had the worst luck when it comes to first dates. But one thing she is amazing at is being an executive assistant to her boss, Shepherd Calloway. Even though he acts like a robot at work they have a great rhythm for their schedule and how they work together. Everly’s parents want nothing more than for her to be married like her sister Annie. But she has yet to find that man. But everything changes when she gets a call one night after work that changes everything.
Shepherd Calloway is a man that has had MANY dates that have went wrong. Not all because he doesn’t show full emotion with women but because majority of them have only been with him for his money. His latest ex, Svetlana is an even worse gold digger. She just won’t let him go. And he knows just how far she is willing to go when he shows up to a benefit honoring his father and she is there on his arm. He panics and calls the one person he can, Everly.
I couldn’t get enough of Everly and Shep. They were two of my favorite couples that I have read and I wanted so much more about them!! Everly was the perfect match for Shepherd and even though he didn’t comprehend it, he was head over hills for her. Shepherd couldn’t see just how much he cared for Everly until it was a little too late. BUT he was more than willing to go to the ends of the earth to get to her.
Everly was such a sweetheart! I absolutely loved her heart and felt for her on so many levels. She was put into the most awkward position by her sister and sister in law. I’m not going to lie, I was beyond upset with her sister and sister in law for even thinking of asking her to do what they wanted. It was something you don’t go trolling for something you know you have VERY LITTLE chance of even having.
I was really hoping that Annie and her wife would have made a bigger apology than what they did. I was saddened for Everly because she was in an impossible situation. But as Everly being who she is she handled it like a champ!!
But I have to say one of my absolute favorite characters in this book was Shepherds dad. He had the most enjoyable spirit and was such a sweet man! He had such a heart and hope for so much!! I loved that he saw the good in everyone, because it showed how much of a difference there was in Shepherds childhood. Especially in comparison to Shepherds mom and how she acted.
I honestly wanted so much more of Everly and Shep and was so sad when it was over. But I am excited to see what else Claire has coming in the future!!
Thank you so much to Claire and Nikki for the free review copy in exchange for my honest opinion!
This book is hilarious and romantic and sexy and a wee bit crazy funny.
Everly is the sweetest person with the absolute worst dating history. Shepard is the silent grumpy type…….but is he??? Until the night of the gala Everly thought so, but now she sees him in a whole other light, and Shepard see’s Everly in a whole other light after seeing her in that red dress. She is no longer his executive assistant but a very sexy woman.
This book is fantastic. Nora and Hazel are the best friends a girl could ever have!!
This Rom-com is hilarious and a bit serious but incredibly sexy. The bar scene……..”fans ones self”
Loved it, loved it, loved it!!!!
Faking Ms. Right is the first book that I have read by this author. I signed up to review this book because I was going to be able to meet Claire Kingsley at the Readers and Romance book signing and I am very happy that I did this is a feels good romance.
This is Everly Dalton and Shepherd Calloways story.
Everyly is by far the best executive assistant to Shepherd he has ever had and she is a lasting EA. She has worked for him for a few years. No one has lasted that long.
Now Shepherd has a hair-brained idea after breaking up with his Bulgarian model girlfriend, Svetlana. Since Svetlana now shows up on his father, Richard’s arm. His idea is to get Everly to pose as his “fake girlfriend”. But, things get carried away and now she needs to move in with him to carry on the charade.
Well you know how things can turn topsy-turvy and it does. I love the outcome though!
BTW I love Hazel and Nora, Everly’s BFF’s they do have her back! I am hoping they get their own story too!
I loved reading Faking Ms Right and I can’t wait to read more by this author! This is a truly enjoyable romance. 4.5 Stars
This fake relationship RomCom by Claire Kingsley is a roller-coaster of emotions that will give you all the feels.
I haven’t met a Claire Kingsley book I didn’t like. Faking Ms Right may just be my top favorite though! Shepard Calloway and Everly Dalton are the *cutest* couple. Wait–no, fake couple. The cutest FAKE couple.
Until it isn’t fake.
Watching these two fall for each other, watching Shepard realize he isn’t emotionless, seeing these two come together?! It’s just the swooniest, lightest, most fun books ever.
And that first kiss? Holy moly, fellow readers, be ready. It’s a doozy.
If you don’t love Everly and Shepard, I’m not sure what’s wrong with you. These two are amazing! Excellent book, excellent chemistry, excellent characters.
Claire does it again with this book! Everly and Griffin are amazing together! I love a good growly dirty talking alpha!!! Shepherd is way more than he seems and I love everything about him! Everly is everything! I think everyone should have someone like her in their life! Great supporting characters!
Another lively and enjoyable rom-com! Faking Ms. Right by Claire Kingsley is yet another sexy, witty romance with great characters and an even better story.
Shepherd and Everly have had the worst luck when it comes to romance. Everly has had one too many dating disasters, and Shepherd seems to attract nothing but women only after his money and status. They are both at a point in their lives where they are ready to stop trying, because finding a partner is just not happening.
But when Shepherd gets into a bind and needs a last minute date he calls upon his secretary, Everly, after all she is nothing if not efficient. Except he did not expect to see her, finally see her, as the beautiful woman she is and not just his employee. Sparks fly and there is no denying their attraction. One lie leads to another and before you know it they are not just pretending to be a couple, but are living together and faking an engagement.
Pretend quickly turned into something real, real emotions and real passion. Falling in love was not in the plan for either of them. It wasn’t supposed to happen that way. The relationship was supposed to have a deadline, except they couldn’t fake their feelings towards one another. Through lies and some misunderstandings, they manage to come out on top and live their happily ever after together.
I love everything C. Kingsley writes and this was no exception! It is a sweet and captivating read. I laughed and enjoyed every page. A truly beautiful story! Shepherd and Everly were perfect! The secondary characters were just as amazing and important to the story. I really hope to see some secondary characters get their own books.
5 stars!
If you’re looking for total bad**s women, growlt alpha makes, and steamy scenes that will make your panties melt, you have found the perfect book!! Add LOL humor that will have people looking at you funny, and you have the perfect romcom!!
Seriously, one of the funniest romcoms I have read in a long time. The author sets the tone with the characters and makes your kindle come to life with the words and descriptions. When characters are easy to relate to, it makes for an even more enjoyable book. The supporting characters brought so much to the story, you will fall in love with the whole gang!!
Everly and Shepherd Read this alone!! It is hot and will make the kindle ignite underneath your fingertips. They have so much chemistry and choose to ignore it at first. By the end, you have fallen in love even more because you have watched their relationship blossom into what it is. The combination of steaminess and heartfelt relationships will make you read this author and again and again!!
Well written beautiful words, steaminess and LOL comedy makes this book one of my top romcons of the year!!
I do believe that this is my favorite Claire Kingsley book which is saying a lot since she has written a lot of fabulous books that I love! In Faking Ms. Right she delivers another fantastic story with characters that are easy to love. This was a fun, steamy read that I couldn’t put down and has me eagerly anticipating the stories that will follow with the secondary characters. The heroine,Everly is the sunny, hard working, efficient assistant, and Shepherd is her gorgeous, grumpy, intimidating boss. Both seem immune to each others charms until Shep is put in an impossible situation and asks for Everly’s help. What ensues is fake relationship gold as this hero and heroine realize that sometimes when you least expect it, you find just what you are looking for.
Everly and Shepherd are perfectly opposite. She is warm, bubbly, and friendly. She’s the type to do anything for anyone, even if it means sacrificing her own happiness. Shepherd thinks he’s genetically predisposed to be cold and unfeeling, just like his mother. The transition to his demeanor as Everly starts to melt his hard candy coating is a joy to witness.
The “side” characters are a delight as well, I love a group of strong women and her friends did not disappoint. Shepherd’s father and brother are both quite lovely. I didn’t care for Everly’s sister (I won’t spoil why) but suffice to say she put Everly in a terrible position with no thought to the ramifications.
Check it out if you like grouchy men, martinis, strong females, hilarity, love, families, or any combination of these. 5/5 Stars
I loved everly and Shepherd’s story!! It’s always funny to read about the mishaps in dating and especially when it’s male and female verses. The entire pretend to be dating then bam fiancé was a great storyline. I especially love how it turned out. The book had great banter and a really great storyline! This was well written and once you start you don’t want to stop reading!!!! Defiantly a must read!!!
Completely adored this story!
“The guy was practically a robot. Sometimes I figured he dated just to project the illusion that he was human.”
Everly Dalton is in complete control of her work life, where she is the most successful assistant to have ever worked for Shepherd Calloway. It’s the complete opposite of her disastrous dating life, where she has the most awful first-date luck! When her boss (who never looks her in the eye, never addresses her by name, never says thank you) suddenly makes an unusual request, she finds herself on uneven ground and somewhat disconcerted and off-kilter. When she agrees to his crazy proposition, she begins to discover that he is far from the robot she thought him to be…she’s finding him wholly human, wholly distracting, and incredibly easy to fall in love in with.
“Everly had me feeling out-of-control, and it was enormously uncomfortable.”
Shepherd Calloway is in a bind and the answer to all his problems is his efficient assistant, Everly. He’s always been aware that she was attractive, but when she pulls out all the stops to help him, he’s suddenly seeing her in a different light – and finding himself inconveniently aroused by her. As they take their charade a step further, he’s fighting hard against his feelings but finding it easier and easier to trust her with his most private self.
“The primal urge to take her – to thrust my cock inside her and claim her as mine – had been almost overpowering.”
OH MY GOD!! I freakin’ loved these two! Everly is such a beautiful person inside and out. She’s full of sunshine, goodness, and kindness. She’s also incredibly efficient and resourceful. Shepherd is far from the robot that she thinks he is – he has hang-ups but he is also intensely private. I loved the development in their relationship and the feelings Everly evoked in Shepherd. Such a fantastic read! Thoroughly recommend!
I love anything written by Claire Kingsley, but I have to say I was a bit hesitant when I heard this books was going to be a fake girlfriend/fiancé story. I don’t know why I was every worried because this book is so different from other books in this particular trope. That is because it is Claire Kingsley writing the story. If you are a newsletter subscriber, you have already followed the dating disasters of Everly Dalton. Well, it’s time for her to find her happily ever after. However, because it is Everly things are not going to be that easy. This book is so well written and is full of humor, strong characters and a relationship between two people who couldn’t be better suited for each other but are the only ones that can’t see it. This is not an insta-love story but rather Ms. Kingsley develops the story and the relationship with each chapter building a strong foundation that survives what is an unexpected and at times a humorous journey to find love. In typical Claire fashion, the main characters are surrounded be a terrific cast of secondary characters who add dimension and depth to the story – and they each whisper for their own story, especially Everly’s friends Nora and Hazel. If you are a fan of this author, don’t let the fact that this is a fake girlfriend/fiancé story deter you from picking it up to read. It is so different from other’s from that genre and it is Claire- so trust her to deliver the quality characters and stories you love.
I voluntarily read a digital ARC provided to me by the author.
Everly Dalton is sunshine. Shes bright and happy, she always tries to make everyone feel important, and her favorite color is yellow. Sheperd Calloway is night. Hes cold and distant, relationship arent what’s important to him. He’s a workaholic with bad taste in women. After an ex hooks up with his dad, he need a fake girlfriend. So who else would he call but his devoted assistant. Everly is proud of her work, shes been his longest assistant because she does what he wants and doesnt ask for recognition or praise. So when her boss calls and demands she come to a black tie gala she goes. But what was supposed to be a one night fake girlfriend, quickly turns into few months live in situation. As she gets to know sheperd she realizes that he isn’t dark and cold, he’s just hurt and afraid to let people close. Sheperd realizes he should have noticed Everly a lot more recently. This book is a beautiful office/ fake relationship romance. It’s funny and steamy and just a great read. This is my first claire kingsley novel and I know it wont be my last. I highly recommend it.
Faking Ms. Right is a fresh and unique take on the fake relationship trope, and Claire Kingsley absolutely nailed it. It is absolutely fantastic!!
Seeing the bright and cheerful Everly together with the cold, businessman Shepherd -such opposites, but when put together in that situation, it was only a matter of time before she broke down the walls he had built around him. They spent so much time together, and even though their relationship started out fake, the feelings they developed were absolutely real. Both of them surprised me in the best of ways, and I adored how loyal Everly was to Shep. She was so protective of him, and even when talking to her girlfriends (love Nora & Hazel)….she never divulged any of his secrets. Just love, love, love them so much – they truly stole a little piece of my heart.
This story truly had the perfect blend of humor and romance – it was just so sexy and sweet and I loved every minute of it!!
In Faking Ms. Right, we have two people who are basically TERRIBLE at dating. Everly hasn’t had a good first date (and they’re pretty much ALL first dates) in forever so she decides she’s taking a hiatus and maybe that will break her dating curse. Shepherd is tired of fake women who are only after his money and status–his dating curse. Through a VERY unusual (and kind of crazy) course of events, Everly and Shepherd end up in a fake relationship, which is even more awkward because Shep is Everly’s boss. Yeah. Awkward.
I freakin’ loved this book! These two seemed so different at the beginning and slowly realize that this isn’t the case at all. It was a bit of a slow burn because they fight those feelings as long as they can, but when they finally give in, holy cow, fireworks!! (Shep get an A+ in dirty talk!!) It was a joy to watch Shepherd realize that there was so much more to Everly than just his picture perfect assistant and I loved seeing Everly find the real Shep that had been hiding behind his unfeeling, robot-like persona. I just adored all of the supporting characters and really hope that we get to see some of their stories in the future (Everly’s friends are a HOOT!) This book was filled with laughs and enough heart to make you swoon for days. If you’re anything like me, the last chapter might just choke you up a little–it hit me right in the feels. And if you’ve read previous books by this author, you should enjoy some “Easter eggs” that she’s sprinkled throughout the book. Don’t worry, if you haven’t, you won’t notice as this is a complete stand-alone and a great place to start if she’s new to you.
I highly recommend this and will be waiting patiently (mostly) for my next Claire Kingsley fix, er, I mean, book.
“So you need a fake girlfriend.” “Precisely. I’m glad we’re on the same page. I’ll need you to move in.” “Wait,” I said, holding up a finger. I felt like I’d blacked out and missed part of our conversation. Move in? What the hell was he talking about? “Not on the same page. I don’t think even we’re reading the same book. Move in? What?”
LMAO! Amazing read. I devoured it a few hours. If you are looking for a sweet, funny and sexy AF book, you got it right here.
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~BREAKDOWN OF RATINGS~
Plot~ 5/5
Main Characters (hero/heroine)~ 5/5
Secondary Characters~ 5/5
The Feels~ 5/5
Pacing~ 5/5
Addictiveness~5/5
Angst~ 5/5
Steam/Hotness/Chemisty ~ 5/5
Theme or Tone~ 5/5
Flow (Writing Style)~ 5/5
Backdrop (World Building)~ 5/5
Originality~ 5/5
Ending~ 5/5
Book Cover~ Sweet
Series~ Standalone
Source~ Kindle eBook – borrowed from KU
Would I read more from the author? Yes
Would I recommend this book? Yes
I wish I could give this book more than 5 stars. We have a brooding billionaire hero (Shepherd) and the sunny happy heroine (Everly of course) throw in a gold digging ex girlfriend and great but quirky friends and family and you have an AMAZING book.
This book sucked me in from the start and I didnt stop until I was finished. Such a great book!!
Claire Kingsley has outdone herself in Faking Ms. Right! I fell in love with Everly in Every Dalton’s Dating Disaster, which is the prequel to this book (you don’t HAVE to read the prequel to understand but trust me, you’re gonna love it). This poor girl has had her share of horrible first dates and you just wish for her to find her HEA!
Everly just brightens up the room while grumpy Shepard puts fear in everyone he meets…except Everly. When Shepard needs a fake girlfriend, he calls on his assistant, Everly to help. But when he really SEES her? All bets are off on this “fake” relationship!
Shepard and Everly are two of the most fun, entertaining and charming couples I’ve ever read! Faking Ms. Right was full of hilarious moments, a chemistry that you could feel jump off the pages and sexy times that…well…lit my Kindle on FIRE!! Everything about Everly and Shepard was perfect, from the first page to the very end, this couple is now one of my all time favorites! I haven’t stopped thinking about this book since I put it down. It’s one of those that you’ll re-read over and over. I HIGHLY recommend this book!