Today’s post is on If I Never Met You by Mhairi McFarlane. It is 409 pages long and is published by William Morrow. The cover is lavender blue with a drawing of the two main characters on it. There is mild foul language, no sex, and no violence in this novel. The is told from third person close of the main character Laurie. There Be Spoilers Ahead.
From the back of the book- If faking love is this easy... how do you know when it’s real?
When her partner of over a decade suddenly ends things, Laurie is left reeling—not only because they work at the same law firm and she has to see him every day. Her once perfect life is in shambles and the thought of dating again in the age of Tinder is nothing short of horrifying. When news of her ex’s pregnant girlfriend hits the office grapevine, taking the humiliation lying down is not an option. Then a chance encounter in a broken-down elevator with the office playboy opens up a new possibility.
Jamie Carter doesn’t believe in love, but he needs a respectable, steady girlfriend to impress their bosses. Laurie wants a hot new man to give the rumor mill something else to talk about. It’s the perfect proposition: a fauxmance played out on social media, with strategically staged photographs and a specific end date in mind. With the plan hatched, Laurie and Jamie begin to flaunt their new couple status, to the astonishment—and jealousy—of their friends and colleagues. But there’s a fine line between pretending to be in love and actually falling for your charming, handsome fake boyfriend…
Review- Wonderful, charming, very clean contemporary romance. After Laurie's long-term boyfriend left her for another woman she has to figure out what to do with her life now, as for the past 18 years her life has been wrapped around this relationship. So when another member of her law firm offers to be in a fake relationship with her, to make her ex jealous and for him to look good for the bosses she decides to go with it. What follows is a moving story of two people learning to be friends, to be honest with each other and ultimately falling in love. Laurie did not expect Jamie Carter to be the very nice person he actually is, because of course he, just like her, that's a lot of baggage. But over the course of the book which takes place over some months they learn to unpack the baggage and move on with their lives with it. This is a clean romance, sex is implied it does not happen on page, so if that is something that you find distasteful in your romances then this one is definitely something you might enjoy. I had a nice time reading this book and I found it very sweet, moving, and I look forward to reading more from McFarland. She has done a wonderful job with this novel.
I give this book a Five out of Five Stars. I get nothing for my review and I borrow this book from my local library.
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