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If you liked You've Got Mail - albeit a much raunchier and updated version - then you'll love this book. Kline is Georgia's boss and as such, the two have never looked at each other as possible love interests. At least in person. Unbeknownst to the two of them, they have been chatting on a dating app and really hitting it off. When Kline is desperate for a date to an event, he asks Georgia and the two embark on a really sweet, and definitely sexy romance. Is it time to let their dating app show more alter-egos go?

This book was super sweet and really funny. I will warn you - if you don't like steam, or if swearing turns you off - then avoid this book. Max Monroe, who is actually a pair of authors who joined together to write sassy rom-coms, doesn't hold back. Georgia's last name is Cummings, for instance, and there is no shortage of puns. If you're into the trend of R-rated romances, then you'll have found your match here. This book also kicks off the Billionaire Bad Boys series, which I'm looking forward to. I want to keep up with these characters and find out where they end up.

Sometimes you need to let loose and enjoy a fun, snarky, laugh-out-loud book with characters that aren't too deep, but aren't two-dimensional either. This book checks a lot off my list and I highly recommend it for people who can enjoy this book for what it is. Is it going to change your life? Of course not - but sometimes, that's okay. Relax, and read something that will make you smile - and dare I say turn on the AC. show less

Just goes to show that even though enemies to lovers is an overdone romance novel theme, you can still find a novel using this old trope that manages to be fresh.

Grumpy Cowboy is a lot of fun, and Leah Levy is a surprisingly good heroine. She's intelligent, she has fun, she's outward looking and caring, and she doesn't misread situations for the sake of the plot. That's left to grumpy cowboy Rhett, and fortunately, that's quite brief.

His daughter Joey is also a notable character, and at 5 show more years old, she's cute in a sassy, endearing way.

I haven't read, or heard of, Max Monroe before, and I'm surprised to see there are none of her audiobooks on Overdrive/Libby, in any of the 5 libraries I am using at present, even though she has written 37 books. But thanks to Hoopla, I'll have access to quite a few more by her.

This book is brand new, published in 2022. show less

Single Dad Seeks Juliet is Max Monroe's newest stand-alone book. I don't think we have seen any of the characters in another MM book, but you will see Jake, Holley, maybe Chloe and hopefully, Holley's stand in another book. I will not say whose because it will be a (minor) spoiler, although I will say that I am looking forward to it.

Here is what you need to know about the book. Jake's daughter Chloe is about to leave for college and she doesn't want her father to be alone for the rest of show more his life. He is fairly young after all. So she enters him in a bachelor anonymous contest, without him knowing, which is run by Holley's workplace and Holley is responsible for running the contest which means that she is responsible for selecting the ladies for the bachelor, observing each date, and then writing an article about it. How she and Jake fall in love is for you to find out when you read the book.

It's been a while since I finished a book, let alone a Max Monroe with a happy smile, and Single Dad Seeks Juliet broke the curse. There were some issues with the storytelling, but my overall feelings about the book are very positive. For one, I was happy to find out that some of the things that bothered me in the previous books were not present in this one. Jake has a friend with benefits, but he didn't seem like the "walking STDs" I mentioned in my review of Hate the Player. I have to add here, that I found it very weird that Heather (the FWB) was mentioned in a single chapter and then never again because technically, I don't think that Jake ever officially ended things with her. Jake is a very lovable man and a caring father. His love and devotion to his daughter were so obvious that it made me swoon. Jake is book husband material.

Holley is an interesting lady. I liked her mainly because she was a hard-working woman who is stuck with doing something she doesn't really want to and manages to make the best out of it and because of the way she loved her family and the people around her. She doesn't really have any friends as she said but I loved her relationship with her father and her acceptance of Chloe and her willingness to help her. I liked that she was good at things, but they weren't thrown in our face just because she is the female lead and must appear perfect all the time.

There is very little steam in this book and it was very surprising, to be honest. Jake and Holley spend most of their time together falling in love rather than between the sheets and it was a pleasant surprise since most books tend to be about the sexy times and less about knowing each other. The book was nearing its end and I ended up wondering if the book was going to end up being a clean romance.

I was expecting Holley to be more of a third wheel at the dates, but that wasn't the case and she usually sat further away from Jake and his potential Juliet. Still, after every date, it felt like he and Holley went on their own version of the date that had just happened, so it worked for me. These two took their sweet time to get to know each other.

Can I please have more of Holley's dad? That man is hilarious and a great father and I need to see him again. I don't even care how or why he will appear. I just need to see him. He was the reason I laughed while reading the book.

Overall, I am very happy and satisfied with Single Dad Seeks Juliet and I would recommend it! show less

This is a spicy contemporary romance that starts stressfully. I thought the first book in the Midnight series leaned too sweet and cheesy, and this one definitely has its share, but the stakes are much higher here. It’s a luxury fantasy with a little survivalist, stranded-on-an-island energy to start. There’s a lot of brand-name-dropping and references that are going to age this book quickly, but in the moment, it was fun. The main characters are both likable in their own ways, even when show more she veers into shallow and wasteful. It helped to actually see them interacting with friends and family, not just orbiting each other. It made them feel more like actual humans with connections and priorities. I am fully ready to be adopted into this family. Marry in, sibling in, doesn’t matter. I’ll take whatever role is available. It’s quick, spicy, and full of those “what if I just changed my whole life for love, and also we were rich” fantasies. Sometimes that’s exactly the point.

Thanks to NetGalley and Max Monroe for access to this book. show less