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True North: A Fake Date Contemporary Romance (North Brothers) Kindle Edition

by Amy Knupp (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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It might be a fake date, but what if he’s not faking it?

Loner Cole North has always been the odd guy out. His IQ is sky-high, but he’s not so bright when it comes to people or relationships. Years ago, he spurned expectations, shunned his family’s business, and embraced a career in construction instead. Now he values his job above everything, in part because of his secret feelings for his boss, Sierra. While he could never be right for her personally, he endeavors to be exactly what she needs professionally.

Remodeler Sierra Lowell might be creative, hardworking, and a color-outside-the-lines thinker in her job, but there’s one line she’s never crossed. It’s tough enough to be a woman in a man’s job without adding sex or emotions to the mix. Smart, sexy Cole is without question her right-hand man, but the lines get blurred when Sierra's life is complicated with a wedding date crisis and the television opportunity of a lifetime.

Cole impulsively steps up to be her go-to guy for both. When their fake date is interrupted by a family emergency, having Sierra at his side makes him realize there’s a fine line between alone and lonely and that maybe he’s ready for less of both. Can he find a way to go from being a right-hand man to the right man for her?

True North is a stand-alone story with a HEA in the North Brothers series, a spin-off of the Hale Street series. Immerse yourself in the North Brothers' world instantly!
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Amy Knupp is a USA Today Best-Selling Author of contemporary romance. She loves words and grammar and meaty, engrossing stories with complex characters.Amy lives in Wisconsin with her husband and has two adult children, three cats, and a box turtle. She graduated from the University of Kansas with degrees in French and journalism. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling, breaking up cat fights, watching college hoops, and annoying her family by correcting their grammar.For more information: https: //www.amyknuppbooks.com

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07WZQ1HR8
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (October 22, 2019)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 22, 2019
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2090 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 264 pages
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Amy Knupp is the author of four contemporary romance series (Henry Brothers, North Brothers, Hale Street, and Island Fire) and a copy editor. She loves words and grammar and meaty, engrossing stories with complex characters.

Amy lives in Wisconsin with her husband, two sons, four cats, and a box turtle. She graduated from the University of Kansas with degrees in French and journalism. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling, breaking up cat fights, watching college hoops, and annoying her family by correcting their grammar.

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Litishia Farrugia
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful
Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2024
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Loved every minute of the story! All the characters are well balanced and the storyline flows beautifully. Cannot wait to read the next book!
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Treez
4.0 out of 5 stars What a great read!
Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2023
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I really enjoyed reading Amy Krupp for the first time. Cole and Sierra were such well written characters, so likeable - a great series starter.
It was also great to meet the North family and get some insight into the characters who’ll make up the rest of the series, which I’m looking forward to reading.
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GusW
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved Sierra
Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2024
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Another excellent story by Ms. Knupp. Sierra's character was perfect. I love a strong female character. Owner of a construction company, wow! Cole was broody and unpredictable. Employer and employee issues that both struggled with but eventually resolved and got their HEA. Excellent book, well written. And the sex scenes were managed perfectly with the first scene being graphic and the rest casually written.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Smashing Start to the North Brothers Series!
Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2019
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Sierra Lowell is the kind of woman we all aspire to be. A successful professional woman in a male-dominated world, she knows her way around historical building restorations while saving her softer, sweeter side for her family and friends. She learned the ropes from her grandfather, eventually taking over his construction company, and has always followed his rule about not mixing business with pleasure. She's held fast to that rule until her boyfriend ends things, leaving her without a plus one for her sister's wedding, but her foreman, Cole North, offers to be her fake date.

Cole North. What can I tell you about this hero? Strong, stoic construction foreman with a genius brain and a heart under it all somewhere, but boy is he a mess. He turned his back on the family business and his father's legacy, choosing to distance himself from his brothers, and living in a small apartment in a seedy part of town because the guilt he carries prevents him from being happy. Yet somehow, in spite of wanting to shake him a time of ten, there's something endearing about him. I guess I have a soft spot for brokenness and vulnerability in a big, tough hero.

Books from this talented writer are always a pleasure to read. She won me over long ago with her flawed but loveable characters, her captivating and engaging storylines, and her beautifully edited finished product. This book has whet my appetite for the upcoming books in this new series. Each of these North brothers is quite the character in his own way, and I can’t wait for them to meet that special lady who turns their life upside down! These books all stand alone, but you'll want to read Cole and Sierra's story so you’re ready for the next one, because once you meet one North brother, you'll want to meet them all!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good story
Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2022
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Good characters and story. Liked the story of a couple who both were walking their own walk no matter what resistance they sometimes felt from their respective families. They both chose paths that called to them and ended up being drawn toward an uncertain future and relationship.
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Gatorfan
5.0 out of 5 stars great story
Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2022
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TRUE NORTH is a standalone read with a happy ending. There are sexy scenes if that is an issue for you. Sierra inherited her grandfather's construction company. A woman in a man's world. She is great at restoring older homes. Cole North is her foreman. Cole is a hard man to get a handle on. He is great at what he does but he keeps to himself and rarely gets involved with others. He has a huge crush on Sierra but she is his boss. She has a strict no dating employees rule. But then she let's her crush be known to Cole and he is too far gone to fight it.

A great story. I really enjoyed this book. There is a lot of drama, dealing with childhood issues, dealing with issues of falling for the boss and keeping it a secret. I definitely recommend this story and the North brothers series.

I was not paid for this review. I am not a writer nor do I know one. I am not kin to this author. I am a reader and this is my opinion, nothing more, nothing less. 7/24/2022.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Not the best in the series but good
Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2023
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It would have been just another romance. It was not the best in this series for me.
I was unconvinced whether I liked the H or not. He seemed to be hung up on trivial things that could have been sorted out years ago. And I get that he felt left out and different because we was a middle child of 5 and a genius, but the story never actualy used those two angles. It felt like his character was underdeveloped. I tought he was going to use his genius skills and become part of marketing or something and save the business. Okay maybe not quite so dramatic, but you get the idea. I imagined something bigger.

However, I did like the bit of writing where his brother Mason has a heart to heart chat with him, which resulted in him going to the baseball diamond and reminiscing about his dad. As a parent, I could identify.

I just couldn't get my head around the fact that after years and years of isolating himself, beating himself up and blaming himself, it took him only one conversation to have this major growth and change of view.

Anyway. It was an entertaining read, decent writing and likeable characters. Story was a bit weak and it felt like there were too many possible storylines it could have taken but altogether not bad.

Wil read Amy Knupp again. I've read some of het other books that I have liked.
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Nate D
5.0 out of 5 stars Cole & Sierra
Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2022
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Loner Cole North has always been the odd guy out. His IQ is sky-high, but he’s not so bright when it comes to people or relationships. Years ago, he spurned expectations, shunned his family’s business, and embraced a career in construction.
Remodeler Sierra Lowell might be creative, hardworking, and a color-outside-the-lines thinker in her job, but there’s one line she’s never crossed. It’s tough enough to be a woman in a man’s job without adding sex or emotions to the mix. Smart, sexy Cole is without question her right-hand man, but the lines get blurred when Sierra's life is complicated with a wedding date crisis and the television opportunity of a lifetime. This was a fun, entertaining read. And a new author, for me. And am voluntarily leaving my review.
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Winnie Robinson
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Story!
Reviewed in Canada on April 15, 2024
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OMG! This story was amazing! It was well written, had great characters, great character development - everything a great romance should have. I really enjoy a best friend to lovers storyline and although, Sierra and Cole weren't best friends, they were co-workers who had know each other for years. That's how they thought of each other, at least until Cole stepped in at the last minute to be her date to her sisters wedding, and then she ended up being their for him that same night when his mom took sick. That one night changed everything because they now saw each other as people, and once they did there was no going back as they had chemistry! Cole had a lot of stuff to work through - family stuff from years ago, and Ms. Knupp did an excellent job writing that whole storyline in a believable way. She had me totally tearing up at the end when his brother Mason came to see him.
This book had a bit of everything, great lead characters, a bit of sass, a bit of sizzle and a loving family that worked things out in the end. Absolutely a 5 star read. My first by this author, but I definitely want to read on to see what happens with the rest of the brothers.
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Federica
5.0 out of 5 stars Romance
Reviewed in France on January 30, 2023
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If you like romance, family love and unity - this is the book. Most likely hard to find in real life, but books are written to take you to another dimension, the one you chose. Looking forward to reading the series!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 20, 2022
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I gave True North North Brothers by Amy Knupp five stars because I really enjoyed reading it. The story was very good and the characters were really likeable.I was really interested to see how things would turn out in the end.Am sure you will enjoy this book too.Thank You.
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Sandra S
5.0 out of 5 stars Two people somewhat outsiders, fall in love
Reviewed in Germany on April 5, 2021
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Sierra owns a construction company. As this type of work is dominated by men, she has to proof herself time and again. She learned most of it from her late grandfather, who owned that company before his death.
Cole is her foreman since three years an Sierra knows she can count on him professionally. A few days before her sister's wedding, Sierra gets dumped by her boyfriend and is in need of a plus one date for that event. Without much thought, Cole offers to be her fake date.
Little does Sierra know about Cole and what's to come from this supposed fake date.

Wonderful, emotional and deep rooted story of two people who were dealt a different hand than the one others deem normal.
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Gemma Honeyman
5.0 out of 5 stars loved it!!
Reviewed in Australia on November 14, 2022
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This was such a great read, with some of my favourite tropes. It starts with a fake date, has a little friends/colleagues to lovers, some grumpy/sunshine, a very broody, damaged hero 😍 it was amazing!

Sierra and Cole were so cute together, Cole with his past and his damage didn’t think he was good enough for her but she was determined and patient and willing to prove him wrong. Sierra was exactly what Cole needed even when he didn’t want to see it.

I loved the relationship between Cole and his brothers too, he always felt like the outsider but was trying to make up for pushing them away and his brothers just wanted him back. So cute!!

This was a great first book in the series and I will definitely be checking out the rest of the North brothers to see them get their HEA’s!
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