If I Never Met You - Mhairi McFarlane

If I Never Met You – Mhairi McFarlane

When Laurie’s partner of eighteen years, Dan, dumps her to ‘find himself’ (and leave her on the shelf at 36), she is blindsided. But not as blindsided as when he announces that his new girlfriend is now pregnant.

Working in the same office with Dan is soon unbearable – until the day she gets stuck in the lift with her handsome colleague Jamie. Jamie is looking for a way to improve his reputation in the company and what better way for Jamie to advance and Laurie to give the rumour mill something else to talk about than a fake relationship?

As Laurie and Jamie progress from Instagram snaps to dates, dancing and more, Laurie feels herself falling further for her unlikely hero. But you can’t break your heart in a fake relationship. Can you?

My Review of If I Never Met You

Sometimes you just need a good rom-com to bring you out of the isolation blues. I have never read anything by this author before, but I have already downloaded a couple more of her books! I thought this one was awesome!

Laurie and Dan had been together for years when out of the blue he dumps her. When it is soon discovered that he knocked up his new girlfriend, Laurie is hell-bent on revenge. When she gets stuck in the elevator with player bad-boy Jamie, they hitch a plan to advance his career AND get revenge on her ex. They will pretend to be a couple. And we all know how this will go…

Look, its a bit of a cliched story-line. Pretend to be a couple and then the feelings and romantic tension begins to build and build. Yes it has been done a million times before, but McFarlane makes it work.

With a great build of humour, romance and drama, this was a brilliant little read! I thought it was fantastic! I wasn’t that keen on Jamie’s character, but I adored the chemistry and at times it was laugh out loud fabulous!!