The Spanish Love Deception
Author: Elena Armas
Trope: Slow Burn, Fake Relationship, Enemies to Lovers, One Bed, Workplace Romance
Point of view: Single, First person
In a nutshell: Catalina Martín, finally, not single. Her family is happy to announce that she will bring her American boyfriend to her sister’s wedding. Everyone is invited to come and witness the most magical event of the year.
That would certainly be tomorrow’s headline in the local newspaper of the small Spanish town I came from. Or the epitaph on my tombstone, seeing the turn my life had taken in the span of a phone call.
Four weeks wasn’t a lot of time to find someone willing to cross the Atlantic–from NYC and all the way to Spain–for a wedding. Let alone, someone eager to play along my charade. But that didn’t mean I was desperate enough to bring the 6’4 blue eyed pain in my ass standing before me.
Aaron Blackford. The man whose main occupation was making my blood boil had just offered himself to be my date. Right after inserting his nose in my business, calling me delusional, and calling himself my best option. See? Outrageous. Aggravating. Blood boiling. And much to my total despair, also right. Which left me with a surly and extra large dilemma in my hands. Was it worth the suffering to bring my colleague and bane of my existence as my fake boyfriend to my sister’s wedding? Or was I better off coming clean and facing the consequences of my panic induced lie?
Like my abuela would say, que dios nos pille confesados.
What I thought: This book was everything! I mean when a guy buys you five fish tacos even though you asked for four? Yeah he’s a keeper!
So what are you in store for?
Enemies to lovers - one sided because I’m going to be real, Catalina can be a bit dense when it comes to the obvious signs Aaron is head over heels for her, but I get the self doubt so she’s still my girl.
Fake relationship - your ‘enemy’ volunteering to help you to save you embarrassment - yes always!
One Bed - oh no there’s only one bed! The forced proximity, the tension, the trusting the other person enough to let your guard down enough to sleep. Magic!
This book was the closest thing to a Mariana Zapata novel I’ve read - and you all know how much I LOVE her books! This is a fantastic slow burn romance that left me with a book hangover. You should read it.
