The Accidental Fiancé - Christi Barth

The Accidental Fiancé

By Christi Barth

  • Release Date: 2021-02-23
  • Genre: Romance
Score: 4
4
From 659 Ratings

Description

Is it the chance of a lifetime or his biggest mistake?

When former hotel manager Alex Kirkland, his sister and their best friends pooled their money for an unusual lottery prize—a historic, dilapidated inn on the Maryland shore—as a last-ditch attempt to escape rotten circumstances, they never expected to win. But they’re all looking for a fresh start and a second chance, so Alex convinces everyone to move in and repair the building in time for the spring wedding season.

Sydney Darrow never planned to return to her hometown. But her family needs her and Sydney can endure anything for 90 days—including making sandwiches and serving coffee with a smile until she returns to her jet-setter career. When her grandma mistakes a handsome customer for the “fiancé” Sydney created when she thought her grandma was on death’s door, well...Sydney will do anything to keep her spirits up during treatment. She can persuade him to keep up the charade for a few months, right?

But when Alex agrees to play along, will they both fall for their own fiction?

Reviews

  • Enjoyable

    4
    By jackieann824
    Love the happy ending.
  • I demand to speak to the author

    1
    By therunawaypatient
    This author has used my personal information, violated every law currently established regarding the use of a private citizens facial recognition data, and is under suspicion of illegally using someone else’s identity without their permission, as well as creating a fake identity for use other than to protect her personal privacy as a public figure. She has been dispensing medications to the vulnerable and particularly choosing which humans she prescribes to based on illegally obtained information via the means of their PHI (protected health information) obtained through unacceptable and ignorantly incomplete psychological profiling of Mercy Springfield’s Marian Center and Cox North’s Psychological Inpatient Wards administered psychological assessments. I don’t know which law enforcement agency I need to contact regarding the information I have but I am not waiting for this author to contact me past 24 hours from the time stamp on this review and I have never applied my signature to any prearranged arbitration agreement, and that is the only warning I am issuing, Mrs. Lori Darrow.
  • Rare Fun!

    5
    By Picky Priscilla
    I love how the characters’ dialogue goes back and forth! So human and so much fun! Excellent story.
  • The Accidental Fiancé

    5
    By sbsbrinson
    Really enjoyed the story. Very interesting characters and a great storyline with forever friends who are brave, tenacious, and desperate.
  • The Accidental Fiancé

    3
    By Crazy not lazy
    It was ok. It dragged in several places. Also, unrealistic in a lot of places. I had a hard time reading it! My mind wandered a lot!
  • Loved it 🥰

    5
    By Sergeant Schultz
    Cute tale of luck, love, and feel good scenarios. A pleasant read on Maryland’s eastern shore.
  • So excited for this new series from Christi!

    4
    By Samantha B. Sokol
    So excited for this new series from Christi! After falling in love with her princess series I was so excited to see what was next for her! After a bit of drama and getting fired from the job where he thought he would be at forever, Alex seems to be continuing to get bad news and is hitting rock bottom. But thanks to his sister and their friends, they decide to buy a lottery ticket and pray for some good luck, and they get it by winning the lottery and becoming owners of an inn! Unfortunately, when they get there, they find that the inn is in worse condition than implied, and when Alex takes on a bigger risk than the others, it pushes him to his breaking point. Sydney promised to never return to her hometown after graduating high school and years later she has kept that promise, until her grandmother is at risk of dying and she returns home to help with the family business. Returning home causes her to look at everything she ran away from all those years ago, and with that she also lies and says she’s engaged. When Alex and Sydney meet, they’re like oil and water – until Sydney’s grandmother mistakes him as her fiancé and he agrees to play the part. Overall, this was a cute storyline perfectly executed by Christi, although with the establishing of all the characters that will likely be focused on the next books, it was a little long to read. Other than that, I am definitely interested in seeing where things go with this group of friends and the inn! I voluntarily read and reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.
  • Clever premise

    5
    By beckyb0416
    Christi Barth’s first installment in the Love Lottery series, Accidental Fiancé, has set a pretty high bar for the remainder of stories in the series. If the remaining installments are as top notch as Accidental Fiancé, I’m calling the entire series a sure fire winner. With a rapidly moving storyline, and rife with witty banter, phenomenal repartee...timing is everything...along with a clever premise that’ll still bring a few surprises as the layers of the story are pealed away. I literally couldn’t turn the pages quickly enough and finished the story in its entirety in one sitting...to me that’s the earmark of an author who knows her reader audience, and just how to deliver a class act of a story. I’m already anticipating just how much I’ll enjoy the second story in the series. This ARC book was complimentary, provided by the Publisher. I am voluntarily providing my honest review.