Book Blurb:
It was just one date.
My friend told me I needed more fun in my life, so I reluctantly said yes. Fun wasn’t exactly in my wheelhouse. After watching my own mother’s love life implode time and time again it’s only natural that I have a few rules to protect myself.
Actually, it’s just one rule…
Avoid relationships with men so I don’t get attached.
I wasn’t worried. Getting attached has never been a big problem for me. This guy was just a warm body in a chair. I was here for the basketball game. I was absolutely NOT here for my date.
Or the kiss cam.
Or the kiss.
Or the impromptu evening with the one man who seems bent on throwing my tidy world off of its axis.
But when my life takes a nose dive, he’s also the man who seems bent on proving to me that good men do exist, dreams can come true, and sometimes throwing out the rule book is when the magic really starts to happen.
Tropes:
*Rom-Com *Closed Door *Strangers --> more *Friends --> more *Kiss Cam
*a night to remember *2nd chance for romance *Golden Retriever MMC *He falls first
*family drama *State Challenge Utah *Hallmark vibes
Thoughts:
Nora against her better judgement decides to take her friends advice and go out on a date... she says yes to going to a basketball game which is fine... but the date turns into a total disaster pretty quickly the guy is a self centered toolbag.
Thankfully there is a handsome guy sitting on the other side they spend their evening flirting and when her "date" goes to get another snack and the kiss cam centers on her and her handsome stranger... then keeps coming back to them they decide "why not" and go in for a kiss... shortly after after her date makes a move that makes her uncomfortable and her Knight in the next seat says he will take her home.
They go on to have a night to remember but after go their separate ways while they share social media with each other Nora figures it would be better to forget that night where she felt all of her dreams could come true, he has a girlfriend now and her life is the opposite of dream like with her mounting debt and her child like mother constantly coming to her to bail her out of her financial problems.... doesn't her mom realize she isn't in a financially sound place either?
Nora is selfless, a hard worker and a people pleaser she started working at a young age to help her mom and support her younger sisters so they wouldn't have their dreams crushed too. She had to drop out of school but she still has dreams of returning something is bound to turn around for her soon... surprisingly it comes in the form of getting a job at her aunts cleaning company.
When she arrives at work she ends up in the elevator with her handsome stranger Duke and his friends that she met at the basketball game a few years earlier at this point... maybe he won't remember her.
Naturally he does he never forgot her either and he and his friends run a company... that she happens to be cleaning for... great just when she thought things couldn't get any lower now she's going to have to clean way later so she doesn't run into him after hours... but of course she does.
Duke (MMC) happens to mention that his company is doing an internship program for a period of time that pays they are selecting three interns to work for them and prepare a project... if they win at the end they will be hired and it comes with a college scholarship... Even though she knows it would probably be a bad idea it's something she can't refuse she needs this.
Even though Duke is now her essentially her boss, he's drawn to Nora and can't help but seek her out to spend time with her, they grow closer together and when Nora finds out that he's suddenly single could she throw caution to the wind and go for what she truly wants for once?
To add additional drama one of the other interns selected is a mean girl and upset that Duke has noticed Nora and not herself she begins to taunt Nora it would be a shame if HR Found out about any inappropriate relationships.
This book was so cute, a little corny throughout but over all a light fun and cozy read, I enjoyed this one and happy I found it for my 50 states challenge for Utah.
Some negatives for this book:
-Nora talked about setting better boundaries with her mom but if she called would give in and pay for her past due bills
-The MMC is so sweet but later in the book makes a comment about his 3 year relationship being "the rebound" it just seems out of character
-the FMC talks about doing a lot for her mom & sisters... but the mom is the only one she interacts with in the book, what are the sisters doing? Do they know what she gave up for them?
-MMC what he does in the epilogue... just no 👎
-FMC is so stubborn it becomes pretty repetitive --> she's stressed out about her student loan, lack of money and having a wayward mom who makes poor choices with men who use her and leave --> she doesn't want to accept help... from anyone.
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