I’m not a total dick… the perfect fake boyfriend for all of five minutes.
But Laurel brings out the bastard in me, and five minutes hardly seemed enough time to make her squirm.
She wants to one-up me, and I want to win.
But maybe I need a favor too…
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Another winner from Mira Lyn Kelly, this enemies-to-lovers, best friend’s little sister romance hits all the right notes!
“You were the girl, the one I’d wanted forever.”
Jeez. I feel all shaky and giddy after reading this.
Keeping it honest as usual, Jack’s book was the one I felt less inclined to read, maybe because I just wasn’t feeling him. Now that I know the story behind it all, that’s definitely changed.
I’m having trouble categorizing this book. It could be a “fake fiancé” story, or “enemies to lovers”. It’s sort of a second chance story, but a million times better, and kicks you right in the feels when you realize these two were meant to be from the start, but life (and other things) got in the way.
Laurel has been alone for a while, but a certain co-worker is kind of pressing her into a date, and she needs someone to save her. Jack is not the knight in shining armor she was expecting, but he does save her from that situation. Even if they hate each other and are at each other’s throats on a constant basis.
Do they, really? Hate each other, I mean? And ever since they were kids?
This book is hot and sexy. Jack is such an amazing character and it’s nice to see past the mask he wears. Laurel is the strong, but loving female character we need, who is not about to put up with him. The teasing going on is awesome, the chemistry between them is off the charts. And don’t even get me started on the contact names on their phones!
Mira hits it out of the park – again! – with this one. Flawlessly written, it gets you from the start.
4.5 Stars!
“It’s the kind of dictate that should have her eyes narrowing, her stubborn chin rising in challenge. But for once, this woman who has been fighting me for as long as I’ve known her doesn’t fight me at all.”
Dirty Bad Boy is the third book in the Back To You Series and can be read as a standalone novel. Dirty Bad Boy is a fun and sexy enemies to lovers romance. And when you add a fake relationship into the mix, you’ve got the recipe for one entertaining read.
When we first meet with Jack & Laurel, I had a feeling that their story was going to be just what I was looking for. Right off the bat, you could feel the tension and chemistry just oozing off the two of them. The more they were around one another, the more I wanted. I just couldn’t get enough. I found myself totally devouring their story, yet never wanting it to end. These types of stories are one of weakness and in my opinion, this one was done just right.
From an fun and entertaining story-line, to fantastic characters with great chemistry, to frustrating moments and ones that thrill your heart. This book had just the right mix of sexy good times with some drama sprinkled along the way. I thought this story was well written and held my interest the entire time. I had a lot of fun getting swept up in Jack & Laurel’s story and look forward to checking out more in this series. This is my first book by this author and it most certainly won’t be my last.
How have I never read anything by this author before!? Dirty Bad Boy has placed Mira Lyn Kelly right up on my top 5 must read authors!
Frenemies! With a second chance! Writing GOLD!
I think what I adored the most about this story was the verbal sparring between Jack and Laurel. This story was an emotional win for me. I found myself running through several emotions from beginning to end. Anger, glee, sadness, fear. I laughed, I cried. It.Was.All.There. I read to feel, to be entertained and that was exactly what I got from page one.
I peeked at other reviews to see how others were rating this story and it is getting great reviews. Some even mentioned that they had sneak peaks of Jack in the previous stories. Easily going back to read the previous two books will not be a hardship. Mira Lyn Kelly created a great group of friends that I can’t wait to learn more about! And then I am going to dig into her other work as well. I hope she doesn’t mind me stalking her….hmm.
If this book is on your TBR move it to READING the minute it releases. You will not be disappointed!
Giving Dirty Bad Boy 5 stars!
Every Mira Lyn Kelly book is so easy to dive right into and you don’t want to come up for air until the last word is read. With Dirty Bad Boy it’s no different!
From funny first lines, quirky side characters, and hilariously awkward predicaments, you easily get sucked right in.
Laurel is trying to get her boss’ creeper son to get away from her by making up a boyfriend. Unfortunately the closest available help is her brother’s best friend who’s also been the thorn in her side since they were kids. But desperate times and all. He’ll play along but only if she does the same so that he can close a big business deal.
These two! They’re so funny! They love tormenting each other every chance they get and they’ve been doing so since kindergarten when Jack became best friends with Laurel’s twin brother.
Except every bit of sarcasm and jabs exchanged does have an underlying anger and hurt behind it. Discovering pains from the past changes their fake relationship in the present.
I loved this book!!! It was so awesome and funny and fun and I love this group of friends! (Check out the first two books in this series to meet the other two couples. Their stories are great too! You won’t be disappointed!)
This was such a wonderful read. Fun, steamy and emotional, this book brings so much to the table. This is a well-written, fast paced read which rapidly draws you into this enemies-to-lovers romance.
It was so easy to fall for Jack and Laurel. These two share a history. Some good, some bad which contributes to the complexity and complications of their relationship. Their witty dialogue was entertaining, their chemistry was off the charts sizzling hot and the real and true way that they felt about each other was so obvious and poignant. I found myself rooting for them all the way through to the end of this book.
Jack was amazing and incredible and Laurel, funny and sweet, really was his perfect match. A truly delightful romance that is completely enjoyable and totally swoon worthy.
I have read every book by Mira, and all of them have been absolutely outstanding. This story (as ever by Mira) was sharp, had witty dialogue, extremely likeable characters plus the sex scenes were red hot and plentiful!
A perfect all round read!!
I was so happy to finally read Jack & Laurel’s story! Jack is a guy who looks tough on the outside but he’s truly a good guy. When Laurel was in a bar & looking for a friend to help her escape a tricky situation with a co-worker she sees Jack. They had been bickering for years but Jack always thought of Laurel as his. When she needed help he was more than happy to heal her. This is such a great story in the Back To You series.
Enemies who are faking an engagement AND he’s her brother’s best friend!? It’s like Mira Lyn Kelly knows all my fondest wishes!!!
Dirty Bad Boy delivers on every level; snarky banter, a legitimate reason for the adversarial relationship to exist and, more importantly, end (nothing bothers me more than an enemies story where the reason for being enemies is thin or where it’s something that really can’t be forgiven), super steamy sexy times, and some seriously romantic notions by a seriously hot bad boy!
One of my favorite things about this book was the contact names used during the text chats, so much fun! It was a great way to show the humor of the characters but also give the reader a glimpse of their evolving feelings for one another.
While this is book three in the Back to You series you can really and truly jump in with this deliciousness…but you will absolutely want to read the first two books and the fourth book once you meet them in Dirty Bad Boy.
“You were THE girl. The one I’d wanted forever.”
A sexy and sweet story, Dirty Bad Boy is a fake relationship turned romance between two childhood nemeses.
In Mira Lyn Kelly’s romantic, funny style, she tells the story of Jack and Laurel getting a second-chance at something real. The concept of a romance between two people who’ve been at each other’s throats since they were kids was unique and fun. I really liked both Laurel and Jack as characters. Their story was fresh and entertaining. It’s low on angst, but still high on heart.
Dirty Bad Boy is the third and final book in the Back to You series by Mira Lyn Kelly. Three books. Three second chance stories Six classmates. I loved that they were all connected but three totally different storylines involving second chances. I enjoyed each one for different reasons. They just kept getting better and better. I read one a day over the last three. Jack & Laurel are up and I do believe it’s my favorite.
They met when they were six on the kindergarten playground. Jack so wanted to pull Laurel’s hair but he always wanted to be friends with Laurel’s twin brother, Law. It was a good decision since they became the best of friends while him and Laurel became little enemies. They haven’t seen each other since High School but they had Law between them to catch up. But now, ten years later, a chance meeting changes everything. She needed a fake boyfriend and he was happy to lend his mega-watt smile for a price. He needed more than one outing. He needed two months of fake dating and he knew she would be perfect for the job. No chance of catching feelings. I mean…they barely tolerated each other. Should be easy, right?
So, so wrong! It’s complicated to say the least especially after a kiss to rock them both of their game.
Oh, Jack. Cocky, hot AF, sweet, and and funny Jack. I had been falling for this man throughout the first two books and to see him fall was amazing. And Laurel, smart, beautiful, sassy Laurel was the perfect one to bring him to his knees. I loved it! Their banter. Their passion. Their connection.
Quotes:
I shouldn’t be getting off on the undiluted murder in Laurel Matthews’s eyes, but—well, hell—that’s the kind of history we’ve got.
“Jack Hastings, is that the best you can do?”
“Don’t say cocktail. It sounds like porn when you say it.”
enjoyed it.
This book was amazing. They had great chemistry. Jack was hilarious. I fell a little bit in love with him right along side of Elle. Fabulous book.
This was a quick read from Mira Lyn Kelly. It was a friends/enemies to lover’s story between Laurel and Jack. They each needed the other to help take care of some issues that was happening. Her issue was a guy who just wouldn’t get the hint that she wasn’t interested and when she ran into Jack in a bar, he was the answer to her problem. Jack took advantage of this situation when he went to a meeting where one of the attendees was trying to hook Jack up with her family member. However due to a misunderstanding when they were young, they are both a little reluctant to work with each other, more on Laurel’s side than Jack’s. They suck it up to get what they want and as a result their relationship grows into something real. This book had all the feels and I can’t wait to read Vaughn and Natalie’s story.
As usual Mira wrote another gloriously perfect book. Jack and Laurel were sweet together and soul touching love never dies no matter what it goes through. I was so excited to finally read Jack’s story. I have been a fan of his since he appeared in Hard Crush. I have read all of the Back To You series and I have not been disappointed. I’m looking forward to Natalie’s story in Dirty Talker. Keep up the great writing Mira.
I am all kinds of stupid happy and ridiculous giddy AGAIN you guys! Holy frikking balls, Mira just keep hitting it out of the park!
ARC was given by author (thank you) my review is given voluntarily, all thoughts in review are mine alone.
Dirty Bad Boy by Mira Lyn Kelly this is book 3 on The Back to You series.
This book was on FIRE…..I’m still burning up from it ;)) I loved this one.
I mean how can you not fall in love with Jack when he says this:
You smiled at me when we were six, and I’ve been gone for you ever since
Jack and Laurel have been bickering, mouthing at each other since they were six years old.
This is an enemies to lover romance, and it definitely takes them a long time to get there.
Jack needs a fake fiancee for 2 months, Laurel needs a fake fiancee for her own reasons.
So they make a pact for a temporary truce to behave in public……. How long does it last??
Get the book you will see, it’s worth it!
It’s a hot steamy sexy romance, lots of chemistry, but with a serious subject matter that we still unfortunately have to deal with in our society nowadays.
We have humor moments, sparing lovers, family dynamic, we do revisit with some of the other characters from the previous 2 books, (but it definitely reads as standalone). As always we got a nice HEA at the end 🙂
Now I am itching to read about the feisty-mouthy Natalie….hmmm can’t wait!!!
Mira has another hit on her hands with Dirty Bad Boy and this is my favorite book of the series.
I absolutely loved Jack and Laurel. Jack is so tough on the outside, with his trade mark smirk, but on the inside Laurel has been his since he was 6 years old. Life happens, people/things stand in their way, but Jack is there for Laurel when she needs him.
You see heart break at an early age and just when things seem to be looking up for both Jack and Laurel – bam, your heart is broken in two. It leaves you wondering what will happen to Jack and Laurel.
This is a must read book by Mira Lyn Kelly.
honestly don’t think I have enough positive adjectives in my vocabulary to describe this book! Jack and Laurel have an explosive and sizzling chemistry that leaps off the page every time they speak (or text) each other. It’s palpable, like the chemistry that you seen on screen in your favorite rom com. It sparks like sparklers on the 4th of July. And this happens in chapter one on page thirteen…and there’s nothing unlucky about it. In fact, the reader is very lucky to be invited into their game of push/pull.
If you’ve never read a Mira Lyn Kelly book before, this is the one to pick up. Funny, sexy, sweet and hot describe all her books, but the pairing of these second chance, frenemies-to-lovers makes it my very favorite one!
Laurel is funny and sweet but not a pushover by any means. She’s been holding her own against Jack for years. Jack is witty, charming and has a whole heart full of unresolved feeling for this girl. They are the perfect foil for the other. While we see glimpses of their friends, family and co-workers come into play, this story is 100% them without extraneous completing storylines that can confuse…and sometimes, honestly, annoy the reader.
Part of the Back To You series, Dirty Bad Boy can definitely be read and thoroughly enjoyed as a stand alone. It’s definitely in the top 5 of my favorite books of the year! I read it in one sitting, didn’t want to put it down. You won’t either, so grab your copy and a comfortable place to sit and enjoy Dirty Bad Boy!
Laurel is desperate for a buffer between her and the clinger from her office, but the only relief in the place seems to be her nemesis her entire life, Jack, her brother Law’s good friend. She knows if she asks him for a favor, he’ll make her PAY forever, in all kinds of dastardly ways. But she’s seriously desperate, so Jack it is. Jack has been letting Laurel get under his skin since he was six, so when he sees a chance to rub HER the wrong way? Of course he damn well seizes it with both hands and runs with it. And when he needs her to repay the favor by becoming his fake fiancée? Yeah…even better because he gets to piss her off for 2 months!
Gah I loved Dirty Bad Boy!! It’s by far my favorite of this series, and Jack and Laurel are amazing enemies to lovers. So much witty, snarky banter that was obviously masking their latent attraction, and even better, their LOVE for each other. No one can get under your skin more than someone you love and that was never more obvious than between Laurel and Jack. And did I mention they were freakin’ HOT together?! Smokin’ hot actually. Definitely the hottest couple of the series. I cannot wait for more of this series. So excited that Mira said at the end of Dirty Bad Boy that Greg’s little sister, Natalie is getting her own story next.
LOVED!! This is a fun, sexy, sassy frenemies to lovers story that is full of all sorts of goodness. Once I started this book there was no way I was putting it down. the story grabbed my attention right from the start while the snarky banter between Jack and Laurel just kept me giggling. The book is very well written and will keep you entranced as Jack and Laurel’s relationship evolves with a wonderful slow burn. This is a light sexy read that I definitely recommend.