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Blurb
Waking up to a text asking why you stood up your blind date is not the best way to start the day, especially when the man in question is standing half dressed in your kitchen.
Maybe Dakota Newton shouldn’t have assumed the gorgeous man with a devastating smile standing outside the coffee shop was her date. She probably— Okay, she definitely shouldn’t have slept with him, regardless of how hot the chemistry between them was. But how could she know Mr. Right was actually Mr. Wrong?
Braxton Adams has been called a few things in his life, but a liar was never one of them. That all changes when he’s approached by a beautiful woman who thinks he’s there to meet her for a date.
As a businessman, Brax knows to trust his gut and never let an opportunity pass him by, so he pretends to be someone he’s not.
Maybe he shouldn’t have lied. Maybe he should have come clean. But in the end, it doesn’t matter, because now he has to prove he’s not the wrong man but the right one.
So what if he’s not the man she’s expecting? She’s the one he’s been waiting for.
Review
3.5 stars
This is cute, steamy read – a fast-paced romance with all of the fun and intensity that I have come to expect from Aurora Rose Reynolds.
Dakota is very reluctantly set up on a blind date, and is thrilled when she meets the handsome man waiting for her outside of a coffee shop. Their date is fantastic, their connection is real, and their night together ends in mind-blowing sex. But in the morning she learns that the man who rocked her world so thoroughly the night before is not actually the date she was there to meet. Oops.
It’s such a fun set-up, and I was right on board as Dakota and Braxton deal with the fallout from the epic misunderstanding. Despite all that she was starting to feel for him, Dakota is furious, embarrassed and feels betrayed, while Braxton is smitten and wants more. And what Braxton wants, he usually gets. Let the fun begin!
“The moment I saw you, I wanted you.”
My eyes narrow on his. “The moment you saw me, you want me, so you pretended to be someone you’re not?”
“Yeah.”
Yeah? Just yeah?
“I can’t believe this.” I rub my hands down my face, wondering how I ended up in this situation.
“Baby.”
“Don’t call me that,” I hiss, dropping my hands away to glare at him. “I don’t even know you.”
“You know me,” he counters, glancing at the bed before looking me in the eye. “We definitely know each other.”
Braxton is a billionaire businessman on the alpha-end of the possessive/protective/make-her-mine-caveman scale, and while in real life it would probably have most of us running a mile, in the book it’s entertaining, and creates a great dynamic that is fun to watch. Especially because Dakota is strong and feisty, and she has no qualms about calling him out on his stalker-ish behaviour.
“We’re not over.”
“There is no we. I don’t even know who you are.”
“You will.”
There are lots of fireworks, all underpinned by the chemistry that has been there from the moment they met. They are both feeling the attraction (and God knows their sexual connection is insane!), but there are obstacles between them, and it takes them a bit to get on the same page. But the flirting and banter along the way – as well as Braxton’s insistence on making Dakota his – is a lot of fun.
“I’m a man who knows what he wants. And when I find something I want, I go after it until it belongs to me.”
“Again, Braxton, I’m a person, not an object you can own.”
“You’re right, but that doesn’t mean you can’t belong to me … And you have to know that if you belong to me, I’d belong to you as well.”
I really enjoyed this book. It’s an easy read with low angst and drama, and I enjoyed watching it all unfold. There’s a bit of a mystery that plays out externally to the relationship, but it works well with Braxton’s protective nature and is resolved well by the end of the book. And the love story is gorgeous.
“I don’t think I’m falling in love with you.” His eyes stay locked with mine as his thumb glides over my jaw. “I am in love with you.”
A highlight of the book for me was Dakota’s relationship with her fabulous brother, Jamie. I loved seeing their closeness and their obvious love for each other, and interestingly, Jamie, is an up-and-coming rockstar, with a band of equally hot bandmates, so I’m anticipating that we’ll get spin-off books for them, and I would be right on board for that series!
This was a great read. It didn’t rock my world or invoke the feels as much as I was hoping, but I enjoyed it.
3.5 stars.
An Advanced Review Copy was generously provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.
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About the Author
Aurora Rose Reynolds is a New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author whose wildly popular series include Until, Until Her/Him, Underground Kings and Shooting Stars.
Her writing career started in an attempt to get the outrageously alpha men who resided in her head to leave her alone and has blossomed into an opportunity to share her stories with readers all over the world.
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