Gah! This needs to be a HM movie! I laughed and I cried happy tears. I love the support system and the new found friends. Ben is amazing in all his awkward glory. He is a giant cinnamon roll under his straight forward persona. He is caring, loyal and funny. Tuesday always goes along with everyone and she is a hard worker. She finally finds herself and learns, sometimes you have to look back to move forward. She needs to decide what she wants for once. I enjoyed finding the little nuggets of other books. This is worth the read and is a stand alone romance.

Louise Bay brings a charming, flirty escape to life in An American in London, blending her signature wit with a dash of British decorum. When Tuesday Reynolds flees a crumbling life in New York for a spontaneous reset across the pond, she’s not expecting to end up fake-engaged to a reclusive Brit with secrets of his own. But that’s exactly what happens when she meets Ben Kelley—a private, prickly man who just might be her unexpected match.

What begins as a carefully staged performance quickly spirals into something far less scripted. Bay excels at building simmering tension between two people who seem utterly mismatched on paper but somehow just fit. Tuesday’s heart-forward openness softens Ben’s hard edges, while his grounded steadiness gives her a place to land. Their chemistry feels organic, electric, and emotionally earned.

The backdrop of London adds a layer of escapist charm, making this book feel like a rom-com movie you’d want to rewatch on a rainy weekend. With just enough spice, plenty of playful banter, and a couple of moments that tug at the heart, this is a story about rediscovering joy, redefining home, and finding love when you’re least looking for it.

Final Thoughts:
This is a swoony, satisfying romance with depth beneath the flirtation—a story that reminds you it’s okay to start over, and sometimes crossing an ocean is the first step toward coming home.

An American in London was such a sweet romance. Tuesday was absolutely adorable and I loved how fierce she was about figuring out her place after her decade long relationship ended. Her desire to explore herself and find what she wants was refreshing and I laughed so hard at her silly antics trying to find her childhood movie star crush. Enter Ben, the movie star look alike and how they keep ending up at the same places. Ben is reserved and shy and I thought it was just adorable how these two ended up together.

I loved the Duke and Duchess and the emotional depth contained within these pages. It was truly just such a fun, sweet, romantic story and I loved all of the characters and the ending had me smiling so hard at how adorable Tuesday and Ben are and how perfect their HEA was for them.

Erin Mallon did a fantastic job voicing all of these characters and really captured the breadth of emotions between them as well as Ben's awkwardness. I felt like I was living this story right along with them.

Thank you to Louise Bay, Netgalley and Brilliance Publishing for the ARC/ALC.

An American in London was a slow burn read! It took me a bit to get into the story but about half way through it started to become more enjoyable.
I liked the characters, I liked how the storyline went but honestly the repetition of the movie star was a bit strange!
A fake relationship ensues between Tuesday and Ben, where he’s trying to impress a Duke and Duchess. Needless to say nothing goes entirely to plan.
Grumpy Ben may realise he likes her more than he should. Or does he and what happens when Tuesday needs to return home?
A good read!

Louise Bay has done it again—and if you’re anything like me and LIVE for tropes like forced proximity, grumpy/sunshine, and a slow burn, then An American in London needs to be on your radar immediately. I pulled an almost all-nighter to finish this 💫

Tuesday and Ben - ugh such a good pairing! They’re so cute with their banter. I was going to include some quotes but I didn’t want to give any spoilers away (but *swoon).

As a longtime Louise Bay fan, I can confidently say this one will not disappoint. Hit that pre-order button ASAP!
Big thanks to NetGalley and Montlake for the ARC—I’m so grateful for the chance to read this early.

As ever Louise has written a heart warming book, Ben and Tuesday story was a delight to read, mistaken identity, fake engagement are a few of the trope in this book.

Ben and Tuesday characters were easy to love and there story just flowed.

Loved the epilogue when Tuesday spoke with her dad 🥹

For me it 4 1/2 🌟

Gahh….this book was so so good! I’m so in love with these two. Ben is one sweet MMC. Quiet yet attentive. And I really fell for Tuesday. You can’t help but root for these two. I kicked my feet so many times. Definitely a five star read from Louise Bay!

Tuesday is in London for work but she also gets to see where her actor crush made some of the movies. But when she mistakes a stranger for the actor, she never would have dreamed she would soon be a fake fiancé. We follow along as these two fake their relationship yet fall in love while faking it. I couldn’t put this book down. And some of the scenes will melt you. I lived everything about this story. Everything!

Highly recommended.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for my copy of this book.

✨ Review: An American in London by Louise Bay ✨

Ben and Tuesday walked so every hopeless romantic could believe a British businessman might buy them a restaurant just for a vibe.

We’ve got:
A charming Brit (Ben)
A rom-com-obsessed American (Tuesday)
A case of mistaken identity — “Wait, are you that movie star?” — and a question that lives rent-free in your brain the entire book
A fake fiancée arrangement that quickly turns into real feelings and real blushing

Ben? Absolute green flag king. He:
Watches her favorite romance movies to prep for their first date
Recreates a garden dance scene like he’s in a Hallmark fever dream
Buys. Her. A. Whole. Restaurant. (sir???)

It’s all fake until it isn’t, and all fun until your heart unexpectedly melts into a puddle.

This book is pure rom-com serotonin with just the right dash of spice and a big scoop of fantasy-boyfriend energy.

Final rating?
Swoony. Spicy. And so, so British.
10/10 would fake-date Ben any day of the week — including Tuesday.

🌟 4 / 5 Stars
🌶 2 / 5 Spice

Straight outta the movies! Are you sure Ben wasn't DDL? He was ALL.THE.SWOON, I absolutely loved this book and his story with Tuesday. This one gave me all the feels, all the tropes and such a feel good factor book. Who doesn't love a billionaire who is so emotionally mature and patient? - He's a tad grumpy but honestly, that's just adds to the optics - Yum!
I loved Tuesday's journey, finding herself again after so many years lost and just riding the waves of life during that time. It was an emotional journey for her and I really enjoyed reading it. Louise has smashed yet another one out the bag, her writing is brilliant.

If there was ever a rom-com blueprint for accidentally faking your way into love, Tuesday and Ben nailed it.

Tuesday’s life is in absolute shambles. Her Career? Wrecked. Her love life? A dumpster fire. So when she ends up jet-setting to London, she’s totally onboard with playing fake fiancée to a billionaire Brit, because why not let a new wardrobe, a castle visit, and a fat paycheck do some emotional damage control?

✔️ The Fake-Dating Tension? Bridgerton-level delicious.
✔️ Tuesday’s Priorities? A literal movie star shows up, and she’s still like, “Yeah, but where’s Ben?”
✔️ Ben’s Brooding Energy? So strong it could power the entire UK.

"An American in London" is fake fiancée chaos meets Bridgerton-level scandal, with a side of billionaire brooding so intense it could power the UK grid. Tuesday Reynolds didn't just fall for Ben, she basically declared him better than her favorite movie star. Romance goals!

Four stars for fake dating magic ⭐⭐⭐⭐

This was an enjoyable story with a lively, optimistic heroine, and a taciturn but swoony hero.

I thought Tuesday and Ben really complemented each other. Hints of Ben's humour and softness peek out in the way he calls Tuesday all the other days of the week, his deadpan responses, and the way he romances her. Tuesday's posting to London is not only a window of opportunity to lock down her job but, ultimately, a way for her to recapture all that she had lost of herself over the past ten years. I loved the chemistry and connection between them; I enjoyed the loaded moments and the slow burn, and I thought the ending was super romantic!

An American in London was so great! Just what readers needed with a fake dating romance where the man with alllll the money falls for his fake fiance... Louise Bay did the dang thing with this story, and once I started, I didn't want to stop!

Tuesday is send to London for a month in a attempt to save her job now that the bank she was working for was bought, she needs to show her strength while working directly with the CEO.

Her hotel ends up having a month long convention for her teanager crush, and star of many rom coms, the actor she has associated with her mother, and the time they got to see all his film together.

So when she sees a man that has an uncanny resembles to her favourite actor of course she approaches him, only to discover that he isn't an actor but a billionaire that works closely with her bank.

Ben is in need of a fake fiance to get a deal, the steady relationship will help him appear the best candidate in order to land with a duke and since he seem to be bumping a lot to Tuesday he proposes a fake engagement.

I love a fake engagement scenario, the shenanigans and close proximity are always ideal to help the romance, and this is the case here as well.

Ben and Tuesday are opposites but they work so well together, their differences only highlight how special their bond is.

This was a fun and delightful read with a great romance and lot's of chemistry.



* I received an ARC and this is my honest opinion.

A deliciously written romance about Tuesday and her trip to London , where she meets Ben who has a grumpy persona that Tuesday wouldn't let mar her brief time in London. This book was well written and I loved how the main characters feed off each other and slowly warmed up to each other, especially when they were fake dating. This trope was perfectly done and I loved how a connection built between Tuesday and Ben, but the relationship wasn't rushed.

An easy, light, and romantic read that I enjoyed.

It gave me a modern Bridgerton vibe that I was all in for! The book kept me on my toes and reading well into the night unable to put down.

This is about a driven New York banker named Tuesday who’s sent to London to save her job after a company merger—while still nursing a broken heart from a failed engagement. There, she crosses paths with Ben, a brooding British billionaire determined to buy a prestigious hotel group from an old-school duke. But to seal the deal, Ben needs to appear like a family man—so he convinces Tuesday to be his fake fiancée for a high-society weekend in the English countryside.

What starts as a fake relationship quickly heats up with undeniable chemistry, playful banter, and emotional depth. Tuesday helps Ben reconnect with his softer side, while Ben inspires Tuesday to stop living for others and start chasing what she really wants. It’s a transatlantic romance full of grumpy-sunshine vibes, slow-burn attraction, and genuine growth.

One thing I love the most about Bay’s stories is that she creates the best male lead characters. This story is a perfect example.

The main lead character is British, dry with such a low-key wit that it really takes secondary characters to connect and understand him.

The female lead is a great balance, and the running joke in here is that he is a doppelgänger for a very famous person that she used to have a crush on when she was a teen. Effervescent and exuberant, she balances out his dry English character perfectly.

Bay takes us on a trip through England to see the cultured and almost royal people of England. The Duchess and Duke, as secondary characters, were wonderfully depicted in this slow-burning, fake fiancé trope.

I love the public depiction of our male lead, but behind the scenes, he is on fire for her. While she is learning to love and trust herself, she is also learning that Ben is the perfect offset for her humor and happiness. That ending got to me! Sigh…

An American in London is sweet, maybe a tad sappy, but a feel-good, steamy story that will leave a smile on your face. The only part I hated was that the “celebrity” in the story was overdone! But I still loved it on all other levels!!

This book made my heart do somersaults. It’s witty, swoony, and sparkling with all the fake-dating joy I live for. The romance feels earned and rich, full of awkward beginnings, hesitant trust, and stolen glances that feel like the whole world could shift. The writing is playful but tender, and I could feel the affection in every line. It gave me all the good rom-com feels without ever losing emotional depth. I didn’t want it to end.

An American in London by Louise Bay is not the first book I’ve read by this author but it’s been quite some time since I’ve read anything by this author so I was excited to get into this one since I enjoy the fake engagement trope. That being said, it was your typical fake engagement for obvious reasons on Ben’s part and I always enjoy the part of the story when the hero or heroine realizes they’ve fallen hard for their fake fiancé. I think because this is all written from Tuesday’s POV, I never really knew when Ben had fallen for her which kind of made it interesting in a different way. I didn’t know what Ben was feeling so it kept me in suspense even though I expected that he had fallen in love with her. I really liked Tuesday’s character. She was relatable and likeable so I was all in for her and Ben to have their HEA. If you’re looking for this trope and you enjoy Ms. Bay’s writing as I do, I would suggest grabbing this one for an enjoyable weekend read. I’m grateful to have been given the opportunity to read an advance copy of this book through NetGalley.

Thank you Montlake for the ARC!

As someone who grew up watching the RomComs of the 90s and 2000s, this was charming, borderline realistic and the characters, Tuesday and Ben, were actually nice people one can easily love and root for. Ok the fake engagement trope is a bit of a cliche but who doesn’t need a fluffy cliched romance every now and then?
It was also fun to watch Tuesday explore London, good over her favorite movie star and be a delightfully American tourist with a ridiculous coffee order. It was also heartwarming reading about how she overcomes grief and loss while simultaneously coaxing Ben out of his stern, all business shell.
- No third act breakup.
- Great banter.
A perfect palate cleanser.