Blurb:
Four months. That's how long I'll need to pretend to be Steele Cunningham's doting girlfriend.
I agreed to this insanity only to save my restaurant. He's doing it because he needs someone outside his "social circle" to stick it to his meddling parents and clingy ex.
Ruthless and emotionless in both his personal life and his career, Steele's ego rivals his net worth.
Operating on joy and positivity—and a healthy bit of feistiness—I challenge him at every step.
He's a tin man—heartless and cold. Falling for him would be a colossal mistake, because there's no chance he'll ever love me.
He can't.
After all, he's the man with an armored heart.
My 5* Review:
An Armoured Heart by RC Boldt is a really fun and enjoyable read. This slow burn romance between total opposites Steele Cunningham and Daniella 'Ella' Marchetti. I found it a great change of direction for this author and is as good as her previous books. It is a long book but once you get started, you won't want to put it down because it is full of entertaining banter. The author does an excellent job with both the character and story development and I really liked that it was told in dual POV. This is a fake relationship tale with angst and steam as they go from enemies to lovers.
RULE #1: Do not catch feelings for the man who doesn't believe in love.
Ella is the owner of La Dolce Vita, a restaurant started by her Nonna. Steele is CEO and owner of Solaris, the company who is going to demolish her building. She is determined to fight him and storms into his office with a sample of her cooking. She finds him closed off and is sure he's not a happy person - how could he be if he doesn't eat carbs? He is shocked by her attitude and surprises himself with a spontaneous offer to stop the plans for her building if she helps him. For four months she must be his fake girlfriend as circumstances with his family are complicated and he needs to send a message to his ex girlfriend. Ella realises she can't refuse as it would also affect her friends and so the fun starts.
Ella has a very nurturing disposition under her feisty attitude and it helps he is devastatingly handsome She finds him strange and his family are even worse. She has always hated rich people and calls him 'tin man' as he no heart or emotions. I loved how good she was at pushing his buttons and never backed down. There are some hilarious scenes as they negotiate the ups and downs they face.
Steele is an arrogant, egotistical, cold and heartless millionaire. He finds Ella a distraction he can't afford as there is too much at stake especially as there are problems at work. He feels as if no one has ever truly wanted him, has locked his emotions away and doesn't feel worthy of love so he is totally shocked by his feelings for her. He isn't used to someone being in his corner, supportive and caring.
To survive their agreement she knows she mustn't catch feelings for him but she slowly finds he is quite lovable beneath his facade. It is really sweet when she sees a side of him he doesn't share with anyone else.They both worry about crossing the line as they start to enjoy each other's company and he finds himself forgetting their relationship isn't real.
The secondary characters really compliment the main couple. I loved his Aunt Teresa and his friends Dylan and Lucas, they made me laugh so much. Her friends were supportive and amusing.
It was such fun watching the grumpy, rich man fall for the girl full of sunshine. Steele turns into a fantastic hero and Ella deals with him so well. Enjoy the Tin Man and the Restaurant Owner who changes his life forever.
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