Blog Tour and Giveaway: Crazy, Stupid, Fauxmance by Shellee Roberts

CRAZY, STUPID, FAUXMANCE BY SHELLEE ROBERTS BLOG TOUR – DIGITAL ASSETS

Tour Date:

April 18-22

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Crazy, Stupid, Fauxmance (Creative HeArts, #3)

by Shellee Roberts

Release Date: April. 18, 2016

Genre: YA Contemporary Romance

Publisher:  Entangled Teen Crush

Disclaimer: This Entangled Teen Crush book contains a kickass heroine, a boy so hot he’ll make you shiver, and a falling-in-love story fit for the big screen. You’ll want to settle in and have the popcorn ready.

After Mariely Hinojosa and Cabot Wheeler both break up with their significant others at the same party, Mariely sees a way to get even with both of their exes. Everyone knows that the best way to get over a breakup is a hookup—a fake hookup, that is. Three weeks, all fun, no strings, and definitely no heartbreak at the end.

But somewhere between the sweet hand-holding and melt-your-mind kisses, their fake relationship starts to feel less like an act and more like the real thing…but Mariely’s a free-spirited girl from the other side of the tracks, and Cabot’s the hot trust-fund guy from the Hills.

They’d never work for real…

Mariely and Cabot Book 1 of 3

Mariely and Cabot Book 2 coming Winter 2017

There are three things (besides her family) that Shellee loves more than Netflix: Dr. Pepper, OTPs, and book boyfriends (I’m looking at you, Gilbert Blythe).

Shellee has been told that her life goal as a writer should be to win prestigious awards that will grant her literary immortality, but as an OG ‘shipper (like, seriously, Tad and Dixie--my first hardcore ship) all she really wants is to create two characters that people love so much they give them a cool mashup name.

Shellee spends her days living the dream with her family in Austin, Texas--and by living the dream she means waking up at the crack of dawn to go to work, chauffeur, walk dogs, do dishes, and fold laundry. At night she gets down to to real business, basking in the warm, blue glow of her computer screen and bringing the stories in her head to life on the page...or watching Veronica and Logan fan videos on YouTube till 2am.

Tomorrow she’s definitely going to kick that procrastination problem to the curb.

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Giveaway Information:

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Quickie Reviews: Crazy, Stupid Sex by Maisey Yates and Catching Heat by Alison Packard

Crazy, Stupid Sex by Maisey Yates

How to Land the Hot Guy 1.0

A multimillionaire by the age of 27, app developer Evie James is clueless when it comes to hooking up. So she does what any self-respecting geek-girl looking to get laid would do: she programs her own app for landing a hot guy. After a few failed attempts at making contact, beta testing leads her to Caleb Anderson.

Caleb is used to female attention, but finds himself attracted to Evie because of her unique brand of awkward. A master of one-night stands, he's more than happy to show her what she's been missing in the bedroom. But he quickly discovers that one night with a woman like Evie will never be enough for him….

My Thoughts:

This was a quick, fun read that actually had more substance to it than I thought it would. The reasoning behind Caleb's playboy ways is actually kind of heartbreaking and it's really kind of nice to see him work through it and discover what really matters to him. He is a swoon-worthy hero and just one of the reasons to read this book. The other is Evie - oh, my gosh, is she awkward in the beginning! It's actually kind of funny to read about their first encounter, but nice to see how she grows and develops into the woman she always wanted to be over the course of this short book. Well worth the read.

Catching Heat by Alison Packard

Life has taught Angie DeMarco that all baseball players are womanizers, and her incredible one-night stand with sexy San Francisco Blaze back-up catcher J.T. Sawyer seemed to prove it. Determined not to give in to their sizzling chemistry a second time, she's kept her distance ever since, focusing on her accounting job with the team. But now she's laid off…and pregnant.

J.T. was hurt by Angie's rejection, but with one more year with the Blaze, he has no time for love. He needs to spend the off season training hard so he can negotiate a better contract with a new team at the end of the year. But when Angie shows up on his doorstep, he's overwhelmed by wanting to not just do right by her but pursue a relationship with her. Hoping for a second chance, he proposes.

Angie agrees to marry J.T. on one condition: the marriage will be purely a business arrangement. But as Angie spends time with him and his family, and J.T. neglects his training to spend time with her, what begins as a union in name only slowly grows into something more—something that looks a whole lot like love and friendship.

My Thoughts:

This was a pretty standard sports-themed love story, nothing to really set it apart from the rest. Angie was kind of a difficult character to like, so I never really bonded with her. Consequently., I never really cared if she got her happy ending or not. On the other hand, J.T. was to die for and I just loved him and his family - they were what made this book worth reading. Another character I didn't care much for was Angie's mother, who was just a horrible, bitter woman who nearly ruined her daughter's chance at happiness and a good life with her resentment. Out of the whole book, though, I really want to read more about J.T.'s undercover brother, Justin. He was probably the most intriguing character in the whole book.