Marrying a stranger tops the list of things you should never do in Las Vegas, but I did it anyway.The entire night was my idea. I was the one who suggested a wake-up-with-a-tiger kind of night. Instead, I woke up with a ring on my finger and Vince Rossi in my bed.Vince, who was nothing like I thought he was and everything I never knew I needed.Suddenly I was falling head-over-heels in love with … was falling head-over-heels in love with my accidental husband and the idea of ending this union was the last thing I wanted.
I wanted forever.
So what if we barely knew each other? Statistically speaking, our odds were as good as anyone’s.
Until the annulment papers landed on my doorstep…
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Omg this book is such a good time!
Payton is so fun and quirky.
Vince, ahhh. I need me one of him!
The secondary characters are super fun as well.
Oh my gawd Jana Aston is a word genius. This book, oh where to begin. First, Payton is a loveable character with all her quirky ways and funny but out of context sayings. I laughed out loud so many times reading this book. I could picture Payton in the Grind Me Cafe pretending to drink her iced coffee while she was getting “life lessons” or rather sampling them. I could see her with Mark while seeing Vince for the first time and declaring he would be her husband even though she didn’t have a clue who he was. Then I could feel her excitement when she actually did meet Vince while helping Lydia get Rhys to buy her virginity with Vince’s help. This girl, I loved her and all her quirkiness. I actually learned a few new words to use in future conversations that will make whoever I’m speaking with give me a look but inside I’ll be thinking of Payton and laughing.
Now for Vince, oh my lord the hotness coming from this man. He owns a “gentleman’s club” in Las Vegas and is willing to help Lydia sell her virginity in said club as long as Rhys is the ultimate winner. Sexy just oozies from him, he is tall, dark, and packing something Payton is determined to have even if she has to share him with two other women. Her imagination is very vivid. Vince has more layers to him though, far more than Payton realized. I fell in love with Vince and so will you.
I have read everything Jana Aston has written and loved every single book and like all the others before this is tops. 5 stars doesn’t even come close. I laughed out loud so many times my husband just gave me the look like I had lost my mind. It’s funny, heartwarming, sexy as all get out, and will just make you melt in a love puddle.
I received an early copy to read and review and give my honest opinion. I truly loved this book. It is definitely a must read if you enjoy a book to make you laugh, swoon, and melt with all the feel goods floating around. I highly recommend it.
Good Time is a real good time!! It is laugh out loud funny, sweet and swoony.
Good Time is a standalone but you meet Payton, and probably fall madly in love with her as I did, in Good Girl. She is sassy and funny and outrageously quirky and Vince has no choice but to be swept into her spell.
“…when his eyes land on mine they’re just as devastating as I knew they would be, except I don’t think devastating is the right word. I need to thesaurus myself another word for his eyes later. A word that means I want to have his babies immediately.”
I loved everything about this story except I wanted it to go on and on. I messaged friends to insist they add this to their TBR immediately. I laughed from beginning to end, I highlighted whole pages to go back and reread and laugh some more. This story is going right on my To Be ReRead list.
-5+ Stars!!-
My sides are aching from laughing so much while reading Jana Aston’s latest romantic comedy, Good Time. This standalone novel is a parallel story to the author’s prior novel, Good Girl. There is ample set up so that new readers have plenty of information from the prior book to thoroughly enjoy the hilarity of Vince and Payton’s story in Good Time.
I adored Payton’s stream-of-consciousness internal dialogue and creative twists on the English language. She is the sole narrator of the book, which gives readers incredible insight to her highs and lows as well as her boldness and her vulnerabilities. Payton’s free spirit is juxtapose to Vince’s calm, cool, control. You’d think he’d be a bore, but he is an excellent foil to Payton, and their banter is fun! Vince is one of Ms. Aston’s most swoon-worthy heroes, however, if she gives secondary character, Canon, a book of his own, he might give Vince some stiff competition for swooniest male lead in a romantic comedy.
A perfect romantic comedy with some steam that I couldn’t put down, I highly recommend Good Time!
I remember when I read Jana’s book, Good Girl, my constant thought was “the stuff this girl says!” Lydia cracked me up in that book with the thoughts she had and the things she would say to Rhys. Well, take Lydia and times her by 10 and you have Payton. It became quite clear very early in the story why these girls were friends and meshed so well as roommates.
Payton is like a complete nut job. In the most hilarious of ways. The random thoughts she has, the words she makes up and uses in everyday conversation. The plans she makes. She is just way, way out there. The way she starts out talking about something specific and in the middle of it has a complete SQUIRREL! moment had me busting a gut laughing. For some readers she may end up being a character that is too over the top for them, but for me she was a hoot.
Having already read Good Girl, I went into this book with a preconceived notion of who I thought Vince was. He turned out to be so much more than I had imagined. I loved the way this guy who came across as so serious just took everything Payton threw at him in stride and bantered with her. He didn’t try to change her in any way, just embraced her “crazy” and enjoyed the wild ride she took him on.
This story is so funny. I laughed nonstop, shaking my head constantly at Payton. She was a breath of fresh air and exactly what I needed to read right now to give me a break from all the turmoil that is going on in the world currently. Reading is an escape, and Payton definitely helped me escape the serious for a little bit.
I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the very yummy sexy times that Payton and Vince have. Holy hotness! I feel like I want to make a joke here about, “it’s all fun and games until someone has an orgasm” but in all seriousness, I would willingly let Vince have fun with me any time he wanted! Don’t tell my hubby…
I’m sitting here now wondering where Jana will take us from here. I can’t imagine how anyone could top Payton. She is one of a kind! The only one who I think might even be able to come close to Payton is Canon. Yeah, I have a feeling that guy is a total trip! I hope his story is up next!
It’s official. Payton is my spirit animal. God, I want to live inside Jana Aston’s brain. I swear she must have notepads full of random thoughts, facts, and phrases that she whips out when writing new books. This book was so fun to read. I giggled, laughed out loud (ask my husband), and even teared up. I’ve never highlighted so many times in a book, but every new, funny, witty thing that came out of Payton’s mouth or brain was just brilliant.
We met Payton and Vince in Good Girl. We were given a snippet of their story when it was revealed they were secretly married. And Jana delivered the romcom of all romcoms by telling us their story.
Payton is the quirkiest of all the quirky female characters Jana has ever written. Her inner monologue is on point, and her ability to make you believe her crazy thoughts is unbelievable. She’s a cheezit loving, life coach high-jacking ball of energy and excitement that I want more and more of.
Vince is her polar opposite. Opposites attract amiright? I don’t want to give too much away about Vince. I love how he gets her. He gave me all the swoons. I love how he took charge of any and all situations simply because he knew he needed to.
I’m so in love with this story. It’s book hangover central in my house today.
If you want a funny, laugh out loud story, this is for you.
Payton has become one of my most favoritest book characters. I love her. She is like my spirit animal. Her use of the English language had me rolling. The cover is exactly how I picture Vince when she talks. Just a look of pure exasperation and I LOVE it.
Vince, lets talk about how swoon worthy he truly is. I’m sad we don’t get his POV until the epilogue because there were many times I wanted in his head while Payton was being Payton. Though I can only imagine b/c I’m sure I was thinking the same things he would be. All with a huge smile on my face b/c that is what I did throughout this entire book was SMILE.
~I volunteered to read an advance copy
I absolutely loved Good Time!!! I just really love quirky characters who can make me bust out laughing. Payton had me rolling so many times reading this book. She’s the very definition of quirky and little bit insane. I loved her. This girl was a riot.
Payton isn’t going to be everyone’s cup of tea because she is that silly kind of quirky and I know not everyone can appreciate that. I mean, this girl made up her own vocabulary when she couldn’t find the right words she needed. I legiterally want to use them myself…and I just did and that made me happy. 🙂
I also really liked how bold Payton was in her sexuality. It’s pretty refreshing to read a heroine who isn’t afraid to ask for sex and one that has no shame with their body. Saying that, you don’t see her with any other man but the hero in this book. There is no other women or men drama. It was just a fun, happy book that I truly enjoyed.
Vince. This man surprised me. I really didn’t know what to expect going in and I really like what I learned about him. The whole book is in Payton’s POV except the Epilogue. Despite that, the author did a great job of expressing Vince. As much as I enjoyed Payton’s actions, I doubly enjoyed Vince’s reactions. I gotta admit, Vince had me swooning there at the end. I wasn’t expecting the big romance in this, but it’s there and it hit in a big way.
If everything I said in this review sounds like something you would enjoy, then I highly recommend you read this book. You will have a good time!
One thing I always said about Jana Aston’s books, ” do not read them in public cause Jana knows how to make your face burn of shame cause you can’t hold your laugh and lusting for all the steamy scenes! ”
And Good Time does it again!
I laugh so hard with Peyton craziness. Her vivid imagination just amaze me non stop. In real life I wanna be her
Oh I forgot to tell you, I didn’t read any blurb for this book so I don’t know who is gonna be P’s man. So it’s a great job for writing in P’s pov. Making the whole mystery in who is the man gonna be until P step in that office.
And Vince… He is the perfect man. Seriously I have never fall so hard for Ms. Aston ‘s man before. Until Vince. He is swoon worthy, super hot and just McDreamy
One thing put Good Time on that next level for me was the fact that I cried at the end. It was a happy swoony I fall in love hard with Vince kinda cry and it was perfect!