New Release Review: Can't Help Falling in Love by Sophie Sullivan
About the Book
*As found on Goodreads
A struggling waitress and the heir to a major Seattle company stumble into a high-profile fake engagement while simultaneously trying to keep up with their own love lives in this flirty fall rom-com!
Lexi Danby is looking for some no-strings, fall fun. Once a college track star, she was forced to drop out when her father passed away. Now she’s trying to make ends meet while putting herself through school and caring for her grieving mother. When her comically bad waitressing lands her directly in the path of a handsome, charming stranger named Will, Lexi may just have found the distraction she’s been looking for. Their first date looks promising until a misunderstanding at a party thrusts Lexi and Will into a fake engagement they can’t talk themselves out of. And Will turns out to be a member of Seattle royalty.
Will Grand is heir to a major company, and Seattle’s most eligible bachelor. But he’s been placed in charge of an important merger with a company that values family above all else, and needs to show them that he’s settled down. While a fake engagement is advantageous from a business standpoint, it’s not so great for a budding relationship with a woman who’s wary of commitment. With a woman who Will is beginning to care about much more than he could have anticipated.
As Lexi gets a taste of Will’s glamorous world and the pair keeps up the pretense of their fake engagement for the press, they decide to see where a more casual relationship takes them out of the spotlight. And amid apple picking in comfy flannels, outdoor breweries in the crisp air, and fun Halloween preparations, Lexi starts to realize the scariest part of the season might just be taking a chance on love.
Genre-
Rom com
Romance (Closed Door)
Tropes-
Fake Dating
CFO Hero
Supportive Hero
Review
Can't Help Falling in Love was a joy to read! The storyline was engaging, and the characters were endearing.
I adored the meet cute moment between Lexi and Will, and the fake relationship that soon became something very real was developed at a perfect pace. This is a closed door romance, so there are no spicy scenes, but the author did a great job at creating their chemistry. As a reader, I could sense their attraction, and I easily invested in the outcome of their journey.
All in all, this was a delightfully charming rom-com. It has the perfect vibes for a fun fall read.
**Complimentary copy for review provided by St. Martin's Press. All opinions expressed here are honest and entirely my own.
**TW/CW: grief, depression, loss of a parent (past)
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About the Author
SOPHIE SULLIVAN is a Canadian author as well as a cookie-eating, Diet Pepsi-drinking, Disney enthusiast who loves reading and writing romance in almost equal measure. She writes around her day job as a teacher and spends her spare time with her sweet family watching reruns of Friends. Ten Rules For Faking It is her romcom debut novel, but she's had plenty of practice writing happily ever after as her alter ego, Jody Holford.
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