I l8ved this cutevstory. It was super fun and cute. I laughed and swooned till the very end! Ill definitely be reading more from this author!

Immediately smitten kittens.

This was just ok for me. It felt somewhat immature. Two people that are almost thirty talk and act as if they were teenagers. It was too cutesy for me, borderline cheesy.

Not a bad read but just not for me.

After getting dumped by her boyfriend Lola’s friend decided the best way to get over him was to have some fun and what better way to do that but to crash a high school reunion. She never expected that the name she chose to borrow for the reunion would be her downfall.

Luke is attending the reunion only because his friends convinced him not because he wants to be there. When he spots Lola he is attracted to her and decides to start a conversation only to find that the name she is using is a girl he dated and he decides to use the situation to his advantage.

They work out a deal where she will come as his girlfriend to his family reunion so that his matchmaking mother and triplet sisters can find someone else to harass. They get to know each other and the relationship is starting to feel more real but will Luke be able to overcome the baggage from the past and see what he could have with Lola?

This is a heartwarming story filled with humor and romance and the secondary characters are great. I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.

The book was surprisingly sweet and heart-warming. I fell in love with the main characters, even when Luke was not acting like the man he was and I also fell for his family. I loved how they embraced Lola and I finished the book with the impression that she will be well taken care off because she has a family that loves her.

So far the book is listed as stand-alone, but I hope that won't be the case since Luke's sisters were great and we were teased about a possible relationship between Winnie and Oliver who happens to be Luke's best friend. He seemed like a good dude and he had a lot of chemistry with Winnie which makes me curious about their story.

The book is a quick and light read that doesn't dive very deeply into any situation, but I knew what I was signing up for when I saw the book, so my expectations were more than met. I was happy with the ending result and I even got an odd thought. I thought that when Luke and Lola became a couple at the end of the book, he could go to therapy and solve his daddy issues. This is the closest thing I have done when reading a book to connect a book to the reality.

P.S I loved the story of the first date Lola's parents had and how Lola and Luke ended up describing it.

i read her super-secret rebound boyfriend in one sitting, and it's a super-fun, super-sweet love story that is based on one of my all-time favorite tropes: the fake relationship.

lola and luke meet-cute at luke's 10-year high school reunion. one that lola happens to be crashing on the advice of the golden girls and her crazy roommate. when luke catches her in the act, he is charmed and is also being harassed by his three sisters and mom to bring a date to their family reunion, so he decides not to rat her out if she'll pretend to be his girlfriend.

in order to pull off the ruse, however, they decide it's important to get to know each other a little better. and soon they are dating. even though luke has commitment issues and lola is on the rebound. so they don't call it dating. but it's totally dating and when luke is an idiot and tries to deny what is happening, he has to pull out all the stops to convince lola that he's on the same page she is.

and listen, i'm on the record of not always loving the big black moment followed by an over-the-top grand gesture, but i have to say that this book's grand gesture is absolute perfection. it's sweet and meaningful and builds on the story in a very special way.

**her super-secret rebound boyfriend will publish on june 11, 2018. i received an advance reader copy courtesy of netgalley/entangled publishing (lovestruck) in exchange for my honest review.

This is a fun, cute romantic comedy with a fake to real relationship that will have you laughing aloud. Take a shy librarian, Lola McBride, who has recently been dumped for a younger model and have her with best friend, Frankie, gatecrashing a high school reunion - a la Golden Girls - pretending to be ex-students. Now add in a genuine ex-student, architect Luke Erickson, and have him realising she's not who she's pretending to be, then inviting her to his family reunion as his pretend girlfriend!

As the two get to know each other, their mutual attraction and his determination not to be involved in any long term relationship are at odds. He has a loving family involving his mum, aunts, cousins and triplet sisters whilst she has no immediate family. As they all connect, life is full of fun and surprises in this engaging romantic comedy!

There are references, quotes and advice from 'Golden Girls' throughout this story, providing more humorous content. The characters are well developed and I really hope there'll be stories about at least one of Luke's sisters finding love - with Luke's best friend - in the near future. I enjoyed escaping into this story and have no hesitation in recommending it to anyone who enjoys hot (but not too steamy) contemporary romances.

I requested and was gifted a copy of this novel without obligation and this is my honest review after choosing to read the story.

A story that absolutely lifts your spirits!

This story made me smile from beginning to very satisfying end. Kerri Carpenter did s wonderful job with character development with both the main and secondary characters.
Lola and Luke sharing their personal past pain made the characters very believable. I loved the dialogue and how the story moved to their HEA. The is the first time I've read Kerri Carpenter's work and look forward to reading more. I'd especially love to see spinoffs for Luke's sisters and Lola's friend Frankie.
I received an advance reader copy from Netgalley.

Super cute fun read. Luke is determined never to fall in love. He's seen how bad things can be when they don't work out. Lola is a forever kind of girl. She wants it all. A great guy who adores her, kids, a loving family. These two would never work long term so Luke things he'll be safe asking her to pose as his girlfriend to keep his family off his back. There's a family reunion coming up and he just can't face all the questions he'll get bombarded with. Too bad his stupid heart didn't get the "don't get involved" memo.

This is a very well written story and Luke and Lola will steal your heart. I highly recommend this one.

This was a fun and very enjoyable read. It kept me reading from the very first page and I was telling myself just another page, just another one...until the end.
Characters were very interesting and well built and the plot was interesting. I love books with librarians and how they show another side of their life and it was great idea to combine with the fake relationship that will turn into not so fake at the end.
It is a definitely perfect book for this summer days
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own

Thanks for an ARC to read and give my honest opinion.

Cover was not my style, but the blurb sucked me into wanting it. My first by this author and it just wasn't for me. I love super sweet romances but after a few paragraphs and content of this book I just decided maybe this author's style of writing just isn't for me. I'm only going to copy the quotes to the publisher since this book isn't out yet, and I received a proof not an actual copy.
Luke is the oldest of four kids, having triplet sisters who interfere in his dating...or lack of dating life. At 28 he is still a love them and leave them, no relationships type of guy. His father walked out on his life at a young age, and he still holds bitterness towards him. So no relationships means no messes.
Lulu has just been dumped at the age of 26 by her boyfriend for a much younger and prettier girl. What? She watches too much Golden Girls with her friend Frankie. They decide to hit up a high school reunion that's not theirs to hook up with guys...maybe a one night stand or rebound. She meets Luke and he exposes her lie. If she doesn't pretend to be his girlfriend at his family reunion the next weekend he will expose her lie.
I'm not sure what I didn't like, the characters, the Golden girls, or the situation. Building a relationship on lies really isn't supposed to work. I think the couple had okay chemistry but Luke was pretty annoying and childish about not having feelings for Lulu when he had obviously slept with her a bunch. He had feelings....maybe not longevity ones. Just kind of grated. Plus who has a ten year high school reunion? Two stars of entertainment.

I hated this paragraph....
He could have dumped every tub of ice cream in the joint on top of his head and still felt overheated. Lola’s eyes opened, and she trained her gaze on his face; she cocked her head. “Are you okay?” I want you. “Uh, yeah, I’m fine. Why?” “Because you’re breathing really hard. Do you have asthma?”

Super-Cute.
A fake relationship grows into the real thing but will Luke let his fear of emulating his father destroy his future happiness? Loved this story and the characters, both major and minor. Had some laugh out loud moments.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

What a fun read!! Her Super-Secret Rebound Boyfriend is such a cute, and charming story!

Lola McBride is a librarian whose a little more straight laced than her best friend and room mate, Frankie. After going through a particularly hard break-up, Frankie comes up with the idea of crashing a high school reunion. She's seen it on The Golden Girls-her fav, and it works in getting her friend out a slump-so why not them! Lola meets the hottest guy she's ever seen while she is there, and unfortunately the name she chose to impersonate, formerly dated said hot guy!

The gig is up! Luke thinks it's funny to crash a reunion of a school you never even attended! He plans on having a little fun with Lola. He proposes that in exchange to keep her secret, she help him get his family off his back by attending his family reunion as his girlfriend. He has three sisters that are dying to get him hooked up, so they are a little skeptical that Luke conveniently shows up with a new girlfriend. But they all like her, and invite her to another family function.

Luke and Lola feel they need to get to know each other better to pull of this pretend relationship. As they spend a lot of time together, the lines between pretend and real blur. Things just got a whole lot more complicated!

This was a refreshing and enjoyable read! I liked Lola and Luke from the beginning and they really seemed to click! You could feel their chemistry-even if they tried so hard to deny it! Frankie was a treat! She was a real best friend to Lola and she was so lucky to have her in her life!

I highly recommend you grab this book today!

reviewed by Deb

First off, this book was a bit shorter than I expected it to be. I loved Lola and Luke! The author's writing style wasn't something I'd usually enjoy, but I found myself looking past that because of the plot. From strangers to friends to lovers in denial, the pair goes through an emotional roller coaster right to the top. (I also love Lola's best friend, Frankie, who is wonderful at being supportive and silly).

3.5☆
Cute
This is my first book by Kerri Carpenter.

What I liked:
The writing style
The characters
Standalone
HEA
Epilogue

I look forward to reading more from this author.

I tried really hard to like this one, but it really didn’t live up to any of my expectations. The writing was on the juvenile side, and while I don’t expect Shakespeare, I do need to find myself sinking into a book... and this just didn’t capture me.
The story is cute and sweet, but I struggled to care enough about the characters that just kind of fell.., flat.

I seem to have a hit or miss with this author. I didn't love this book but it was a little entertaining. While I did laugh at some scenarious, I found this to be cliche and predictable. They were some occasions that you were like there is no way, really no way but as I said if you want a quick read with no thought process then give this book a chance. .

I just love a good pretend relationship romance! This was a quick, sexy read. Luke and Lola meet when Lola is talked into crashing a high school reunion (not hers!) by her bff to get over a breakup. Luke is at his reunion when he sees a hot girl and approaches her and comes to realize she isn’t who her name tag says she is. Lola being a good girl says she will do anything he wants as long as he doesn’t turn her in. Not that he would and if she would have given it a thought she should know she wouldn’t get in that much trouble, lol. Luke asks Lola to be his fake girlfriend for an upcoming family reunion because his mom and sisters are always trying to set him up with women they know. Lola hits it off with his family and starts to feel really bad about deceiving them because she has no family of her own and really liked his family. After the reunion they will go their separate ways but off course she is invited to another family event and accepts. Luke and Lola spend time together during this so that they can get to know each other and this way when they are quizzed about the other they will have he answers. Well during this get to know you time they actually tell each other things that they hadn’t told others. Luke had told Lola that he had no intention of ever getting married because of what he went through with his dad and he knows that is what she wants for her future. Feelings start to happen for both of them and where Lola wants to tell Luke about hers he is denying he has any for her. A misunderstanding happens and the essentially break up and alike realizes what a dummy he was and needs to stage a big gestures if he has any hopes of getting Lola back.
I really liked Lola and Luke from page one. I am hoping that each of Luke three sisters (triplets!) get their story.

I have voluntarily read and reviewed a copy of this title given to me via NetGalley. In this book we get to meet Lola McBride and Luke Erickson and I just loved this story. I loved getting to see where Lola and Luke end up and their journey to the end. This book was such an easy read and I highly recommend this title you will not be disappointed.

A light fake romance between two likable people with a fun meet-cute but ultimately was weighed down by unoriginal daddy issues and insecurities. Although the Golden Girls mentions were adorable, they weren't enough to save the flat, predictable story.

Having been dumped by her boyfriend, librarian Lola somehow finds herself crashing a 10-year high school reunion with her Golden Girls-obsessed roommate, Frankie. Luke catches Lola and gently blackmails her into pretending to be his girlfriend at his family reunion to throw off his pushy sisters. This was a fun start but once Luke and Lola started dancing around each other, Luke's extreme daddy issues and Lola's abandonment issues completely dragged the story down.

Luke insists that he's completely against relationships because his father left his family when Luke was a young child. Having lost her parents, Lola is lonely for a family of her own and finds herself falling not just for Luke but his family, too. The problem is that for most of the book, Luke constantly declares that he will never be in a relationship but chases after Lola anyway, all while feeling sorry for himself. Meanwhile, his mom and sisters all seem to be pretty well-adjusted despite his dad's abandonment, making Luke seem an even bigger pouting man-child.

2.75 stars

Note: I voluntarily read and reviewed this ARC generously provided by NetGalley.

Kerri Carpenter’s Her Super-Secret Rebound Boyfriend is hilarious! I loved all of the characters. They were all very relatable.