My Big Fat Fake Marriage

CHARLOTTE STEIN has quickly become one of my absolute favorite authors of thick queen contemporary romance alongside Olivia Dade. I love the dynamic between her characters and My Big Fat Fake Marriage was no exception. This one was so cute, so sexy, and 100% awesome. Deserves the all the delicious buzzwords like 'unputdownable' and 'beautifully smutty'. Our mustachioed main man was all green flags and our thick queen was properly ravished and had excellent character development.

Love this author's stuff and CANNOT WAIT for what she has next!

Beck is the cinnamon roll I never knew I needed. Big and sweet and unabashedly himself, nerdy and thoughtful and I want to wrap him in cotton and tell him he's doing a really good job. And Hazel is so wonderful, even if she is a bit cynical and hides herself and doesn't know how to trust. Watching these two find their way to each other was BEAUTIFUL. I was crying by the end. Also, lots of heat....like, so hot. Also, I literally laughed out loud throughout the whole thing. I was getting looks, y'all, and I just didn't care, it is so funny!

Charlotte Stein is quickly becoming a new favorite of mine for romance. I am absolutely loving the banter, wit, characterization, and representation. The characters spend so much time together in the best way, and I would honestly follow them through whatever if the author ever wanted to write a sequel.

Thank you to Netgalley and to Charlotte Stein for sending me this arc!! I was so excited to get it! After reading three of her books now, Charlotte is one of my favorite authors because she always seems to write characters that are so inherently good. I’m usually such an enemies to lovers girl, a grumpy/sunshine girl, but Charlotte can sell me on a golden retriever like no other. I will fall for her characters and their big mushy hearts every single time! And LAUGH!! Gosh, her books bring me so much joy. So this book was no exception, it was a delight to read.

After reading this book I can safely say a few things. Firstly, Charlotte Stein has solidly landed on my favorite authors list with this book and I absolutely need more. Secondly, I think I found my newest book boyfriend. Beck is the ideal cinnamon roll teddy bear human being; gentle, sweet, honest, observant, avid reader, a little nerdy, a good listener, maybe a little naive, and great in bed. His counterpart Connie is a lovely balance for his character with her insight, experience, warmth and own insecurities that really become a great equalizer for the two characters. I was immediately invested in Connie and Beck’s story from the first shy interaction as well as jumping right on Connie’s side in defense of Beck against his office bully Doug. The witty banter and pop culture references had me smiling at the pages or laughing out loud. Whereas the steamy scenes had me biting my lip and telling my husband to take notes. I quickly finished this book and then went back for a re-read immediately.
If you love yourself some good grumpy/sunshine, fake marriage, forced proximity romance, then I highly suggest you pick up My Big Fat Fake Marriage.

This is the Ted Lasso-inspired Fake Marriage romance I never knew I needed. I just...I thought When Grumpy Met Sunshine was the top tier of "two dummies in love but they don't know it yet," and yet here I am, squealing and kicking my feet AGAIN.