Kat and Silas have a past. As a student in college she taught a class that he took and they did not have a good experience with each other. Flash forward a few years and Kat and Silas now live in the same small town. Silas is liked by everyone and has a lot of friends, but Kat has just moved to town and has only her best friend from college living nearby. Needless to say, they are not excited to be living near each other. When Kat’s ex-boyfriend’s business buys out the company where she works he comes to town to evaluate her office. Their relationship ending badly and Kat wants him to know she’s moved on so she makes up a fake boyfriend, who just happens to be Silas- who also happens to be frenemies with her ex. It’s a circuitous situation fraught with tension but Kat and Silas both want to show up her ex and agree to a one month plan.

I saw this book recommended on social media and as it was a Kindle Unlimited novel I decided to give it a try. It sounded like the plot would be fun if a bit fluffy, but I love the enemies to lovers trope and will always give that kind of plot a try. What I didn’t expect were characters who were much more than their surface and a plot that I actually ended up enjoying tremendously. There were a few funny moments too, but these were not perfect people and I found this story to be more serious than funny as the characters had a lot to work through to find their happily ever afters.

Sometimes it’s totally worth it to try out a new to me author and this was one of those instances. I was sold on the trope and even though I went into the story thinking it was going to be light-hearted, I enjoyed the depth to these characters and their growth with each other. They started out enemies but they found someone they needed in each other and truly became each others better halves. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

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