Expected publication date June 9th, 2020
USA Today bestselling author Farrah Rochon launches a new series about three young women who become friends when the live Tweeting of a disastrous date leads them to discover they’ve all been duped by the same man.
Samiah Brooks never thought she would be “that” girl. But a live tweet of a horrific date just revealed the painful truth: she’s been catfished by a three-timing jerk of a boyfriend. Suddenly Samiah-along with his two other “girlfriends,” London and Taylor-have gone viral online. Now the three new besties are making a pact to spend the next six months investing in themselves. No men, no dating, and no worrying about their relationship status . . .
For once Samiah is putting herself first, and that includes finally developing the app she’s always dreamed of creating. Which is the exact moment she meets the deliciously sexy, honey-eyed Daniel Collins at work. What are the chances? When it comes to love, there’s no such thing as a coincidence. But is Daniel really boyfriend material or is he maybe just a little too good to be true?
There is no denying that 2020 has been a train wreck of a year so far, so like everyone I’ve had to try and find some way to occupy my time stuck at home. I fully admit that my concentration is shot, whether I’m trying to watch something or read a book; I can’t even tell you how many books I’ve stopped and started within the first chapter because it just wasn’t clicking with me. In an effort to overcome the difficulty and get away from my usual suspense genre, I have started branching out into more contemporary or rom-com types hoping that would help ‘fix’ me. There is one book I’ve been hearing about for a long time so when Forever opened it up to Read Now status on Netgalley, I jumped at the chance to read my first Farrah Rochon novel!
Cellphones are ubiquitous in our world and have opened up visibility to events as they happen, whether via video or live tweeting. Samiah finds this out the hard way while getting ready for a date with her boyfriend Craig, when she’s horrified to discover that he is actually out on a date with another woman. (Oh, and using the reservation SHE made for dinner!) Samiah decides to confront the louse at the scene of the crime and what follows becomes a viral video of her meeting Craig’s TWO other girlfriends Taylor and London and the three dumping him in the most glorious fashion publically. Afterwards the trio gets drunk and eventually decide to stick together, swearing off all romantic entanglements for 6 months in order to work on the themselves and their dreams.
To her chagrin when Samiah returns to work in R&D at a tech company, ALL of her coworkers have seen the video including the cute new guy Daniel although unlike everyone else he is thoughtful and actually asks how she is doing. Samiah is intrigued but determined to spend her 6 month dating hiatus working on a new app she was developing, not crushing on her intuitive coworker. For his part Daniel is also interested but tries to ignore the attraction since he is actually working undercover investigating a money laundering ring possibly tied to the company Samiah works for…and because her coding and programming skills, she is one of his suspects. (Eek!)
While Samiah and Daniel both try to remain professional, given that this is a romance we know how it will end up of course. But after her experience with Craig, what happens when Samiah eventually learns Daniel’s secret? Well you are just going to have to read it to find out for yourself! I definitely enjoyed the read especially as it was the first book I’d been able to actually finish in weeks! I’m looking forward to Taylor and London’s books as I really enjoyed their personalities and how they meshed as friends with Samiah. (And I need to find out what happens with Taylor given where she ends up at the end of the book, but no spoilers from me!)
Thank you to Forever (Grand Central Publishing) and Netgalley for the chance to read this early!