While We Were Dating

Rating: 5 out of 5.

Thoughts: Please refer to my post last year when Party of Two came out, but Jasmine is the queen of romcom stories. The Wedding Date series doesn’t have to be read in strict order, but it makes the books even better when you know the side characters. The story follows Ben (Theos younger brother for TWD series fans) as he kicks off a marketing campaign featuring a Hollywood star, Anna. The story has all the workings of a great romcom and creatively ties into the other books in the series with such ease. If you’ve already read the series you probably didn’t even finish reading this before ordering your copy. But if you’re a romcom fan and haven’t done this series, start it now!

Summary: Ben Stephens has never bothered with serious relationships. He has plenty of casual dates to keep him busy, family drama he’s trying to ignore and his advertising job to focus on. When Ben lands a huge ad campaign featuring movie star, Anna Gardiner, however, it’s hard to keep it purely professional. Anna is not just gorgeous and sexy, she’s also down to earth and considerate, and he can’t help flirting a little…

Anna Gardiner is on a mission: to make herself a household name, and this ad campaign will be a great distraction while she waits to hear if she’s booked her next movie. However, she didn’t expect Ben Stephens to be her biggest distraction. She knows mixing business with pleasure never works out, but why not indulge in a harmless flirtation? 

But their light-hearted banter takes a turn for the serious when Ben helps Anna in a family emergency, and they reveal truths about themselves to each other, truths they’ve barely shared with those closest to them. 

When the opportunity comes to turn their real-life fling into something more for the Hollywood spotlight, will Ben be content to play the background role in Anna’s life and leave when the cameras stop rolling? Or could he be the leading man she needs to craft their own Hollywood ending?