They’re best friends, big dreamers, and harboring secret crushes on each other…As loyal as he is handsome, Kyle Egan only wants three things from life: to run his own boat charter company, to help take care of his mom, and to find a way to tell his best friend Drea how he truly feels about her. Easy going with an infectious laugh, Drea Miller knows she has a good gig working for her uncles and … for her uncles and spending time with her best friend Kyle. But she’s still restless and full of big dreams for the family business and her heart.
When the truth washes ashore, Kyle and Drea try to navigate their feelings for one another among the endless waves of life. As they face a future neither thought possible, will they decide their love is worth fighting for?
Can’t Fight This Feeling is a standalone friends-to-lovers contemporary romance. Enjoy it on its own, or as part of the series, with no cheating and a guaranteed HEA!
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Can’t Fight This Feeling is the debut novel from Claire Hastings and I CAN NOT WAIT to see what is coming up next for her. This book completely sucked me in to the tropical paradise resort that is full of love and family.
Drea had an unconventional life growing up. She lost her parents tragically when she was 6 months old, but was raised by her three overprotective uncles in the Caribbean resort. Kyle works for the resort as one the boat captains and is also Drea’s best friend. I loved the easy going feeling of their friendship, but they both had INSANE amounts of chemistry. Kyle is super sweet and seriously the perfect boyfriend. He is so caring of not only Drea, but his mother.
The secondary characters in this story were fantastic and I loved every single on of them from Drea’s three uncles and her aunt to her best friend, Leona and Kyle’s best friend, Dalton. They all added so much to this story in a different way.
Can’t Fight This Feeling is such a fun and sweet friends to lovers romance that will transport you to paradise. A MUST READ and the perfect escape.
A fresh voice has hit the scene determined to make her presence known. Can’t Fight This Feeling, feels like lightning in a bottle. The impact is swift, powerful and beautiful to watch. Hastings puts hearts on notice with a captivating voice and a flirty sense of humor. Kyle and Drea are an irresistible breath of fresh air that makes the senses tingle and the heart rejoice.
I loved this book so much! The characters, the setting, the writing!!! I can already tell this will be a book I read multiple times. Can we please make Indigo Royal Resort a real place? Do yourself a favor and read this book!
Drea has been raised by her 3 bachelor uncles at their high end resort on St. Thomas. Kyle has worked for them for the last 5 years and has been her best friend. Both have secretly been crushing on the other but were afraid to admit it. What happens when they admit their feelings?
This was my first Claire Hastings book and I am hooked. Can’t Fight This Feeling is a story that will bring you a range of emotions. You will laugh and get angry at this sweet friends to lovers story. I LOVED the uncles and friends in addition to Kyle and Drea. I am looking forward to reading the next book.
*** 4.5 Stars ***
Can’t Fight This Feeling (Indigo Royal Resort #1), Claire Hastings’s debut novel, is a contemporary, friends to lovers, workplace romance told in the third person.
Drea Miller loves living and working at the Indigo Royal Resort where she was raised by her three uncles. She dreams of adding a spa to the resort someday. She’s also been harboring feelings for her best friend and coworker, Kyle.
Kyle Egan loves his job as the resort’s charter boat captain. He’s able to send his mom money and still save towards his dream of owning his own boat and charter business. Kyle has secretly wanted Drea for five years, but her uncles are his bosses which makes her off limits. When he sees a guest hit on Drea, Kyle’s ready to get out of the friend zone.
What will happen as Drea and Kyle explore their feelings? What will happen when her uncles find out? Is Kyle’s job in jeopardy? Will he be forced to choose between love and his dreams? Read the book to find out.
I loved Drea and Kyle’s story! As characters, they were both relatable and likable. I found it easy to engage with the story and root for them the whole way. The supporting characters were fantastic as well – Drea’s uncles, “Aunt” Simone, Dalton, and Leona. The Indigo Royal Resort is also a character with a vivid presence. It feels like a real place, and I’d love to vacation there. The story was sweet, funny, sexy, emotional, and very steamy. An awesome debut! I can’t wait to read the next book, Caught Up In You.
Drea has had a very unique upbringing. After an tragic accident, she ends up being raised by her three uncles who own a resort in the Virgin Islands. As an adult, she now works there, but has dreams of more.
Kyle has been working at the resort for five years and Drea has become one of his very best friends. He’s always wanted more with her, but also has other goals he’d like to reach before he can pursue her in that way.
This has all the swoony feels you look for in a friends to lovers romance. As many doubts as they had throughout the story, Kyle and Drea were the sweetest! This story brought out all the emotions – and I could feel them like I was experiencing it myself!
This was an amazing debut novel!! I’m so excited for the rest of the series!
Set in beautiful St Thomas, this is a friends to lovers story. Kyle and Drea have been friends for 5 years. They work and spend time together at the resort owned by her three uncles. Slow to finally admit their feelings for each other and with a little nudging from meddling friends/uncles, they soon heat up the pages as they give into their desire. Not everything is smooth sailing and a family secret has the power to through their relationship off course. Along with Kyle and Drea, there is a great cast of characters in this book that really enhance the story. The book is a wonderfully written, enjoyable, and steamy read. Advanced copy provided by the author in exchange for an honest review
This book is such a cute story. Most of the romance that I read has an element of dislike between the two main characters so this was refreshing to have that pleasant personal relationship from the start. It’s such a relatable story (minus being in the Virgin Islands – but wouldn’t we all love to be there!) that its easy to feel yourself in the characters. Leona and Dalton provide some great laughs and side commentary throughout the book, and the 3 lovable uncles feel like they could be your own family.
Can’t wait to see what happens at the Indigo Royal Resort in the rest of the series!
A friends to lovers story about Kyle and Drea.
Great storyline and loveable characters. Kept me reading right from the start, and made me curious to the other books.
I also enjoyed the prequel to the Indigo Royal Resort series: The Way You Make Me Feel (the story of Simone & Vaughn).
Can’t Fight This Feeling is the first book in the Indigo Royal Resort series by Claire Hastings.
Kyle is the perfect book boyfriend. He is so caring and sweet, it made me swoon.
Drea got raised by her unique little family and loved her life, but she also had dreams.
Kyle and Drea had an easy friendship, but at the same time, their chemistry was insane.
The story got written in a way that I was able to feel all their emotions and feelings. I was able to feel the love they had for each other, and it was perfect.
The side characters were the cherry on the pie. I love them all, and each in their own way they added something to the story.
It’s impressive how Claire Hastings pulled me into her own created world and made me fall in love with everything and everyone in it.
Can’t Fight This Feeling is a realistic friends-to-lovers romance that will give you all the feels and make you laugh out loud.
This is the first book I’ve read from this author and enjoyed it very much. The characters were engaging and fun and given that this book is a full length novel, there is plenty of time to get to know everyone and to become engrossed in the story. There is a nice dose of lightness throughout, along with some major heartaches and the inclusion of the 3 uncles provides some great conversations. I was surprised that this is book1 in the series because at times it felt like there had already been events happen that as a reader I should know about. However, everything else I loved and would quite happily read more.
I love a good friends to lovers story and this is a great one. While having all the elements of a young sweet romance it also has it’s fair share of steamy moments too. I love the resort and family dynamic that Drea shares with her uncles, it’s nice to see such a loving unconventional family. The author made sure to give depth to each of Drea’s three uncles who are an integral part of her life and the story. I wish I had had a boyfriend as sexy and sweet as Kyle when I was younger lol. He is wonderful to Drea and treats her like she is the most beautiful, lovely person on earth. However, this sweetness doesn’t make him immune to the occasional stupidity. I highly reccomend this book to anyone looking for a sweet but also sexy romance story. Also the tropical background and ocean view descriptions don’t hurt either.
Oh my heart loved this! The setting is beautiful and I found myself dreaming I was there as well. Kyle and Drea have an amazing friendship and their chemistry was just off the charts. I couldn’t put this down.
Drea loves the life she’s grown up living at Indigo Resort. Orphaned when she was just a baby, she’s been raised by her 3 adoring “uncles” – brothers to each other who were close friends of her parents. She also really loves resort charter captain Kyle, but she’s stuck in the friend zone with him it seems, despite how much she’d like to change that.
Kyle has wanted Drea from when he first met her and was hired by her Uncle Grayson. He is saving money to fund his own dreams of independence and to help his ill mother, so he has to be careful to protect his job – and he’s seriously afraid of being fired if Drea’s uncles find out about his feelings for their niece. That fear of losing his job starts to come into conflict with his increasing fear of losing Drea to another man before he ever gets to tell her how he feels about her.
When everything comes together for these two, it’s fun, romantic, and steamy, but of course it’s not smooth sailing. There’s powerful family drama, some very funny scenes, and interesting secondary characters. I thought the pacing of the book was a little uneven, but overall it was entertaining.
For me, this was a good read. I enjoyed the friends to lovers trope and I found Drea and Kyle likable. The story line offered an entertaining blend of emotion, drama, humor, heart and family. A solid cast of secondary characters is and added bonus. I really liked it. I am freely posting a candid review.
I did not want this book to end! I kept peaking at the % of read complete and started to feel sad that I knew their “story” was coming to an end in my kindle.
Drea and Kyle have the perfect friends to lovers story.
Claire was a master of hooking me in emotionally to their story and investing my heart in theirs.
Take a trip to the Virgin Islands and fall in love…
…with Drea, Kyle and the entire Indigo Royal crew.
This book was a delight. Fresh and fun with memorable characters, CFTF is everything you want from a good beach read. I laughed and teared up and simply enjoyed the story. My one complaint would be that Kyle is almost too perfect, but isn’t that the joy of a book boyfriend? They are that little bit of perfect that isn’t always a part of real life.
Oh, and Simone is everything. For sure I want to be an Aunt like Simone.
Claire is an amazing author! I’ll read anything she writes!!!
Not having ever been interested in the romance genre, this book got me into romance. Link to my full review:
https://readingstewardess.wordpress.com/2020/05/04/cant-fight-this-feeling-the-perfect-romance-read-during-a-pandemic-book-review/
This is the 1st in a new series and is Kyle and Drea’s story. Kyle is working his dream job as a boat captain at the resort, and his best friend is Drea who is his boss’ niece. Kyle is fed up with just being in the friend zone and decides it is time to up his game and get the woman he loves. Can these two moves on from friends / lovers? This is a well written tale which is sweet, fun, and entertaining. I was hooked throughout and look forward to reading more from this author whose work I recommend for all.