Between Love and Loathing

Dom and Clara's Story

By: Shain Rose

Narrated by: CJ Bloom, Joe Arden

Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins

Publisher's summary

Fake dating my enemy so I can design my dream bakery should be easy...as long as I don't fall in love with him.

Dominic Hardy might be an award-winning architectural engineer with fancy degrees and considerable accolades, but he doesn’t know a thing about baking. He doesn’t even like sugar.

So when my late stepfather’s will states that Dominic Hardy is set to inherit the Pacific Coast Resort he’d painstakingly designed, as long as my bakery can be plopped in the middle of it, it’s no surprise he balks. Yet, my jaw drops when the will further requires us to mutually approve plans for my bakery’s design. His stuffy taste will never mix with my whimsical vibe.

But then Dominic comes to me with a proposal I can’t refuse. He’ll give me everything I want in my bakery as long as I agree to one thing:

Fake date him for five months. Keep his ex away by pretending we’re in love. Smile and stare into his piercing green eyes at a gala or two. Maybe share a kiss. Nothing extreme. Five months of acting in love when I really loathe him and his filthy mouth. Even when he’s using it on me.

This should be a cakewalk. Except there’s a fine line between love and loathing, and I think I’ve made the colossal mistake of blurring it.

©2023 Greene Ink Publishing, LLC (P)2023 Shain Rose

Love, love, loooove this one

Read it in a day. CJ Bloom is one of my favorite narrators and Joe Arden never fails. Together they brought to life Shain Rose’s world filled with my favorite elements of a good romance: great spice, HEA love story, real world elements that don’t take you away from the illusion but ground you into the story. I felt like I knew these characters. Definitely recommend.

The mouth on this man

Grumpy cinnamon roll with a filthy mouth. What’s not to love?! I love a wholesome book.

Hot!

I listened to this book through audible while following along on my kindle. CJ Bloom and Joe Arden did a fantastic job narrating! These two are on my list of favorite narrators!

Dominic is the ultimate alpha male! He has such a dirty mouth! Woooo! Clara is such a people pleaser and never puts herself first. I loved the banter between these two! The two of them challenge each other and I love their dynamic throughout the book. I love how the author represented Clara’s chronic illness! She did a wonderful job! This was a great book overall and I highly recommend!

The novel was consistent and had me on edge with different emotion’s! Overall I loved and enjoyed the novel .

I like the fact everyone deserve a second chance at being in love again after a heartbreak.

wow!

ok so, I don't normally listen to stories that switch POV's but wow! between CJ Bloom and Joe Arden they made it amazing! seriously I got the other book just to listen to them more! *fans face* wow, just wow!

Loved this one!

I couldn’t put it down! First book from this author but won’t be the last!

The story line!!!

This book was great!!! Gave me all the feels, laugh out loud, cry and just smiled through the whole book. I did not want it to end. !

🧁🏨🍫👗💐🐈‍⬛🌈🖼️🩺

“i was going to crave chocolate for the rest of my life after this woman, i alright knew it.”

“i’m aware. the risks are quite high of losing her, and without her, i lose myself. schedule the tests for me.”

i just have one question for myself. why did i wait this long to read this series??? i am quite literally obsess with the hardy family. i cannot wait to read all of shain rose’s books!

i love clara milton, she truly deserves the world. dominic hardy would literally give her that. the way this man wanted nothing to do with love, but for her, he bend all his rules. he fell so hard for her 🥺

tropes ➞ billionaire / forced proximity / opposites attract / enemies to lovers / fake dating

10/10

I loved how Claire opened Dom back up and showed him love, and also teach her to were people don’t walk all over her anymore. Shain Rose you did it again another sensational story. And Joe Arden hands down CJ Bllom love the voices

Joe & CJ are GOLD

CJ & Joe deliver a golden performance again! Not like I expected anything less, they are some of my favorite narrators. They do an incredible job bringing Clara & Dom to life. Also, Shain Rose is an automatic buy author for me who brings great stories packed with incredible stories and spicy spice!

Dom & Clara's story is full of angst, & them going from absolutely loathing one another to falling is a thing of beauty! Clara's growth was outstanding as well! I loved how her & Dom pushed one another to bring the best out of each other, even if they made each other angry when doing it. Dom made Clara fight for herself and her bakery with no apologies, and when she began to own it (& her life), I was clapping for her!! Go Girl!

I can't wait for the next installment of the Hardy Brothers soon!