Rent-A Husband by Everly Ashton is now available! If fake relationships are your preferred trope, then you're going to want to read this one.
Lucas Abbott owns Rent-A Husband with his brothers Josh and Travis. They often receive after hours emergency calls, and they definitely are not a highlight of the evening for the guys. One night though, as they are sitting at their favorite bar, a call comes in. It is Lucas's turn to make the run, and so off he goes. When he arrives at Camila's house, he's thinking this is just like so many other calls he gets where the person just wants him for non-handyman reasons. After all Camila opened the door in a soaked t-shirt. That immediately puts him in a grumpy mood. But what did he expect, her shower was spraying water and she HAD been trying to stop it. Once Lucas gets the water shut off, he tells her he has to get parts and will be back in the morning to fix it. BUT before that can even happen he notices a bigger problem, and it's looking like her entire bathroom is going to need to be renovated, and that isn't something his company handles. Camila asks if he knows any contractors that would take on the work, and Lucas tells her that he could do it after hours. He has the experience and the know-how, plus he could use the money for the present he and his brothers are saving for. Lucas and Camila agree on a price, and Lucas tells her he will be back in the morning to take measurements. From there, the two hit it off despite Lucas's grumpy attitude. One day when Lucas arrives at Cami's house, he notices that she has been crying. Once he gets the story out of her, he agrees to her plan. That plan? To become her fake boyfriend for an upcoming wedding. And from this point on, we see how that all plays out.
Full disclosure, I was about to write off the book because I just wasn't in the mood. I don't know if a slump is coming, or it was just a mental block. I'm glad I didn't because I ended up really enjoying the story, and the characters. Cami is a woman who has been hurt, and she just wants someone to choose her. After her recent break up, she is determined to get back into the things she loves, and has no plans for a relationship. She's smart, she owns her house, and she has friends. A relationship isn't needed. But all of the sudden everyone around her is getting engaged, and her heart is breaking all over again. Lucas isn't the grump that he originally came across as. He loves his family, loves his job, and would do anything he can to help someone in need. The attraction was there right away for both of them, they just tried to fight it. You could see how their friendship (and fake dating) was affecting each of them, and it was changing them for the better. That is until the big dramatic moment happened. At that point, you could really feel the hurt radiating off of Cami. She was devastated. Not that it was much easier on Lucas. Rent-A Husband was such a good story. Very Hallmark-esque, but with steamy scenes. And honestly, I cannot wait for the next two books in the series.
Do I recommend the book? Absolutely! Rating wise I am giving it 4 stars. Loved the fake dating and how that all came into play. If you're a fan of Hallmark movies, then you'll really like this one.
Thank you for reading my thoughts,
Laura
Laura
When Camila Wright hired me to fix a few things around her house I didn’t expect to find myself swindled into a fake relationship with her.
Sure, my company is called Rent-A Husband but that’s not what people actually hire me for.
But when I find her elbow deep in a tub of ice cream with tears running down her face how can I turn down her proposition?
Suddenly a fake relationship becomes a fake marriage that we have to keep up all summer. Which is all fine and good except for the part where we both agreed not to let anything ‘real’ creep into our arrangement.
But then certain parts of me start to crave certain parts of her and things become even more complicated because we both have our own reasons for wanting what we have to remain make-believe only.
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Meet Everly Ashton
Everly Ashton is a USA Today Bestselling Author who wanted to try something a little different under a new name. She loves brooding heroes, spunky heroines, and happily ever afters. You can usually find her with a Kindle in one hand and a cup of caffeine in the other. And because she’s using a pseudonym she can’t tell you much more than that. ;)
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