A sexy opposites attract, single parent romance!New Orleans firefighter, James Reynaud’s true love is hanging out in the jazz clubs on Frenchmen Street and playing piano with some of the best musicians in the city. But driving his cute, bookworm neighbor Harper Broussard crazy is right up there on his list of favorite things.The buttoned-up linguistics professor across the hall is a little older, … buttoned-up linguistics professor across the hall is a little older, a lot smarter, and way too good for him. And she knows it. But wow is she beautiful when she blushes.
She’s equally gorgeous when she’s saving his butt. Because now things just got serious. A baby has been, literally, dropped off on his doorstep and to say he’s in over his head is an understatement. Not that Harper knows anything about babies either. But at least they now have something in common.
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This is book 4 in the Boys of the Big Easy series and it features James and Harper. James just wants to know her and for her to know the real him. Whatever happens after that is a bonus. He’s an amazing man who’s always available to help others. He’s a fireman and a jazz piano player. Harper is reluctantly attracted to her “five years younger” neighbor. He makes it impossible for her to resist him. She’s a linguistics professor at the University and likes her quiet life…until the invasion of James. Now she’s coparenting a dog, an olive tree and a bearded dragon. The romance is fun, sexy, highly entertaining and so beautifully simple.
Reading this book was fun! Not only was the story line great but the characters made it even better. I read great books all the time but rarely are they so much fun and bring so many smiles and LOL moments. I ALWAYS look forward to books written by this author!
Oh my! Looks like this will be my last read book of 2019 and let me tell you, it was an amazing one. I cannot get enough of Harper and James. They are just so freaking cute together. They made me laugh and smile throughout the whole story. I want me some James. I love all the ways he tries to get Harper involved with his life. They’re both such sweethearts. I love them so much. And then when he comes to her door with a baby? Just wow. I love the road they took together to solve the mystery of the baby left on his doorstep and I absolutely loved how Erin Nicholas wrote that part of the story. I had an inkling as I was reading it and I’m so happy I guessed right. There was a moment where Erin does what she does best, pulled at my heartstrings and totally made me cry. So yes, there is a tissue warning in this story. But the HEA at the end was so worth it. It was so happlily sigh worthy. And don’t worry, this story is just as hot and sexy as the other Boys of the Big Easy series, but it sure had a lot of heart too. What a wonderful end to an equally wonderful series which I have loved reading. I will miss my time in Louisiana but I can’t wait for what else Ms. Nicholas has in store later.
*I voluntarily read an advance copy of this book*
Harper Broussard doesn’t know quite what to think about her across-the-hall neighbor, firefighter, jazz musician and all-around-good guy James Reynard. He’s super sexy and funny and seems to need a lot of help from her. He knocks on her door and asks her what she knows about ficus-ing. Ficus-ing? Harper is a linguistics professor and she knows one thing for sure – ficusing is not a word. Plus James’ “ficus” tree is actually an Arbequina olive tree. Next appearance is about the bearded dragon lizard left in front of James’ door. The drop-offs at James’ door get more complicated from there. Dogs to a baby. But, oh well! Harper’s in for the duration.
Getting Off Easy is Erin Nicholas’ latest Boys of the Big Easy book. This is a super fun, sexy read complete with great characters and some crazy situations. I liked getting to see the characters from the previous books in the series and hearing again about the guys’ Erotic Book Club made me smile. (Harper’s stash of romance books sure is a great inspiration.) I love this author’s voice and writing style. She is one of my one-click authors and this book is one of the reasons why.
Can I start by saying I want to say all the things about this book? I know I can’t since that would defeat the purpose of you (reading this) to read the book. I can say that I fell for James. No big surprise if you’ve ever read any of Erin Nicholas’s heroes. Not only is he a fireman (swoon) but he plays piano in a jazz band ( double swoon). How can any woman resist? Then to knock on the neighbor’s door and need help? Triple swoon!!! Does it matter what he needs help with? Not really but Harper (said neighbor) helps him in her own way. He inherits a tree, she makes him figure out what kind it is and how to take care of it. A bearded dragon needs a new home? She researches what Henry needs flies and all. Stray dog? Harper is just keeping him for herself, sort of. But when a baby shows up, they are both shocked. James is at a loss how someone would trust him enough with their new born. Until he assumes he’s the father even though he can’t remember a time when he wasn’t careful.
What I adored about James is his capability to know what needs there are and take care of them. What I adore about Harper is her ability to focus and analyze what needs to be done. They compliment each other in every way. The relationship between them grows naturally. I loved that! They really started dating without even leaving their building. When they do and have a common goal? The sparks fly high and hot. Didn’t suspect where the search was going but was so thrilled with where it lead.
Every time I finish a story by this author, I think “Wow…it can’t get better than that!” Well let me tell you it does.
James makes me swoon and laugh. Harper is one heck of a smart, classy Professor. Getting these two together has some funny moments. James comes up with some good excuses to enlist help from his sexy neighbor across the landing in their apartment building. A ficus aka olive tree he’s been given to take care of; a dog that’s left at the fire station; and last, but not least, a baby. These are all reasons that being James to knock on Harper’s door and ask for help. There’s no way Harper can not help him. I mean how can she turn down this hot, sexy firefighter begging for help.
The baby. Is James the father? And who’s the mother? While on this new, full of twists adventure to figure out this baby situation James and Harper learn things about themselves and grow. I loved how their relationship developed into more and how determined they both were in everything that was thrown at them. Highly recommend reading this book and others that Erin Nicholas has written because she’s got a gift of bringing romance readers everything they want and then some!!
*ARC given in exchange for my honest opinion.
When you read a book that makes you laugh, gives you snark, alpha males, sassy heroine, and some hot sex you know you’ve read another amazing book by Erin Nicholas. Getting Off Easy by Erin Nicholas, book four in her Boys of the Big Easy series, is one of those books. We have the hot firefighter/jazz musician, James Reynaud, trying to get the attention of his cute, bookworm neighbor, Harper Broussard. Harper is a linguistics professor, slightly older than him, who loves reading romance books and she knows she way too good for him. James is doing his best to drive Harper crazy, asking for her help with the various items he adopts or are left at his door. When a baby has been left on his doorstep, James is at a lost, knowing nothing about babies. Harper doesn’t know much either, but together they can figure it out. As they set off to find the baby’s mother, their attraction grows, they struggle to keep their hands off each other, and find a few surprises along the way.
Ms. Nicholas wrote a wonderful, laugh out loud, opposites attract, and sexy story that is not to be missed. She provided a tale rich with emotions, sexual chemistry, snark, sass, and endearing characters giving James and Harper a chance at love, being a family, and together forever. I highly recommend Getting Off Easy to other readers.
I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book.
James takes care of things. As a firefighter, he will run into a burning building to help and whenever someone is in need, he is there to lend a hand. When items show up on his doorstep, he takes them in but when Harper moves in across the hall, he starts asking her to help. Suddenly, this unlikely duo is co-parenting an olive tree, lizard and a dog. This for me is the best foreplay ever and James is playing the long game to win over Harper. Harper likes her organized and orderly world. When James knocks the first time, the professor asks him to write a paper on how to take care of an olive tree thinking this would discourage him but no, he stepped up and delivered what she requested. Harper gets to see the incredible heart that James has to help others but she doesn’t think she has the same ability. When a baby ends up on James’ doorstep, they both are challenged, Harper feeling jealous of whoever the mother is and James trying to get Harper to realize that they can be a family. They are an inspiration in how they approach their lives and open their hearts and doors to help. I was swept away into their journey. I voluntarily read an ARC of this book and this is my honest review.
This is my first book from Erin Nichols, sometimes it’s hard to know if you will like a new author or not, well you won’t be disappointed in Ms. Nichols. Who doesn’t want to have sexy, firefighter next door neighbor?
This was such a great book, and an easy read. You will be captivated by James and Harper, there is funny banter, steamy scenes and course what we all crave, a HEA. Now, I need to read the other 3 books.
This was my first book by Erin Nicholas and it certainly will not be my last. She has truly drawn me in. One of my favorite troupes in single dads and this one did not disappoint.
Harper and James add a bit of quirkiness, a lot of cuteness and a bunch of hotness to this story. And you can never go wrong with a baby.
James is hot, funny and heroic. Harper is smart, older and kind. Add all of these attributes and you have an amazing story with amazing characters. An awesome read and I can’t wait for more from this new author to me.
GETTING OFF EASY is the fourth instalment in Erin Nicholas’ contemporary, adult BOYS OF THE BIG EASY erotic, romance series focusing on a tight knit group of friends, and their single parent support group. This is twenty-seven year old, firefighter and jazz pianist James Reynaud, and thirty-two year old, professor Harper Broussard’s story line. GETTING OFF EASY can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.
Told from dual third person perspectives (James and Harper) GETTING OFF EASY follows the friends and neighbors to lovers, single father relationship between twenty-seven year old, firefighter and jazz pianist James Reynaud, and thirty-two year old, professor Harper Broussard. Harper and James are neighbors and for several months James has asked Harper for ‘help’ when he finds himself the recipient of newly orphaned pets. But the day an infant baby lands on James’ doorstep, our heroine finds herself sharing the parental responsibilities of raising a baby, a baby whose parentage is questionable and unknown. What ensues is the building relationship and romance between Harper and James as they begin a search for the infant’s mother, and the potential fall-out when the inevitable happens, and Harper walks away believing she is no longer needed in James’ life.
Professor Harper Broussard is a by the books woman who struggles with her attraction to her younger, next door neighbor but a series of well-ordered events pulls Harper into James’ life forcing Harper to let go of her proper attitude. James Reynaud has been attracted to his neighbor as long as he can remember and uses his feigned helplessness in an effort to get closer to Harper Broussard but a new born infant requires more help than James expected, as he and Harper find themselves co-parenting an infant they believed is fathered by James.
The relationship between James and Harper is one of immediate attraction but Harper battles between head and heart knowing James is five years her junior. A sexy fire fighter who also moonlights as a jazz musician, James is hoping for a chance to win the heart of his next door neighbor, a woman who appears to be a little rigid in the ways of the world. The $ex scenes are intimate and erotic, without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.
Most of the previous story line couples play secondary and supporting characters as they offer ‘advice’ to our newly minted father. We are introduced to Harper’s fellow professor Dr. Celia Ownsby, and student Sophie Duncan.
GETTING OFF EASY is a story of family, friendships and neighbors; mistaken beliefs and assumptions; co-parenting and the inevitable loss. The premise is playful and intriguing ; the romance is passionate and tender; the characters are energetic, colorful and animated. There are a number of humorous moments especially the diaper changing scenes and the shower required to clean up the mess !
I love everything Erin Nicholas does. She has never let me down.
Getting Off Easy is the fourth book in the Boys of the Big Easy series and it stars this super hot and irresistible firefighter James and his older neighbor, the Professor Harper. So what you have to know about James is this: while he is a flirt, he’s also super dependable. Dependable enough that people trust him to take care of olive trees, bearded dragons, puppies, you name it. So when he comes home to find a baby on his doorstep, he’s a little shocked but he rolls with it.
Harper is a little more emotionally detached, but her flirt-friendship with James has been bringing out the best in her. She and James work together to take care of “their” new baby, while trying to solve the puzzle of who his mother is and what they need to do next.
I was on the edge of my seat the whole read; I couldn’t put it down and read it in an entire sitting. The chemistry and connection between James and Harper was so strong, it nearly came out of the pages and slapped me in the face. Great depth of emotions, and what Erin Nicholas does best, amazing characterizations.
Best book of 2020 thus far.
Another fantastic addition to this series!!
When James Reynaud, firefighter, musician, over all gorgeous, funny guy meets the one woman in all of New Orleans he can’t impress, sparks fly. Especially since prim and proper Professor Harper Broussard is trying really, really hard to NOT be impressed by her charming neighbor. Circumstances (helped by James) keep throwing them together and suddenly they are a lot more than just neighbors.
I stayed up way too late reading this book! I loved everything about it- from the set up to the epilogue but I especially loved James. Sweet, charming, protective and sexy, the man literally had romance hero written all over him. Harper is his perfect match, as the classy professor was nothing like his usual type but everything he needed. Absolutely a must read!!
A heart and a sense of humor are all you need to enjoy an Erin Nicholas novel. Getting Off Easy is an adorable kind of chaos. Harper and James are a nerdy dash of sweet with a subtle hint of sexy. From first meeting to final goodbye, this mismatched duo pulls at the senses in a delightful sort of way. Nicholas gives a beautiful disaster, a heartwarming spit shine to remind us that sweet is the best kind of sexy.
4 stars
James is a fireman and loves to play the piano at a jazz club. He’s a helper, people know if they give him something to take care of, he does it to the best of his abilities. Harper is a Professor linguist and likes everything planned and in order. James is attracted to Harper but she thinks he’s too young for her. Then he finds a baby on his doorstep and panics. The thought never occurred that the baby could be his until Harper mentions it. As they hunt for the baby’s mother, they always find out things about themselves they never knew.
Friends to lovers story with a baby, a dog, and a bearded dragon thrown in the mix. Even though this story reminded me of another author’s book, I couldn’t put it down. Two people who have to learn to take care of a baby. Sexy times and sad times.
* Voluntarily read and reviewed this for the author *
5 star review Getting Off Easy (Boys Of The Big Easy #4) by Erin Nicholas
Oh how I loved being back with the Boys of The Big Easy. I loved the characters of firefighter, James Reynaud and professor Harper Broussar, neighbors who are drawn to one another. James loves to tease and torment Harper and that led to quite a few humorous encounters. Harper is determined not to be impressed by the oh so hot firefighter and I loved her spirit.
James is such a caring and swoon worthy man who ticked all the boxes. For me Harper was the opposite of what James had always gone for but was in fact the missing piece to fulfil him. I loved the build of their relationship as Ms.Nicholas wove a story that had me absolutely captivated from the first to the last chapter.
I loved the friendship and camaraderie that James and Harper share not only with each other but with their friends. Adding in a baby left on Jame’s doorstep and you know that heart strings are going to be tugged and emotions will be hire..
This is a fun, romantic, sweet, steamy, and at times emotional story that was a great addition to the series. I felt as though I was witnessing their relationship as it grew and that added an additional layer to the story.
Ms. Nicholas writes stories that draw me in and get me invested with her characters right from the start. If you haven’t read any of the other books in this series, do yourselves a favour and one click when you can, I don’t think you will be disappointed.
A fitting end to a series that was one of my favourites of 2019.
Gaaah, gggnnn… urgh. WOWZA!!! You know when something has you so happy and excited and satisfied that you can’t even come up with *any* words, much less THE words that express how incredible you feel? Yeah, Getting Off Easy, the fourth book in Erin Nicholas’s Boys of the Big Easy series is all that.
The Boys of the Big Easy series has followed a group of single parents in New Orleans who’ve stumbled into, been seized by, or slowly acquiesced to love, and each story has been deeply fulfilling. Getting Off Easy is a little different only in that James Reynaud and Harper Broussard don’t start out as parents. Or in love 😉 But Erin Nicholas takes them, and us, there, in this wild, wonderful read.
James is a firefighter and has honestly had no trouble finding female companionship, or really, any companionship–he’s a likable guy with some heroic qualities which people tend to find attractive. Plus, he plays the piano. (See, kids? Those lessons do pay off! 😉 )
Harper moves in across the hall and is way too smart, too educated, too classy, too fabulous for him. But he can’t stop thinking about this linguistics professor or trying to win her attention. Watching these two dance around each other as they slowly work out how to dance together? This is the read of your dreams.
James and Harper definitely do not have what would likely be considered a traditional relationship–no, this isn’t a nursery-rhyme-perfect story where they start off sitting in a tree and K-I-S-S-I-N-G and end with the baby in the carriage! What I love is that their atypical relationship is absolutely perfect for them, and is a journey full of warmth and joy even as there is some mystery and a few tears along the way. Real life is often like that, and Ms Nicholas captures it all beautifully with heart and honesty and humor.
One of the things Erin Nicholas does beautifully is write characters I love in community–these men and women don’t exist in a vacuum. They are good friends who have good friends around them. Reading how they encourage, support, mercilessly tease, and defend each other is a very great pleasure. Getting Off Easy provides plenty of that, as James and Harper do rely on their friends to help them make sense of the curves that life is throwing their way. Knowing that James and Harper never face their challenges alone is satisfying as well.
Ultimately Getting Off Easy is a fantastic romance. It stands alone well, but is a gem of a finish to the equally excellent Boys of the Big Easy series. It’s a testament to the strength and beauty of love, and how being open to both can truly open doors in the best ways. This amazing story is exactly everything and leaves you wanting even more of it.
Quite a fun read. James is has child like enthusiasm for everything, but is still dependable. I really enjoyed his story.
James is set to win Harper’s heart. She is his neighbor and he keeps knoking her door for help with pets, plants and everything in between. Can a new born be the one bringing then togethwe o pulling them apart? sexy love story perfect as audiobook
This is the last book in the Boys of the Big Easy, but you do not need to read the others before you read this one. James is the fire fighter who helps everyone and everything. If someone needs something taken care of they take it to James. I like the fact that James went to Harper for help with whatever was at his door….. yes things just show up at the door to his house. When a baby shows up at his door it changes everything. Harper seems a little standoffish at first but by the end of the book I did like her. Overall it was a cute story and a great end to the series.
Hands down my favorite Erin Nicholas book so far. Sweet and hot and sexy, with so much heart. As someone who took in a child not my own, I really really related to these two. Two thumbs up and a double squee cannon salute. Oh, and Ryan West as narrator? :fans self: Yes please.