I’m a twenty-something bachelor looking for love, but when another woman dumps me square in the friend zone, it’s time to admit I’ve got no idea what I’m doing.
I need help, and I’ve got two options.
Join the Bay’s super-secret senior citizens’ romance readers book club and hope a bunch of randy octogenarians can give me some tips. Or Risk total humiliation and let the sexy, sassy gambler next door, Birdie Maxwell, rate my moves.
Like the idiot I am, I do both.
In no time at all, I’m the book club’s most enthusiastic member and Birdie’s my willing and very able test subject. As our sessions get hotter, so does the draw between us until we’re breaking all the rules, and not only in the bedroom.
As the walls around Birdie’s heart tumble faster than a house of cards, I can’t shake the feeling this is more than just a game. But Birdie’s poker face rarely slips. She insists our relationship is just one friend helping another, yet I know what we’ve got is too perfect to leave on the table. I’m not the kind of guy who makes or takes a bet, but what choice do I have when this woman holds my heart in her hands?
The stakes are set, the cards are dealt, and this time I’m all in. Birdie Maxwell, I’m about to call your bluff.
Source: Goodreads
Book Review:
Perfect for You
Series: Yes (Book 3 but can be a standalone)
Pub Date: October 5, 2023
Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ 5/5
Spice: 4/5
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This was my first Samantha Leigh novel, and DEFINITELY won’t be my last! 😍
Whenever I try to new-to-me author, my expectations are unfortunately low – I’ve been let down many times before.
This book totally blew me away!!
I was so invested in Birdie & Isaac, I never wanted to put it down, and fully plan to go back and read the first 2 in the series!
I’m usually not someone who likes their books THIS spicy but it was honestly so perfect, and there was a lot of story to balance it.
Birdie & Isaac were such a perfect match – total opposites which led to them completely balancing each other out. I was rooting for Isaac to convince Birdie she was deserving of love 🥰
I also loved all the side characters – the friend group, Isaac’s family, and especially the smutty seniors book club.
Tropes + Topics:
⭐️ Childhood friends to lovers
⭐️ Spice coaching
⭐️ Cinnamon roll cop mmc
⭐️ Poker player fmc
⭐️ He falls first
⭐️ Neighbors
⭐️ Opposites attract
⭐️ Longtime crush
⭐️ Smutty seniors book club
⭐️ Small town (Valentine Bay)
⭐️ Dual POV/first person
Thank you so much to Social Butterfly PR & author Samantha Leigh for an advanced copy to review. All opinions are my own!