Emmie spends her days faking it—being tough, that is. As one of only a few women working for a company that sells power tools, she needs to show everyone that she’s no-nonsense, and that nothing anyone says or does bothers her. It’s exhausting hiding your true self from people.
One person she doesn’t hide her feelings from is her colleague, Tate. For reasons Emmie can’t understand, he seems to hate her and always has. He takes whatever chance he can to ignore, belittle, or simply be rude to her, so she gives it right back to him.
When they have to work together on a major company initiative, it’s a disaster. They can’t even meet with each other without sniping. But every so often, Tate lets his guard down and Emmie can’t figure out what his true feelings really are.
If you’ve read a rom-com or two, you know what comes next. Is there more to Tate than a gorgeous exterior and a mean interior? Should she let her guard down? Why does he hate her in the first place?
"Faker" is sweet and there are a lot of steamy scenes to be had. Emmie and Tate have good chemistry, too. I guess my criticism is that there just didn’t seem to be enough to why Tate was such a jerk in the first place. Even the usual obstacle in the middle of happiness didn’t quite seem as insurmountable as they often do.
This is still a fun read, though, and it certainly entertained me on my flight home—and kept me hiding the book so my seat mate couldn’t read the sex scenes over my shoulder!
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