Faked A Sports Romance

Karla Sorensen — 2020

Every action has a consequence, and Claire Ward knows it. And yet, even knowing that her decision to swap places with her identical twin sister, Lia, for a night could be disastrous, she still does it. Why? Because it will give her an evening with the man she's been crushing on for years, Lia's best friend, Finn. Miss Straight A Student has thought through all the angles, and knows the risk is worth it. And everything would have been fine, if Finn had been the one to show up at her door. But it wasn't. Bauer Davis- Finn's half brother and his exact opposite in just about every definable category is the one waiting for her instead. A professional snowboarder, Bauer is covered in ink, full of attitude, and has a chip on his shoulder the size of Mt. Olympus. The kind of bad boy that Claire has never been attracted to before. Now the good girl is with the wrong brother for a night, and when the consequence is that they have to pretend to be together for an event, it's nothing she could have predicted. But maybe, just maybe, what makes Bauer so bad, is exactly what Claire needs.

Reviews

celene@recluseperformer

Jan 23, 2023

wasn’t really feeling the plot,,, did not feel any chemistry from them and didn’t really connect with them,,,, not a fan of insta love,,,,and the lia pov at the end,,,,, why am i not excited for her book?,,,, anyway but of course i would still be hopeful bc i love the ward family :(

sam@sammiev

Dec 15, 2022

3.4 🌟 oh to have a tattooed snowboarder to be enamored with you at first sight and the whole book. (view spoiler)[ Ignoring the insta-love (already saying I love you in 5 days tho like wow that stuck-in-a-cabin chemistry), I love the couple's meet-cute and that Bauer already knew from the start which twin was who (hide spoiler)]

Jacquelyn Hood@jachood

Aug 12, 2022

Faked by Karla Sorensen Ward Sister #2 ★★★★ Claire has been in love with her twins best friend, Finn, for years. Lia finally gives her what she thinks is a chance to be with inn when she asks Claire to switch places with her for a night. Not only does Finn not show up, his brother who came in his place sees right through Claire. They have to start faking a “relationship” for a weekend to schmooze an old rich man. Bauer is enjoying it because he truly starts to like Claire. I enjoyed this feel good, happy book. I though it was cute how much Bauer tried to fix himself to show Claire he was serious. He even went into the mountains with his step mom who he hates to spend more time with her. I loved how well spoken Claire was on tough subjects and I think that is also what drove her appeal home. People can’t fix everything within them quickly though and sometimes Bauer falls behind. I hated how Claires family (mainly her sister, Lia) wouldn’t just listen to Claire and ask her of her feelings instead of just assuming Bauer was going to hurt her. Overall a very sweet book with a strong plot.

Nikki@beaushelly

Jul 1, 2022

Felt instalove-y for me

Amanda J @librarianonbreak

Nov 17, 2021

liked the characters a lot, but that the story was only ok

Kim@kimberlyfayereads

Oct 6, 2021

I think it's safe to say I'm officially obsessed with Karla Sorensen's characters and words. I'm all in on her Ward Sisters series and can't get enough of them. Fake it till you make it is one of my favorite tropes and it's done so well here with Claire and Bauer. I didn't read the blurb going in, so I thought I was getting one story (Claire + Finn) but what I really got was SO MUCH BETTER. Such a sweet and sexy read.