Score: 4/5 Bookmarks

Steam Level: 🍆🍆🍆 /5

Thank you to Berkley for gifting me a review copy of While We Were Dating by Jasmine Guillory. This is the sixth book in The Wedding Date series, and honestly, I’ve enjoyed them all so much. You can always count on Guillory to give you a sexy, feel-good story where you’ll completely fall in love with the characters.

Ben Stephens works for an advertising agency and he ends up being the lead on a big campaign staring Anna Gardiner, a gorgeous movie star.

Anna is trying to reboot her career and get some good press, which is why she agreed to the ad campaign. What she didn’t expect was to meet a tall drink of water that would see through the fame and really understand her as a person.

Anna’s PR manager cooks up a scheme to get her more press, which involves a fake relationship with Ben. He’s happy to go along with it…until things start to get real.

I absolutely love a fake dating trope and these two characters were just so loveable. Sure, they had baggage and anxieties to overcome, but ultimately they supported each other and brought out the best qualities in the other. They were an absolute delight to read about.

Synopsis:

Two people realize that it's no longer an act when they veer off-script in this sizzling romantic comedy by New York Times bestselling author Jasmine Guillory.

Ben Stephens has never bothered with serious relationships. He has plenty of casual dates to keep him busy, family drama he's trying to ignore and his advertising job to focus on. When Ben lands a huge ad campaign featuring movie star Anna Gardiner, however, it's hard to keep it purely professional. Anna is not just gorgeous and sexy, she's also down to earth and considerate, and he can't help flirting a little...

Anna Gardiner is on a mission: to make herself a household name, and this ad campaign will be a great distraction while she waits to hear if she's booked her next movie. However, she didn't expect Ben Stephens to be her biggest distraction. She knows mixing business with pleasure never works out, but why not indulge in a harmless flirtation?

But their lighthearted banter takes a turn for the serious when Ben helps Anna in a family emergency, and they reveal truths about themselves to each other, truths they've barely shared with those closest to them.

When the opportunity comes to turn their real-life fling into something more for the Hollywood spotlight, will Ben be content to play the background role in Anna's life and leave when the cameras stop rolling? Or could he be the leading man she needs to craft their own Hollywood ending?