An NFL quarterback turned small-town coach gets sacked by a Texas beauty queen in this swoony, passionate romance from Wall Street Journal bestselling author Ilsa Madden-Mills. This one has witty characters, great banter, strong FMC, fake dating, football coach and a PA relationship, a little angst when they met each other again, lovely side characters except some nosy neighbourhood lady, healing, and grief and a heartwarming and sweet couple and some fluff and hilarious moments and they both were neighbours.

A southern bell and a football coach, fated mates from different worlds that collide to one and are truly inseparable. By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. I seem to be stuck in re-read land, especially the In Death series - I need to get over my addiction to Eve and Roarke! I liked their friends and coworkers and how they all came together, making the entertainment factor that much better.I loved how they comunicated with songs, how Ronan profesed his love while singing their song😭😭 my heart couldn't take it. It also has the "evil other woman" trope which I personally dislike - pitting women against each other who fall all over themselves for the MMC. She’s addicted to frothy coffee beverages, cheesy magnets, and any book featuring unicorns and sword-wielding females. All the characters were wonderful and the different relationships that developed throughout the story were so great! Let's talk about a cat who is walked on a leash, all the Star Wars references, the lice, the list goes on.

Because of the forced proximity and fake dating, they slowly become friends until that beautiful moment when they realize that maybe the “fake” part of their relationship isn’t so fake after all. Ilsa is fantastic at writing a type of character that shows a whole array of emotions but still has a quirky and funny side that will steal your heart completely. If you're in a mood for a quick, funny and an adorable small town romance book with amazing characters and the delicious spice and chemistry.Then she finds out her next door neighbour is none other than Ronan Smith, and that on top of the humiliation he caused her the year before, he doesn't even remember her! This small town love story had the perfect combination of a delicious and sexy one-night stand with a pining-filled fake-dating arrangement!

I loved Nova, how she went to one of her students home bc he was strugling in school after his parents died and helped him cope with the trauma.Nova is not happy to learn that her new neighbor is none other than Ronan Smith and he doesn’t remember her. Three-ish years later, Nova moves back home to Texas and learns that Ronan is her obnoxious new neighbor. Why I really loved this book though, is the combination of small town charm, the beautiful sibling relationship between the heroine and her sister, the nosy neighbours who are overbearing but mean well, the small nuggets of parental wisdom which the heroine inherited and she kept passing forward, the epilogue, there’s probably a few other reasons. There was a great build and I loved the development of Nova and Ronan’s relationship, all the ups and downs, and Ronan getting to his moment where he figured everything out. I liked the fake relationship aspect they pursued and the reasoning behind it as well as all the exciting scenes that transpired, and of course when feelings start to get involved.

She marches over to confront him, noticing that there are tons of women, young women, at this house. Nova and ex-NFL QB Ronan have a one-night encounter (essentially prostitution, but let’s not think about it) that ends with Ronan passing out drunk and Nova leaving before the morning. Examples: having an instant “connection” during a drunk one night stand and being hurt over it for 2 years. There was a good bit of emotion and light drama involved but mostly it was super entertaining with a nice bit of heat mixed in. She had trainwreck moments that had me covering my face in embarrassment but her honest, hilarious and forthright nature won me over!I liked the addition of a neurodiverse character in the books with her sister, but aside from the intro it wasn't really a topic and didn't feel very well executed. When he awakens from the night he met Princess Leia, Nova, he realizes he said something awful to her and vows to himself to change! So glad I did, because this was super cute and full of great (but not overly done) banter and quirk.