Not My Romeo
By: Ilsa Madden-Mills
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Publisher: Montlake
Release Date: August 18th, 2020
My Rating: 5 Stars!
Format: Kindle (Advanced Copy)
Blurb:
We start off with a lie on Valentine’s Day.
My blind date isn’t the studious guy I expected: he’s a drop-dead gorgeous player with sinful amber eyes. Somehow we end up at his penthouse. I blame the gin and tonic.
The next day I learn he’s Jack Hawke—bad-boy professional quarterback with a murky past. The NDA he has me sign should be a warning that he isn’t a regular person. Please. I sign it Juliet Capulet, so goodbye, famous football player with abs of steel, and good luck tracking down this small-town librarian.
But Jack keeps showing up in places I least expect him. Just when I’m sure he’s gone, he waltzes into my community theater and wins the part of Romeo to my Juliet. How’s a plain, mostly innocent girl like me supposed to resist a man like him?
Is Jack my real Romeo… or will this gorgeous football player only break my heart?
Sexy as sin reformed bad boy professional football player meets sassy and fierce librarian in this star crossed romance! What’s not to love!!!
About Not My Romeo:
Not My Romeo is a sweet and sassy standalone about a professional football player trying to revise and renew his reputation, catching the eye of a librarian trying desperately to stand out from the crowd and achieve her dreams in the fashion industry as a lingerie stylist.
All Elena wants is to get through this Valentine’s day blind date with her stomach full and her best friend off her back. When she gets to the restaurant she spots the blue shirt and the dark hair, her friend happened to leave out the sexy as sin appeal this man has going on… He’s way too good looking to be the weatherman her best friend set her up with… could the odds truly be in her favor this time?
Jack has the world on his shoulders all thanks to his ex-girlfriend and her faux tell all novel she released. So imagine his surprise when the vision of his teenage fantasy’s comes up to his table and sits down. Imagine his surprise when she orders food and wine, imagine his surprise when she asks him about the weather…..
The saying goes, all’s fair in love and war, and that’s exactly what is approaching when Elena wakes up the morning after and discovers her blind date isn’t who he claimed to be and her custom hand-sewn priceless panties are missing….
My Thoughts:
Ilsa Madden-Mills is still a fairly new to me author. In fact, Not My Romeo, is book number 5 marked off my tbr list. I can honestly say, every damn time I dive into a novel written by Ilsa Madden-Mills, I find myself getting lost in her words. Her words easily paint a vivid picture in my mind. Her books are a great escape from the hardships that come with the real world.
The premise of this novel is dangerously appetizing! A librarian and the bad boy football player…. SIGN ME UP!!! I knew right away, after reading the synopsis, I needed to have this book in my hands and I needed it now!
I loved the hell out of this couple. Everything from their opposites attract vibe to their personalities matched perfectly. I haven’t read a novel where the love interests are so in-tune with one another in a long time! Elena and Jack will go down in my reading history as one of my favorite book couples.
Jack’s personality is guarded, but once you dig beneath the surface, and he lets his guard down, this man is as goofy as they come… What also surprised me was the fact that he’s got a bit of a shy streak. One of my favorite moments was watching Jack slowly lower his guard for Elena. He let her see the man he is. He let her see the real Jack that he kept under lock and key.
Elena comes off as a good girl at the beginning of the novel…. But good lord did she ever surprise me. This tiger definitely has a wild streak when need be. My most favorite moment with her was watching her slowly weave her way beneath the surface of Jack’s wall. I also loved her sassy attitude and her independence.
Overall, Not My Romeo surprised the hell out of me. I expected to like this book, but I walked away loving the hell out of it and adding Jack and Elena to my ten favorites of 2020 list! My heart felt light and happy throughout this book. It was fun and, at times, a bit angsty. Bottom line is, everything I love about reading romance is woven in the pages of this novel! Definitely worthy of the 1 click!!!
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