That Kind of Guy

The Queen's Cove Series, Book 1

By: Stephanie Archer

Narrated by: Alastair Haynesbridge, Sophie Daniels

Narrated in duet by Alastair Haynesbridge and Sophie Daniels, this is the first book in the hilarious, spicy small town Queen's Cove series.

My arrogant fake fiancé? I can't stand him.

Cocky and charismatic Emmett Rhodes isn’t the relationship kind of guy, but now that he’s running for mayor of our small town, his bachelor past is hurting the campaign.

Thankfully, I'm the last woman who would ever fall for him.

We're total opposites—he's a golden retriever and I'm sharp and snarky, but he’ll cosign on my restaurant loan if I play his devoted fiancée. Between romantic dates, a prom night re-do, and visits to a secret beach, things heat up, and the line between real and ruse is lit on fire. I see another side of Mr. Popular, and now I wonder if I was all wrong.

We can’t keep our hands off each other, but it’s all for show…right?

A sizzling, hilarious, enemies-to-lovers fake dating rom-com with an HEA. This is the first book in the Queen’s Cove series.

©2022 Stephanie Archer (P)2022 Stephanie Archer

A cute small town fake dating story

Emmett is running for mayor, but as a town bachelor people are skeptical he can be counted upon to help with the tough issues. His solution find a fake girlfriend, and not just any woman will do. Avery has studiously ignored him for years and now he is determined to have her as his fake girlfriend. Avery and Emmett's fake relationship escalates quickly, once Emmett convinces
Avery (who hates him) to be his fake boyfriend he barters construction services until they have moved from dating to a wedding in only a couple of weeks. This adds to the comedy of the story line as they go one ridiculous dates and campaign events. There is even one where Emmett and a rescue turtle share a kiss. This book made me laugh so much. From Emmett's fear of turtles to deflated mushroom hats this book has some truly giggle worthy moments.

Cute small town fake relationship romance!

I liked this a lot, it’s an easy read and I liked the progression of frenemies to lovers. Avery is independent and her only goal in the next few years is to buy the restaurant she manages and fulfill her dream of owning the restaurant. Emmett loves people, his family, friends, and has never met a stranger. He needs a new challenge and notices there’s a change needed in town hall and decides to run for mayor so the town he loves can get the much-needed upgrades. The polls aren’t as favorable as he’d like — enter an agreement with Avery to boost his family man/trustworthy mayoral candidacy and a way to secure Avery’s dream restaurant! It’s funny, cute, spicy, heartwarming.

Swoon!!!

This story has all the feels! It sucks you in and holds you! The characters were relatable and the narration was superb 👌

What A Nice Surprise

There was a lot more to this than I thought there would be going in. I really enjoyed this story and appreciated that the barriers for their romance weren’t only internal struggles and that there were some external issues that added some drama and tension as well. And while there was drama it wasn’t over the top or unbelievable and it was resolved pretty quickly. The humor was cute and silly but not cringy. I actually laughed out loud a few times.

Plus duet narration is my favorite so that made it even better. The narrators fit the characters well and I really enjoyed listening to them.

So cute!

Duet style narration
Fake dating
Hate to love

I absolutely adored this cute story about fake dating. Emmett and Avery are cute! The banter is so good! Highly recommend.

Emmett is the town charmer who decided to run for mayor, Avery has a dream to own the Arbutus restaurant but she needs a co-signer co signer for the loan. They strike up a deal. Neither one of thought they would actually fall for the other…