Cloverleigh Farms Book 8: Tease by Melanie Harlow

Cloverleigh Farms Book 8

I didn’t mean to say I was engaged to a hot billionaire–it just slipped out.

In my defense, I’d had a really bad haircut, a really strong drink, and I was trying to save face in front of the Mean Girl at my high school reunion.

Lucky for me, I happen to know a hot billionaire. Hutton French and I have been friends forever, and even though big social gatherings are not his thing, I called him from the coat closet and begged him for a favor–show up and play my fake fiancé for the night.

Except that word of our engagement spreads like wildfire. Our families are ecstatic. We’re front page news. My little food blog is launched into the stratosphere.

Of course, I offer to set the record straight right away, but Hutton wants to give it a little time–the phony engagement is keeping his matrimony-mad mother and every matchmaking granny in town off his back.

He even suggests I move in with him to make the ruse more real.

And we don’t stop there.

We practice kissing. Undressing each other. Saying things–and doing things–we’d never dare if we weren’t pretending. Because it’s all for show, right? We’re just role-playing. Hutton doesn’t want a real relationship, and I don’t want to get hurt. But the more time we spend faking it, the more I start to wonder.

Could Hutton French and I actually be right for each other, or is it all just one big tease? 

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60576722-tease?ref=bk_bet_out

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My Review: 5/5 Stars

Felicity and Hutton's story was so good! The perfect to best friends who are secretly in love with one another but don't know it story. Felicity and Hutton have been friends for a long time. Each having moments where they wished to tell the other how they feel but chickening out, afraid to ruin their friendship. Now the time to hide is almost over. Starting with when Felicity tells the still Mean Girl from high school that she is engaged to a hot billionaire aka her best friend Hutton. And like a good friend, Hutton shows up and goes along with the crazy charade. Despite his own anxiety issues. But Felicity is the one person he'll do anything for. However, their white lie blows up when that mean girl tells everyone they are engaged. Now both of their families are over the moon and admitting their lie seems a little bit hard. So they decide to roll with it just a bit longer. But the lines between real and pretend start to blur. Especially when the two reveal they always wanted to kiss the other. It doesn't take long for them to wonder if they go for it for real or play it safe with their friendship. Felicity and Hutton were such great characters. They had their own unique quirks and were beyond great for one another. I couldn't put the book down! Another great addition to this series.

I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.