Author: April Asher
Publication: St. Matin's Griffin (May 12, 2026)
Description: In the new paranormal romance from bestselling author April Asher, a down-on-her-luck wedding planner demigoddess and a Muse-less rockstar agree to a fauxmance that quickly turns anything but…
A lover of love and a champion for happily ever after. Those are two of many things people expect from Aphrodite’s daughter. To Adalyn Whitlock, ‘love’ pays the bills, and currently, not well. Business is dropping at Happily Ever Forever, with her latest wedding planning catastrophe ending in a negative social media storm and her sister Maxi’s matchmaking ability on the fritz. To top it off, there’s an ex-boyfriend calling her ‘the Anti-Aphrodite’ and paparazzi pics linking Addie to her new client’s older brother.
Phoenix "Nix" Cross―songwriter and drummer for the hot new band, The Stone Talons―is no saint, but he's far from the womanizer the band’s image rep bestowed on him. If anything, Nix is a romantic, hopeful he'll find a love like the one his parents share. With the band’s star quickly rising and the record label pressuring him to deliver their next hit, Nix’s writer’s block couldn’t have come at a worse time. But when he opens his door to his irate new next-door neighbor, Nix feels the brief flash of inspiration for the first time in ages. And it just so happens that his new Muse is none other than his little sister’s new wedding planner.
With Addie needing an end to her public-relations nightmare and the record label breathing down Nix’s neck, the pair agree to a fauxmance. But what happens when the emotions turned on for the cameras don't turn off?
My Thoughts: This paranormal contemporary romance stars Adalyn Whitlock who is the daughter of Aphrodite and the owner with her sister and cousin of a wedding planning business named Happily Ever Forever and Phoenix Cross who is a songwriter and drummer for an up-and-coming rock band named The Stone Talons.
Addie's wedding planning business hits a roadblock when the wedding of a society influencer goes wrong. Pillar candles, drunk guests, and a flammable wedding cake means fire. Addie is trying to put out the cake when Nix comes along with a fire extinguisher which coats both the cake and Addie in foam. The influencer vows to ruin Addie's business in retaliation.
Nix has a problem too. He wants to be a songwriter writing more than the panty party songs his label demands for the Stone Talons. But he's lost his writing mojo.
Meanwhile, Addie is being annoyed by her next-door neighbor. First, he got the apartment she wanted. Second, he's prone to playing very loud music very late at night. She discovers that it is the helpful hottie from the wedding when she goes to his door demanding silence.
The two think of a way to solve both of their problems. Nix and Addie decide to start a fauxmance to overcome Addie's reputation as an Anti-Aphrodite while providing Nix with a muse to help his songwriting. It looks like things are working out for both of them, but their fauxmance is in danger of turning into a real romance which scares Addie to death since she doesn't believe in love.
This was amusing. I liked the way the ancient Greek gods had a place in the story. This was also a spicy romance for those who enjoy that sort of thing.
I received this one in exchange for an honest review from NetGalley. You can buy your copy here.
I received this one in exchange for an honest review from NetGalley. You can buy your copy here.
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