The Perfect Date
Books | Fiction / Romance / Romantic Comedy
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Evelyn Lozada
Holly Lorincz
When a single mom ends up playing an unwilling fake girlfriend to a charming playboy baseball player, love suddenly turns everything upside down in this fun, heartwarming multicultural romance.Angel Gomez has never lived by the book. A Bronx-based unwed mother by the time she was sixteen, Angel’s personal mission has always been to show the world that a Puerto Rican girl is not to be messed with—especially by a man. The only thing that matters to Angel, now, is providing for her son and earning enough tips at the club to complete her nursing degree along the way. Love is nowhere on her agenda.Caleb “The Duke” Lewis is a star pitcher for the Bronx Bolts whose romantic escapades make delicious fodder for gossip columns. But lately he’s been trying to keep a lower profile—so much so that when he meets Angel, first while she’s in her nurse uniform and the next time behind the bar, she has no idea who Duke is, fails to fall for his obvious charm, and ends up throwing a drink in his face! She is the perfect woman for Duke...to fool the tabloids into thinking he’s finally settling down. But what begins as a charade soon has Duke and Angel hurtling into a full-blown romance that rocks each of their worlds and begs the question: Is this the real deal—or are some love stories just too good to be true?
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Author
Evelyn Lozada
Pages
288
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Published Date
2019-06-11
ISBN
1250125006 9781250125002
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"Everything was very rushed and it didn’t make sense sometimes. "
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Brianna Marriette
"The Perfect Date is a charming book about a single mother who is asked to be a fake date for a popular baseball player with too many issues. I love Angel. She is a strong, unwed, Puerto Rican woman who is support herself and her asthmatic son by working as a bartender by night and nursing school during the day. Her struggles are relatable to any woman trying to get ahead and make ends meet. Caleb is a baseball player recovering from an injury. He has a problematic ex and money issues. When these two are together the spark is undeniable. A great quick summer read. Special thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press to extending the invitation for me to read this book in exchange for my honest review."
"The Perfect Date is a charming book about a single mother who is asked to be a fake date for a popular baseball player with too many issues. I love Angel. She is a strong, unwed, Puerto Rican woman who is support herself and her asthmatic son by working as a bartender by night and nursing school during the day. Her struggles are relatable to any woman trying to get ahead and make ends meet. Caleb is a baseball player recovering from an injury. He has a problematic ex and money issues. When these two are together the spark is undeniable. A great quick summer read. Special thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press to extending the invitation for me to read this book in exchange for my honest review."
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Tanya Andoniadis