Julie's Review: While We Were Dating

Author: Jasmine Guillory
Series: The Wedding Date #6
Publication Date:  July 13, 2021
Publisher: Berkley
Pages: 378
Obtained: publisher via NetGalley
Genre:  Contemporary Fiction, Contemporary Romance
Rating: 5/5
Bottom Line: H.O.T.
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Summary: Ben Stephens has never bothered with serious relationships. He has plenty of casual dates to keep him busy, family drama he’s trying to ignore and his advertising job to focus on. When Ben lands a huge ad campaign featuring movie star, Anna Gardiner, however, it’s hard to keep it purely professional. Anna is not just gorgeous and sexy, she’s also down to earth and considerate, and he can’t help flirting a little…Anna Gardiner is on a mission: to make herself a household name, and this ad campaign will be a great distraction while she waits to hear if she’s booked her next movie. However, she didn’t expect Ben Stephens to be her biggest distraction. She knows mixing business with pleasure never works out, but why not indulge in a harmless flirtation? But their light-hearted banter takes a turn for the serious when Ben helps Anna in a family emergency, and they reveal truths about themselves to each other, truths they’ve barely shared with those closest to them. When the opportunity comes to turn their real-life fling into something more for the Hollywood spotlight, will Ben be content to play the background role in Anna’s life and leave when the cameras stop rolling? Or could he be the leading man she needs to craft their own Hollywood ending? ~amazon.com

Review: Another score for Jasmine Guillory with While We We’re Dating. Anna is an up n coming movie star trying to find the role that will launch her into the kind of stardom and pick of roles most actresses dream of. The last year hasn’t been easy for her personally so when she meets Ben during a commercial shoot, she’s ready for some fun. Anna hasn't had the best year personally and needs the next couple of movies to be big hits. 

Ben is the epitome of a ladies man and so he doesn’t doubt his confidence and allure even for someone of Anna’s stature. Except he isn’t as happy go lucky as he seems. He's got his own issues to work through but covers them up by always deflecting and seeming so happy.  

When they meet, they just instantly click and flirting starts. When Anna has a personal crisis, Ben jumps in immediately to help her. During this they learn things about each other but both are cautious to really open up. Of course then just as they are getting there, Anna's agent comes up with a scheme to have it look like Ben and Anna are dating. It's just the kind of publicity needed for her. Ben doesn't mind because he gets to hang out with Anna that much longer. Of course, you can't turn off your feelings after a month, so things go a little sideways for a bit. 

I’m not going to lie there are parts of this book that are H.O.T. I loved both Anna and Ben but the two of them together was fire. They seemed to be the two sides of the same coin.

Now that I’m done with this one, I have to wait for her next magnificent book!

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