The Billionaire's Fake Fiancée An opposites attract romantic comedy standalone

Annika Martin — 2020

I’m no Prince Charming, and the last thing I need is a Cinderella. My instructions were simple: get me a fake fiancée who’s not my type at all. Have her on my jet Monday morning, dressed for a yacht vacation. I need a woman believable enough to convince a certain client that I’ve changed my playboy ways…yet too annoying to tempt me—no emotional entanglements, thank you very much. This is business only. If she’s unfazed by my looks and wealth, all the better. Should be easy. Right? Apparently not, because my people go and hire Tabitha. My hairdresser. What were they thinking? Yes, I said annoying, but I didn’t mean her, the most aggravating woman in the world. Tabitha is sunshiny. She has a pet hamster. She loves Hello Kitty, and she gets under my skin like nobody else. As if that’s not bad enough, the minute we step on deck, she thinks that certain people on the yacht are up to something shady—based completely on her soap opera knowledge. She won’t listen when I tell her she’s being ridiculous. But as the days go by, I find that we’re actually having fun. And our fake kisses are heating up. And suddenly her wild theories aren’t sounding so strange after all… "One of the best romantic comedy novels of 2020!" ~Bookgalguide Named to "Best romantic comedies of the Year" ~Listmania

Reviews

Tiana holt@holttia

Jan 19, 2025

You cannot tell me they were supposed to be 32 and 41. If millennial cringe could be encapsulated into two humans, it would be them. Also his descriptions of her and their interactions were AWFUL. It felt weird because it was like being inside the mind of a 13 year old (with how childish it was) and then all of a sudden it turned to a very out of place, sexual, adult thought. It was too weird dude and then right back to hello kitty(not a joke actually a theme in this book). Terrible.

Samantha @ivelostmymuchness

Aug 19, 2023

happy face, love face, heart eyes I don’t think you understand the deep love and warmth I feel for tabitha evans, there is something so true about her and it is impossible to want anything but wonderful things for her, you root for her 100% of the way

Kathleen Tom@kateee

Jan 2, 2023

** spoiler alert ** My my my! Who would’ve thought 💭 A hairdresser 💇‍♀️ and A Billionaire 👨🏻‍💻... I like it! I mean it’s not the usual storyline you found in every books which the Heroin is chasing the man but now it’s the man that chase the woman. Tabitha is a woman we need in every character. They way she hold her head high and how she handle herself is really what woman needs to have. Her NO is always a BIG NO, even when it comes to the man she love so much. And what? The Big Bad pushing forty Alpha Male!! I’ve always love this age gape romance. Never going to say no to Alpha man aren’t we?!!! I can’t wait for another book coming soon on September 📖 Recommended for those who love Rom-Com 💗

Lacey@laceybooklovers

Aug 26, 2021

Anyone else a sucker for the grump falling for the sunshine character trope? Or the fake engagement trope? If so, you’re in luck! Annika Martin’s latest rom-com has all that goodness (if you couldn’t tell, I love a good grump) and more. The Billionaire’s Fake Fiancée is a fantastic, light-hearted romance that will have you smiling and giggling. It’s feel-good and adorable and exactly what I want in a rom-com! I’ve been wanting to read Annika Martin’s contemporary romances for a while. I’ve only ever read her dark romances, and I always find it so fascinating and impressive when authors switch up genres/subgenres – and do it well. Now I know for a fact that Annika Martin can do both dark and lighthearted romances, because I enjoyed The Billionaire’s Fake Fiancée so much! We’ve got the grumpiest grump of a hero (which, if you include in a book, I’ll want to read it) who needs a fake fiancée to win over an account for his billion-dollar company. Rex wants to find someone he does not like and who is in no danger of falling for him… so he hires his hairdresser Tabitha. Tabitha, the sunshiniest girl he’s ever met, the woman he sees once a week for his hair, the one who owns a hamster, loves daytime soap operas, and gets on his nerves like no other. “Don’t worry, your kindness is a secret between us. You’re my brutish, gothic Heathcliff, the alpha male who shows his soft side only to me. Ooh, that’s good.” Here she does one of her upwards finger-pointing gestures. “Right there. That’s our couples dynamic.” Most of the story takes place on a giant yacht, so not only do we have fake fiancés, we’ve got fake fiancés who are forced to be in close proximity for the next two weeks. Rex and Tabitha are entertaining as all get out when they’re together – she’s constantly ruffling his feathers and he’s being a total grump about it. I loved their dynamic, with and without the fake engagement. And I loved being able to see Rex slowly let down his walls to let Tabitha in. She turns his life completely upside down with her adoring, sweet ways. She’s ridiculous and hilarious and I loved her for him. It drives me crazy that I can’t read her right now. It drives me crazy that she isn’t wearing any of her secret little Tabitha things. She’s everything that drives me crazy, and everything that I ragingly, infuriatingly, frustratingly want. Now I am absolutely looking forward to reading Annika Martin’s other billionaire rom-coms! This one read completely fine as a standalone, so I’m sure the others can be too. I’m also DYING to read the next book in the series, another opposites attract romance, about the shy friend who confronts the owner of the building they live in! Quotes are taken from the arc and are subject to change in the final version.