Thank you so much to Putnam for the advance copy!
Thank you so much to PRH Audio for the complimentary copy of the ALC!

Thank you so much to Putnam for the advance copy of this book!

This book is out on June 10th.

This is Chip's second book but first under a major publisher and I have to say I think I enjoyed this one way more than the first. I thought this was fun, flirty and oh so spicy!

I thought the concept of this book was a good time. This was not my first book that centers around the MMC needing to find someone to compete on a game show with. I love how Chip wrote their meet cute and just immediately how they fell into step with one another. They were fake dating for the camera and it just came so natural for the two of them. Of course I love the force proximity of it all - traveling with someone new, doing challenges!

Asher is coming off a breakup where he had essentially given himself up for the relationship. He had to quickly get things together to figure out what he was going to do on this trip and competition. Enter Theo who desperately wanted mozzarella sticks that Asher had, conversation happened and Theo agreed to do this competition with Asher. Theo needed to take a vacation as he always had prioritized work so it would a perfect situation.

What I found funny was how Asher made the ground rule of them not having any sort of relationship and being intimate and yet it quickly went out the window. Like wait a second what just happened here. Not that I was mad about it but I just found it humorous how the table seemed to change so fast. And boy did Chip give us the SPICE!! The chemistry between Asher and Theo was so good!! Over the course of filming this show, they just slowly began to fall for one another and really got to connect on an emotional level. I'm always a fan of when romances have dual POV and I love being able to have Theo's point of view throughout the book!

I read this one all on audio and two of my favorite male narrators Lee Osorio & Michael Crouch take on each of the characters. I love both of their narrations and mixed with Chip's writing, the audio experience was a lot of fun. I felt like Lee was Asher and Michael was Theo. They just took on their characters so beautifully. I highly recommend!

This was just such a fun time from start to finish. If you are looking for a stranger to lovers, reality tv, fake dating romance book - give this one a read!