Un libro piacevole e anche divertente, una storia che mi è molto piaciuta proprio per la sua levità.
Aubrey, dopo avere scoperto che il suo fidanzato la tradisce, decide di trasferirsi in California. Durante il tragitto, in un’area di sosta, complice un pupazzetto di Barack Obama, una moto rotta e una gomma a terra, conosce Chance un bellissimo australiano anche lui diretto in California e che si unirà a lei in questo viaggio.
Un viaggio che si trasformerà in un’avventura molto intrigante e che li vedrà uniti anche nel salvataggio di una capretta cieca, Costoletta/Pixie, che poi porteranno con loro.
Man mano che il viaggio procede Aubrey scopre di essere sempre più profondamente attratta da Chance, ma lui le lancia segnali contrastanti fino a che, giunti a Las Vegas, dopo un finto matrimonio, daranno sfogo alla passione sino ad allora repressa.
Ma la mattina dopo Aubrey si risveglia nel letto da sola …
La storia è suddivisa in due parti, la prima, quella relativa al viaggio, viene narrata in prima persona da Audrey, mentre la seconda, che si svolge due anni dopo, è raccontata direttamente da Chance.
Una vicenda briosa e spumeggiate e che riesce a coinvolgere molto piacevolmente, personaggi che si fanno apprezzare, molto coerenti nel loro ruolo e, per finire, anche una capretta tanto simpatica che sarà molto difficile dimenticare.
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I will say first and foremost, ignore the cover (it will make more sense once you read the book). This book held my attention from beginning to end. I couldn't put it down! I want to say I giggled, even chuckled, but no - I had outright belly laughs! Lots of fun to read. Check it out. ( )

You run across a book that offers everything you enjoy: Romance, humor, hot Hero, strong Heroine and steamy times. The first part, Aubrey's POV, had all of that. A chance meeting at a convenience store merges these character through a cross country trip of funny times with a goat, camping you name it to a gasp...cliffhanger.

"So yeah, you're right. I'm not attracted to you. It's more like I'm captivated by you."

If you stopped with Part 1, you'd wonder why is their story to end here. But Part 2, is all about the why and forgiveness as told by Chance's POV. This is the part of the review where I slightly contradict myself. This was my favorite part. Most alpha males are all about the chest pound, bulldozering the heroine to win her favor. I mean the book's title is Cocky Bastard, you'd expect that, right? Well, no. He behaves like a male should. He knows he was in the wrong. He knows he needs to earn her trust. Is he making himself present? Yes, but backs off at the right times. Totally endeared him to me. However, at the same time, this was my least favorite part as the pace slowed considerably to Part 1.

In all, it was a fun, sexy, romantic read. If you are looking for that complete novel to get lost in, look no further as this book has what you are looking for.

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At first, I wasn't sure if I liked this. Aubrey was kind of irritating and the story was sort of boring. But then it switched to Chance's point of view and the story took a turn I wasn't expecting and it got a lot better. Chance's Australian accent was fun to listen to and the smut in the latter half of the book was pretty good. The goat was funny and I'm glad she kept him. Chance was sweet, he worked so hard to get Aubrey. I wish someone would buy me coffee everyday. Not too bad, just needed to give it a chance. ( )

4.6 stars

The humor in this has me cracking up. The chemistry between these two characters was off the charts. This is one of the first books I have read by this duo but it sure will not be the last. ( )