This book was absolutely charming and gave me all the warm, festive feels! It’s like stepping into a Hallmark Christmas movie. Amanda returns to her hometown and, in a bid to get her family off her back, claims she’s engaged to her childhood friend, Dane. He plays along, and soon their little fib turns into a full-blown town wedding! As they work to bring their feuding families together, real sparks start to fly between them. They don’t confess their true feelings until it’s clear they’re meant to be. If you’re after a cozy, romantic holiday read with a bit of steam, this one is a must!

It is my day for reading fun light hearted holiday romances. Amanda Anderson comes from NYC to her hometown of Tinsel, Michigan to attend her grandparents wedding anniversary party. She announces that she is engaged to her secret best friend’s brother Dane, and he goes along with it. Dane lives in San Francisco and is visiting family as well. They are hoping the announcement may help a four generation feud between the two rival families. Their plan was to claim they are eloping to Las Vegas in the next month. But instead her best friend announces they can get married in town in just a week and everyone will help. Neither side trusts the other and it is delightful.

I love how often Dane and Amanda laugh together. His family owns the fruitcake business in town and hers the gingerbread. Yes, this is that kind of over the top silliness. The whole town is interested if the two families can stop feuding. And did I mention that even though everything in the town is Christmas related the story takes place in the middle of summer. Amanda and Dane, while planning the wedding that they aren’t going to go through with, spend time trying to research how the feud got started.

I enjoyed the story and liked the main couple tremendously. My favorite character is Dane's fat and lazy dog Chili who gets to write the bonus epilogue from his POV. I almost gave an extra star for that alone. Thank you to NetGalley and Montlake for the ARC and I am leaving a voluntary review. (4.5 Stars)

This book was everything! I was so invested knowing that family feud & how Dane and Amanda try the whole Fake engagement to bring everyone together. Ohh & the Christmas vibes were super cute. Dane and Amanda’s chemistry was amazing & the tension was chief kiss 😘

Ps: chili was the real main character lol loved him and that extended epilogue was hilarious!!

I always know I can count on Pippa Grant for a hilarious RomCom - her books are the best to grab when feeling blue or just generally need a pick-me-up. She’s a fantastic comedic author while at the same time gives us the greatest and most realistic & relatable characters, great drama, perfect chemistry, and excellent steam.

The Fake Wedding Project is another really fun read from Grant - it’s not in one of her series (I adore her series!), but is a standalone good time. I enjoyed this one thoroughly! It’s a take on Romeo and Juliet, with a long-standing family feud that has been driving an entire town nuts, and nobody knows why or when it started. Amanda comes back to town when her grandmother has decided to retire from the family business, and is now forcing Amanda to move home and take over… something Amanda is completely against (she has her life and job in the big city!). Her brilliant plan? Tell the family she’s engaged to the son of the nemesis family so she can basically get out of everything!

He (Dane) is also in town, back from San Fran to visit, and quick to agree to the idea, and the pair decide that they need to take advantage of the families somehow taking the news in stride to try to figure out the root cause of the feud, break up at the last second, and back out of the wedding that is suddenly being planned - for only a week from now. The plan has gone too well and too far… and suddenly the time spent together and the secret unrequited crush on both sides has started snowballing out of control!

Such a fun read that everyone is going to want to experience - the shenanigans are a blast, it’s typical pippa hilarity, and goes in directions you’d never expect. I definitely recommend it!

I received an advance copy from NetGalley and Montlake, and this is my honest feedback.

Pippa Grant, you are a dream come true. You will forever be the queen of romantic comedy as your books never fail to make me smile no matter outside circumstances. The Fake Wedding Project gets all the stars ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

What an absolutely sweet read! There's a generations long family feud, Romeo and Juliet vibes, plus hilarity, heart, and steam. You can never go wrong with a Pippa Grant book!

Dane and Amanda stage a fake engagement to one, make sure Amanda doesn't have to take over the family business and two, to try and stop a multi-generational feud. I loved watching how everything played out! These two get to know one another and can't help but fall in love. Dane is a little more serious but he's still funny and sweet and sexy. Amanda is more of a free spirit with such a kind heart. I loved how the mystery of the feud was revealed! This book has it all! Heart, slow burn goodness, the love of a lifetime, and a touch of mystery! Bravo and chef's kiss!

I have to say I love that it's a fictional town in Michigan, my home state!

ARC review.

This is a classic Pippa rom-com so if you're a fan of the author you know what to expect. There are some laugh out loud moments with crazy goings on with the couples' larger than life family members and of course, lots of shenanigans. This is set in a small town that is obsessed with Christmas and features two feuding families, only no one can quite say why they're feuding. One family has a gingerbread bakery and the other with a fruitcake baking business so there are a lot of puns to be had. It's said to be Romeo and Juliet but Christmas themed.

If you're a fan of Christmas in July and feuds then there's a lot to like in this book. Tinsel is a new location and world of characters who are all up in our FMC and MMC's business when they're visiting back home for a week. Some of the family members are pretty horrible/annoying and the fact things have been allowed to go on with the feud for so long is concerning. But we all know we don't read Pippa for the realism.

The story was entertaining and the main characters were likeable overall. I don't think this is going to be one of my favourites but I'm sure I'll be up for a re-read if I'm ever looking for a Christmas theme-adjacent story.

A fake engagement mixed in with a long-standing feud between two families who should always be full of cheer in the Christmas-themed town of Tinsel is just what it sounds like – full of fun, a bit of mystery, and lots of romance.

The Fake Wedding Project is one of those books that I can just picture in my mind – this adorable town as the backdrop for the fun adventures of Dane and Amanda as they try to figure out how the feud even began, all while trying to convince their families to get over it and get along. All the time spent on fake wedding planning just happens to bring an old crush back to life and create a new one. I loved watching them realize that maybe this relationship isn’t fake after all.

This book is lots of fun and makes me wish Hallmark really would make it into a movie. It’s charming, heartfelt, and sweet!

My Rating: ❤️❤️❤️❤️.5

Disclaimer: I received an audio and arc review copy for free and am leaving this review voluntarily. Thanks to the author and Hambright PR. 🎧

General Thoughts: Such a cute book. I was in the mood for a lighthearted, funny, quirky, low-angst romcom. And this one perfectly fits the bill. This is the second book I've read by Pippa Grant, and it definitely won't be the last. This Hallmark Romeo & Juliet book is set in a town that is Christmas year-round. If that doesn't catch your fancy, then I don't know what would.

I enjoyed the antics between the FMC/MMC. It was a really enjoyable, cute read. I can't wait to read more by this author. It was a delight.

Spice Meter:❤️‍🔥 Spicy but not overly detailed or frequent.

Romantic Tropes
-dual POV
-romance
-contemporary realistic
-holiday
-fake engagement
-Hallmark
-Romeo and Juliet
-off-limits romance
-close proximity
-slow burn

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4.5 stars

This book was so much fun! I loved the Christmas town vibes so much!

One of my favorite parts of the story was that Dane and Amanda are from rival families but have had a crush on each other for years. It really made the chemistry/tension betweent he two that much more present!

I was cracking up throughout the book with the antics between the families and the main characters! It was definitely more lighthearted, but still had some substance with the families not getting along.

I really hope we get to see more from Tinsel!

Firstly, this would make a fantastic Netflix/Amazon special (especially at Christmas)!

Desperate times call for desperate measures for Amanda & Dane, and nothing less than a fake wedding may start to heal the breach between feuding families in their Christmas-themed hometown, Tinsel. With a perfect balance of steam and romance, a hilariously lazy doggy sidekick, and a cast of bickering relatives, this is a fabulous small-town, quasi-enemies-to-lovers romp!

One of my favourite features of this book was the welcome absence of unnecessary angst; the tension and emotion were written in a realistic and relatable way, despite the (addictive) Hallmark-esque plot (which I adored). Short, sweet, and ever so satisfying.

This was a very cute and sweet fake engagement romance. In a Romeo and Juliet meets Christmas Hallmark romance, Amanda and Dane are both TRYING to repair the riffs in their families, as well as figure out what the feud even started about. I didn't realize this book would have so many summer Christmas vibes (since the cover doesn't elude to it) but with a town named Tinsel, if was pretty dang cute. And the families are rival bakers - gingerbread versus fruit cake. The romance was cute, but I think all the overarching family drama overshined the romance. Also, I know its needed for the drama...but the immaturity of all these adults in both families was a dash too much for me.

I really enjoyed the audiobook, but thats because I always enjoy hearing CJ Bloom and Connor Crais's voices narrate! Connor's special voice for the extended epilogue may have been my favorite part though 🤣

🩵Friends to Lovers/ Childhood Crushes
💛Rival Families
💍Fake Engagement
💛Small Town - Year round Christmas vibes

Final Rating: 3.75⭐, 3🌶️

Thank you Hambright PR for an eARC and ALC of this book in exchange for my honest and free review!

“I’m not supposed to fall for my fake fiancée. This isn’t part of the plan.”

The Fake Wedding Project was an adorable, fun and lighthearted read. When Amanda and Dane fake a relationship to end the feud between their two families, hilarious antics ensue as they try to force their families to be civil to one another. These two are both extremely likeable characters that you can’t help but root for and their slow burn, fake engagement was a lot of fun to watch develop.

“He makes my entire being float. Makes me believe there’s nothing I can’t do. That everything I am is perfect, just as I am.”

The charming banter and flirty chemistry between Dane and Amanda was a delight. I loved watching them bond and form a friendship in spite of their families. Their relationship was sweet, spicy and heartfelt. Full of humor, heat, and heart, The Fake Wedding Project is a quick, easy read that will help warm your heart.

Amanda Anderson doesn’t like baking and in an attempt at being disinherited she tells a lie about being fake engaged to Dane Silver - their families have been feuding for nearly 6 generations. Instead of being angry, Dane doubles down and offers to help fake an engagement with her to end the ridiculous feud once and for all.

Dane and Amanda are so cute and sweet together as they team up to force their family members to end the feud. While spending a week planning a wedding and navigating feuding relatives, real feelings develop between them partly due to forced-proximity. I enjoyed watching these two get to know each other as their attraction built into some sizzling encounters.

Unlike most of Pippa’s books the storyline isn’t completely over-the-top. Some scenes are a little crazy and will have readers laughing out loud, but they propel the storyline along versus just serve as an attention grabbing stunt.

These characters are fun and completely engaging. The town of Tinsel sounds a bit magical with a year-round Christmas theme.

I received an advance review copy from the author, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

💍 Fake Engagement
🎄 Rival Families
💍 Best Friends Brother
🎄 Small Town Romance
💍 Mystery
🎄 Cinnamon Roll MMC

If you look forward to Hallmark Christmas movies like I do, then this one is for you. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 takes place in Tinsel, Michigan, where it's Christmas all year long. The Andersons and Silvers have been rivals so long that no one even knows how the fued even started.

Amanda and Dane are tires of their families fighting, so they fake an engagement to bring their familes together. Dane is definitely relationship goals. I love how even their fake wedding incorporated everything Christmas!

PS: I loved the edition of Chili the laziest dog ever. Grandma Anderson was something else.

This Romeo and Juliet style story was exactly what you enjoy from Pippa Grant. Pure fun! I loved reading Amanda and Dane's love story unfold. The gambles they each took in hopes of a better way of life for everyone allowed them to fall in love with each other more and more.

I have been reading a lot of holiday romances and I'm not complaining. I'm thoroughly enjoying them and this is one of them too. I absolutely loved it.
Both Dane and Amanda are likeable and it was so sweet to watch them fall in love with each other. Their chemistry grows throughout the book and the moments, built-up tension, are well written.
This was a cutesy light read and will make your heart flutter. I was giggling from the start and it was really amazing. The plot is quite predictable but amazing.
And there is cutie lazy dog chili who'll steal your heart as well(his pov is the highlight of this book).
Loved the narration as well.
Thank you, NetGalley, Hambright pr and Pippa grant for the ALC.

This was a great book to slowly start my holiday reading. It’s Christmassy without being overly Christmas, if that makes any sense. More of a Christmas in July idea. The town of Tinsel is where it’s Christmas all year around. I loved Dane and Amanda, and all the people in town. You can expect the laughs that Pippa always brings, while they try to end their family feud!

The Fake Wedding Project by Pippa Grant is a delightful and fun romantic comedy that blends humor, family drama, and holiday cheer. The story follows Dane, who returns to his hometown, Tinsel, Michigan, for a quick visit. Things take a wild turn when Amanda, his secret high school crush, announces they’re engaged to stop their families’ long-standing feud. What starts as a fake engagement quickly leads to real feelings, with plenty of laugh-out-loud moments along the way.
I loved the quirky town and the ridiculous family rivalry, which added a lot of charm to the story. Amanda’s lively personality paired with Dane’s more reserved nature made for a perfect opposites-attract romance. The slow-burn chemistry was spot on, and the fake relationship trope was done really well. Overall, it’s a light, heartwarming read that’s perfect for fans of Christmas-themed romcoms. I highly recommend it if you’re looking for a fun and easy read!

3.5 stars

I absolutely need to credit the author for making me absolutely hate Dane and Amanda’s family, especially the older generation. I wanted to chuck my kindle multiple times. They do mostly redeem themselves by the end of the story, but I was definitely more invested in hating them than cheering the main characters love story.

This book definitely gives Romeo and Juliet vibes, with a fake relationship, and forced proximity. A little silly at times, but I was invested in the family’s feud origins.