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The Kiss Countdown by Etta Easton
4.0

Sometimes meeting the love of your life starts off by spilling coffee on an astronaut's shirt and asking him to be your fake boyfriend... leading to some very real chances of falling in love, that is, if he doesn't fly off to the moon. Amerie Price is a risk-averse event planner who is newly single and about to lose her apartment, she was recently fired and wants to get her new business going. What she doesn't expect is to bump into a cute astronaut and accidentally spill coffee on him... or to jump into her ex and ask said astronaut to pretend to be her boyfriend. Vincent Rogers is an astronaut and his one mission is to go on the moon. He has been lying to his mom telling his family that he has a girlfriend so they would get off his case yet when he meets Amerie and his sister catches them with Amerie's ex, she assumes that Amerie is his girlfriend and before he can explain she leaves to tell his mom. Now Amerie has to go with Vincent to his sister's new year's party... and Vincent offers Amerie a deal: if she pretends to be his girlfriend until he leaves to go to the moon so his family can be happy he'll let her live in his place rent free for as long as she likes. Amerie knows that she should say no, but saving all that rent money while building a start to her business is too good a chance to pass up... plus it doesn't hurt that there is some kind of chemistry brewing between these two. But between pretending for Vincent's family and actually getting to know each other... love is definitely on the horizon yet with Vincent bound for space can there really be a relationship between the two? Can Amerie take a risk for once and open herself up to love or is it as impossible as flying to the moon? This was a really cute romance read and I loved Vincent as a romantic lead for Amerie. He was really sweet and fun and liked teasing her. Amerie has a lot on her plate but she's so scared of getting hurt and he really breaks down her walls. It's a sweet read and a fun time!

*Thanks Netgalley and Berkley Publishing Group, Berkley for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*