![]() The only reason I'm not giving it a higher rating is because for all the feminist talk going on here, the author still end up giving the menstruating-based work to the male character anyway? as if he was somehow discriminated against for being a man and not having a vagina? as if a man had problems intruding into all other spaces of society? This one was for the girls, and even if he learned to value women differently with everything that happened after that lie, that wasn't his place. Also, the series is called The Ladies Who Brunch, so here you have a group of 4 friends from college, all with quite different personalities and careers, who have this tradition to spend time together, and brainstorm and come up with solutions for all their problems. This book was actually very funny and light to read I liked the characters (although it took a bit of getting used to Damian) and the farce leading up to the real romance. how? fake dating his childhood enemy, of course. Damian is fighting for a promotion, but not having a female reproductive organ put him out of the competition, so after a little white lie now he must prove to his boss that he is, in fact, in touch with his feminine side. Charlotte is hitting 30, with a successful career and a life she created for herself, but that's not enough for her mother, who keeps nagging her about being single, and things are getting worse and worse with her parents 30th wedding anniversary, the one in Hawaii she's attending alone. “Charlotte Montgomery, I’m going to be the best fake boyfriend I can be.”ģ.5 | Charlotte Montgomery and Damien Shaw may have been enemies back in the day, and may have vowed to never see each other again, not even think about the other, but now they are each other's perfect solution to all their problems. But you know what they say-never say never.Īs the spiritual guru and fashion icon Cyndi Lauper once said oh, girls just wanna have fun. I never thought my enemy could force me to figure out my life. I never thought I’d fall for Damien Shaw. But my heart? That bastard was falling for the man with every sweet gesture he made and every orgasm he gave me.īut when the reason for our rivalry and our fake relationship comes to light, everyone and everything explodes, leaving one hell of a mess to clean up. So, I ended up fake dating my enemy while trying desperately not to fall for him. I was hellbent on exposing him, but then my mother’s reaction made it hard to say no. ![]() ![]() It had been twelve years since we had been face to face, but when he kept popping up everywhere, I should have known that trouble would follow.Īnd sure enough, during a lunch with my parents he told them we were dating. ![]() No-we were rivals.Īnd when we both moved out to California to go to different colleges, we promised never to think of each other again. You see, Damien and I grew up together, but we weren’t friends. When those words left the lips of Damien Shaw, my childhood nemesis, I should have told him to kick rocks right then and there.īut sadly, his scheme to impress his boss left me with something to gain from it too-getting my meddling mother, who was obsessed with my love life, off my back just in time for my parents’ thirtieth wedding anniversary celebration in Hawaii. “I need you to pretend to be my girlfriend.”
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