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As far as flings go, single dad Gabe Trahan is pretty sure that Addison Sloan is his best bet. Once a month, Addison comes to New Orleans and then\u2026It. Is. On.<\/i>\u00a0Until Addison returns to New York, it\u2019s just hot, happily-no-strings-attached sex. And beignets. And jazz. But lately for Gabe, it isn\u2019t\u00a0nearly<\/i>\u00a0enough.<\/span><\/p>

Sure, maybe Addison\u2019s gotten a bit hooked on Gabe. After all, who can resist a guy who\u2019s so sexy, so charming, and so\u2026available? But maybe he\u2019s\u00a0too<\/i>\u00a0available for her right now. Addison\u2019s just moved to New Orleans, and relationships are definitely off the table. Besides, guys always bail when they learn her secret: she\u2019s a single mom.<\/span><\/p>

Only Gabe\u2019s not running. Worse, he\u2019s\u00a0thrilled<\/i>. But Addison never signed up for ever-after romance, and Gabe won\u2019t settle for anything less. Now it\u2019s a battle of wills\u2014and when it comes to the woman he\u2019s falling for, Gabe isn\u2019t above playing a little dirty.<\/span><\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Release Date:<\/strong>\u00a0Aug 31, 2018
Series:<\/strong>\u00a0Boys of the Big Easy
<\/em>Book:\u00a0<\/strong>1
Heat Level:<\/strong>\u00a0Hot
Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Amazon
Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0Montlake Romance
Price:<\/strong>\u00a0$3.99<\/p>

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Addison and Gabe have been involved in a long distance relationship for several months. Once a month she flies down to New Orleans from New York. She spends all of her free time with Gabe.\u00a0 Things are very simple with them as they are both single parents (not revealed up front) and live in different states. Everything changes when Addison takes a career opportunity restore old homes with the New Orleans branch of her firm. Now they must find a way to navigate a relationship when they are in the same city.<\/p>

The beginning of the book stalled for me for several reasons. First, we (the readers) are thrown right into their relationship. Of course, the blurb indicates that the hero and heroine are in some sort of relationship. I just expected to be able to warm up to them. The heroine is immediately trying to break things off with the hero. He is way more invested in the relationship with her but outside of the physical I didn\u2019t understand how he became so emotionally involved.<\/p>

Addison is very cold and it takes more than half of the book for me to warm up to her. She is very organized and straightforward to the point that I had wondered how could she attract a man like Gabe. She does everything in her power to avoid Gabe now that she is living in New Orleans. She doesn\u2019t want their children to meet. She refuses to meet his son. She is slightly resentful of being a mom which causes conflict with Gabe initially. However, he is so smitten with her that he is determined to win her over.<\/p>

He invites Addison to his single parents club. He hopes by showing her how other single parents get along, she will be willing to give them a chance. Eventually, the members of the group start to chisel away at her and she is excited to be a part of something. She decides to give her relationship with Gabe a chance.<\/p>

The development of their relationship alongside the story of their kids added a different dynamic to this story. I\u2019m not the biggest fan of children in my romances when they take up so much space. Honestly, there is no real conflict except at the end and that felt forced at best. It might be due to the fact the author uses the children as a part of it.<\/p>

There are a great set of secondary characters. I\u2019m curious to read more about them.<\/p>

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Now it\u2019s a battle of wills\u2014and when it comes to the woman he\u2019s falling for, Gabe isn\u2019t above playing a little dirty.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/3-hearts.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"135\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong>\u00a0Aug 31, 2018<br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Boys of the Big Easy<br \/><\/em><strong>Book:\u00a0<\/strong>1<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong>\u00a0Hot<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Amazon<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0Montlake Romance<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong>\u00a0$3.99<\/p><hr \/><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Addison and Gabe have been involved in a long distance relationship for several months. Once a month she flies down to New Orleans from New York. She spends all of her free time with Gabe.\u00a0 Things are very simple with them as they are both single parents (not revealed up front) and live in different states. Everything changes when Addison takes a career opportunity restore old homes with the New Orleans branch of her firm. Now they must find a way to navigate a relationship when they are in the same city.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The beginning of the book stalled for me for several reasons. First, we (the readers) are thrown right into their relationship. Of course, the blurb indicates that the hero and heroine are in some sort of relationship. I just expected to be able to warm up to them. The heroine is immediately trying to break things off with the hero. He is way more invested in the relationship with her but outside of the physical I didn\u2019t understand how he became so emotionally involved.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Addison is very cold and it takes more than half of the book for me to warm up to her. She is very organized and straightforward to the point that I had wondered how could she attract a man like Gabe. She does everything in her power to avoid Gabe now that she is living in New Orleans. She doesn\u2019t want their children to meet. She refuses to meet his son. She is slightly resentful of being a mom which causes conflict with Gabe initially. However, he is so smitten with her that he is determined to win her over.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He invites Addison to his single parents club. He hopes by showing her how other single parents get along, she will be willing to give them a chance. Eventually, the members of the group start to chisel away at her and she is excited to be a part of something. She decides to give her relationship with Gabe a chance.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The development of their relationship alongside the story of their kids added a different dynamic to this story. I\u2019m not the biggest fan of children in my romances when they take up so much space. Honestly, there is no real conflict except at the end and that felt forced at best. It might be due to the fact the author uses the children as a part of it.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There are a great set of secondary characters. I\u2019m curious to read more about them.<\/p><p><em>~ Samantha<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2C4RiNh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}