The Best Friend Bargain
by Robin Bielman
Kisses in the Sand #2
Publication Date: August 8, 2016
Genres: Adult, Entangled Lovestruck, Contemporary Romance
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Olivia Lincoln has a plan guaranteed to get her life back on track. A plan that involves her best friend, Danny. And he’s on board, too…until she blurts out that they’re engaged and expecting a baby, and the news spreads like wildfire.
The problem? Danny doesn’t do marriage. Or family. And everyone knows it, including Olivia.
As irritated as he might be, protecting Olivia is what Danny does. But put best friends under one roof, add house rules begging to be broken, accidental nakedness, and pancakes in bed, and what started as a marriage between friends threatens to turn into the real deal…which would ruin everything.
This book sounded awesome. I love friends to lover stories,
and I’ve definitely been in a secret baby trope mood, so this sounded like the
perfect book. And while I did enjoy it, I also had some issues.
My first issue started with Olivia. I didn’t mind the set
up, she’s pregnant and going home to beg her bff Danny to marry her and be a
father to her baby. But my issues came with how she basically ambushed him and
didn’t give him a choice. I mean, yes, he could have said no, but considering
he’s always bailing her out of situations, and she pretty much publically
announced that they’re engaged and she’s pregnant, how could he turn her away? I
just got really irritated with her, that she didn’t consider his life, or his relationship
status (yes, he was single, but she didn’t know that!) and she didn’t care that
he never wanted to get married or have kids. She just expected him to do her
bidding. It just really bothered me.
As for Danny…I loved him, and how he was willing to step up
and help Liv. I realize that Danny had, what he thought, were good reasons for
why he didn’t want to get married and have kids, but at the same time, I really
had issues with his decisions. If he really felt like he wasn’t going to be
able to stick it out with Liv and the baby, if he thought he would end up
walking away from them, he shouldn’t have agreed to actually marrying her.
I also kept getting a feeling of
two-steps-forward-three-steps-back with Liv and Danny. Every time they’d make
progress, one or both would start to doubt their plans and offer to back out or
walk away and it was just frustrating. Especially when they both started
realizing they were in love with each other and yet Danny still wimped out and
walked away. And what made it worse was that it was right after an emergency
situation with Olivia and the baby and he did it a) without actually seeing her
to make sure she was ok (yes, he got the update from the doc, but still!!!!),
and b) he did it with a Dear Jane letter/card. Not cool dude, not cool at all.
So while I had issues, I actually really liked the
friendship Liv and Danny had. I loved their history and how they were always
there for each other. And I would recommend this to other people because I know
that just because I had some issues, other people won’t.
DON'T MISS THE OTHER BOOKS IN THE KISSES IN THE SAND SERIES!
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A temporary agreement neither could keep… Brainy, organized Sophie Birch is no beach bunny. In fact, she’s totally out of her element among the sun-bronzed crowd at a film festival in beautiful White Strand Cove. When a surf lesson introduces her to Zane Hollander, suddenly she's up close and personal with the world's sexiest surf star. But what can a great-looking, experienced athlete possibly see in a klutzy out-of-towner who’s never set foot in the ocean? Zane Hollander's playboy reputation has never been a problem…until recently. Now his management team wants him on his best behavior to entice a meaningful new sponsor. Sophie Birch is the perfect girl to help reform his image. She's genuine and respected—and their relationship is purely fictional. But the more Sophie blooms under the beachy sun, the more Zane knows he'll just break her heart. Because nothing's more important to Zane than following the tide.
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The one guy she shouldn't want...
Honor Mitchell has lived with guilt and regret for a long time, so when she promises to do the things on her dying best friend's wish list, she's determined to follow through and do something right for a change. But when she's thrown together for wedding duties with the one man who complicates her vow--just by looking at him--she has to put her faith in Bryce Bishop's pledge to help her, no strings attached.
Bryce's near one-night stand with his ex-girlfriend's best friend a few months ago might have been a mistake, but helping the beautiful, free-spirited Honor with her promise isn't. His trust in women is shot, but he can't help but play his best man card to his advantage and help Honor tick off the items on his ex's list, even if it puts him in a no-win situation. Because his assistance might get Honor what she wants, but suddenly being the do-good guy puts his plans--and heart--in serious jeopardy.
ABOUT ROBIN BIELMAN
She loves to go on adventures, and has skydived, scuba dived, parasailed, gotten lost in the wilderness (and only suffered a gazillion bug bites for it) hiked to waterfalls, and swam with dolphins. In her spare time she also likes to put her treadmill to good use while watching her favorite TV shows, take hikes with her hubby, indulge her sweet tooth, and play sock tug of war with her cute, but sometimes naughty dog, Harry.
She dreams of traveling to faraway places and loves to connect with readers. Keep in touch and sign up for her newsletter on her website at http://robinbielman.com.
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