Giving true love a spin . . .Michelin Moses is a country music star on the rise. With a hit single under his Texas-sized belt buckle and a sold-out concert tour underway, his childhood dreams of making it big are finally coming true. But there’s one thing missing—a promise to his dying mother that he’d find it—him—when the time was right. With a little luck, he won’t have to wait too long . . .… won’t have to wait too long . . .
Lucky Ramirez is a hunky boy toy who dances at The Broom Closet, one of West Hollywood’s hottest gay bars. He loves what he does, and he’s good at it—almost as good as he is at playing dumb when he spots Michelin Moses at the bar. What happens next is off the charts—and keeps Michelin coming back for more. He’s just not sure it’s the right move for his career. But if Lucky gets his way, Michelin will get Lucky—and no matter how the media spins it, neither of them will be faking it . . .
Praise for the Portland Heat series
“Tremendously charming and sexy.”—RT Book Reviews on Served Hot
“A really enjoyable story.”—Joyfully Jay on Baked Fresh
“Sometimes an author just gets everything right…Absolutely perfect.”—Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews on Delivered Fast
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I love this final book so much! Michelin and Lucky are great characters who are so different but just work as a couple. Michelin’s journey to self acceptance is something I feel a lot of people can relate to. I love how well Lucky was able to see what Michelin needed without making him feel like he was weird, especially in regard to Michelin’s demisexuality. Loved this entire series and was so glad to see it rereleased!
This is even better that the first book in the series. The emotions run high, especially for Trevor, who was also in the first book. I really felt for him, initially he has so much to put up with, and simply can’t trust those who are supposed to love and care for him. Jalen is also a troubled character, but in a different way to Trevor. I loved when they got together, they were so good for each other. Of course, it’s not all plain sailing, however, Ms Albert handles the emotional ups and downs with sympathy, and empathy, creating a lovely ending.
Good Lord this is not your typical rockstar romance or even your typical fake relationship story. This book was the perfect addition to this series and loved seeing little peeks from the MCs from the 1st 2 books in this series!!!!
Enjoyable book but I wanted to slap both Michelin and Lucky at times! I loved that Michelin was written as demisexual—it’s a very underrepresented sexuality in romance novels in my opinion. Definitely a good book but wasn’t my favorite in the series, hence the 4 stars.
4,5 stars.
While reading this book, I was reminded of why I love Annabeth’s books so much. It had been too long since I read one of hers, and I couldn’t help but feel some sort of regret. But you know how that goes: too many books to read, too little time. I guess that goes for most of us booklovers!
I still have a few of hers on my TBR mountainous pile, so I think I should make sure they get closer to the top.
Anyway, this review is about All note long, the third book in Annabeth’s Perfect Harmony series. This series is getting a beautiful make-over with gorgeous new covers. No new content.
I have read the first book and loved it. Sadly didn’t get to read the second one yet, but, like a couple of others, it’s still waiting patiently on my TBR. It didn’t matter, because this one can perfectly be read as a standalone. There are cameo’s from and references to the first two books, of course, but it doesn’t really feel like you’ve missed out on something.
This is Michelin’s book. If you have read the first two books, you’ve already met him. He’s a big country star and has everything going for him; lots of fans, concerttours, a new album, money. Then one night he meets Lucky Ramirez, a hunky boy toy dancing at one of WH’s hottest gay bars.
The meeting doesn’t end very well, with pictures of them sold to gossip press, which forces Michelin to openly admit he’s gay. And that’s not going very well either.
When the first solution to avoid things getting off the rails is to fake a relationship between Michelin and the out and proud Lucky, they both reluctantly agree.
Lucky is everything Michelin is not. He doesn’t care what other people think as long as he can be himself. Michelin is afraid to be himself, scared people will only remember him as the gay country star. That it doesn’t matter what music he makes, what he does, what he says, what he sings about. People will think of the gay part first. He’s not ready for that. He doesn’t want to be a hero, he refuses to stand on the barricades, carrying rainbow flags and wearing matching clothes. That’s not who he is. He just wants to make music, like he always did.
Unfortunately, things have changed and he has to accept that he can’t go back to the way things were.
He needs Lucky to get there.
And then Michelin teaches Lucky it’s not bad when you tone your pride down a bit.
They are opposites in almost every way, but they fit perfectly.
I need to be honest about one thing. When I started reading, it took a few chapters before it grabbed me. But when it finally did, I had a hard time letting go. I loved how Annabeth portraid Michelin as a vulnerable, insecure son of a rancher, who just liked to sing and play guitar. I loved how real she made him and how well she handled his demisexuality.
And then Lucky. I loved him to bits. He was so vibrant and caring for Michelin. He knew exactly what Michelin needed, specially when they were doing the fake boyfriend thing and they got to know each other better.
Michelin and Lucky might be my favorite Annabeth couple so far. I love reading and I love music, so how great is it when those things are combined?!
So, I’d recommend this book for people who love a bit of enemies to lovers, a bit of second chances, and a bit of country. Add in the mix an out and proud go-go dancer, and you’ll love this book as much as I did.
Lucky is a go-go dancer in a club. Michelin is a country music star. When Michelin goes to the club for a birthday party, he sees Lucky dancing and is immediate entranced by him. When he is caught kissing Lucky, he is outed to the world. I was hooked into the story from the first chapter! Sooo good!! This was a different Michelin than we meet in the first two stories. I felt so much empathy for him, he was such a perfectly flawed character. I loved how Lucky was able to bring him out of his head. Fantastic story!! I’m voluntarily leaving a review from an advanced copy that I was gifted. Thank you so much for letting me read your art. My reviews are solely based on my thoughts and opinions.