The Best Friend Bargain
Kisses in the Sand #3
Robin Bielman
Publication Date: August 8, 2016
Genres: Adult, Entangled Lovestruck, Contemporary Romance
Olivia Lincoln has a plan guaranteed to get her life back on track. A plan that involves her best friend, Danny. And he’s on board, too…until she blurts out that they’re engaged and expecting a baby, and the news spreads like wildfire.
The problem? Danny doesn’t do marriage. Or family. And everyone knows it, including Olivia.
As irritated as he might be, protecting Olivia is what Danny does. But put best friends under one roof, add house rules begging to be broken, accidental nakedness, and pancakes in bed, and what started as a marriage between friends threatens to turn into the real deal…which would ruin everything.
The tail end of daylight
cast a glow around her in one-of-a-kind beauty and he found himself tucking her
hair behind her ear as she looked up at him with similar appreciation.
When her gaze moved to
his mouth, he was a goner.
He ignored the voice
inside his head reminding him she was his best friend and once they crossed
this line they could never go back, and gave her two seconds to say something
to change his mind.
One, two…
She took a step back.
One kiss. One kiss to
get it out of his head and put it to rest. She might have placed another foot
between them, but Danny saw the indecision in her eyes. He inched closer
anyway, unwilling to let her go without one more try. It was a jerk move, but
if he didn’t get to taste her he’d go insane wondering.
He cradled her neck in
his hands.
“Danny.” He liked how
breathless his name sounded on her lips.
“We have to. I’m going
out of my mind, Liv.”
She half gasped, half
sighed, a pleasure-and-pain kind of sound he wanted to turn into one of
satisfaction. They had to get this crazy new attraction out of the way so they
could go back to being just Liv and Danny. “Make it terrible,” she whispered.
He smiled. “I’ll do my
best.”
“To make it awful,” she
reiterated.
“Prepare yourself for
the worst kiss ever.”
Her small smile made
itself at home inside his chest. He lowered his mouth to hers. No tongue, he
told himself. Keep it innocent. Safe.
I really enjoyed this story, because to me it seemed as though Danny and Liv were already in love with each other, but neither realized it until she put him in the situation of being a husband and a father - two things he never thought he would have the chance of being. I loved seeing them see each other in a different light while trying to fight the new and growing attraction between them. Danny was a bit stubborn, but I loved it when he finally pulled his head out of his ass and made it up to Liv. A fun, sweet and sexy friends to lovers story that I recommend to anyone who loves the trope. Can be read as a standalone, but I would recommend the previous books even though I've only read the first one.
I received an ARC via NetGalley for the purpose of an honest review. I was not compensated for this review, all conclusions are my own.
When not attached to her laptop, USA Today Bestselling Author Robin Bielman can almost always be found with her nose in a book. A California girl, the beach is her favorite place for fun and inspiration. Her fondness for swoon-worthy heroes who flirt and stumble upon the girl they can’t live without jumpstarts all of her story ideas.
She loves to go on adventures, and has skydived, scuba dived, parasailed, gotten lost in the wilderness (and only suffered a gazillion bug bites for it) hiked to waterfalls, and swam with dolphins. In her spare time she also likes to put her treadmill to good use while watching her favorite TV shows, take hikes with her hubby, indulge her sweet tooth, and play sock tug of war with her cute, but sometimes naughty dog, Harry.
She dreams of traveling to faraway places and loves to connect with readers. Keep in touch and sign up for her newsletter on her website at http://robinbielman.com.
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