Screwed

Lili Valente

Apr 2022 · The Virgin Playbook Book 2 · Self Taught Ninja Inc.

About this eBook

My best friend’s older brother excels at many things—being a bossy grump, a jerk, and...this hopeless virgin's fake fiancé?

 

I need a guy who understands that this is all pretend, and who better than a man who can't stand me—and vice versa? Besides, Derrick is the kind of cocky, confident, successful dude bro my gram will adore.

 

We'll convince my ailing grandmother I’m not going to die alone, Derrick will honor that favor he owes me, and we'll part ways as enemies with NO benefits.

 

It’s a rock-solid plan…until it isn’t. 

Turns out I may have made a slight miscalculation.

 

Now Derrick is charming my family, sweeping me off my feet, and making me want crazy things. 

 

Suddenly, I think I might actually want him to be my first and maybe…my only?

 

Yeah, I’m screwed. 

So bleeping screwed.

Ratings and reviews

Harlow and Derrick cannot stand each other. We see a bit of this in book 1, but we don’t really know why they have this hate towards each other, well more on Harlow’s side than Derrick’s. She’s made it almost her life’s mission to be evil to him at every interaction. Yet, she can’t stop fantasizing about him. I think that makes her even madder. Then one day when he visits the apartment and he slips on ice outside and comes in with a huge cut on his head. One of my favorite lines in the book is from this scene. “Maybe you should wait to thank me until you see how much glue I used.” The rest of that passage made me giggle. This kinda leads them to have a little momentary truce when they agree to travel together. This book has everything I love about enemies to lover’s story. It’s got fake dating and misunderstandings and when they get together, oh MAN it’s HOT! I loved this so much I listened twice! I fell in love with Harlow and Derrick and anyone else that reads this book or listens to

Screwed by Lili Valente is the fake fiance romcom I didn't know I needed. After getting glimpses of Harlow and Derek's tension-filled relationship in Scored, I was super eager to find out how these two would end up together. Lili sure did it! She made me fall absolutely head over heels in love with Derek. Who knew that man could turn on so much charm! This is book 2 in Lili's V-card Diaries series, and I adored the whole fun-loving feel-good vibes this book presents. This audiobook is narrated by Lili Valente and Jason Clarke. I admire that Lili voices her own heroines! Harlow has been burned in the past by Derek, and in Lili's performance you can feel her hesitation, conflicted feelings, and doubts to give in to her desires and truly let Derek love her (among other things). Jason Clarke is simply swoony bringing confident determined Derek to life as he strives to find a way to reveal his true feelings for Harlow. I especially loved Lili and Jason's New Jersey accents for Harlow's fam

Screwed is the second book in Lili Valente’s V-Card Diaries series. It is a hilariously sweet, rom-com that captivated me from beginning to end. This story is an enemies to lovers, best friends-brother and fake relationship romance. Derrick is Evie’s older brother, whom was introduced in Scored. He and Harlow (Evie’s best friend) had a real hate to love vibe going on strong near the end of that book and I was eager to find out more behind the reason why. Derrick is an over-protective big brother to Evie. He is also the serious, moody-broody type. His relationship with Harlow is a complicated one, but there is no denying the strong attraction they have for one another. The tension, and steam between them was explosive. Harlow is a twenty-four year old virgin. She has had a string of unsuccessful relationships. Harlow is sassy, quirky and sweet. She is eager to find a man to loose her v-card to. One that can be a quick hookup with no strings attached as she wants to dispel the theory that the man she looses her v-card to will become her life long partner. Harlow’s Grams is in poor health so she comes up with the crazy plan to have Derrick pose as her fake fiancé at a family reunion. The two have been able to keep their distance over the years, but now that they are going to be in such close proximity to the other, while they fake being in a relationship together will change everything. This story is fast paced and highly addictive, I couldn’t get enough of these characters, the hilarious antics, family dynamic and steamy chemistry between Harlow and Derrick. I love that Lili narrates her own audiobooks. Her voice exudes passion for her characters, and she played the sarcastic, and sweet sides to Harlow perfectly. Jason Clarke was fantastic as Derrick. His voice is equally gruff and growly and his performance as Derrick was spot on. I loved it.