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Cupid Season: a fake dating romance (Romance cynics Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Nicola Marsh (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

4.4 13 ratings

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Layla and Cash loathe romance. But they can fake it for a week, right?

Cash needs to salvage his reputation, fast. So he has no option but to agree to his PR team's ludicrous proposal: enter a Valentine's Day competition to be part of the country's Most Romantic Couple and raise money for charity. There's one problem. He doesn't have a girlfriend.

Layla, Cash's gardener, thinks he's crazy when he asks her to fake date him for a week. But Cash makes her an offer she can't refuse and she finds herself in front of the cameras alongside a fellow cynic. No problem. They hate romance so this should be a cinch.

But what happens when faking it turns to making it? More precisely, making out?

This romantic comedy will put a smile on your face.

(Previously published as Romance for Cynics by Nicola Marsh and Harlequin Enterprises.)

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CJCM7YJV
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Parlance Press (September 18, 2023)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 18, 2023
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 414 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 218 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ B0CHGLLNBX

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USA TODAY bestselling & multi-award winning author Nicola Marsh writes page-turning fiction to keep you up all night.

She has published 80 books, sold over 8 million copies worldwide and been translated into 25 languages.

She currently writes contemporary romance and domestic suspense. You can find some of her series romance under the pseudonym Nikki North.

A physiotherapist for 13 years, she now adores writing full time, raising her two dashing young heroes, sharing fine food with family and friends, barracking loudly for her beloved North Melbourne Kangaroos footy team, and her favourite, curling up with a good book!

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Lisa J. Wetzel

A must read rom-com!!

Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2023

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Cupid Season by Nicola Marsh is a sweet rom-com sure to warm your heart! This is a fast paced story with great, well developed and likable characters. It is loaded with drama and fun. Ms. Marsh has created a wonderful story of two people who pretend to have a relationship, each for their own reasons and end up falling for each other. This is a quick fun read for all who love a rom-com.

Thank you Nicola Marsh for this terrific story to read and review. The opinions expressed are strictly my own.
#nicolamarsh #cupidseason. #arc. #indieauthor. #romcom

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Nana

Discovering what Cupid has in store for them.

Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2023

Cash needs to improve his reputation, so he doesn't lose some important clients. He agrees to enter a Valentine's Day competition to be part of the country's Most Romantic Couple and raise money for charity. Only one problem, he doesn't have a girlfriend.
He decides to ask his gardener, Layla, if she would pretend to be his girlfriend. At first, she says absolutely no, but then she finds her grandmother crying, and the reason she is crying, so he agrees to be his pretend girlfriend for a price.
It is an interesting adventure they go on, and they both need to see it through because it is so important to both of them. It is interesting seeing them look at things a little different, learn some things, and finding out what cupid has in store for them.
I received an ARC from Nicola Marsh.

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Jennifer Lara

A cute enemies to lovers/fake dating romance

Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2023

Cupid Season by Nicola Marsh is a fake dating romance. The one thing Cash and Layla agree on is they both loathe romance. When Cash needs some good PR and fast, his friend suggests he enter a Valentine’s Day competition for the country’s Most Romantic Couple and raise money for charity. There is one problem: he doesn’t have a girlfriend. Enter Layla, Cash’s gardener, who scoffs at Cash’s proposal to be his fake girlfriend for a week. After a betrayal and heartbreak, she has sworn off love and romance. But when a financial issue comes up, she can’t help but to accept his crazy plan. It’s only for a week. They could fake a loving relationship for a week. What happens when faking it becomes all too real?
Cupid Season is a fast paced, sweet but slow burn romance. I enjoyed Cash and Layla as I share their cynicism when it comes to the hoopla around Valentine’s Day. Even as a happily married woman, I don’t enjoy the pressure and hype around the day. While a week seems like a short time frame, a lot can happen in one week. I loved Cash and Layla’s banter and their sense of competition. I also enjoyed that Cash seems to soften toward Layla first. The story also had great secondary characters that help Cash and Layla see the possibility of the good despite the risk for heartbreak. I thoroughly enjoyed Cupid Season. It was fun, sweet and a nice weekend read. If you enjoy sweet romance, I highly recommend Cupid Season.

Cupid Season is available in paperback and eBook

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Falmouth

Sweet but sexy fake girlfriend, rich man book.

Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2023

This book was so much fun to read. Cash needs a fake girlfriend to enter a PR competition, in order to salvage a potential public relations issue. His friend suggests that Cash get his gardener, Layla to be the fake girlfriend. Layla is beautiful and headstrong. She had been married to a wealthy man who cheated on her so she's not going to stand for nonsense.

What neither expected was the explosive feelings that they each quickly developed for the other. I would say this was a sweet love story because that's how it make me feel, sweet and gooey. But there is explicit sex so I suggest this book for mature readers. I thoroughly enjoyed this quick reading, but satisfying book

Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2023

Faking it......

Nicola Marsh came on my radar with the last few years, and I have enjoyed all the books that I have read by her. I enjoy her writing, the characters she creates, and the way she tells her stories. Cupid Season was a delightful rom-com with a fake dating trope.

Cash is looking to save his reputation. His PR team wants him to enter a Valentine's Day competition to raise money for charity. The catch - he needs a girlfriend, and he doesn't have one!

Layla needs some extra money and decides to take Cash up on his offer to pretend to be his girlfriend. It will be a win-win for both!

Romance is all about the journey and this was a cute and fun journey. With romance, readers generally have an idea how things are going to end, and the fun is what happens along the way to get there. Cash and Layla are both likeable characters. We are given just enough backstory to understand their motivations and feelings.

This was an enjoyable read with some humor and steam. It's a short captivating book and can easily be read in one sitting.

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Tracy

A sweet easy read “Fake to real” rom-com

Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2023

A quick and easy rom-com that I read in one sitting!
Cash agrees to enter a Valentines Day competition to earn some positive PR for his business, the only trouble is he needs someone to play the part of his girlfriend.
Enter Layla, his gardener, who is cynical about love and romance after a precious bad relationship.
It turns out Layla needs something too- money to help her family, so they make a mutual arrangement and both go into it expecting to act their part.
What they didn’t count on was the underlying attraction that got to both of them.. both are sure it will just be a one time thing because neither of them want a relationship. But they find they aren’t really acting at all, and can’t keep away from each other.
The Valentines reality show added an interesting element to the story.
A sweet “fake to real” romance story that I would recommend to readers looking for this type of story.
Thanks to Nicola for the ARC

Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2023

Both Layla and Cash have their reasons for avoiding romantic relationships and have only come together as partners so Cash can save his business and Layla can save her Grandmother’s home. But somewhere along the way the feelings of love and romance are starting to feel like a real possibility. I really enjoyed this story as it was a fun, easy, humorous read with two very likeable characters who share an undeniable chemistry! I thank Nicola Marsh for the opportunity to read and review this book.

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