In REAL KIND OF LOVE by Sara Rider, Clem and Jake have one week to convince her quirky, overbearing family that their relationship is real during a summer vacation at a lakefront cottage. Fans of ACT LIKE IT by Lucy Parker and ACTING ON IMPULSE by Mia Sosa will love this spicy, lighthearted contemporary romance novel featuring a grumpy hero and introverted heroine. Find out what happens when a fake relationship turns into a real kind of love.
Title:
Real Kind of Love
Author:
Sara
Rider
Release
Date: June
5, 2018
Publisher:
Self-published
Series:
Books
& Brews #1
Genres:
Contemporary
Romance
Page
Count: 242
Format:
Print
& Digital
Synopsis:
As
an audiobook narrator, Clementine Cox has no trouble mastering the
voices of space aliens, elven warriors, or even demon-possessed cats.
But the moment she tries her hand at an erotic romance, she’s
stumped. With her deadline looming, she books a week at a secluded
cabin to restore her inner muse, telling her loving-but-overbearing
family it’s a romantic getaway with her not-so-existent new
boyfriend to keep them from worrying. She never expects them to
invite themselves along to meet the new guy. Now, she has less than
twenty-four hours to find a pretend boyfriend in order to save her
job and, potentially, her sanity.
Workaholic Jake Donovan isn’t interested in a real relationship. After a broken engagement, all he wants to do is focus on keeping his brewpub, the Holy Grale, afloat. But when he finds out his favorite customer is in need of a fake boyfriend, and his business partners insist he take a long overdue vacation, he has no choice but to help Clem out. All he has to do is enjoy the sunshine, play nice with her family, and keep his hands to himself for the week.
But Jake’s not prepared to like waking up next to Clem every morning as much as he does. Or to feel so welcome by her quirky family. And as the line between real and fake starts to blur, he realizes one week might never be enough.
Workaholic Jake Donovan isn’t interested in a real relationship. After a broken engagement, all he wants to do is focus on keeping his brewpub, the Holy Grale, afloat. But when he finds out his favorite customer is in need of a fake boyfriend, and his business partners insist he take a long overdue vacation, he has no choice but to help Clem out. All he has to do is enjoy the sunshine, play nice with her family, and keep his hands to himself for the week.
But Jake’s not prepared to like waking up next to Clem every morning as much as he does. Or to feel so welcome by her quirky family. And as the line between real and fake starts to blur, he realizes one week might never be enough.
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REAL KIND OF LOVE ExcerptCopyright © 2018 Sara Rider
With
a deep breath, she opened her eyes to see Jake standing in front of
her with his arms crossed. She swallowed the bile rising in her
throat, reminding herself that if mortification could actually kill,
she’d have been a pile of ashes by now.
“Tomorrow?”
“Thanks
for playing along. For the record, you die of Ebola tonight. Or
dysentery. Whichever one works faster.”
“Clem.”
He tilted his head toward her, voice deepening to a low growl. “Why
do your sisters think we’re dating?”
“I
kind of told them I was going on a romantic getaway this week so they
wouldn’t tag along on my vacation. Except instead of giving me
space, they booked the cabin right next door and now I need you to
use that hammer to build me a tiny little coffin while I curl up and
die.”
“Wait
a second,” Julia said from the dining room doorway with Eli
standing next to her, grinning. “You lied to your family about
having a boyfriend and now they think Jake is coming with you on
vacation tomorrow?”
“Of
course you and Eli overheard,” she mumbled. “I know it was a
terrible idea but—”
“It’s
a great idea!”
Clem
wiped her clammy palms against the ugly pair of basketball shorts she
was still wearing and tried to fathom the reason for Julia’s wide
grin. “Sure, if you think watching me dig myself into a deep hole
with no escape is fun.”
“You
don’t need an escape. You need Jake.”
“What?”
Her and Jake’s gazes met like a head-on collision.
Eli
rubbed his palms together. “I don’t know what devious idea is
churning in your brain, Sis, but I have a feeling it’s going to be
good.”
“It’s
simple. I need Jake to get out of my hair for the next week before he
micromanages the wedding I’ve been planning to death, and you need
a fake boyfriend. It’s perfect.”
It
would be perfect, the devil on Clem’s shoulder whispered. Her
family was so desperate to see her in a relationship, they’d
probably actually give her some space this week. Maybe even enough
that she could focus on the recording she needed to turn over to the
publisher two weeks from now.
But
it was a ridiculous idea. There was no way Jake would go for it. He
had a business. A life. A fiancée.
Crap. “You can’t be serious?”
“Sorry,
man,” Eli said, raising his palms. “My vote’s with Julia. We
outnumber you.”
Jake’s
jaw clenched so hard, Clem could see the pulse point ticking in his
neck. Her heart thumped against her chest as she waited for him to
laugh at her. Or shake his head in disgust. Because there was no way
he would actually go through with this.
She
braced herself for rejection as he turned toward her, expression
grim. “I’m game if you are.”
Holy
shit.
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About Sara Rider:
Sara Rider writes contemporary romance full of heart, heat, and happily ever after. She lives in British Columbia with her husband and daughters. She spends far too much time in public libraries and never leaves the home without her e-reader stuffed in her purse.
