Desire and the Deep Blue Sea
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In all his life, Thomas has never wanted a woman the way he wants Callie. In all her life, Callie has never found a man as irritating as she finds Thomas. But now they're spending a week under the sun and on camera, pretending to be in love for a TV show-and this is his last chance to convince the woman of his dreams to include him in hers.
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1 primary bookLove Unscripted is a 1-book series first released in 2019 with contributions by Olivia Dade.
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So cute, but I really feel like this could've been a full-length novel easily - there's a lot of exposition in the beginning that would probably have been more interesting/impactful/whatever if it'd been shown and not just told to us, like all the stuff about Callie's terrible boyfriend and her anxiety and how she can't stand working on desk with Thomas seems like it would be worth actually showing, at least for a bit. I also wish a little more had been done with the fake-relationship premise, because that's one of my favorite tropes and I feel like it was a little underused here. I could easily see myself giving this 4 or even 5 stars if it were longer, but as it is, it felt just too short to give me everything I wanted. I really liked the characters and the premise, though, I just wanted more. Novels for everyone!
(2019 summer romance bingo: “beach on the cover”; would also fit “show business” or “road trip,” depending on how loosely you're interpreting those.)
