Styled for Show: A Sapphic Billionaire Romance

I agree with another reviewer, this is the best fake relationship book I’ve read, and I also immediately subscribed to the author’s newsletter. I don’t always enjoy the fake relationship trope but this one was so well done. I also appreciated the POC representation and learned a lot about different types of hair. This book opened my eyes in a positive way. The reasons for the fake relationship were believable and I was fully onboard. Kayla is a biracial woman who wants to be a hard hitting journalist but has been relegated to writing mostly entertainment fluff pieces at a magazine. She moved from North Carolina to Miami, FL where her father’s side of the family lives. She has a big beautiful family and enjoys Sunday dinners with them as well as monthly dinners with her cousin Jennifer. Her mom is back in North Carolina and lives with bouts of depression. In Kayla’s eyes her mom hasn’t been the same since her father died while in the service in Afghanistan. Since she saw the heartbreak her mom went through she has been afraid to get into a relationship herself. Kayla thinks her big journalism break could come by interviewing Aria Wilson the billionaire CEO for Symphony hair care, a product line that specializes in black hair. Aria started the Symphony product line when she was in college studying to become a chemical engineer. When she decided to really focus on creating her own company her longtime serious girlfriend gave her an ultimatum and Aria chose starting her own…

Aria is a workaholic ice queen billionaire CEO of a black hair care company she founded and runs with her three siblings. As the oldest, she feels the self-imposed pressure to be another parent to them and set a good example. So she does not handle it well when she gets laughingly called out by them about her dating life. Her sister tells her she can't bring some arm candy to her wedding. In a knee-jerk reaction to save face, she tells them she has a girlfriend. Now she has to find someone who can stand up to the scrutiny and bring her to the wedding. Kayla is a self-doubting journalist stuck writing puff pieces while wary of getting laid off. She sees getting an in-depth interview with Aria, who hasn't given an interview in a decade, as a chance to do the kind of writing she'd love to do and show her magazine she's an asset worth keeping. While faking their relationship to Aria's family, and denying it to Kayla's, they get to know each other. They learn their similarities, and the ways they complement each other. Aria gets to see beyond the walls Kayla built to protect her heart, and emotional well-being. If you never fall in love, you can't fall apart when its over. And Kayla sees the real Aria hidden from the public. This powerful CEO is a Star Trek fan, a chemistry nerd, and is obsessed with crossword puzzles. Throughout the course of the wedding events it becomes harder to ignore their attraction. And its obvious to the people around them. You get a front-row seat,…