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Naomi wasn’t just running away from her wedding. She was riding to the rescue of her estranged twin to Knockemout, Virginia, a rough-around-the-edges town where disputes are settled the old-fashioned way…with fists and beer. Usually in that order.

Too bad for Naomi her evil twin hasn’t changed at all. After helping herself to Naomi’s car and cash, Tina leaves her with something unexpected. The niece Naomi didn’t know she had. Now she’s stuck in town with no car, no job, no plan, and no home with an 11-year-old going on thirty to take care of.

There’s a reason Knox doesn’t do complications or high-maintenance women, especially not the romantic ones. But since Naomi’s life imploded right in front of him, the least he can do is help her out of her jam. And just as soon as she stops getting into new trouble he can leave her alone and get back to his peaceful, solitary life.

At least, that’s the plan until the trouble turns to real danger.

When I first saw the book cover, I thought it would be a dramatic women’s fiction novel (I rarely read back covers), but someone said it was one of their favorite rom-coms, I decided to try it.

This grumpy/sunshine, bad boy/good girl novel pulled me in from the first two pages. It’s much more of a sarcastic rom-com than a Hallmark rom-com, but it still make me chuckle over and over again.

As with many general market romance novels, there’s more spice than I prefer, and while the language does fit the character, there was almost too much swearing for me. But I loved the characters and the author’s voice so much that it pulled me right in.

R-rated for language, alcohol, and sex.

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