• one of my fav romances • I love this author's books, read 14 of them so far, with my avg rating of 4.7 • this one is very close to my heart, as it was a present for my 40th birthday :) • it's got my two favorite tropes ✔️age gap (I always enjoy books an older female protagonist) ✔️ fake dating  • a well-written romance, with extremely likeable characters: Blakely & Slade were so perfect together •