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The Pretending Plot

Caught Up in Love, Book 1

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The Pretending Plot

Written by: Lauren Blakely
Narrated by: Joe Arden, Vanessa Edwin
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Dive into this fake fiancé romance performed by Joe Arden and Vanessa Edwin!

I don't mean to just blurt it out. "Why, yes I'm engaged!"

But once I say it to a potential client, there's only one logical thing to do -- cast the role of my fake fiancé. Easy enough. As a casting director, my job is to find the most talented players for every part, so I choose dreamy, edgy, sexy, sarcastic Reeve. And I sign him up for one week in the role of mine. It's not as if I'll fall for him in five nights even if we get a little cozy one night at theater. It's not as if I'll want more even after a scorching afternoon in the stacks of the New York Public Library. I can't let myself fall because on Friday at midnight the curtain drops on our fake romance . . .

This is Sutton and Reeve’s romance. The tropes include fake dating and workplace romance.

©2020 Lauren Blakely Books (P)2026 Lauren Blakely Contemporary Contemporary Romance Romance Romantic Comedy Fake Relationship Comedy
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About the Creator - Lauren Blakely

About the Creator

L. Blakely is the pen name of #1 New York Times bestselling, #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling, and #1 Audible bestselling author Lauren Blakely when she writes MM romance. Find all of Lauren's solo MM romances more easily now by searching under the L. Blakely name. Her USA Today bestselling LGBTQ romances feature strong, charming heroes with dirty mouths and hearts of gold. Covers will say "Lauren Blakely writing as L. Blakely!" Same great stories, easier search!
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This short but sweet novel was just that, short-ish and very sweet.

Joe Arden: Sexy and dreamy as usual. His male and female voices never let me down.
Vanessa Edwin: I’ve heard her before but didn’t like her in this one. It could just be I don’t like the British accent male or female. I know…WTF. It’s just me.

As for the plot. Just goes to show you a plot can change, thicken and make you crazy. Just go with it.

Don’t forget to listen to the teaser at the end.

Can’t wait to listen to the next sets in this series. Caught Up In Love.

Short but sweet

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This was a nice quick listen, I was doing house work and listened while I worked. It was great, and I like Lauren's work. It was a great revisit. I moved on to book two, they are stand alones but its the theme that carrys through the books so I can see the reason behind grouping them together.

Loved the narration, Joe Arden and Vanessa Edwin were great!

Not to bad

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The story was pretty good, although not the best writing in my opinion. Some of the lines written for the man sounded more like what a woman would say, therefore not believable. I also didn't like the sound of the female narrator doing the male voice. It made me cringe.

Not the best

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The Pretending Plot by Lauren Blakey – review

This is a quick, fun read. The characters are interesting and relatable. The writing is good and easy to follow. The premise is interesting and the story is ok. Watching the main characters interact was fun, as you never knew what they would do – literally.

I listened to this book on audio and enjoyed the narrators. They are easy to listen to and follow – regardless of the speed at which I listened to the story.

Casting the Role of Fiancee

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