Reality TV, riches, and a race for romance—with the glitz and glam of the Hollywood spotlight!
Yes, please! Sign me up. An all-new season is filming in America’s renowned movie town, and the directors are hunting for contestants with the enticing tagline: Want to sparkle under the city lights?
Bria Harper doesn’t date city boys, especially manscaped stuck-up ones with styled hair and trimmed goatees. But she’ll compete in any setting for a million dollars! As much as she wants to enter the competition alone, using her military skills and crafty strategies to win, the race requires a partner. Rick’s seemingly equally hungry to win the money, but the show’s dramatic rules have thrown them a curveball—America will vote the couple they deem to be the most “in love” as the winners. Will they have to fake an engagement to convince the fans they’re in love? If so, she can never let her feelings become real because she doesn’t do forever!
Rick Turner gladly exited the Hollywood scene, leaving behind an unfulfilling career as a cameraman on the very show his friends are encouraging him to compete as a contestant on now. After years of filming false narratives and dealing with his toxic ex-wife, he’s more interested in genuine relationships. But Bria’s real—he can feel it—and though she’s his polar opposite, she’s too good to resist, even while she’s encouraging him to fake an engagement in front of his manipulative ex. Trusting love again won’t be easy, but perhaps he can bend the rules and play the game for a chance at love? As long as he doesn’t get his heart broken again in the process!
My Review
Bria is prior military; she is tough, outspoken, and only in it for the money. But she seems to know Copper and Amity from the first book.
For ethical reasons, Rick is against the show, but he is way more hipster than I expected. The fact that he was a cameraman for the show before makes this much more intriguing. Of course, he gets quilted into it, and the first meeting with Bria shows how much these two characters are opposites. You could even go so far as to say they may have switched roles like “Freaky Friday” but with a male and female. Their coffee order alone has me chuckling.
We get a time jump from the first meet and greet to the beginning of the race. They are both on season three of The Race for Riches or Romance. I love the truthful pre-challenge and the honest answers.
This book gets steamy as their connection grows, but Bria is still scared to open up to another person. She is challenging but also hides away when things become uncomfortable. Rick is like an open book; he is easy to read and understand.
The connection between the characters’ perspectives needs to be improved throughout the challenges. We do learn a lot, but seeing things from their perspectives, their POV could be better described. Bria is a tough nut, and I’m surprised she did that, but it makes for great drama.
This book ends sweet but is different from how I expected it. It is a heartwarming meet cute opposites contemporary romance.
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