GRR Reviews Love Times Two (Starting from Zero) by Maggie Dallen

Love Times Two is a "fake fiancee turned real" story that was also mixed with a double wedding, with some serendipity thrown in.

Elizabeth "Lizzie" Hayes has a twin sister "Connie", and they both have boyfriends. So when Connie proposed a double-wedding to save on costs, Lizzie, usually the passive one, was swept along, until she found her fiancee sleeping with someone else. She went drinking with friends and was so blasted that she woke up in a bartender's bed (clothed, thank God). No way she's going to mention that to her sister... And it only got worse when her sister pitched the double-wedding idea to a Bridal TV show, and next thing Lizzie knew, they're hiring a fake fiancee for her. And she was totally mortified that the fake fiancee they found, Mark, who's friend of Connie's fiancee, is none other than the sexy bartender that took Lizzie to bed that drunken night (but they didn't do anything!) But as they are forced to be together, Lizzie and Mark found that perhaps, they can love each other for real after all...

The rom-com aspects are strong as the fake fiancee turned real, with the reluctance quite real, but mainly from the initial embarrassment, not from some deep-seated trauma (though I guess catching one's "real" fiancee in bed with someone else is traumatic). It's the journey from fake fiancee to real love that's the fun.

Category: Contemporary / Comedy

Primary Plot: Woman betrayed by fiancee is forced into a double wedding with a fake fiancee with whom she had an embarrassing night

Tropes: betrayal, fake engagement, twins, bartender

Overall Rating:  4/5