Hooked on Love
Cotton Creek #2
Jennie Marts
Releasing Oct 17th, 2016
Entangled Lovestruck
Chicago City Girl Tackles Colorado Mountains with Sexy,
Reclusive Guide.
Avery Oliver can see the byline now. What better way to
jumpstart her journalism career than to head out into the woods with a sexy
guide? It’s all very Bear Grylls, but she’ll take it, even if it means ditching
her beloved designer suits and handbags.
All Sullivan Reed needs in life is a fly rod and the roar
of a river. Playing guide to a hot little reporter can’t end well…until they
strike a deal that’s mutually beneficial. She’ll pretend to be his girlfriend
to deflect an overly flirtatious neighbor, and he’ll help her with the article.
It’s a win-win.
Until it isn’t. By the time a storm strands them in his
cabin, Sully’s done pretending. He wants Avery—badly—but she’s a big-city girl
looking for adventure, not his simple life. So why does releasing her feel like
he’s lost the perfect catch?
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The distraction of her
gorgeous legs almost did him in. Literally.
Sullivan Reed hit the
brakes just in time to avoid a collision in front of the general store.
The curvy blonde in the
red jacket didn’t even notice, her focus intent, trying to wrench her purse
from the passenger seat of her car—a little foreign number with rental tags.
She was wearing some kind of short pants, not quite
shorts but not really a skirt. Must be the new fashion—not that he paid
attention to fashion. According to his ex, he never noticed anything.
But he noticed this woman—noticed her long legs,
her too-high heels, and what the hell was up with that purse? It was
practically the size of Wyoming. What could she possibly be carrying in there?
He could pack for a three day trip in a grocery sack.
Not that he cared. He didn’t have time to be
thinking about how high her heels were or the enormity of her handbag when he
had other things to worry about. Bigger fish to fry. So to speak.
He needed to get in, grab his supplies, and get
back to the shop. He’d stayed up late last night tying some new flies and
wanted to get the new stock put up this afternoon so he could be out on the
creek by dusk.
Early summer in the Colorado mountains was like
paradise to a fly-fisherman. Plus he needed the time spent fishing tonight to
mentally prepare himself for the visitor who was supposed to arrive tomorrow.
Besides, with that long blond hair and tall curvy
figure, the woman in the red jacket was totally out of his league.
Not that he had a league, or even wanted to be in a
league. He wasn’t even particularly interested in the game right now. He just
wanted to be left alone.
Present company excluded. He reached across the
seat and patted the neck of his golden retriever, Sadie.
Sadie was the only female in his life now, the only
female he trusted, and that was fine with him. She hadn’t left him, didn’t yell
at him to make more money, never nagged him to pick up his wet towels off the
bathroom floor, and she hardly ever snored. All attributes that he valued.
The dog whined, sitting upright in the seat of his
old truck, her gaze intent on the blond woman.
She stood on the sidewalk, oblivious to him and the
fact he’d almost run her down, her large round sunglasses perched low on her
nose as she looked over them to read the parking meter.
Sully watched her dig into her cavernous bag for
change. He was no lip reader, but he was fairly certain she dropped a pretty
clear F-bomb before pulling her hands out and throwing them up in disgust,
apparently giving up on the effort.
He stepped out of his truck, his gaze captivated by
the way her hips swayed and the swish of the breezy fabric of her shorts
against her legs as she hurried into Miller’s Mercantile. He slammed the door
and stepped up to the curb, stuffing his hands in the pockets of his shorts and
jingling his loose change.
After dropping a quarter into his own meter, he
paused in front of hers.
It would serve her right to get a ticket. “Just
because this town is small doesn’t mean you can just ignore the law,” he
grumbled, half to himself, half to the dog who watched him intently, and then
he dropped a quarter into her meter.
Pausing, he thought about the size of her purse—she
was probably pretty high maintenance and would be in there for a while.
He dropped in a second quarter.
Great follow up to the first book in the series and just as charming! I expected Avery to be the typical city girl who is completely out of place in nature, but she completely surprised me, (and Sully), by how easily she adapted - after a few funny mishaps. I loved how sexy Sully was without him even realizing it. The chemistry between them was great, and aside from the expected hiccup between them, it was pretty drama free.
I voluntarily reviewed an advanced reader copy of this book. I was not compensated for this review, all conclusions are my own.
USA TODAY
Best-selling author Jennie Marts loves to make readers laugh as she weaves
stories filled with love, friendship, and intrigue. She writes for Entangled
Publishing, and reviewers call her books “laugh out loud funny” and full of
great characters that are “endearing and relatable.”
She is living
her own happily ever after in the mountains of Colorado with her husband, two
sons, two dogs, and a parakeet that loves to tweet to the oldies. She’s
addicted to Diet Coke, adores Cheetos, and believes you can’t have too many
books, shoes, or friends.
Her books
include the contemporary western romance Hearts of Montana series, the romantic
comedy/ cozy mysteries of The Page Turners series, the hunky hockey-playing men
in the Bannister Brothers Books, and the small-town romantic comedies in the
Lovestruck series of Cotton Creek Romances.
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