3.75-4 / 5 Stars

Mia, a popstar looking to shake her image, and Aleks, Hockey's badboy, a thrown together in a PR relationship to help both of their careers. But no one knows just how real the relationship is to them - not even each other.

Mia and Aleks grew up together when Aleks moved in with her family from Switzerland to pursue hockey. Friendship and attraction was instant, but had never went past that, despite the love that was there. Now faced with an opportunity to fake it, except neither of them are.

Sometimes, some of my favorite tropes are celebrities getting together for PR stunts - because it something so real it's fun to be in the know of the working relationship. Aleks and Mia were PERFECT for this. I didn't think much of Aleks in the previous books, but I really really enjoyed him as a character. I liked seeing behind the mask that he had shown everyone else, and just how soft he was for Mia. The banter and tension between them was so good, layered with history and charm.

I feel like plenty of girls can relate to feeling put down by their peers or people they want to impress, and I think Mia's story will be a hit with a lot of women who read this story. This was definitely a slower burn in the romance department, but it was so so worth it.

Thank you so much to Valentine PR and Kandi Steiner for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.