There is no faking the spark between them...
Wedding Date Rescue
Fire and Sparks #1
Sonya Weiss
Releasing Feb 27, 2017
Entangled BLISS
After being left at the altar, Casey is out of options. She needs a boyfriend ASAP or she can kiss her dreams good-bye. Who better than her brother's emotionally-unavailable best friend, Kent. She may have nursed a childhood crush, but this arrangement will be purely platonic...that is until he kisses her and suddenly it gets a lot harder to remember it's all pretend.
Oh no. Of all the men, she would have preferred one of
her brothers to Kent, with his dimples, sexy good looks, and blue eyes the
color of a brilliant summer sky. He’d been her lifeline when she’d been left
standing at the altar. Just like he was doing now, he’d swooped in to rescue
her and she’d poured her heart out to him, sharing embarrassing, deeply
personal stuff that she’d never told anyone else. The memory made her cringe.
He grinned. “Well, if it isn’t our champion tree
climber.”
“Go ahead, rub it in.”
When his eyebrows raised, she batted her eyelashes. “I
meant to say thank you so much for coming to rescue little old me with your
big, strong muscles.” She tried to avoid looking at said muscles. Not that she
could see them through his turnout coat, but she knew they were there. They
were hard to miss when he wore the skin-hugging T-shirts he favored.
He laughed. “You managed to say that with a
straight face.” She was glad he couldn’t
read her checking-out-Kent thoughts as she handed him the dog. After he settled
Ski in the bucket, he focused on trying to lift her from where she was wedged.
“Ow!” She sucked in a breath. “You’re going to pull
my arms from their sockets.”
He leaned in to see what the problem was. “How are
you stuck?”
“Big butt, little vee,” she said. Cookies and ice
cream were great listeners after a heartbreak. Of course, later they talked
back to you in pounds, but at the time, she hadn’t cared if she’d ever be able
to wear anything but her sweatpants. He
didn’t bother to hide his grin. “I’ll get you out,” he promised, but no matter
how hard he tugged, her butt was stuck in the tree as snugly as a cork in a
wine bottle. “I might have to get—”
“Don’t you dare say you have to get help. I can’t
have you calling for reinforcements,” she said. “Do you know the jokes I would
have to endure?” She motioned for his hand. “Put it there. Under my butt and
give it a good push.”
“You want me to—” He looked uncertain.
“Put your hands on my ass!” That particular body
part was going numb and she didn’t want to perform clenches to wake it up and
have Kent notice that.
Again with the grin. “You wanna buy me dinner
first?”
“Kent…” She scowled at the amusement on his face.
Usually she could ignore his annoying teasing but all of a sudden, he was
sexy-annoying which was worse. So much harder to ignore when her hormones
coupled with the loneliness she’d felt the last couple of weeks were thinking well, hey!
Sweet and fun fake relationship / friends-to-lovers story! Kent and Casey are the perfect couple, even if they didn't realize themselves. They've known each other their entire lives, but as the little sister of his best friend, she has always been off limits to him. But with Casey's matchmaking business in danger of closing its doors after her failed relationship, and Kent's ex attending his cousin's wedding, they are both in need of a significant other. They may be fake dating, but they both have more than friendly feelings for each other they try to fight. While somewhat short in length, I loved the way their relationship evolved as they both discover the ways they've both been there for each other as only someone in love could be. Looking forward to the next book!
I voluntarily reviewed an advanced reader copy of this book. I was not compensated for this review, all conclusions are my own.
From the
time she was a child, Sonya knew she was destined to be a writer. If she didn’t
like the ending of a book or movie, she would write her own ending. When her
children were young, she often wrote stories to entertain them. At the urging
of one of her daughters, she submitted a short story and to her surprise and
delight, it sold. Sonya loves writing
all things romance whether it’s writing contemporary adult or teen fiction and
still hasn’t lost the wonder that she gets to do what she loves. She enjoys reading, movies, chocolate, and
laughter and credits her daughters as being the sweetest blessings in her life.
Thank you so much for sharing your lovely review!!
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