The Best Friend Bargain
by Robin Bielman
Kisses in the Sand #2
Publication Date: August 8, 2016
Genres: Adult, Entangled Lovestruck, Contemporary Romance
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Olivia Lincoln has a plan guaranteed to get her life back on track. A plan that involves her best friend, Danny. And he’s on board, too…until she blurts out that they’re engaged and expecting a baby, and the news spreads like wildfire.
The problem? Danny doesn’t do marriage. Or family. And everyone knows it, including Olivia.
As irritated as he might be, protecting Olivia is what Danny does. But put best friends under one roof, add house rules begging to be broken, accidental nakedness, and pancakes in bed, and what started as a marriage between friends threatens to turn into the real deal…which would ruin everything.
4.5 Stars
Although this is the third book in the Kisses in the Sand series, it was the first book by Robin Bielman that I have read, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. This is an sweet friends to lovers romance.
Danny is the male lead, he's complex, funny, sweet and caring and above all an amazing friend. he's strong but also has a softer vulnerable side.
Liv is the female lead. She's quite impulsive and when things go wrong in her life, she turns to her best friend without really thinking about how her decisions will affect anyone else.
I really enjoyed watching this relationship develop the chemistry and sexual tension was intense. This couple were completely relateable and realistic in their portrayal. They both have fears and are far from perfect. But as best friends do, they have a special bond that comes across even when they are fighting their burgeoning attraction. I really felt a connection with this like-able couple and kept pulling for them to find their happy ever after.
The twist and turns had me feeling a range of emotions with both smiles and welling of tears. Overall this book is well written, with an engaging and entertaining story line and i'm sure I will be reading more of Robin's work in the future.
Although this is the third book in the Kisses in the Sand series, it was the first book by Robin Bielman that I have read, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. This is an sweet friends to lovers romance.
Danny is the male lead, he's complex, funny, sweet and caring and above all an amazing friend. he's strong but also has a softer vulnerable side.
Liv is the female lead. She's quite impulsive and when things go wrong in her life, she turns to her best friend without really thinking about how her decisions will affect anyone else.
I really enjoyed watching this relationship develop the chemistry and sexual tension was intense. This couple were completely relateable and realistic in their portrayal. They both have fears and are far from perfect. But as best friends do, they have a special bond that comes across even when they are fighting their burgeoning attraction. I really felt a connection with this like-able couple and kept pulling for them to find their happy ever after.
The twist and turns had me feeling a range of emotions with both smiles and welling of tears. Overall this book is well written, with an engaging and entertaining story line and i'm sure I will be reading more of Robin's work in the future.
She
pressed her lips together and tried really hard not to laugh, but it
didn’t work and she burst into a fit of uncontrollable giggles. Not
entirely because he was funny, but because his teasing question
heightened her awareness of him. Made her nervous.
And
horny. So, so horny.
“God,
I love your laugh,” he said quietly, his gaze drifting over her
chin, her lips, her cheeks, her eyes.
Liv
stopped. Giggling. Moving. Breathing. And thinking that they could go
back to the way things were before they’d kissed on the beach and
her world had turned on its axis.
She
loved laughing with Danny. He’d always had a direct link to her
funny bone. Her mind searched for the times Will had made her laugh.
Once, maybe twice? In six months. How had she not realized that until
now?
“Danny,”
she said, whisper soft.
“I’m
not telling you anything I haven’t told you before.”
True.
He didn’t keep his compliments to himself, especially when her
loud, high-pitched guffaw swayed others to laugh along with her. But
the gleam in his eyes said he wanted to back up his statement with
another kiss, and that had never happened before.
Time
to stop looking at those twin pools of honey and reading things she
wasn’t quite ready to tackle.
“Don’t
read anything into it,” he added, like he had secret passage inside
her head. “I’m just a guy telling his best friend she’s fun to
be around.”
Seriously?
He had to throw out movie star lines like that? Could he say the
wrong thing just once so he pissed her off? Whenever he talked she
forgot about keeping him in the friend zone. The only zone she wanted
him in was the touchdown one. Doing a dirty dance with their hot,
sweaty naked bodies entwined.
She
leaned closer to him. “Then stop looking at me like that.”
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A temporary agreement neither could keep…
Brainy, organized Sophie Birch is no beach bunny. In fact, she’s totally out of her element among the sun-bronzed crowd at a film festival in beautiful White Strand Cove. When a surf lesson introduces her to Zane Hollander, suddenly she's up close and personal with the world's sexiest surf star. But what can a great-looking, experienced athlete possibly see in a klutzy out-of-towner who’s never set foot in the ocean?
Zane Hollander's playboy reputation has never been a problem…until recently. Now his management team wants him on his best behavior to entice a meaningful new sponsor. Sophie Birch is the perfect girl to help reform his image. She's genuine and respected—and their relationship is purely fictional. But the more Sophie blooms under the beachy sun, the more Zane knows he'll just break her heart. Because nothing's more important to Zane than following the tide.
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The one guy she shouldn't want...
Honor Mitchell has lived with guilt and regret for a long time, so when she promises to do the things on her dying best friend's wish list, she's determined to follow through and do something right for a change. But when she's thrown together for wedding duties with the one man who complicates her vow--just by looking at him--she has to put her faith in Bryce Bishop's pledge to help her, no strings attached.
Bryce's near one-night stand with his ex-girlfriend's best friend a few months ago might have been a mistake, but helping the beautiful, free-spirited Honor with her promise isn't. His trust in women is shot, but he can't help but play his best man card to his advantage and help Honor tick off the items on his ex's list, even if it puts him in a no-win situation. Because his assistance might get Honor what she wants, but suddenly being the do-good guy puts his plans--and heart--in serious jeopardy.
ABOUT ROBIN BIELMAN
When not attached to her laptop, USA Today Bestselling Author Robin Bielman can almost always be found with her nose in a book. A California girl, the beach is her favorite place for fun and inspiration. Her fondness for swoon-worthy heroes who flirt and stumble upon the girl they can’t live without jumpstarts all of her story ideas.
She loves to go on adventures, and has skydived, scuba dived, parasailed, gotten lost in the wilderness (and only suffered a gazillion bug bites for it) hiked to waterfalls, and swam with dolphins. In her spare time she also likes to put her treadmill to good use while watching her favorite TV shows, take hikes with her hubby, indulge her sweet tooth, and play sock tug of war with her cute, but sometimes naughty dog, Harry.
She dreams of traveling to faraway places and loves to connect with readers. Keep in touch and sign up for her newsletter on her website at http://robinbielman.com.
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