What do you do when the whole world has seen you getting down and dirty in a broom closet?I, Elle Evans, am on the run.Not from the fuzz—although that would be more exciting.No, I’m on the run from the four-year-old private tape that, thanks to my vengeful ex, has probably already ruined my vlogging career.There’s nothing like the entire world knowing what you look like mid-O.Creek Keys, Florida, … mid-O.
Creek Keys, Florida, is a million miles away from NYC and the perfect place for me to hide for the rest of summer until I can figure out what I’m going to do.
Something that’s easier said than done since my new landlord’s daughter thinks you’re God’s greatest gift. Even better? Their beach house is right next to the one I’m renting, so there’s no getting away from her—or her hot, British dad.
Who most definitely does not think I’m role model material.
He might be right.
The problem is that neither of us can say no to her.
Or each other.
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Ellie and Theo make this journey a real page turner!!!
This book is a “Hot Mess”. A true fun rom-com to make you giggle. The characters were fun and cute as can be.
Elle is officially in hiding. As a famous vlogger she is recognized everywhere. So when a sex tape is released for the whole world to, she has no choice but to turn tail and run. How will she ever come back from this?
When she ends up in Creek Keys Florida, she is thrown on Theo. Theo is the only person with a place to rent. But Theo has much hate for the vlogger. Whatever happened to “Don’t judge a book by the cover”?
These two strangers will embark on an unexpected adventure at the hands of several matchmakers. I believe they don’t stand a chance.
Overall this story is great. It is not my favorite of Emma’s books, but it is still a great read. The characters make this book a hoot to read. Theo’s daughter is the absolute cutest thing. As for Theo’s Aunt well that woman is a bag of nuts crazy. You have to read to find out.
If you are looking for a cute and fun read, then this book is for you.
Stephannie’s 5 Star Review:
OMG I just loved this new story from Emma Hart.
Elle Evans is the defintion of a hot mess. Elle is a video blogger who’s life turns upside down when someone posts a S** tape. The main problem is her audience are pre-teen girls on her blogs. This is a PR nightmare but she is also very hurt, embarrassed and lost. She is running away from her fame and this situation because she doesn’t know how to handle it. She is a hot mess at the moment and needs an escape. She finds herself on a small seaside island, Creek Keys. Even in this small town she can’t escape who she is and the scandal. But she finds out that the locals turn out to be just what she needs .
Ella stumbles upon Theo, a hot British guy with a cute pre-teen daughter. . He owns a few vacation homes and isn’t interested in entertaining the scandal Elle is living through. He thinks he has her all figured out but he was wrong.
Loved this story, it was sweet, cute and I just loved the characters. I loved Ella. I read this one cover to cover and enjoyed every minute of it. I love Emma Hart’s stories and this one doesn’t disappoint. One click it today!
–Emma Hart
Hot Mess was a spunky, delightful read, filled with humor, a handsome, hunky man, and an adorable child. There were some editorial flaws, but otherwise a light-hearted read.
Another quick and enjoyable romantic comedy from Emma Hart. She has again created characters that keep you engaged. Ellie’s situation and Theo’s resistance to her at first sets up their underlying chemistry and eventual relationship. Let us not forget his super cute daughter and the locals that add their own bit of humor to the story.
Does Ellie overcome the issue that has sent her fleeing from her hometown? Os there a happy ever after end the end of this journey? Grab your copy of Hot Mess and see for yourself
I am 75% in to this book and will finish it but have lost interest.
This is the story of Elle and Theo. Elle is a very popular video blogger for under 18 crowd. Now with a sex tape scandal brewing she jumps in her car and drives from NYC to the florida keys. Her new landlord/neighbor is a hot British single dad who at first site didn’t want to like her. Great characters with a budding friendship that turns to love. Great rom-com with some real life legal drama.
Hot Mess is a sweet single dad story.
Theodore lives for the happiness of his daughter Ari and will never do anything that could compromise their routine.
He doesn’t date and occasionally goes out with his best friend Blaire and Alex.
Elle had to run away from the big Apple and ended in Creek Key. Chastity helped her to sing somewhere to stay and she ends by being the girl Nextdoor… living next to the hot daddy house, her landlord.
To say that it was not love at first sight for Theo is an understatement but his daughter Ari is Elle’s number one fan!
Elle discovers herself as a person and not as the most famous YouTuber … she has plenty of time to reflect on her life, friendship.
The banter between Theo and Elle shows that there’s chemistry there but will they act on it? Will Elle stay at Creek Key?
Special shout out to Theo’ s aunt and the Creek Key Conspiracy Krew!!
Thank you to EH for including Noelle to the story.
If you are looking for an easy read that will make you laugh, go do Hot Mess.
Hot Mess by Emma Hart was a fantastic read.
While reading this novel, I highly enjoyed how fast paced it was, how entertaining and smile inducing it was.
Elle and Theo are two characters you can’t help but fall in love with. Yes, they certainly have their differences, in fact, at first glance they may appear to be two totally different individuals. As you keep reading; however, you begin to realize that they fit together very well. Although Elle is a vlogger, she has created a very successful career for herself. Theo is a wonderful dad, and has demonstrated just how much he loves his daughter, and the fact that he would be willing to do anything for her.
Emma Hart never fails to deliver a highly enjoyable, smile inducing read!
4.5/5 Stars!
Hot Mess is the new book by Emma Hart and always she brings a fun and witty story. It can be read in one sitting and I enjoyed every minute of it !
Ellie and Theo have a great chemistry between them and I smiled almost all the time while reading about their story!
As always secondary characters enrich the story and many of them deserve a book on their own.
Very entertaining!
Hot Mess by Emma Hart was so much fun to read. Elle Evan is literally a hot mess right now. Her life had been on a right track. A successful vlogger whose life took a turn when an ex releases a video of them and not one he wants out there. Now on the run, she is trying to decide how to proceed. That is how she ended up on a beach with a hot single British father and his adorable girl as neighbors. Theo wants nothing to do with Elle and her drama, but his daughter loves Elle.
Theo does not want to get involved with anything to do with Elle, but somehow they end up spending time together. Theo is a bit harsh with Elle at times, but caring and sweet to his daughter. But we do get to see different sides of him as well. Elle was fun and smart, just trying to figure out her next step. Hot Mess by Emma Hart was funny, sweet and charming.
Happy reading.
Emma Hart does it again, this book was exactly what I needed right now. I loved everything about it. This book had the romance and comedy that had you so in love with everything going on.
This book is about a woman trying to live her life crazy free, after going through something she never thought would happen, she’s now just trying to herself and start over. So when she moves to New York the last thing she expected was to meet Theo. Gawd Theo was amazing!!! He was someone who just wanted to live his life without any drama. So when he meets Elle he realizes that it’s not good to judge someone before getting to know them. These two were amazing, the chemistry was off the charts. I love how the more Theo gets to meet the read Elle, the more he falls for her. You will love everything about this book!!!!
Loved Theo and Elle. This was such a sweet story to read. Def a Tom com but what is a Emma Hart book without comedy. You can see everything zelle is going through with her blogger life and how Theo helps her. Throw in a kid or 2 leads to fun. But wait throw in an older person and you Get hilarious parts. Loved all the secondary characters. Sometimes I hate it because I want their stories but hey we can’t have it all.
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Elle and Theo were fun. And, I actually found that I both liked them and believed in their reactions.
Is it fair to judge her based on what he knows about her? No. But, in the same situation, knowing that she is in a sex tape and having a 9 year old daughter would definitely make you cautious.
This was an enemies (sort of) to lovers slow burn, and I loved the way it built. I loved that the attraction was there from the beginning, but getting to know one another (and an adorable child) was what led to the relationship not only deepening but becoming something that they didn’t want to leave behind and go back to their “normal” lives.
I enjoyed this title a lot, I enjoyed the characters (including the hilarious secondary ones) and the way the story developed. I recommend this title.
I can always count on Emma Hart for a fun, light-hearted read. Her books are the stuff of romantic comedy, and HOT MESS definitely fits the bill, but with an added message that was a bit unexpected, and that I very much appreciated.
I loved Elle from the very beginning. Infamous through no fault of her own other than trusting someone that she shouldn’t have, Elle is on the run from her high-profile life as a social media star. Elle is smart, sweet, and very well aware that she has a responsibility to all of her followers, whether they’re 8 or 80. I really liked the way that Emma portrays her, giving her both substance and self-awareness.
Theo comes across as downright unapproachable to start, but it’s soon clear that he takes his role as dad to his young daughter very seriously (darned swoony, and very much appreciated!), and just wants to keep her from seeing the less savory side of her favorite vlogger (that’s Elle). Once he and Elle get to know each other, and he gets the truth of what she’s gone through, it’s sweet, sexy, and funny Theo, and all becomes right with the world.
Emma is the queen of writing secondary characters that steal the show, and Arielle, Charity, Blaire, and Aunt Elsie and her Krew bring the expected sass and smiles to HOT MESS. I think that what I like best about the book, though, is that it’s heavier on the sweet and lighter on the heat, which is a nice departure in the world of romance. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and look forward to seeing what Emma’s got next for us.
Hot Mess is Emma Hart’s newest rom com. What do you get when you have a vlogger on the run from a private tape she never knew existed and a sexy British single dad? A fun, slow burn romance that kept me entertained the entire way. Elle needed to get away from her life and she ended up in FL renting a house from a single dad who didn’t exactly like her. His daughter loved Elle and he knew why she was there. He didn’t want his daughter anywhere near her and her bad life choices. But after actually talking to her, he realized she was a really nice woman. Funny, sweet, beautiful and not the bad influence he initially thought. When Theo and Elle spend time together, they realize they get a long rather well. They are attracted to each other, but she has to get her life back on track and he needs to get over the trepidation of not dating because of his daughter. Theo and Elle’s romance is a slow burn with laughs, swooning and a hilarious little girl who knows more than anyone gives her credit for!
4 A True Slow Burn and Happy Read Stars!!
I loved Elle… she’s a woman of today with the top vlog online and everything is going great until the most embarrassing thing ever happens and she flees NYC in a hurry!! She lands in the Florida Keys at the most crowded time of the year. As can be expected, finding a place to stay isn’t the easiest but thanks to Theo, who reluctantly allows her to rent the house next door to him that he’s renovating, her new escape takes a much needed detour allowing her to see there’s more to life than what she was living in the big city.
Ms. Hart writes a fabulous story with Theo and his daughter Ari becoming a huge presence in Elle’s life and I loved seeing her through the eyes of this little girl. She has a new appreciation for what she’s done and she allows herself to really live for the first time in a long time.
I found myself laughing a lot while reading this book. I mean Elle is doing things she’s never contemplated and while this is going on, she’s falling in love with Ari and her dad! Theirs is very much a slow burn because they both need to learn to trust again.
Overall, this is a great read that will have you laughing, swooning, sighing and falling in love right along with this trio and the wacky cast of secondary characters.
I absolutely loved the set up for Hot Mess! Elle is definitely in a unique situation and add in a British single dad and you know you can’t go wrong. The story is light and fun and a really good happy read. I really enjoyed Elle bonding not only with Theo, but his daughter too. It was a really cute story.
I was provided an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
This was really fun and sweet. Elle was hilarious and her banter with Theo was excellent. I really appreciated that this dealt with a very real topic of the dangers of social media. Not only does Elle have to deal with the adult version of social media drama and backlash, but she has a very real conversation about real life versus what influencers post for you to see with Theo’s daughter. I really loved that part and have similar conversations with my kids about reality vs social media all the time.
Speaking of Theo’s daughter, Ari is one of the awesome side characters in this book. This books has some charming side characters, and Ari is one of them. She one of Elle’s superfans and has her dad wrapped around her little finger. She is full of energy and like any little girl, she is full of energy and always into something. She pretty funny and provides Elle with friendship and a distraction as she navigates her precarious internet fame situation.
This was a little different than Emma’s previous books as the romance is a little slower burn and sweet. Most of her books are heavy on the romance and steam, but this one is alot sweeter and the characters take their time to get to know each other before taking things too far. I really liked the way their relationship progressed as it didn’t feel like insta-love and overly lustful. Their relationship felt realistic and respectful. I really loved this and highly recommend it if you are a fan of rom-coms but want one that is a bit less explicit.
4.5 Stars
Hot Mess is the latest stand-alone rom-com by Emma Hart. Once again this author had me laughing out loud and left me with the biggest smile on my face as I was reading. I seriously couldn’t put it down!
Elle and Theo were two amazing characters. Elle has left her life in NY and has gone to Florida to escape the mess her ex put her in. All she’s looking for is a place to hide out and lick her wounds while trying to figure out what her next move will be. Little did she know that she would meet two people who would change her life and her plans.
I loved this book so much! It was a quick read that captured my heart with its witty one liners and the slow burn chemistry between the characters. Highly recommend reading this book!