A standalone, steamy, arranged marriage romance.

There’s rich.

Then there’s the Ellsworth family. The Kensingtons. American royalty.

Money buys power, and power always has a price. The fear of those who already possess both? Losing it. The best way to ensure keeping it? Alliances. And elites don’t marry down—they marry equal.

For Scarlett Ellsworth and Crew Kensington, that leaves one option: each other. Accepting that inevitability is very different from embracing it. That’s the only thing they agree upon.

It was meant to be a union for better and for business.

Instead, it challenges everything Scarlett and Crew thought they knew about themselves, their families, and most of all…each other. ---

Review

I really enjoyed Fake Empire; it felt like the book was specifically made with me in mind. It’s a book that includes a modern arranged marriage storyline between two of New York’s elite families. I love rich people drama. And this was that but so much more.

Since Crew and Scarlett have been teenagers, they have known that in the future they would have to get married. And now ten years later, that day has come. To say that they both are not excited about it, is an understatement. The two of them don’t like each other at all; however, this is a done deal.

Scarlett was ambitious and didn’t need her family’s money to build her fashion magazine. She reminded me a lot of one of my all-time favorite book characters. Both of them are perceived as cold and have trouble expressing their emotions. All through Crew was great--- a charismatic playball, I think that Scarlett really stole the show. She was a fantastic character, and dare I say maybe a top ten female book character for me. I really enjoyed her slowly opening to Crew and facing her fears. Also, she was much more successful than him.

Crew and Scarlett were made for each other, and despite how much they really tried to avoid it they really came together in the end. It was a natural progression of them, and I enjoyed them.

As much as I loved this book, I really wish that instead of small time jumps the book might should have been longer. Maybe that’s me selfishly wanting more. But I would have read 800 pages of these two.

Final Thoughts

Fake Empire was a wonderful addition to the arranged marriage catalog. Crew and Scarlett might have been forced to marry each other; however, the chemistry was there and there was no doubt that they two characters should end up together.

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