The Accidental Fiance

Good book! I definitely enjoyed reading this one! This book was funny and light hearted! The storyline kept my attention from the beginning. It was a really cute story with a little steam to it too! Thank you Netgalley and the publishers for sharing this book with me!

This was not what I was expecting. I absolutely love fake dating stories and will always take the time to read them. The fact that they won the B&B and then had to figure out from there just how this was all going to work was pretty funny.
The only downside i had was the main character got a bit weird about the fake dating and how much it had to happen.

Fake dating is always a win for me. I got a kick out of the winning the lottery for the B&B. I could relate to Alex, as a hotel manager and felt for him and the situation. Sydney and her family are a hoot, though Alex's gang aren't half bad either. It was a fun cute read that I really enjoyed and would say is a great vacation read.

This was such a nice change of pace from what I've been reading lately. It far exceeded my expectations to be honest. All of the characters are loveable and interesting (they all need their own books, just saying) and the romance and chemistry is perfect as well. I need an Alex and possibly a Teague, in my life! Thank you for approving me, I can't wait to read Ever's story!

Alex, his sister, and his two best friends have one the chance of a lifetime when they win a raffle for an abandoned inn. When they arrive it's not exactly in the condition they been expecting.

Sydney is back in town to help out at the family mercantile after her grandmother's diagnosis and subsequent treatment of cancer. Only, she might have told a tiny white lie to give her grandmother peace when she thought she was going to die. That she was engaged.

When the grandmother misunderstands and thinks Alex is the Fiancé, Sydney convinces him to play along. Expected Hijinks ensue.

The Accidental Fiancé was a cute heartwarming romance. Well written with characters that it was easy to relate to.

*This eARC was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

Thanks Netgalley for allowing me to read this book. Alex and his friends won a fixer upper in Maryland. They are all excited for the new challenge. While in Maryland, Alex pretends to be Sydney fiance. As Alex and Sydney spend more time together they grow to like each other. I enjoyed the different characters in this book.

So this book as a my wish being granted. And let me say I am not really in love with this wish. I just do not why , but I just did not enjoy this book as much as I wish I would....

The whole that story winning The Inn by the lottery is little bit silly, and the dialogs are little cheesy...

I love fake dating romances but this was just okay for me.

Just a 3 star read

This is a fun story that I thoroughly enjoyed reading. Alex, his sister, and two friends, win a lottery with an inn as the prize. Since they've all been down on their luck and a bit lost, they're thrilled and move to the inn, only to learn that it needs a great deal more work than they'd been told. As they dig in to their work load, they begin too meet the townspeople and engage with the community. When Alex meets Sidney, sparks fly, and, almost before he knows it, he's fake engaged to her. Heat and humor follow, along with a great hook.

If you enjoy the genre, you will love this book. I'm giving it 4.5 stars, only because the middle of the book seemed to drag a bit. I'm a fan of the author and have her on my must read authors' list.

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 and NetGalley.. I am voluntarily providing my honest review.

I really wanted to love this book. It has everything that makes a fun flirty romance novel but they were stuck in the past and had a hard time moving forward.
I thought Alex was a sweetheart in the beginning but he carried too much weight on his shoulders. He became anger and grumpy in a short period of time. I would have liked to see this as more of a partnership rather than him taking on all the burden
Sydney was a bit of a conundrum to me. I still don't understand why she didn't come home for over a decade. I also had a hard time with a few of her choices.
Sadly the !magic in the beginning didn't continue. If it did this could have been a great read.

Sweet, funny and heartwarming, The Accidental Fiancé is a cute fake relationship romance.

When a chance lottery win for an abandoned inn might be the new start Alex, his sister and two best friend needed, they pack up their lives and move to a small town in Maryland.
The only thing that managed to get Sydney to return to her home town after so many years globe trotting was her Gram's dire diagnosis.
But when a chance meeting mixed with a little white lie Sydney told her Gram causes a misunderstanding, a fake relationship is the only way to protect her Grams heart and of course, hijinks ensue.

4 stars and 3 oaks.

this was a fun romance novela bout someone becoming an accidental fiance. so that was interesting. like how does that even happen, though? hahahahahaahhaha

I loved this story and the characters, I read it in one sitting because I couldn't put it down, it was simply amazing!

I have mixed feelings about this book. While I felt it dragged a bit, I also liked a lot of the story and the characters. I thought we were too much inside their head and some repetitions were unnecessary.

It’s the first small town romance I read where it doesn’t have only bad effects on the characters. Here, the author develops a sense of community that I really enjoyed. They all support each other, even the Three Oaks Inn’s newcomers and Sydney the escapee. They’re like a second family.

The fake relationship becoming real wasn’t original at all, but the tension between Sydney and Alex, and the gentle seduction, were really compelling. I loved that couple. I wasn’t too fond of the conflict that threatened their relationship though. It was such an amazing coincidence! My suspension of disbelief only goes so far. I willingly chose to accept it and run with it, since it isn’t the only one in the book–the whole premise is one big one too.

The relationship between the members of the Three Oaks Inn’s crew was interesting too. There are Alex and his sister, Amelia, plus Amelia’s best friend, Everleigh, and Alex’s long time friend Teague. The character development and the various interactions between them make them compelling and I’m interested in reading their personal stories in the next books in the series.

Quickie

Series: Love lottery #1 (can be read as a standalone)
Hashtags: #small town romance #fake relationship #newcomers
Triggers: mention of cheating to a secondary character
Main couple: Sydney Darrow & Alex Kirkland
Hotness: 2/5
Romance: 4/5
+ I enjoyed the way the Three Oaks Inn’s crew is slowly accepted by the town
– I’m still wondering how they managed to fool anyone with their fake relationship

4/5 stars.

I love the idea of second chances. Alex was down on his luck after losing his job and his friends were following in the same boat as well as being kicked out of their respective houses. Alex and his sister lost their parents at a really young age and he took over the parental role for his younger sister. When she found out that he lost his job, she bought a "lotto" ticket to win a hotel as a way to earn back their luck.

Of course, they win and now they get to start over in Maryland.

That's where Sydney comes in. She is back in a town that she ran far away from as soon as she graduated high school, but now she is back because of a scare in her grandmother's health, but it is going to be short-lived. At one point, when things weren't looking very good, she fibbed to her grandmother that she was engaged in some whirlwind romance, and just as her luck could have it, handsome Alex walks into her family-run restaurant and gets sucked into the lie.

It works in both their favors that Sydney's grandmother can stay happy and excited during chemo treatments while Alex gets some much-needed face time with the town. But can they continue to pretend that they don't work well together as a couple?

I enjoyed this book. It was nicely paced with the attraction from the start. I do wish the author had dived in a bit more with the backstory about why Alex loses his job in the first place, but I think it might tie in with the other books as they come out. I also feel like there might be a hinting relationship between two of the other main characters which I would LOVE to see. The angst is there, but minimal for this feel-good fake relationship romance.

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.

I really enjoyed this story. I adore stories that involve our chosen family - as much as the one we are born in to. This has a great story for also never giving up on your dreams and maybe taking a chance on new ones. Although the story focuses on Alex and Sydney - it is just as much a story of the four friends (one of them Alex) winning the lottery to own a historic inn on the Chesapeake Bay. Its about them learning to work together and trust each other in new ways. The crew of friends has hit rock bottom when they buy the lottery ticket for the inn. Each had lost their job and place to live and needed a fresh start. Alex, a former hotel manager, had lost his job in a kind of cruel twist as a result of trying to do the right thing. His dream had been to run his own hotel - but getting the inn back in shape is pushing him to the brink. He feels both personally and financially responsible for it all. As a result his micromanaging is driving his friends nuts. His only safe harbor is in his "fake" relationship with Sydney.

Sydney is a travel TV show producer who is back in her podunk hometown for the first time in forever. She's hated her hometown and isn't happy to be there. Being home forces her to confront a lot of her baggage. Including the fib she told to her dying grandmother about being engaged. Enter Alex and bam instant fake fiance sitch.

I will say there is a LOT going on in this book - both Alex and Sydney are trying to get a fresh start. They are both also trying to learn to trust and move on from the lemons life has handed them. Add in the inn, the large cast of characters, and it can be a lot. Tho - I could 100% see NetFlix making this series as a show!

The one plot point that didn't 100% work for me was the issue of Sydney writing an article. Why would a TV producer need to do that? I know an explanation was given - but it really didn't make a lot of sense to e overall. ITs the source of the big drama between Alex and Sydney - so I kind of felt like it needed more credible background. But that point definitely didn't detract from the overall story!

There are so many stories in the town of Chesterton! Well beyond Alex, Amelia, Everleigh, and Teague. Please! Give me the stories of James and Cam! As well as all the other interesting people along the way.

Overall I really liked this and it is as an awesome start to a new series!

I'm giving this a 3 star rating because it honestly didn't feel like the romance was the center of this story - the inn and the group of four best friends were. From the way that too much emphasis was given to the core four of this story at the beginning of the story, to the lack of chemistry I actually felt between Sydney and Alex (because, to me, the scenes between them felt forced between all the exposition/scenes about the inn), this story just never really got its legs for me.

That said, did I like reading this - yes, it was okay, but I had to power through at points because the pacing was so off. In summary, it's not something I would pick up again.

I received an ARC copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

A historic inn, a contest, and a lucky opportunity in this slow burn romance.

Friendship, obligation and a desire to find love in the most unexpected place.

Small town romances usually wind up all over the front page of the newspaper, will this budding relationship
survive the renovation?

I'm always up for Christi Barth romance, this one is fabulous and not to be missed.

Nice small town romance with a fake slow burn relationship and a big loving nosy family
Trope cell developed and cute love story
Some parts were not well developed IMO but overall nice cute story
3.5 stars

What a thoroughly charming story. Christi Barth has created a welcoming community of intriguing characters on the Maryland shore that have me wanting to return again and again.

At the heart of the story are Alex, his sister, Amelia, and their two best friends, Everleigh and Teague. I really loved this small family of the heart. It was fun to watch them come together to create a place that will hopefully secure their future as well as become their home. Their relationships are realistic, heart-tugging, and not without their issues but their love for, and support of, one another is solid. Sometimes, too solid for those who would like a little more independence from well-meaning but over-protective siblings. I'm looking forward to getting to know all of them in more depth and follow their individual journeys in future books.

Sydney may not hold any love for her hometown but her loyalty to her family is bone deep. It's that family love and loyalty that causes her to propose a fake engagement to a stranger and Alex's own family history that leads him to agree. These two are so sweet together. I really enjoyed their journey from strangers to friends to so much more. There's a twist in their story that I did not see coming and though some might find it a bit beyond the realm of believability, I was willing to buy into it and the conflict it caused. It gave both Alex and Sydney the vehicle they needed to look deeply into their own hearts and evaluate the importance of their hopes, career dreams, and personal desires in order to determine what was most important to them. Without that twist, I would not have been as confident in the staying power of the love that was developing between them.

If you're in the mood for a sweet, charming, contemporary romance with heart, humor, likeable characters, and one feisty grandma, give Christi Barth's The Accidental Fiancé a try. I'm already gearing up for book two, Definitely Not Dating, featuring Everleigh (whose bad dating choices usually leave her holding the short end of the stick) and Police Chief, Matt Halliday (a great guy who's keeping a secret that may put everyone at risk). It's available for pre-order and will be released May 4.

*ARC received for fair and unbiased review

A big thank you to NetGalley and Tule Publishing/American Hearts for the ARC. I am voluntarily reviewing this book. This is the first in a new series. This book is sort of unbelievable, but who knows maybe it could happen! It's a fun book, full of good friends, family, finding yourself, home and hardwork. Plus throw in a fake fiancee. Alex and Sydney are both interesting people. This is probably not for everyone, but I think most romance readers would enjoy. I found it a pleasure to read. 3.5 stars

As you well know this was get thanks to NetGalley.

This book gave me vibes of one original netflix "Amor en Obras", but with fake dating, and I love it.

I love when the characters aren't supposed to meet but they do and they fake that they are in dating but you can see how they are slowing finding the other attractive, the tension between them starts to grow, that you start to question why they don't realize that they are in love and want them and need them to get together as soon as possible.


The story is fast to read and easy to read, I highly recommend it for suckers of fake dating as me.

Hot but not necessarily steamy, cute but don't cheesy. I liked it

This is a cute little fake romance story. We have Alex who seriously needs a break in life and he gets one when his sister buys a lotto ticket and they win a hotel and they get a chance to start over. They move to Maryland, him and his sister who he is raising since they lost their parents at a young age. They end up meeting Sydney who is in town to care for her grandmother whom she lies to and claimed that she is engaged to bring happiness to and guess who that person is, yup Alex. And while these two fake it and fight there feelings for each other eventually admit what everyone else sees. cute book.

I had not read a Christi Barth story in awhile but this looked interesting, and IT WAS! It was so enjoyable. Four people thrown together on Christmas Eve, all broke, homeless and out of work, but still best friends and family, buy a lottery ticket to win a Inn in Maryland. And this is our the story begins. I loved each character in this story, and truly hope they all get their own storyline. Alex used to be the manager of a fancy hotel, but got fired, so when they win the Inn, they all agree to start over, in Maryland at An old Inn that desperately need some TLC. Alex meets Sydney who needs a fake fiancé and the story takes off. While Alex and Sydney had the biggest roles in this book, and of course wind their way to a HEA, I felt like each character was sufficiently fleshed out so that I felt invested. An easy enjoyable read, and I hope for more.

I received this arc for an honest review.

Alex and his friends put in for a lottery drawing after he is fired from his job for doing something right or humanly right but the company did not see it that way. Knowing the hotel business, he is down but that night all of his friends talk him up and also into entering. He finds out that he wins, he and his friends move out to the place which at one time was a grand place. He can see the potential in his mind and what the place must have looked like in her glory days. He can also see the amount of work that will be needed to restore this Grand Dame to her glory.
Sydney is working her grandmother's restaurant and back in the town she grew up in, her Podunk town not really wanting to be there. She was a travel show producer and really never saw her life as one is coming back to her hometown. She wants her grandmother to get better and after meets Alex one day she refers him as her fiancé to her grandmother hoping that will keep her spirits up. She tells Alex who goes along and of course, they need to spend time together which also works for the story as well.
Overall a good book with a few parts where it dragged for me anyway maybe not for others. I did like all of the different characters, his sister, their friends, and of course the grandmother, there are others but these were the ones that really stood out for me besides Alex and Sydney. A good story and worth the read. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 4 stars. Follow us at
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Cute fake relationship romance

Alex and Sydney are just so cute together. Sydney had me laughing at her cooking skills ... thinking she could become a chef because she could make a grilled cheese without burning it. Alex was so stoic taking the financial risk of renovating an old hotel even though they all were doing the hard work. I found all the characters relatable and I really liked the story ... even though at times it was a little far-fetched and the story dragged a bit. But I am excited for the next book in the series.

Alex, his sister and their best friends are down on their luck. When they win an old hotel in a lottery, they decide to see if they can make it work ... after all, they are all jobless and next to homeless. Sydney's grandmother has cancer and needs treatment, so Sydney decides to go home to see her grandmother and help her dad in the mercantile. But when Sydney thought her grandmother was dying, she might have mentioned that she was engaged ... even though she doesn't even have a boyfriend. Now to keep up the ruse and her grandmother's spirits, she cons a total stranger (Alex) to pretend to be her fiancé ... just until Sydney leaves town in 3 months when her grandmother's treatments are done. Now all they have to do is keep this fake relationship fake.

I received an early copy courtesy of Tule Publishing through NetGalley in exchange for a honest review.

This was an enjoyable read. It is a story about four best friends that buy a lottery ticket and win an Inn. They are all at a low point in their lives so when they win, they all go. What a journey it is for them all. The inn is not exactly what they all expected it to be. This first story is about Sydney and Alex. Honestly in the beginning these two do not mix well together. When Sydney’s grandma thinks Alex is her fiancé all the fun begins. I do not want to ruin the story for you, but I will say this. Pick up this book and give it a chance because you will not be disappointed. Thanks Net Galley. I voluntarily reviewed this book in exchange for an honest review.

I really enjoyed this story! A new series about four friends/family that win the lottery to own an old Inn. Sydney is just home taking care of her grandma and gets thrown into a fake engagement with Alex who has just won the Inn. The coincidence at the end was a bit crazy to believe, and I still can't believe that most of the town believed the story of their engagement, but it was a fun story. I can't wait to see what happens with the others!