The Fiancee Farce was my first book of June, and also my first by this author. And what a great way to kick off Pride month!

It’s a marriage of convenience romance between Gemma, an heiress and part time cover model who needs to be married in order to inherit her grandfather’s company, and Tansy, a quiet bookstore owner who told her family she had a girlfriend to get them off her back about her love life. When Gemma finds out Tansy has been pretending they’re dating, who better to rope into a marriage of convenience? 

I really enjoyed watching their relationship unfold. The two are opposites in many ways, but it was fun watching them learn more about each other and finding a middle ground. They both had excellent character development, especially Tansy I think. She’s a person who doesn’t like attention and keeps her head down, but when pushed she put herself out there to stand up for the woman she was falling for. 

There’s a truly excellent cast of supporting characters, some you will love and some you will love to hate, delicious spice, and a lot of laughs. The writing was engaging and easy going, and I definitely want to read more from this author. 

It was pretty predictable, though. I knew exactly how every piece of it was going to play out, but if you have read less marriage of convenience books than me this probably won’t be an issue! I found it quite enjoyable overall even if it followed the beaten path.