Book Review: Heartthrob by Katie McCoy

Move over, Colin Firth - there’s a new Darcy in town!

Jax Hawthorne is Hollywood’s sexiest bad boy. I’m a glorified secretary who thinks color-coding my library is a wild Friday night. So when he shows up after all this time wanting to make good on our childhood deal to tie the knot, it’s not because he can’t resist my perfect credit score.

He needs a fake girlfriend to rehab his reckless image, and I’m the (safe, sensible) girl for the job. I would be insulted… if the proposal didn’t come with an all-expenses-paid trip to England while he shoots a new movie version of ’Pride & Prejudice.’

Goodbye, my dumpster fire of a dating life. Hello, steamy nights with a chiseled hunk who knows all the right moves.

Soon, I’m knee-deep in the English mud - and on-set drama. But all our fake-smoldering is getting my very real panties in a twist. It turns out, Jax is so much more than just a reckless playboy. He makes me want to forget our ‘arrangement’.. and break all the rules.

Can our pretend romance turn to something real? Or will scheming actresses, control-freak PR crews, and a pesky little thing called love ruin the best (fake) relationship of my life?

Heartthrob is a sweet romantic comedy. I seriously loved, loved, loved the heroine. She is all balls to the wall.

Penny Pollack works in risk analysis and financial projection, she likes numbers. She prefers to play it safe, with work, with life, with clothing. She thought she was doing the right thing by being carful, being responsible but she was getting nowhere. So when her childhood friend, who she had made arrangements to marry at twenty-five, asks her to be his fake girlfriend she decides to take the risk.

Jax Hawthorne needs to clean up his image. He needs a fake girlfriend to convince the press that he's in a serious relationship because he's up for a really big, important part in a movie. Penny fits the bill.

It doesn't take long for the fake relationship to turn real. But can Jax move past his friendship philosophy? Penny is a no holds barred fake girlfriend. She stands up for Jax when he needs it most. But also knows when to move on. The characters are relatable. It's easy to get lost in this story. 5 Stars!