The Wild Card By Emma St. Clair
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This is the 4th book in the “Love Stories in Sheet Cake” series and it can be read as a standalone or in order of the series but I recommend reading in order just so you can get to know the characters fully!
This was such an amazing story and it quickly became one of my favorites😍 it will definitely be a book I reread occasionally!
Collin and Molly were so perfect for each other and all their sweet moments had me smiling so much that I had to remind myself I’m not actually in their world and it’s not actually real😂 That feeling of not quite fitting in or just so being on the outskirts of everyone else’s lives hit close to home and it made me so happy to read about Collin finding his dream/purpose and his person🥰
Internal thoughts while reading
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This one is hitting close👀
Love Collin for just going along with it immediately😅
Gotta love a guy for buckling in a stuffed animal in the back of his truck😂😂
This is gonna be a favorite I can already tell😍
Made my heart proud for Molly to stand her ground with her parents!
I love the Neighborly App chapters😂
I love the sibling interactions and moments!
The bathroom scene🥹 iykyk
EVERY STOPLIGHT🙌🏼
That ending was so sweet I cried just a bit🥹😍
Quotes I loved:
“I kiss her at each stoplight. It’s the only time in my life I’ve ever hoped for more reds.”
“Give your dreams as much room as they need to grow. And I’ll be right here alongside you.”
“I’m all-in.”
💜Fake Dating
♠️FAKE fake dating
💜Protective MMC
♠️Accidental Roommates
💜Small Town
♠️Cute Nicknames
🌶️: None
🤬: None
OVERVIEW: Is twenty-three too old for running away? I sure hope not. Because, right now, that’s my current and only life plan.
Desperate to escape the dome of control my father has dropped over my life, I visit my brother in Texas–with no plans to use my return ticket home.
But after spending every cent of my savings to pay off my student loans, I need a job. Stat. Otherwise, I’ll be forced to ask my brother for help and admit how bad things have gotten at home.
So, when the production company I’m interviewing with in Sheet Cake, Texas wants proof that I’ve got long-term roots here, I invent a fake local boyfriend.
Which would have been fine had they not asked to meet him. Today.
I do what any woman in a desperate situation would do: I grab a man who’s giving off boyfriend vibes and ask to borrow him for an hour.
Too bad I didn’t recognize that man as Collin Graham, who just so happens to be the brother of my brother’s wife. (Confusing, I know–but the important part is that we are NOT related.)
When I finally realize who he is, two things are very clear: he knew it was me the whole time, and this fake boyfriend thing is going to be a lot more complicated now that I actually got the job.
On the plus side, fake dating serves Collin’s purposes as well. We’re both a little lost, both deep in life transition–and apparently both struggling with the fake part of the relationship.
I hadn’t planned on coming to Texas and falling in love, especially not when the name of the game is playing pretend. But would dating Collin for real be such a bad thing?
That depends–on how long it takes the reasons we started faking to begin with finally catch up to us both.
The Wild Card is a fake dating (and fake fake dating) closed door romantic comedy with all the sizzle but none of the spice. Set in the fictional town of Sheet Cake, Texas, this rom-com can be read as a standalone but pairs best with the other books in the series.
Have you read this one yet? Let me know your thoughts in the comments!
