Book Synopsis:
Finding love was not the only goal . . .
When grumpy ex-footballer Alfie Harding gets badgered into selling his memoirs, he knows he’s never going to be able to write them. He hates revealing a single thing about himself, is allergic to most emotions, and can’t imagine doing a good job of putting pen to paper.
And so in walks curvy, cheery, cute-as-hell ghostwriter Mabel Willicker, who knows just how to sunshine and sass her way into getting every little detail out of Alfie. They banter and bicker their way to writing his life story, both of them sure they’ll never be anything other than at odds.
But after their business arrangement is mistaken for a budding romance, the pair have to pretend to be an item to satisfy a public ravenous for more of this Cinderella story. And now they have to decide: is their fake relationship all for show or something so real it might just give them their fairy-tale ending?
A steamy, opposites-attract romance with undeniable chemistry between a grumpy retired footballer and his fabulous and very sunshine-y ghostwriter. For fans of Ted Lasso and Tessa Bailey.
My Review:
Oh I did enjoy this book. It was such an uplifting, heartwarming romance that was extremely funny.
Firstly I absolutely loved Alfie and Mabel who were such a gorgeous pairing that I quickly fell in love with. They are both completely different, with lots of weird little quirks that really endeared them to me. In some way they were complete opposites but I felt that they were both a little lost so I enjoyed watching as they got to know each other. Alfie in particular touched my heart as he has a reputation for being a bit of a grump when actually I think he was just massively misunderstood and could be very sweet at times. His aversion to technology made me laugh as I’m a bit of a technophobe too.
I thought the author’s writing style was a little unusual and it took me a couple of chapters to get used to it. I soon grew to love the author’s use of short sentences and how she keeps in all of Mabel’s babbling as it helped me to understand Mable more. The plot was quite fast paced and there always seemed to be something happening to keep me reading. I loved watching them grow slowly closer and to read about the hilarious banter between the two of them which often had me laughing out loud. The romance seemed quite realistic and I like the extra social media extracts that the author included at the beginning of each chapter.
Over all I absolutely loved this book and I can’t wait to read more from this author. The ending was well done and I liked that all the loose ends were tied up. I think this would make a great film and I’m really hopeful that someone will suggest it soon as I’d love to watch it.
Huge thanks to Chloe from Pan Macmillan for inviting me onto the blog tour and for my copy of this book.
About The Author:
Charlotte Stein has written over thirty sexy novellas and novels, including the RT award nominated Intrusion and the DABWAHA nominated Run To You. When not writing she can be found eating jelly turtles, watching terrible sitcoms and occasionally lusting after hunks. She lives in West Yorkshire with her husband and their totally real dog, and can be found talking nonsense at these places:
Over The Rainbow Blog 