A slow grin spread across his face and I had to turn away from the wattage. It was like staring at the sun. The handsome sun that was making my core temperature rise and causing a hormone dump in my brain. — Shelby ThompsonPersonal trainer Jonah Bodine discovers more than he bargained for with the half-siblings he didn’t know he had in small-town West Virginia. Not only is his dead father a … Virginia. Not only is his dead father a person of interest in a cold case disappearance, but the entire town seems way too invested in Jonah’s happily ever after potential.
His summer of solitude in a lakeside cottage is ruined when his matchmaking sister saddles him with an unwanted roommate.
Adorable, snort-laughing nerd Shelby Thompson came to Bootleg Springs looking for answers and ends up getting adopted by the town’s nosy elders. Maneuvered into sharing a cottage with the handsome trainer, she makes the best of a sticky situation by offering her perpetually shirtless roommate a strings-free summer fling.
Jonah is tempted. Very tempted. But Shelby has secrets. And as the Callie Kendall mystery unravels, Shelby’s own past comes back to haunt her. The danger is very real and so are the feelings she’s developing for Jonah.
Pleasure Buttons: Small-town. Romantic comedy. Romantic suspense. Summer fling. Roommates to lovers. Rescued puppies. Family series. Mystery. Happily ever after.more
Gahhhh this book was everything I wanted it to be and more!!! Sweet, sexy, swoon worthy hero! Adorable, nerdy, awesome heroine. Tons of humor! Sexytimes! Mysteries solved? Bodine family fun. Bootleg justice. Animal shenanigans!!!
Oh I just love this series. I not only love the story of Jonah Jr. finally figuring out how wrong he was about Shelby, and Shelby how wrong she was about not wanting a relationship, but the mystery of “What the heck happened to Callie Kendall?????” I love the whole town of Bootleg Springs and if it were real, this would be my home town. I just love how the whole town, except one, I suppose, takes newcomers under their wing and welcomes them into a type of dysfunctional family. And the concept of “Bootleg Justice” just warms my heart. I am going to be on pins and needles to see the next book, where we get the answer to all our questions and Gibson gets his HEA. He really deserves one. If you haven’t read this series, you need to start it now.
I had alternately teared up and laughed out loud four times before chapter 7. That’s what you can expect from Lucy Score, and she didn’t disappoint with Gin Fling!
Shelby and Jonah are thrown together by the ever fabulous Scarlett, and their story comes alive in this book. The chemistry is off the charts and I absolutely ADORE Jonah. The trainer with a heart of gold – what more could you need?
I can’t stress enough the laugh out loud hilarity that ensues in this book and the swoon inducing love story! On top of the humor and romance, I am on the edge of my seat waiting to find out what happened to Callie! Do yourself a favor, one click this one and dive right in!!
I absolutely, positively loved this book! I am a bit sad to see that this series is soon coming to an end, but I am ecstatic that we get so many questions answered (but still so many more). Jonah has been in Bootleg Springs for a year now and there is still a part of him that feels like an outsider, we see more of this in Gin Fling. One of the things I loved so much about this book was that it took another “outsider” to set him right. Shelby Thompson, GT’s sister (from Bourbon Bliss), is also an out of towner. She is in Bootleg Springs to complete her doctorate, unfortunately she came at the same time as a lot of the predatory reporters (which were run out of town previously) and she was mistaken for one of those reporters so was instantly disliked by all the Bodines. When Shelby comes clean to Scarlett, Scarlett takes it upon herself to play matchmaker. What ensues is a story with so much heart, fun times and some great sexy times. It did take a bit for Jonah to finally learn the truth about Shelby and once he did, the result was Bootleg Justice at its finest! I loved the chemistry between Jonah and Shelby, they were so supportive of each other. When Jonah learns about some of the things that Shelby had been hiding, he was all in to be there for her. And Shelby is the one to help Jonah realize that he has finally found his home.
Gin Fling was another hit to an amazing series, I laughed, cried, swooned and gasped reading this book. I do have to give a shout out to all the four-legged, and of course the two-legged (Mona Lisa McNugget!), furbabies in this book! And I can’t not mention the possible sighting of a bear, talk about laugh out loud moments. Less than a month to finally find out the whole truth of what happened to Callie Kendall and to finally see Gibson get his happily ever after. A definite 5-star read!