The Ugly Duckling No More!
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review. Quinn is back home after his football career in the NFL was destroyed when his knee was badly damaged. He’s not enjoying life and this 6 feet tall and very handsome young man has no love life and his three older brothers, Killian, Derek, and Tate, are making his life even more miserable. One night at the bar, they make him a bet that he can’t really refuse: he has to find a woman to take home tonight to sleep with. If he succeeds, then Killan will not bring his cougar women to any of their outings again. If he fails, then they will taunt and plague him about his lack of a love life forever! Yes, really mature older brothers! Just then a gorgeous blonde young woman walks in and Quinn makes a beeline straight for her. he doesn’t recognise her but she recognises him as they were in high school together and she has had a crush on him for years. Back then his brothers made her life a living hell but they don’t recognise her either. This is the second book that I’ve read by carter Blake and I’m really enjoying his writing style, the characters he creates for us, the way he includes a POV from the male protagonists viewpoint and a female lead who is not going to be a push over. It was also refreshing that it wasn’t until towards the end of the story that you realise that Abigail is a BBW [Big, Beautiful Woman] and not a skinny heroine as seem to figure in the majority of stories. Abigail and Quinn’s story is very moving and is a very enjoyable read as you follow them falling in love with one another. There is humour too as well as chemistry between Quinn and Abigail which is so sensitively woven between the pages. This is a fast paced, must have read that I will be re-reading in the future as I enjoyed ‘meeting’ them so much. It would be interesting to see if his older brothers get their own HEAs.
DEFINITELY RECOMMENDED