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Hit It and Quit It
“Hey, Mom and Dad, I’m engaged!” It was one little white lie. What could possibly go wrong? With my brother’s destination wedding on the horizon and no plus-one at my side, desperate times call for desperate measures. My mother has made it her personal mission in life to get me back together with my ex, who also happens to be the best man and my partner down the aisle. Nobody knows why I abruptly broke off our engagement and fled to Montana two-years ago, and I intend to keep it that way. Wyatt is determined to win me back, and the thought of dealing with him and my mother for a week in Maui would drive any woman to drink. Which is exactly what I did, and five shots of Tequila later, I’ve got the perfect solution to my problem. All I need is a fake fiancé… I’ve had one goal that’s kept me alive when it would have been easier to give up—recuperate and get back to Afghanistan to complete my mission. What I wasn’t expecting was a petite, sexy-as-hell blonde to crawl through my bedroom window and turn my life upside-down. After a rocky start that involved me pulling a gun on her, we coincidentally find ourselves in need of the same thing—a fiancée. To be fair, I warned her not to fall in love with me—that I was only going to break her heart. Guess I should have taken my own advice…
- GenresContemporary Romance
258 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 3, 2021
About the author
Melynda Price
18 books608 followersMelynda Price is a bestselling and award-winning author of contemporary romance. Her Against the Cage series has finaled in many awards such as the RONE, USA Today BBA, Golden Quill, National Readers’ Choice, and New England Readers’ Choice, and won the 2017 Write Touch award.
What Price enjoys most about writing is the chance to make her readers fall in love, over and over again. She cites the greatest challenge of writing is making the unbelievable believable, while taking her characters to the limit with stories full of passion and unique twists and turns. Salting stories with undertones of history whenever possible, Price adds immeasurable depth to her well-crafted books. She currently lives in Northern Minnesota with her husband and two children where she has plenty of snow-filled days to curl up in front of the fireplace with her Chihuahua and a hot cup of coffee to write.
What Price enjoys most about writing is the chance to make her readers fall in love, over and over again. She cites the greatest challenge of writing is making the unbelievable believable, while taking her characters to the limit with stories full of passion and unique twists and turns. Salting stories with undertones of history whenever possible, Price adds immeasurable depth to her well-crafted books. She currently lives in Northern Minnesota with her husband and two children where she has plenty of snow-filled days to curl up in front of the fireplace with her Chihuahua and a hot cup of coffee to write.
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June 20, 2021
Summer’s life is in shambles with a recent breakup, a cross-country move, losing her beloved grandma and then losing everything she owns in a fire. She’s forced to move in with her best friend but Autumn is away on vacation and Summer accidentally climbs through the window of a neighboring apartment and meets Cullen, the hella hot neighbor with a bad attitude. Cullen is cranky but sympathetic once he realizes what’s happened. Summer has a hilarious inner monologue and she’s sassy and fun. They were easy to like and I enjoyed the banter as they repeatedly clash.
Things keep getting worse for Summer when she finds out her insurance lapsed so she has no coverage for the fire loss so she’s really down. The last straw is facing her brother Matt’s wedding, where her skeevy, cheating ex is the best man and she’ll have to walk arm-in-arm with him. We learn that the ex is her brother’s best friend and business partner so even though he cheated on Summer, she’s let her family think that she dumped him. She knows Matt would take her side if he knew the truth about Wyatt and Summer doesn’t want his business to be ripped apart. Wyatt has been playing heartsick and milking her family’s sympathy for all it’s worth, letting everyone think she dumped him for no real reason.
Summer decides a plus one is in order to be a buffer against Wyatt and to help deflect the usual litany of questions from her family about her social life. Cullen could use a fake fiancée of his own to stave off his cheating ex-wife who wants him back so despite their bickering, they can help each other out. At the wedding, Wyatt goes to great lengths to get between Summer and Cullen, but it doesn’t work because they’re getting closer all the time. They have a great time together and decide to give in to their attraction but Cullen has PTSD from his time in the desert so things are complicated between them. He’s been waiting for medical clearance to return for another tour of duty and when it comes, he’s forced to leave in a hurry, then there’s more drama while he’s gone.
There are a lot of things I liked about this story and I loved the MC’s, but I do wish the author had done some things differently. My biggest complaint was too much drama. There’s Summer’s ex, Cullen’s ex and his divorce, his PTSD, her family issues and financial problems, his having to leave, both of them wanting a fling only and a few other things. It was way over the top. This would have been a better story with fewer problems or at least less focus on them and more focus on developing the relationship. There were also some minor inconsistencies in the story that I found distracting.
Overall, I really enjoyed and I liked the characters enough to read this all at once, I just wish their author had given us less fluff and more focus on their relationship.
Things keep getting worse for Summer when she finds out her insurance lapsed so she has no coverage for the fire loss so she’s really down. The last straw is facing her brother Matt’s wedding, where her skeevy, cheating ex is the best man and she’ll have to walk arm-in-arm with him. We learn that the ex is her brother’s best friend and business partner so even though he cheated on Summer, she’s let her family think that she dumped him. She knows Matt would take her side if he knew the truth about Wyatt and Summer doesn’t want his business to be ripped apart. Wyatt has been playing heartsick and milking her family’s sympathy for all it’s worth, letting everyone think she dumped him for no real reason.
Summer decides a plus one is in order to be a buffer against Wyatt and to help deflect the usual litany of questions from her family about her social life. Cullen could use a fake fiancée of his own to stave off his cheating ex-wife who wants him back so despite their bickering, they can help each other out. At the wedding, Wyatt goes to great lengths to get between Summer and Cullen, but it doesn’t work because they’re getting closer all the time. They have a great time together and decide to give in to their attraction but Cullen has PTSD from his time in the desert so things are complicated between them. He’s been waiting for medical clearance to return for another tour of duty and when it comes, he’s forced to leave in a hurry, then there’s more drama while he’s gone.
There are a lot of things I liked about this story and I loved the MC’s, but I do wish the author had done some things differently. My biggest complaint was too much drama. There’s Summer’s ex, Cullen’s ex and his divorce, his PTSD, her family issues and financial problems, his having to leave, both of them wanting a fling only and a few other things. It was way over the top. This would have been a better story with fewer problems or at least less focus on them and more focus on developing the relationship. There were also some minor inconsistencies in the story that I found distracting.
Overall, I really enjoyed and I liked the characters enough to read this all at once, I just wish their author had given us less fluff and more focus on their relationship.
June 28, 2021
⫷ The ARC copy of this book was provided by NetGalley in exchange of an honest review ⫸
My Rating - 2.5/5
When Summer's apartment caught fire, she ended up in her best friend, Autumn's house who was currently away on a vacation. Cullen, Autumn's neighbor was an a**hole to her when she asked him to let her in as the security code was not working. Cullen was a marine. He's home because of his injury but had every intention of going back. He's having a divorce with his cheating wife as well as dealing with his physical and mental issues. So, when Summer's needed a fake fiancé to attend her brother's wedding who's gonna be buffer between her and her insufferable mother as well as her ex who wanted to get back together. But the growing attraction feelings and hot chemistry between Cullen and Summer was hard to ignore. But Cullen had to leave for his duty. So, he left without saying his true feelings and left Summer alone to deal with the wedding. However, they got back together as soon as he came back.
First of all, the drunken mouse incident was hilarious. Lmfao! I really really hated the part that Summer had hidden what happened between her and her ex because her ex was her brother's business partner. I think it was wrong and total BS. Because her brother deserved to know. Summer and Cullen both had insecurities. Anyway, the book was going so well. So fucking well. But it went downhill since Cullen agreed to be Summer's fake fiancé. Ugh! Because we didn't know why and when the relationship between Summer and her mother became like that. Where's the father? I mean we know he's there but not in a single conversation was he actually present. The lack of communication was a big issue besides insecurities. We know nothing much about Cullen except he had a sister Beth. And not to mention the plot became real sloppy when they went to attend the wedding. I was annoyed with the popping up of Cullen's wife without any reason. It was totally unnecessary. There was no groveling from Cullen. He and Summer got back together as soon as he showed up in front of her. Overall, I was enjoying at the beginning but ended up being disappointed after a while.😐 The writing style was alright.
P.S. - Cullen had some performing problem in the bedroom. But he got over it pretty quickly.🙄 He couldn't even got hard until Summer showed up.
My Rating - 2.5/5
When Summer's apartment caught fire, she ended up in her best friend, Autumn's house who was currently away on a vacation. Cullen, Autumn's neighbor was an a**hole to her when she asked him to let her in as the security code was not working. Cullen was a marine. He's home because of his injury but had every intention of going back. He's having a divorce with his cheating wife as well as dealing with his physical and mental issues. So, when Summer's needed a fake fiancé to attend her brother's wedding who's gonna be buffer between her and her insufferable mother as well as her ex who wanted to get back together. But the growing attraction feelings and hot chemistry between Cullen and Summer was hard to ignore. But Cullen had to leave for his duty. So, he left without saying his true feelings and left Summer alone to deal with the wedding. However, they got back together as soon as he came back.
First of all, the drunken mouse incident was hilarious. Lmfao! I really really hated the part that Summer had hidden what happened between her and her ex because her ex was her brother's business partner. I think it was wrong and total BS. Because her brother deserved to know. Summer and Cullen both had insecurities. Anyway, the book was going so well. So fucking well. But it went downhill since Cullen agreed to be Summer's fake fiancé. Ugh! Because we didn't know why and when the relationship between Summer and her mother became like that. Where's the father? I mean we know he's there but not in a single conversation was he actually present. The lack of communication was a big issue besides insecurities. We know nothing much about Cullen except he had a sister Beth. And not to mention the plot became real sloppy when they went to attend the wedding. I was annoyed with the popping up of Cullen's wife without any reason. It was totally unnecessary. There was no groveling from Cullen. He and Summer got back together as soon as he showed up in front of her. Overall, I was enjoying at the beginning but ended up being disappointed after a while.😐 The writing style was alright.
P.S. - Cullen had some performing problem in the bedroom. But he got over it pretty quickly.🙄 He couldn't even got hard until Summer showed up.
November 18, 2021
This is my first book by Melynda Price and I will definitely be looking for others. The premise of the story is what drew me to the story, fake fiancé turns into real love, yes please! The MCs Summer and Cullen are multifaceted with fun personalities on the surface and inner turmoil that helps to bond them together. As the story progresses and the time to decide whether these two have real feelings drew closer I found myself flipping the pages as fast as I was able. This story will cause you to experience all the feelz, and it couldn’t have had a better ending.
Grab this book and dive in!!
4 Stars ⭐️
Grab this book and dive in!!
4 Stars ⭐️
June 17, 2021
Healing and love
Summer life fell apart, last thing she needed was to attend her brother’s wedding without a plus one when her ex is also part of the bridal party. A fire, being locked out, and a break in start a life changing event for Summer and Cullen. Great read and HEA.
Summer life fell apart, last thing she needed was to attend her brother’s wedding without a plus one when her ex is also part of the bridal party. A fire, being locked out, and a break in start a life changing event for Summer and Cullen. Great read and HEA.
September 10, 2021
Great book
From start to finish this book have me hooked.
Love the fun bits, the serious bits and the sexy bits.
Great read.
From start to finish this book have me hooked.
Love the fun bits, the serious bits and the sexy bits.
Great read.
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