The Pretending Plot

Caught Up in Love, Book 1

By: Lauren Blakely

Narrated by: Joe Arden, Vanessa Edwin

Dive into this fun, sexy fake fiancé romance performed by Joe Arden and Vanessa Edwin!

I don't mean to just blurt it out. "Why, yes, I'm engaged!"

But once I say it to a potential client, there's only one logical thing to do - cast the role of my fake fiancé.

Easy enough. As a casting director, my job is to find the most talented players for every part, so I choose dreamy, edgy, sexy, sarcastic Reeve.

And I sign him up for one week in the role of mine.

It's not as if I'll fall for him in five nights even if we get a little cozy one night at theater. It's not as if I'll want more even after a scorching afternoon in the stacks of the New York Public Library.

I can't let myself because on Friday at midnight the curtain falls on our fake romance...

Author's note : The Pretending Plot is a reimagining of my 2013 book Pretending He's Mine, which is no longer available for sale. The Pretending Plot is a fresh new take on that fake fiancé romance, now rewritten in first person, expanded from a novella to novel length and with expanded characterizations. This new version with brand-new narration is more than 60 percent new material.

©2020 Lauren Blakely Books (P)2023 Lauren Blakely

Make Believe or Real Life

I loved this full length remake. I read Caught Up In Love, what feels like years ago, so I don’t remember all the exact details but I do remember parts and I loved it. This new extended version gives you more to love.

Fab faux-mance and STELLAR narration!

Lauren Blakely knows how to do fun and flirty and she always does it so well. The Pretending Plot is a reimagined and expanded version of Pretending He’s Mine and I can definitely say that I love the 2.0 version much better.

The Pretending Plot is based on the fake-fiancé trope that I love and can’t get enough of. There’s plenty of sexy, steamy moments mixed in with cute falling in love moments that come with these types of stories, but with the added goodness of Lauren Blakely’s fab writing. I really enjoyed Sutton and Reev’s faux-mance turned romance.

Narration by Joe Arden and Vanessa Edwin was STELLAR! You can’t go wrong with Joe Arden, like, ever, but Vanessa Edwin just shinned as Sutton. This isn’t my first audio from her, but it had been a while and now I’m kicking myself wondering why?! Her British accent was perfection and she and Joe Arden has perfect narrating chemistry. 4 stars.

redhat queen

Great story. I liked this book very much. It was so exciting and interesting I had to listen to it till the end. I love your narrators. I have read some of your books they a a joy to read and listen to.

Super cute

This was a sweet listen. Now I’m hooked on the series and have to find out about the other characters. Definitely recommend.

cute

predictable but very cute. I enjoyed the chemistry, but the cliche miscommunication was a bit much in my opinion. the story was original to begin but then turned pretty predictable. again the chemistry was pretty hot. overall a great listen with the performers and story.