Review: Let's Pretend

Let's Pretend by River Laurent
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

This book started out with an interesting premise: two daughters confronting the stereotypical evil stepmother at the reading of their father's will. Stepmother gets the family home and property even though it was promised to the oldest daughter, Scarlett, and plans to sell it at the first opportunity. Scarlett does not have the money to purchase it and thinks all is lost until her attorney tells her she may have a chance to get the house - marrying the majority shareholder.

Zach Black met Scarlett several years earlier when her father sold him the majority ownership in his company. He was always attracted to her so when she comes to him with a proposal to pretend to be engaged, he jumps at the chance.

At this point, I had to suspend all pretense of realism and just go with the story. He immediately has her move into his mansion and expects her to sleep with him, which she eagerly does despite being a virgin. Even though she is portrayed as "naive in the ways of pleasure" she doesn't hesitate to be-bop her newly de-flowered self into the nearest adult shop and go on a shopping spree buying everything from lube to vibes to bondage items. Scarlett must be a super-fast learner who has let go of all inhibitions!

All things considered, Zach ends up being to buy Scarlett's childhood home for her by a backdoor plan with a company he decided to save rather than take over and sell off. Then they decide that they no longer want to pretend but want to make their marriage official.

Not really interested in reading more by this author. So much more could have been done with this story simply by giving the characters some depth.

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