Jack Valentini isn’t my type. Sexy, brooding cowboys are fine in the movies, but in real life, I prefer a suit and tie. Proper manners. A close shave. Jack might be gorgeous, but he’s also scruffy, rugged, and rude. He wants nothing to do with a “rich city girl” like me, and he isn’t afraid to say so. But I’ve got a PR job to do for his family’s farm, so he’s stuck with me and I’m stuck with him. His glares. His moods. His tight jeans. His muscles. His huge, hard muscles.
Pretty soon there’s a whole different kind of tension between us, the kind that has me misbehaving in barns, trees, and pickup trucks. I’ve never done anything so out of character – but it feels too good to stop.
And the more I learn about the grieving ex-Army sergeant, the better I understand him. Losing his wife left him broken and bitter and blaming himself. He doesn’t think he deserves a second chance at happiness. But he’s wrong.
I don’t need to be his first love. If only he’d let me be his last.
Melanie Harlow at her finest. Melanie Harlow’s Frenched is one of my all-time favorite romance novels, and Lucas Fournier is in my Book Boyfriend Hall of Fame. I didn’t think any of her men would ever surpass him, although Sebastian from Some Sort of Happy came pretty darn close. But then she had to go and write Jack freaking Valentini. Heart broken, moody, rude Jack Valentini. Jack Valentini of the tight jeans, farmer’s tan, and muscles upon muscles. And just like that, Lucas was knocked out of the top spot. (Please,…
Swoony and Steamy Perfection! Actual Rating 4.5 starsÂ
Farmer Frownypants and City Girl give a whole new meaning to the word chemistry. Holy hell, this book was smokin’. The chemistry between Jack and Margot was seriously off the charts, whether they were fighting, bantering, flirting, or about to make some magic.Â