Cassie Everson is an expert at escaping bad first dates. And, after years of meeting, greeting, and running from the men who try to woo her, Cassie is almost ready to retire her hopes for a husband—and children—altogether.

But fate has other plans, and Cassie’s online dating profile catches the eye of firefighter Jett Bentley. In Jett’s memory, Cassie Everson is the unreachable girl-of-legend from their high school days. Nervously, he messages her, setting off a chain of events that forces a reluctant Cassie back into the dating game.

No one is more surprised than Cassie when her first date with Jett is a knockout. But when they both go home and find three children dropped in their laps—each—they independently decide to do the right and mature thing: hide the kids from each other while sorting it all out. What could go wrong?

Melissa Ferguson’s hilarious and warmhearted debut reminds us that love can come in very small packages—and that sometimes our best-laid plans aren’t nearly as rewarding and fun as the surprises that come our way.

**This review will contain minor spoilers**

This is a tough review to write because I really wanted to love this book, but it’s hard when the guy and girl both start the relationship with lies and continue to lie throughout the story. I openly admit that I only read the first 150 pages carefully; after that, I skimmed the rest just to find out what happens because I just didn’t want to keep reading about their deception anymore. Sadly, after lying for so many pages, the story ends with them finally caught in/admitting their lies but not actually apologizing for them. There’s no repentance and there are no consequences for their actions. Just a lot of luck that they both happened to be lying about the same thing.

Personally, I don’t find lying to be romantic. It was hard to root for the characters because I don’t think relationships should start or build on lies. From a purely clean-read, contemporary romance perspective, this was a decent story. I wish I had connected more with the characters though.

Rated PG. Get your copy here!

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