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He’s not her perfect match, but he might be perfect for her.
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Jasmine Palmer is looking for love, but only if it comes with stability. Unfortunately, stability comes with f*ckbois and after one dumps her via text, Jasmine hires a professional matchmaking company, with a 99% successful matching algorithm, to be her Cupid. But her perfect match, “Nick” is a bartender with a bad case of Peter Pan Syndrome. He’s not stable boyfriend material, but she decides to cut her losses and asks him to help her save face at her now engaged ex’s party. It’s a harmless, one-time arrangement. It won’t hurt anyone.
This isn’t the first time Nick Scott has followed a beautiful woman with a dubious scheme. So, when a random bar patron asks him to be her pretend boyfriend he figures he’s done a lot worse for way less. A night of rubbing elbows with Toronto’s elite is a nice change from cleaning puke off the bar’s floors and trying (and failing) to win his dad’s approval. They even have a pretty cool time…and a really hot kiss, so when Jasmine offers to repay the favour, he cashes in ASAP.
He thinks they’re partners in dating fraud, until he realizes Jasmine believes he’s actually a different Nick. If he reveals the truth, she’ll think he purposefully misled her, pull out of their deal, and he’ll lose his chance at the loan that could save his bar. But losing her might be worse than his livelihood.
Either love or science will prevail when these two mis-matches redefine what it means to be a perfect match.
Praise for The Match Faker
"The Match Faker is a gem of a romance, a perfect balance of heat and heart. Ruby Barrett is a writer with a firm command of her characters and her story from the first page, and the effect is that she's able to deliver what all the best romances do: a love story between people who feel real to the reader, and so worth rooting for that you'll sigh with relief and satisfaction at their happily ever after. I loved it."
--Kate Clayborn, bestselling author of The Other Side of Disappearing
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"A triumph of fake dating shenanigans, of letting yourself have the love you deserve even in the most unexpected of ways. Ruby delivers (as she always does) in the most tender and chemistry-filled way an unputdownable read that will have you cheering on from the very first page Jasmine and her Nick." -- Mae Bennett, author of Barely Even Friends
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"Ruby Barrett's The Match Faker is such a fresh, hot take on matchmaking and fake dating tropes, with an iconic pairing of two characters who shouldn't be right together on paper but who are actually perfect for each other. And wait, I want to go back because when I said "hot" I mean this book is HOT. There are scenes you could probably talk to me about years from now and I'd still remember them. I just love Ruby's very special brand of flirty, funny, sex-positive romcoms!" -- Alicia Thompson, USA Today bestselling author of The Art of Catching Feelings
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"Ruby Barrett's The Match Faker is horny, heartfelt and gloriously affirming. Jasmine and Nick are two endearingly flawed main characters whose journey to love is a balm to anyone who's ever wondered if they're good enough." -- Ruby Lang / Opal Wei, author of The Uptown series and Wild Life
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"From the first sentence, Ruby had me hooked. I devoured this book. From Ruby's pitch-perfect look at friendships and family dynamics to dying to know when Jasmine would come clean with Nick, I was all-in— and Ruby knows how to deliver a satisfying happy ending. Grab this one; you won't regret it." -- Brittany Kelley, author of the Wilmington Football series and Happily Haunted Afters
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