Review: The Faking Game by Olivia Hayle

The Faking Game by Olivia Hayle
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I was provided an ARC of this book via the author, all opinions are my own.

This follows Nora, an aspiring fashion designer and former model. She has moved to New York for a fresh start for several reasons, but the main one is to hopefully get away from the stalker who has been bothering her for months in Europe. Her brother's best friend has been tasked with keeping tabs on her and overseeing her security detail, and it is a job he takes very seriously. West watches Nora's every move, and is a bit overbearing, but he doesn't want to let down his best friends. He also has undue stress from running the family business and trying to gain access to his trust. Fake dating Nora solves a problem for both of them, he can be by her side at all times and his mother will leave him alone about getting married. In getting to know his charge he realizes that she has a hard time telling people no and hates letting people down. She also needs experience dating, so the fake dating is mutually beneficial especially since she has always had a crush on West.

I really liked Nora and West together. They had good banter and some really sweet moments together. As their relationship develops they had some really spicy moments together as well despite the whole "fake" relationship thing. I appreciated the way that West encouraged Nora to ask for what she wanted and stick up for herself instead of always giving in to make everyone else happy and avoid conflict. The stalker plot was a little weak in my opinion, but it appears that is part of the evolving plotline for Nora's brother Rafe's book. I am looking forward to reading the rest of the series as the other billionaires are very intriguing.

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