When her boss agreed to be her fake date at her sister’s wedding, she didn’t know they’d end up in bed! Only in this Bachelor Pact novel from Jessica Lemmon. “I can’t catch another bouquet without a date.” Even if that date turns out to be the boss! Desperate not to be single at her sister’s wedding, hot shot consultant Andrea Payne offers to pay a total stranger at a bar to be her date! … consultant Andrea Payne offers to pay a total stranger at a bar to be her date! That doesn’t end well, especially when she shows up at her new job and finds the total stranger is her new boss, Gage Fleming. He’d hired her sight unseen, and he’s just as surprised as she is. But he’s amused too, and he needs Andy’s help with his business. So he agrees to help her, and be her plus one.
And that’s when the trouble starts. Because underneath the fake date arrangement, there’s real passion. Ending up in bed together is bad enough–having to see him every day at the office may prove too much for her heart. Andy can’t help but daydream that she’ll be the one throwing the next bouquet. If only she could tempt Gage to share the fantasy…
Love triumphs for these wealthy bachelors in the Bachelor Pact series.
Book 1: Best Friends, Secret Lovers
Book 2: Temporary to Tempted
Book 3: One Night, White Lies
Book 4: Christmas Seduction
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Andrea (Andy) Payne is smart, funny and buttoned-up. She is seeking a date for her sister’s wedding. This book just reminded me of the movie the Wedding Date. Gage Fleming is in a pact with his partners that they are swearing off women. They met across the room. She is determined and he is just curious. Business has a way of changing everything. He sees her for who she really is, not a kook. I love the look of them together the whole time at the wedding. You will be laughing along the way. Just when you think they will get their HEA, his past comes and bites him. Can he convince her to give them a chance? I love the ending!
This is the second book in the Bachelor Pact Series that centers around friends Flynn, Gage and Reid who have entered into a pact to remain bachelors. Book one had Flynn breaking the pact and now Gage is in Love’s crosshairs. Andrea “Andy” Payne is a strong, successful businesswoman who works as a consultant to help businesses improve their bottom line. She going to her sister’s wedding in two weeks and needs to find a date to get her family off her back. After a disastrous online date, she see Gage in the bar and decides to approach him with an offer of payment to accompany her to the wedding. Gage thinks she’s hot, but crazy and passes. Of course, when he is about tell his friend Reid about the nut job he met, they see her in the conference room. She is their new consultant, Andy Payne. Gage ends up going as the fake boyfriend, though it doesn’t stay fake for long. I really liked Andy and Gage. Andy has the reputation as the Ice Queen with her family and friends. Gage sees a warm,smart and somewhat shy woman. Andy opens up with Gage, and she starts to see that she might be overreacting to her family’s teasing. I really liked how the relationship grew organically. I cannot wait until Reid breaks the pact!
Temporary to Tempted is the second in the series but is also a stand alone story. This is a story of pretense becoming reality and accepting the change. Andy lives her life as a tough as nails businesswoman and never revealing her true self, that is until she is desperate to find a date to her sister’s wedding. She is stunned to learn that the guy she offered money to in a bar to be her date turns out to be her latest client. Gage refuses to get into another permanent relationship after his engagement failed but is intrigued with Andy after seeing her vulnerable side in the bar and her tough side at work. He agrees to go to the wedding and the story that follows is filled with laughs, tears and love. A beautifully written love story that will keep you reading until the last page.
I received an advanced reader copy from the publisher but all thoughts and feelings are my own.