Talia Hibbert

Forty, frazzled, and fed up, divorcée Rae is in need of a fake date for a weekend-long work event. Luckily, her friend Zach Davis is young, hot, and up for anything. But when she asks for his help, Rae has no idea that Zach's more interested in something real...

That Kind of Guy

She wants a fake relationship. He needs something real. If there’s one thing Rae can’t stand, it’s pity. She’s forty, frazzled, and fed up—so attending an awards ceremony alone while her ex swans about with his new wife? Not an option. To avoid total humiliation, Rae needs a date of her own. And her young, hot-as-hell new best friend is the perfect candidate… Zach Davis, king of casual hookups, has a secret: the notorious womaniser craves emotional connection, and anonymous encounters leave him feeling hollow. After years of performance, Zach’s desperate to be himself. So why does he agree to play Rae’s fake boyfriend? And why does it feel so easy? When the line between pretence and desire blurs, Zach’s forced to face an unexpected truth: there’s nothing phoney about his need for Rae. But the jaded divorcée’s been hurt by playboy men before. Can a weekend of faking it prove that Zach’s for real? The Ravenswood Series #1: A Girl Like Her #1.5: Damaged Goods #2: Untouchable #3: That Kind of Guy

Michaella 

I thoroughly enjoyed this and it was so nice to see some aspec rep!
The characters both have very good chemistry and the scenes are just top tier!!!

Flavia Louise

Talia Hibbert is a great author and this book is unsurprisingly quite good.

b.andherbooks

This book is delicious. This book is sexy. This book is important. This book you must read!

Rae portrays an enigmatic, kickass persona in her new home town, Ravenswood. On the outside she's strong, she's successful, she's got it going on. On the inside Rae still struggles with the woman she was before she moved to Ravenswood. The woman who gave twenty years of her life to a man, a man who cheated on her with his secretary. 

The man she is now going to have to see at the awards ceremony her book just received a nomination for.

Rae doesn't want to be seen as his ex-wife, a woman to be pitied. She wants to be seen as Ravenswood Rae. And maybe that means she should take up the offer of her friend, the super hot and way younger (twelve years) man who has become her friend.

Zach Davis is also working on his personal journey. He's recently discovered he is demisexual and has vowed to himself he will no longer do things he doesn't want, just to make others happy. But he wants to make Rae happy. He enjoys every moment he spends with her, seeing her while he's on a break from the forge, hearing her stories. Having beers at the pub. He wants to know more about Rae, and he wants to help her. Even if she drunkenly made a pass at him and he had to explain he just doesn't see her that way.

Fake dating has never been so fraught, but seeing these two fall in love is the most beautiful story I've read so far in 2019.

Talia Hibbert knows how to make my heart sing, and also brings so much to the table when it comes to representation for those who's romance stories NEED to be told. She deftly weaves education into her narratives, and while I can't personally confirm that the demisexual representation is accurate, I can confirm I feel like I understand more about something I had no knowledge of. How beautiful is that?

Besides Zach being on the asexual spectrum, Hibbert also includes other small details and happenings that normalize sex things that I've never seen in a romance before. Rae experiences vaginal dryness, and isn't "sopping wet" like I've always read. There's so much sexy consent!! Ugh, more of this please and thank you!

You'll absolutely want to own a copy of this beautiful book!

Thank you to the author for the ARC!

That Kind of Guy

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