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Not Pretending Anymore Kindle Edition

by Penelope Ward (Author), Vi Keeland (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.4 out of 5 stars 10,093 ratings
From New York Times bestselling authors, Penelope Ward and Vi Keeland, comes a new standalone novel.

Finding a good roommate through a classified ad isn’t as easy as it sounds.

I was starting to lose hope.

Until a knock at my door came and God answered my prayers.

Except…uh…wrong prayer, God.

I’d definitely requested the big guy find me a drop-dead gorgeous man on more than one occasion...just not as my roommate.

Declan Tate talked me into interviewing him anyway.

While he was amusing and charismatic, I wouldn’t have been comfortable living with a man, so I regretfully declined.

Then cupcakes showed up at my door—freshly baked by Declan and just as sinfully delicious as he was.

You could say he was persistent.

I eventually folded. It wasn’t like I had another viable candidate anyway.

Plus, I was interested in someone else. And Declan was into another woman. So it wasn’t like anything would happen romantically.

After he moved in, the two of us became the best of friends. We even started to give each other advice on getting our crushes to notice us.

Eventually, Declan concocted an idea: we should pretend to be a couple to make our love interests jealous.

I was hesitant, but went along with it anyway. To my utter shock, his crazy plan worked.

Now I was dating the supposed man of my dreams, and my best friend had the woman of his.

But there was one problem.

I couldn’t stop thinking about Declan.

Those feelings we were trying to fake?

Yeah…I wasn’t pretending anymore.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0927T19GY
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ C. Scott Publishing (10 April 2021)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.9 MB
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  1. Vi Keeland

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    Vi Keeland is a #1 New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author. With millions of books sold, her titles are currently translated in twenty-seven languages and have appeared on bestseller lists in the US, Germany, Brazil, Bulgaria, Israel and Hungary. Three of her short stories have been turned into films, and two of her books have been optioned for movies. She resides in New York with her husband and their three children where she is living out her own happily ever after with the boy she met at age six.

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    Penelope Ward is a New York Times, USA Today and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of contemporary romance.

    She grew up in Boston with five older brothers and spent most of her twenties as a television news anchor. Penelope resides in Rhode Island with her husband, son, and beautiful daughter with autism.

    With over two million books sold, she is a 21-time New York Times bestseller and the author of over thirty books. Her novels have been translated into over a dozen languages and can be found in bookstores around the world.

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Customers enjoy the book's readability. They find it an engaging story with a few tears and laughs along the way. The story is well-written from start to finish, and readers appreciate the author's work.

"This was a really good book and your typical sweet love story. Recommend if you like romcom stories and great characters." Read more

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"...Sounds perfect right! From the first page this story worked. I needed something fun and romantic and the girls have delivered again...." Read more

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10 customers mention ‘Romance’10 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the romance in the book. They find the love story sweet, fun, and romantic, with a happy ending. The relationship evolves into a beautiful friendship before becoming more. The storyline is sensual and builds slowly, with a happy end that had them bawling.

"...Their relationship evolved into a beautiful friendship. Then they became more. The intensity between them built slowly and it was achingly sensual...." Read more

"This was a really good book and your typical sweet love story. Recommend if you like romcom stories and great characters." Read more

"...Declan and Molly took their time but it was worth the wait! Such an amazing story with great characters! Job well done" Read more

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Customers enjoy the book's humor. They find it humorous, witty, and an enjoyable read.

"...his personal struggles, he still maintained his energetic and devilish sense of humour and the biggest heart of any character I have ever had the..." Read more

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Customers find the book entertaining, funny, and thought-provoking. They laugh and cry while reading it. The author captures the emotions of events like Molly's well.

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"A happy ending that had me bawling. A great story of two people that take a little time in realising they are eachothers soul mate...." Read more

"I absolutely loved how the author captured the emotions of such events like Molly’s father passing and the longing for each other, this wasn’t a..." Read more

"Perfect for a lovey dovey sweet quick read. A few tears and alot of laughs along the way. This author has smashed it out of the park again ❤" Read more

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Customers enjoy the characters' personalities. They find the character charismatic and larger-than-life, even through personal struggles.

"...I was moved beyond all comprehension by Declan. He was this super charismatic guy that did not take no for an answer and went after what he wanted..." Read more

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  • Chook74
    5.0 out of 5 stars Breathtaking
    Reviewed in Australia on 12 April 2021
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    I m not a jaded reader, but I have read just about everything there is to read in the vast and varied romance genre. I think to myself all the time that I have read something similar and just as memorable. That was not the case with Not Pretending Anymore. I was moved beyond all comprehension by Declan. He was this super charismatic guy that did not take no for an answer and went after what he wanted with a steely determination, all while maintaining this constant and enviable wicked sense of humour. He needed a room to rent. The leading lady had one. Simple, right? This couple led each other on a merry dance. It was hilarious, witty, original and so, so captivating. Their relationship evolved into a beautiful friendship. Then they became more. The intensity between them built slowly and it was achingly sensual. Their attraction was stronger than magnetic, and feelings developed quicker than either were prepared for.

    This friends to lovers story was the highlight of my year. It was absolutely everything and I still cannot stop thinking about Declan. His personality was larger than life, and even through his personal struggles, he still maintained his energetic and devilish sense of humour and the biggest heart of any character I have ever had the pleasure of reading about. He was unjaded and just a delight. He made this story sing, and I adore him and his lady. 5 stars.
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  • Kindle Customer
    4.0 out of 5 stars Sweet love story
    Reviewed in Australia on 21 July 2023
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    This was a really good book and your typical sweet love story. Recommend if you like romcom stories and great characters.
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  • Maree Chesterfield
    5.0 out of 5 stars fantastic
    Reviewed in Australia on 17 February 2024
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    I loved this so much. Declan and Molly took their time but it was worth the wait! Such an amazing story with great characters! Job well done
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  • Karina Davidson
    5.0 out of 5 stars Molly and Declan are awesome!
    Reviewed in Australia on 19 April 2021
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    I loved this story. It was entertaining, funny, emotional and thought provoking. I liked that the book started with both Molly and Declan trying to win other people. I just wish that Molly didn’t persist with Will for so long. The chemistry, fun, friendship and heat between Molly and Declan was always so good! Too good to resist.
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  • Vodka unicorn
    3.0 out of 5 stars Nice for a change
    Reviewed in Australia on 19 April 2021
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    The first 1/3 of the book was a bit......off like it just seemed to be too fast to get in to the thick of things. Towards the middle it started to pan out a little better and I could finally see a much more delicate story being told in the background. Male mental health issues are vastly under represented in books mainly because women need men to save them and we like to read about being saved by the masculine hero but this time our hero Declan is raw and believable and I think it’s written in an entirely accurate way. The book was pretty predictable but still worthwhile for the warm and fuzzies.
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    4.0 out of 5 stars Not Pretending
    Reviewed in Australia on 25 April 2021
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    Declan needed a room for six months and Molly needed to rent out a room for six months.
    Sounds perfect right!

    From the first page this story worked. I needed something fun and romantic and the girls have delivered again. I found myself smiling and chuckling my way through this story as Declan and Molly worked through their feelings and personal fears as they began to open up to each other.

    I enjoyed this read, it was fun and flirty and just what I needed.
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  • Emma rafferty
    5.0 out of 5 stars Love the books these two produce together
    Reviewed in Australia on 13 April 2021
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    A happy ending that had me bawling. A great story of two people that take a little time in realising they are eachothers soul mate. It's funny, romantic, heartbreaking, page turning and his a beautiful romance.
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  • Kassandra Carter
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great story
    Reviewed in Australia on 4 July 2021
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    I absolutely loved how the author captured the emotions of such events like Molly’s father passing and the longing for each other, this wasn’t a smut book but a genuine book of love, respect and even sadness I literally cried once her father passed and I never knew a book could ever make me do that.

    Absolutely love this book.
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  • Cliente Kindle
    5.0 out of 5 stars To be read
    Reviewed in Italy on 13 April 2021
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    Amo molto queste due autrici e credo di aver letto la maggior parte dei loro libri. Questo è nuovo e di certo non mi ha deluso, tutt'altro. Contrariamente al solito, il protagonista non è un womanizer, pur essendo un bell'uomo, è un uomo semplice, non è un milionario in cerca di avventure o di sesso estremo. Questo mi è molto piaciuto perché a conti fatti sono un po' stanca di protagonisti macho men, ricchi e impossibili, di fatto fuori dalla portata di chiunque. Anche il fatto che avesse un problema di salute ci stava. Chi nella vita reale non ha un problema? Mi è piaciuto il fatto che la protagonista non fosse una poveraccia senza risorse, ma neanche una poco di buono. Insomma, mi è piaciuto tutto.
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  • Musing Maddie
    5.0 out of 5 stars All the feels
    Reviewed in the United States on 23 April 2021
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    It’s rare for me not to like a book by this dynamic duo, and I doubt this book is my favourite, but only because that would be like choosing a favourite child!

    What I can say is that Not Pretending Anymore has all the feels. Brilliantly constructed, wonderful banter, fabulous characters and character growth, serious tones and sensual tones, a story impossible to put down, this book was a winner.

    I actually want to go back to the beginning and start again, but that’s hard in this type of story. It’s a funny, delicious slow burn set amongst hard, and sensitively tackled real-life challenges. And that’s probably why I felt it was so good. The depth of insight showed intelligence and wisdom. And kindness. And humanity.

    Perhaps this is my favourite after all. I’m a fussy reader, and if you are too, if you like to be moved by excellent storytelling to snorting laughter, desolate tears, gooey swooning, and some introspective thinking, this is your book too. Do yourself a favour. Grab this book and lock yourself away to devour this wonderfully moving story of hope in forever love.
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  • RENATA RODRIGUES
    5.0 out of 5 stars A true friend-to-lovers book!
    Reviewed in Germany on 15 April 2021
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    This book was something special!!
    Declan and Molly’s story was one of those which is so easy to read and love, one that you once you start, you don’t want to put it down.

    Their relationship started with a fun friendship, where they supported each other in the difficult moments. I simply loved to see them getting closer and closer, forming a bond you don’t often see in romance novels.

    This is not a book for you, if you expect insta-love and scorching hot chemistry. They take their sweet time to be together, and that could have been a negative point (that they just get together at the end), but in my opinion it made the story much more interesting, having that anticipation of wanting them together, of wanting them to realize they should be with each other.

    Molly was a character that had a lot going on in her life. I think the situation with her dad made her a bit blind for what she had going on around her in the men department. She could have been with Declan since the first half of the book, but it was totally understandable for me why she chose the path that she did. Sometimes you just want something to feel safe and have real prospects in your life. So I don’t judge her decisions.

    Declan was a sweetheart. I would love to have a lover/friend like him. His compassion towards Molly was amazing, him putting her before himself was priceless. I loved that he did that, and I also understand where those feelings came from, but in the end it was all because he loved her and because he was a true friend and a good hearted person.

    It was inevitable that they would fall in love with each other. And that was beautiful to see.
    I loved their story, their chemistry, and that end that got me in tears.
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  • joanne c
    5.0 out of 5 stars sweet
    Reviewed in Canada on 26 June 2024
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    Another brilliant book. They never disappoint. What a beautiful storyline that captures your heart and keep your heart racing. Awesome
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  • Marian Chawner
    5.0 out of 5 stars The way to a roomies heart is via a cup cake
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 April 2021
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    This magnificent duo, write excellent books both individually and most definitely together. The topics covered always have meaning and a lot of research has been obviously done not only on said topics but also characters. Declan applies to be a roomie at Molly’s flat, only he is male, but the previous candidates are totally female but so not suitable. There is humour , there is happiness, there is a warmth permeating through the characters, but there is also sadness. Tissue time!! And there is also beautifully romantic scenarios. Well written as ever, flows well, and keeps the reader immersed in a totally believable storyline. A feeling of a really good book, to escape into overwhelming absorbing right from the start. A total joy.
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