Something Like Love

· Against All Odds: The St. James Family Book 2 · Claudia Burgoa
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USA TODAY Bestselling Author Claudia Burgoa pens a fun and sexy romantic comedy where playing pretend turns to playing for keeps…

 

We have to pretend that what we have is something like love…

 

I’m down on my luck.

 

Scratch that. This is the worst week of my life.

 

Enter the last person I want to deal with: Burke St. James.

 

He’s wealthy.

He’s a womanizer.

And a big liar.

 

And it turns out we need each other.

 

Burke needs a fiancée to seal the deal of a lifetime. I need help or my business is going belly-up. So, Burke very non-romantically asks me to marry him. Well, he asks me to be fake engaged to him, anyway.

 

I’ll attend a few dinners, pretend I’m in love, and meet the family.

 

In exchange, he’ll let me stay in his house, invest in my company, and help me launch it off the ground.

 

All is easy, except his kisses feel more real than they should.

 

And the sex…damn, we’re not supposed to have sex.

 

It’s all for show…right?

 

Did I mention he’s a really good liar?

Pretending not to fall in love is more complicated than I thought.

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4.9
10 reviews
Mari Loves Books Blog
April 12, 2022
Burke and Chloe start off with a fake relationship but are so sweet together that you can't help but love them. His family is utterly crazy but loving. I liked the chemistry and the way they progress. I finished it in one day because I couldn't put it down.
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Wendy Livingstone
April 12, 2022
This is the fifth book in this amazing series and is Burke and Chloe’s journey. Burke is a wealthy playboy, while Chloe’s life is on a downward spiral and she is hitting rock bottom, all due to trusting the wrong person, leaving her no option but to approach Burke, only to find out the same person has scammed them both. Burke needs a fake fiancée to seal a business deal, and with Chloe acting the part, she will have the funds available to keep her business afloat. This is a well written fun story, which has humor, witty banter, family, trust, hope, and is a steamy and entertaining addictive page turner. I look forward to reading more from this talented author whose work I always highly recommend.
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Patti Lucas
April 8, 2022
I absolutely loved Something Like Love by Claudia Burgoa; it is an incredible fake engagement love story. It is the second book in her new Against All Odds: The St. James Family series. I am looking forward to reading the other books in the series. Claudia Burgoa showed that she is an amazing storyteller and is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors. She has once again provided her readers with amazing characters. I love all the characters in Something Like Love, they feel like family! Something Like Love is an incredible love story, which has filled me with a rollercoaster of emotions, and I could not put it down, and I loved every moment on every page. Who does not love hot sexy men, strong females, loving families, and friends, who always support one another? I love how Claudia Burgoa always manages to create the "perfect" heroine, who is a strong, sassy woman on her own, to balance out the sexy, swoon worthy man. I really enjoy how the book is told in the first person from the perspective of the main characters. I love getting the insight and feelings from the different characters. I love the lighter moments where I find myself smiling and laughing out loud. My favorite moments are the ones that pull at my heartstrings that cause me to sigh, as I read the heartbreaking moments. Something Like Love is filled with heartbreaking and heartwarming moments, and with so much emotion. It is filled with all those things that I have come to love and expect in a love story, Claudia Burgoa did not disappoint, especially with the poignant and bittersweet moments that filled this page turner. Something Like Love is the love story about Burke St. James, owner of Bliss Winery Company and Chloe Lafferty, cooking consultant. Chloe and Burke initially met a year prior at a Silverthorne Bay Vineyard where Chloe is catering a wedding and Burke is visiting a vineyard that he plans on purchasing. Maddox Curtis a childhood friend of Burke’s sells his home that he shared with Chloe without informing her. Leaving Chloe homeless and without a kitchen, she used her life saving to upgrade Maddox’s. He also embezzled money from Burke’s Bliss Winery Company and disappeared. Burke is interested in purchasing another vineyard, but the owner wants someone who is engaged or married. Burke and Chloe have not seen each other in over a year. Burke offers Chloe a place to live, and offers her a proposition, in exchange for a place to live and support her catering company, Chloe will pretend to be Burke’s fiancée. I love the clauses that are part of their agreement. As Chloe and Burke begin spending time together living with one another things change between them. I love the unexpected plot twist that changes things between them and everything that Burke does to show Chloe how he really feels. Neither one believes that they want a relationship, but their feelings prove otherwise. I love how the storylines get so beautifully resolved. I love all the changes that Chloe was willing to make in her own life to have a life with Burke, and the changes Burke makes to have a life with Chloe. I love the ending and how it went above and beyond the happily ever after. My favorite part of the book was Burke’s proposal to Chloe, where the proposal took place and the special meaning that it has for Chloe. Something Like Love is filled with poignant and bittersweet moments as well as plot twists. I love the characters and the family dynamic in Something Like Love, the characters feel like family and friends. Who does not love family and friends that always have each other’s backs? I enjoy all the interactions among the St. James siblings and friends, it feels like real family love and makes me laugh at their teasing. I thoroughly enjoyed Something Like Love, who does not love fake engagement love story. Highly recommend this incredible love story and am so looking forward to reading the other books in the series.
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About the author

Claudia is an award-winning, USA Today bestselling author. 

She writes alluring, thrilling stories about complicated women and the men who take their breaths away. Her books are the perfect blend of steamy and heartfelt, filled with emotional characters and explosive chemistry. Her writing takes readers to new heights, providing a variety of tears, laughs, and shocking moments that leave fans on the edge of their seats.

She lives in Denver, Colorado with her husband, her youngest two children, and three fluffy dogs.


When Claudia is not writing, you can find her reading, knitting, or just hanging out with her family. At nights, she likes to binge watches shows or movies with her equally geeky husband.

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