From New York Times bestselling author Kylie Scott comes the second sizzling stand-alone novel in the Dive Bar series!
When his younger brother loses interest in online dating, hot bearded bartender Joe Collins only intends to log into his account and shut it down. Until he reads about her.
Alex Parks is funny, fascinating, and pretty much everything he’s been looking for in a woman—except that she lives across the country. Soon they’re emailing up a storm and telling each other their deepest, darkest secrets…except the one that really matters.
When Alex pays Joe a surprise visit, however, they both discover that when it comes to love, it’s always better with a twist.
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Stephanie’s 3 Star Review:
I received a copy of this book from the publisher for an honest review.
Twist is the second book in this series, though you don’t have to read the first to be up to date with these characters. I didn’t read the first but I don’t feel like it hindered my experience of this book.
I want to start my review by saying I love Kylie Scott books. Her Stage Dive books are amazing. I simply struggled with this book. My biggest issue was with the heroine (Alex.) She had unrealistic hangups (in my opinion) so it didn’t make the story line for me. I was disappointed in her that it took majority of the book before I actually even liked her.
The hero (Joe) was a sweet and loving character. Though Alex describes him as a beast of a man he seemed like a teddy bear to me. One you’d love to snuggle with. His hangups were much more understandable and realistic. I could sympathize with his relationship hangups.
Overall the writing was great and their banter back and forth was funny in parts. I enjoyed their love story. I just had a hard time believing in Alex’s character.
Excerpt:
“I wanted to talk to you a bit more about what happened between us online,” he said, his mouth a serious straight line. “How I came to use my brother’s profile.”
Ugh. “I’m pretty sure I found out everything I needed to know last night.”
“I didn’t mean to lie to you, Alex.”
“Once is a mistake.” I crossed my legs, kicking my black leather bootie back and forth. So I was a little aggravated. Sue me. “Months’ worth of e-mails is not. You could have introduced yourself to me, Joe, told me who you really were. You chose not to. Christ, no wonder you kept putting off meeting. I should have known something was wrong.”
“You’re right. I shouldn’t try to sell you excuses.” A big sigh from my “friend.” “Truth is, I’m not used to being the bad guy. Usually I’m the one cleaning up my brother’s messes.”
“Lucky me.”
Kylie is a New York Times and USA Today best-selling author. She was voted Australian Romance Writer of the year, 2013 & 2014, by the Australian Romance Writer’s Association and her books have been translated into eleven different languages. She is a long time fan of romance, rock music, and B-grade horror films. Based in Queensland, Australia with her two children and husband, she reads, writes and never dithers around on the internet. You can learn more about Kylie from http://www.kylie-scott.com/
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