Blurb:

There are a few things Coconut Creek has that Pine Ridge does not.

Palm trees, sandy beaches, butterfly museums—infuriatingly attractive special forces veterans.

When Colorado elementary school teacher Ophelia Brody decides to ditch her divorced family for a Christmas in the sunshine state with her college roommate, she doesn’t expect a mile high meet cute to tailspin the entire trip. Frankie Casado is cocky , he’s presumptuous , he’s shameless —and he’s just the right distraction from her depressing, fruitless dating life back home for a few weeks. It just so happens the retired fighter pilot is in somewhat of a rut of his own, and the circumstances around their coincidental meeting and unavoidable physical attraction are the perfect excuse for a festive fling.

The rules are Ophelia teaches him how to date again, and Frankie shows her exactly what she should be demanding behind closed doors. Friends with benefits until the ball drops in the New Year.

But a little bit of long-lost Christmas magic just might find a way to stir up more than their complicated pasts.

Source: Goodreads

Book Review:
Christmas in Coconut Creek

Karissa Kinword

Series: Yes
Book 1 in the Dirty Delta series

Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ 5/5

Spice: 4/5

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This book was SO GOOD!

I loved everything about the dynamic between Ophelia and Frankie. Their dialogue and behaviour towards each other was refreshing, and they were far more realistic characters than I typically read.

I adored their meet cute, it totally had me laughing out loud, as did a lot of the book!

It was beautiful to read about them tearing down each other’s walls, with an undeniable connection leading to so much more than a fling.

I’m so glad there will be more books in this series, I’m not ready to fully let go of these two yet!

Tropes + topics:
✈️ Friends with benefits to lovers
👙 Military veteran pilot
✈️ Elementary school teacher
👙 Vacation fling
✈️ Forced proximity
👙 Age gap
✈️ Grumpy sunshine
👙 Slow burn
✈️ No 3rd act breakup
👙 Dual POV/first person

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Ami is determined to break the Torres family wedding curse. Her own disaster of a reception ended with all the guests getting food poisoning, and she left her cheating husband soon after. But even though she’s still processing her own divorce, Ami won’t let her twin sister Olive’s day be anything but perfect. Olive may think she wants a private ceremony in Maui, where she and her fiancé Ethan first fell in love, but Ami knows better and secretly flies the whole Torres family out to surprise the couple. Now she and her meticulously organized binder have less than two weeks to get everything together for the big day, thousands of miles from home.

Enter Brody, Ethan’s best man, who happens to be living in Maui and insists on helping with the preparations. His playfully elaborate schemes and happy-go-lucky attitude are the last thing Ami needs. When sparks start to fly, could it derail all her carefully laid plans?

(source: Goodreads)

Book Review: The Honeymoon Crashers

Christina Lauren

Series: Yes (following the Unhoneymooners)

Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ 5/5

Spice: 2/5

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What a super entertaining, immersive audiobook!
Listening in one sitting, definitely was picturing the whole story in my mind and I loved it.

The Unhoneymooners was one of the first books I picked up at the start of 2022, which was when my spark for reading was reignited.
I’ve read Christina Lauren’s entire backlist, and am always excited and ready for more!

I loved getting more of Olive & Ethan, and their vows were the absolute sweetest thing.
I’m so glad Ami got her happily ever after, following the disaster with her ex in the previous book. Brody was such a perfect contract to Ami – she’s a super serious, list-making woman who needs control, and he’s a complete golden retriever who pulls her into having fun.

As for the audio – this was such a fun listen! Jessie Marie Garcia & Harry Shum Jr. totally knocked it out of the park 😍 the other narrators & all the sound effects added so much of the experience.

What you’ll find in the Honeymoon Crashers:
🏝️ Hawaiian wedding
🏝️ Opposites attract
🏝️ Vacation fling
🏝️ Insta-love
🏝️ Audio original (only audio!)
– multiple voices for characters
– background noises
🏝️ Dual POV/first person

Thank you so much to LeoPR for an advanced copy! All opinions are my own.

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vacation fling

Christmas in Coconut Creek

Book Review:
Christmas in Coconut Creek

Karissa Kinword

Book Review: The Honeymoon Crashers by Christina Lauren

Book Review: The Honeymoon Crashers

Christina Lauren

vacation fling

Book Review: Christmas in Coconut Creek

Karissa Kinword

Book Review: The Honeymoon Crashers

Christina Lauren

Book Review:
Christmas in Coconut Creek