Book Description:
Hosting her brother’s wedding for an MVP guest list is the challenge of Jess Canning’s life. Already the family screw-up, she can’t afford to fail. And nobody (nobody!) can learn of the colossal mistake she made with the best man during a weak moment last spring. It was wrong, and there will not be a repeat. Absolutely not. Even if he is the sexiest thing on two legs.
Blake Riley sees the wedding as fate’s gift to him. Jess is the maid of honor and he’s the best man? Let the games begin. So what if he’s facing a little (fine, a lot) of resistance? He just needs to convince the stubborn blonde that he’s really a good boy with a bad rap. Luckily, every professional hockey player knows that you’ve got to make an effort if you want to score.
But Jess has more pressing issues to deal with than sexy-times with a giant man-child. Such as: Will the ceremony start on time, even though someone got grandma drunk? Does glitter ever belong at a wedding? And is it wrong to murder the best man?
Caution: May cause accidental aspiration of tea or coffee. Do not read in a public place where loud laughter is inappropriate. Contains hot but hilarious hockey players, puppy cuddling and a snarky pair of underwear.
Buy Links:
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Amazon US: http://amzn.to/2jPbQhz
Our Review:
Reviewed by Donna ~ 4 stars
***ARC received for an honest review***
“You make Blake Riley Smiley.”
Blake Riley, that is definitely a name you won’t forget in a
hurry. I have to admit, having gone back into my memories of Us I was a trifle
bit worried about having a whole book dedicated to this man. Blake was
overpowering with a capital O and his personality was definitely an acquired
taste and yet as I began this book I just found myself laughing, like side
ripping belly laughs. Yes, he is as immature as they come when it comes to his
sense of humour, cheezus, but the man underneath that outgoing, piss you off
personality, had the hugest of hearts. That ego, that pre-pubescent sense of
humour was all a front, to protect the one thing that had been broken once…his
heart.
“Blake doesn’t do anything
half-assed. He laughs the way he lives his life – loud and fierce and without
inhibition. He fucks that way too.”
Jess is Jamie’s sister and she also made an appearance in
Us. Jess has yet to find her calling in life and as she flits from one career
to another her capricious personality becomes a lead weight around her neck.
All she wants to do is make her parents proud and as she comes to the end of
yet another career she is not so patiently waiting for the fallout. Jess wanted
to be perfect and she spent her whole life trying to be perfect, trying to live
up to everyone else’s perceived expectations yet never actually taking time to
live up to her own. Jess was a pleaser and it wasn’t getting her anywhere.
“I am strong and confident.
Nothing keeps me down. I can achieve whatever I set my mind to. I’m the brightest
crayon in the box. The sharpest skate on the ice. I eat weaklings for breakfast
and spit ‘em out. I am woman, hear me roar- “
Normally, this kind of character royally pisses me off and
yet somehow, Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy made Blake work. They managed to
turn Blake’s immaturity and gutter level sense of humour into an endearing
quality and that is no mean feat. Blake is the kind of BFF you want in your
corner, he will do anything for anyone, is extremely loyal and protective of
those he loves/loved and when he loves, he loves hard, he is all-in. There is a
lot to him that he keeps quiet and hidden and when Sarina Bowen and Elle
Kennedy peel back his layers to the reader, what is hiding underneath is what
book boyfriends are made of.
“Damn it. I’ve got it bad. I’m so
fucking fucked.”
Blake and Jess have had this underlying sizzling chemistry
for years. One night they acted upon it, which Jess still has chalked up as her
biggest mistake, but neither one of these two can forget the other. Whenever they
are in each other’s presence the air crackles, their hate/love relationship is
only fooling themselves and when Jess’s new career path puts her in the path of
Blake on a daily basis you know that this is a hopeless cause. It seems that
karma wants these two together, will either of them be strong enough to resist
or will hormones always win?
“To look at us, you’d almost
think that Jess didn’t like me. But that is just how we are together. Fiery,
baby.”
This was a laugh out loud funny, snort inducing, side
splitting belly laughter kind of read. Even though I am in my forties my sense
of humour is still a teenagers, I laugh at the most stupid of things at the
most inopportune times and Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy certainly had a direct
line to my crass, toilet humour. I had cross your legs moments, any woman over
forty who has had kids will sympathise, I had tears of laughter but most of
all, this was a feel-good book. Low on angst, huge on laughs and was a perfect
read after my slew of heavies. This book picked me up, had me smiling from ear
to ear and even now, I find myself chuckling as little things seen or said
remind me of Blake. Totally loved it.
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