Second book in this series I wanted to like more than I did. I didn't dislike it by any means but I wasn't drawn into it and was fine taking may breaks, which isn't my usual. The beginning actually confused me; it starts like a movie where we see part of the big action scene later on and then backs up and that was fine, it was the next bit where the leads meet, I believe only for the second time and act as thought they've known each other for longer (I thought maybe I was forgetting something from the last book but I checked it and they are introduced and that's it). Ivy's let go from her job when they downsize, Lincoln has just moved from London and brings her to a masquerade fundraiser art show, where she tells each person a different story of who she is, including telling his mother she's Lincoln's girlfriend without realizing. They decide to fake date a while but he's also the new landlord of her building so they hang out a lot. It frustrated me with how both of them wanted it to be real for so long and could have just talked about it but kept putting it off, prolonging their own angst. Ive especially felt like she was keeping herself in denial and I wanted to shake her often and say, "no one is around when he's treating you like this, of course he isn't just faking!" I enjoyed the ending a lot once we got into it with his family, and I've loved everything else by Dani before this series so I'll certainly keep reading what she writes.