by Piper Rayne
Series: Blue Collar Brothers #3
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Release Date: December 6th, 2018
Blurb:
A Sexy FAKE RELATIONSHIP rom com standalone written by a duo of two USA Bestselling Authors.
Luca Bianco is a jerk. There I said it.
He thinks he’s so suave and sexy, walking around in his paramedic uniform stretched out by all his hard muscles and saving lives every day. I swear he thinks every woman in the world would kill for a chance to be with him.
Men like Luca are good for one thing only—a one-night stand—not commitment. I don’t care if my friend did pay good money at a charity bachelor auction for me to go on a date with him, I refuse to do it.
That is until Luca offers me a deal I can’t refuse, and I agree to be his pretend fiancé.
The heat that’s simmered between us for a decade ignites and I’m not sure even Luca will be able to kickstart my heart after I call code blue.
What’s that saying? Love is blind?
Not true. I can see this head-on collision coming a mile away.
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Excerpt:
The light from the street reflects the humor shining in his eyes. “I’m just sick of the fighting.”
“Fighting
is what we do best. It’s basically how we communicate.” Then all the
puzzle pieces join together in my head. I’m so stupid. “You want
something.”
We pull up in front of my house just as I realize what a fucking moron I am.
“Nope.” He takes the keys, grabs the bag of food and gets out of the car.
He’s
totally playing me. I might not be a psychologist who can quickly spot a
liar, but Luca, I know too well. Not well, but when it comes to our
interactions—I know him. And this nice Luca, taking me to a Hawks game,
buying me dinner, wanting to eat with me…this isn’t the Luca Bianco I
know.
I climb out of his car, the slam of the door echoing down the dark residential street. “Tell me what it is you want.”
His lips remain straight, not even a hint of a smile or smirk.
Another clear sign that this isn’t the Luca I know.
“Come on. Let’s eat.” He nods in the direction of my house.
“By
prolonging whatever it is, you’re just pissing me off, which means if
you need something, I’m more than likely going to say no. Or we could
play a little game…”
“How about we eat?” He waits
patiently as I insert the key into my door, disengage the alarm that
Cristian, Luca’s brother insisted we get installed.
Police officers. Jeez.
We step inside and he’s the one to shut the door and flick the lock.
“Planning to have your way with me?” I’m not serious as I walk into the kitchen to grab us some drinks, utensils, and napkins.
The sound of the television blaring drifts into the kitchen seconds later.
With
my hands full, I head back into the living room. “Feel free to make
yourself at home,” I deadpan, handing Luca a Vitamin Water and a napkin.
“Thanks.” He lifts the napkin and drink. “And thanks.”
We
sit on the couch because although our house is nice and newly
redecorated thanks to Maddie’s mad skills, the family room area is small
and the best place to see the television is the couch. No worries
though, there’s still a cushion between us.
I open up
my box of food, a little bit of steam hitting my face. “I can’t just sit
here and watch soccer with you and not know what you want.”
I hate that I’ve had to resort to being sincere in my request.
He opens up his own box and I’m a tad jealous I didn’t get the burger. It smells and looks delicious.
Luca doesn’t respond, just stands and heads into the kitchen.
He knows our house way too well thanks to his brothers always suggesting we meet here when we go out.
I
pop a cauliflower floret into my mouth, tasting the Korean flavor makes
my mouth water. Opening up my Vitamin Water to cool my tongue, I ignore
Luca’s return, instead, fixating on the television as he rounds the
coffee table in front of me. The couch dips with the weight of his body
which is now closer than before.
I’ve never been alone
with Luca, much less this close. I feel a shift in our volatile
relationship like the stillness before a storm. It’s too quiet. It’s too
calm. Too…enjoyable.
“Here.” My gaze shifts from the
television, although I couldn’t tell you the score of the game and I see
he’s holding half his burger out to me.
“What’s this?” I ask, loading my mouth with another califloret.
Man, it’s hot.
“I think you had a little bit of drool dripping from your mouth when I opened the container. How about we share?”
He
smiles. A smile I’ve only ever seen on his face with his friends, or
his brothers, and especially his mom. He doesn’t even wear this smile
when he’s with girls. At least not that I’ve ever seen. That fact runs
around my stomach stirring up the butterflies to max flight.
I don’t like this.
It’s too damn calm.
Where are the eighty mile per hour winds?
“Luca,
if you don't tell me what you want, I’m going to kick you out of my
house.” I take half the burger and slide my cauliflower and fries closer
to him as an offering.
“You can’t just wait?” he asks, seeming disappointed.
“HA!” I point to him with a greasy finger. “You do want something from me. Tell me what it is.”
“You’re ridiculous you know that, right? A normal person would wait.”
I shake my head. “No, they wouldn’t.”
See, this feels good. This feels right.
“LUCA!” I scream.
He blows out a breath. “Fine. I need a favor from you.”
About the authors:
Piper Rayne, or Piper and Rayne, whichever you prefer because we’re not one author, we’re two. Yep, you get two USA Today Bestselling authors for the price of one. Our goal is to bring you romance stories that have "Heartwarming Humor With a Side of Sizzle" (okay...you caught us, that's our tagline). A little about us... We both have kindle’s full of one-clickable books. We're both married to husbands who drive us to drink. We're both chauffeurs to our kids. Most of all, we love hot heroes and quirky heroines that make us laugh, and we hope you do, too.
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My review:
Well, I said it before and I’ll say it again,
this is my all-time favorite series!! I could never decide between those
brothers though, and who would dare me to anyway?! So I love them all
equally to infinity. =P
Their mama surely raised them
right. They had manners and big hearts. I especially loved how welcoming
this family was and that those tough guys all had a warm and soft side
that made me putty in their hands.
Knowing Luca from
the previous books, he might seem arrogant and very sure of himself.
Well, that might be true to some extent but there were more layers of
him which I discovered in this book and I think he will even get those
over to his side that were bigger fans of his brothers, because Luca’s
charm is irresistible. To be honest, I have always liked him, so I was
very excited for his story.
‘The way he scribbles his name reminds me of a serial killer or something.’
Lauren
and Luca had a lot in common. They were both competitive and hated each
other like no other, or did they really?! Well, let’s just say that
they didn’t see the arrow coming, which Cupid shot them with. Actually,
nobody saw it coming, neither his family nor her friends. Imagine their
surprise.
I loved Luca. It was a very smart way how he
asked her for this favor and he was so nice and lovely and aawww I
wouldn’t have hesitated to agree. His waters ran way deeper than
anticipated.
Lauren was awesome. She was my favorite
out of all the women because she was such a tough, loyal and
self-confident lady. There was no other better fit than her to rein in
Luca. They both had alpha personalities and while that surely made for
interesting moments when they butted heads as nobody of them wanted to
give in, they made it work and it never got boring. They’re like Mr. and
Mrs. Smith of the book world.
‘We met at the corner of love and hate.’
Obviously,
it was not easy to pull off a fake engagement and make everyone believe
that it was true. But that was only one of the obstacles they had to
overcome because something as big as an engagement whether fake or not
can cause a lot more consequences. They sure had their work cut out for
themselves because who would have thought that this arrangement would
take such a turn?!
I don’t even know what to say after
Mauro’s and Christian’s stories. Of course Luca could keep up with them
and although I didn’t have higher expectations than of the other
stories, because I knew Luca would be amazing, he still managed to
exceed them. Talk about competitive. Luca for the win! Luca wins all the
ladies and stole my heart.
-- I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book given by Inkslinger PR. --
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
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