Publisher: Forever Publishing, March 22021

Format: ebook

Pages: 384

Rating: 5/5 stars

Synopsis (from Goodreads):

Reena Manji doesn’t love her career, her single status, and most of all, her family inserting themselves into every detail of her life. But when caring for her precious sourdough starters, Reena can drown it all out. At least until her father moves his newest employee across the hall–with hopes that Reena will marry him.

But Nadim’s not like the other Muslim bachelors-du-jour that her parents have dug up. If the Captain America body and the British accent weren’t enough, the man appears to love eating her bread creations as much as she loves making them. She sure as hell would never marry a man who works for her father, but friendship with a neighbor is okay, right? And when Reena’s career takes a nosedive, Nadim happily agrees to fake an engagement so they can enter a couples video cooking contest to win the artisan bread course of her dreams.

As cooking at home together brings them closer, things turn physical, but Reena isn’t worried. She knows Nadim is keeping secrets, but it’s fine— secrets are always on the menu where her family is concerned. And her heart is protected… she’s not marrying the man. But even secrets kept for self preservation have a way of getting out, especially when meddling parents and gossiping families are involved. 

My Review:

Thank you Forever Publishing for the copy of this book.
–
Read if you like: fun and witty romances, friends to lovers, baking tv shows.
–
I loved this book. The plot was engaging and a great pace, the characters were super cute, and I thought the concept behind this book was fantastic. Reena meets Nadim in the hallway of her apartment building, but what she learns is that she is meant to marry Nadim. Her parents hope that her and Nadim will marry, and because she doesn’t want to follow what her parents say, she tells Nadim that she will not marry him, but can be friends. But when Nadim agrees to help Reena compete in a cooking tv contest, they find themselves getting closer.
–
I really loved how Reena and Nadim connected over their love for food. Their relationship develops in a believable way, albeit a bit dramatized. I wanted to keep reading to find out what was going to happen.