Bookshop owner, Georgie Jensen, is done with shallow jerks. Her Own the Eights blog dishes out advice on how to steer clear of egotistical creeps only concerned with looks and status. Her focus is finding one’s true soulmate—not the superficial ten but the solid, reliable eight.Jordan Marks is the city’s top fitness trainer who won’t settle for anything less than the best. His blog promotes … than the best. His blog promotes working hard, playing harder, and striving to always be—you guessed it—a ten.
When these two opposites are forced to team-up for an online competition, opinions clash and mouse pads fly.
The twist: there can only be one winner, and if Georgie wants to keep her shop open, that winner needs to be her.
But the more time this eight and this ten spend together, the more they learn that, when it comes to love, a number might not be what matters the most.
Own the Eights is a steamy rom-com full of heart, heat, and oodles of laugh out loud moments!
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Jordan and Georgie’s book was awesome! Wow! I love Krista Sandor! I don’t think I was prepared for how funny this book was going to be, but I LOVED IT! Sweet, funny, and oh-so-hot this story is a Five Star read for sure!
More than just a number
I ALWAYS look forward to reading ANYTHING and EVERYTHING written by Krista. I have NEVER been disappointed, and I certainly am not now either!
This was a great story about Georgiana and Jordan, and about eights and tens… These two wonderfully entertaining and incredibly likeable characters are at constant loggerheads with each other, as they have opposing views on compatability and finding true love. They also have a really intense chemistry and attraction to each other, which they act upon in such an organic way. And then they get back to the disagreeing and arguing. It’s very passionate and loads of fun!
There are some twists and turns, and other interesting characters that add to the depth and entertainment of this story. For the most part, everyone just believes in love, regardless of how they find it, and who they find it with. It’s all very accepting and romantic in it’s ideas.
There’s so much going on, but I don’t want to spoil it for the readers. I do recommend it though, and I am now excitedly waiting for the next book in the series! And the one after that… though I’m sure I won’t want it to end!
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I adore this book. Such a sweet love story!!!!
Own the Eights is such a fun, sweet, hot enemies to lovers romance. I loved every single moment of this book!
After being told she was only an eight that started something for Georgie, aka a blog to show that eights are perfect. Jordan is a ten, he thinks he can help everyone be a ten from his blog. However, when him and Georgie are in a competition that would help them both out, they are forced to work together. Can an eight and a ten work together?
I loved Georgie. She was real, she was fun, she was living her best life. Plus, the woman owns a bookstore, how can you not love that?! She took everything in stride and had a great mentality that she would relay to everyone who follows her blog. Jordan took some time to get used to. He first comes across as a major jerk, the stereotypical ten, but the more you got to know him and his story the more he steals your heart. The chemistry between Georgie and Jordan was great. They started out as enemies, as competitors both trying to win, but things quickly progressed and they both realized there was more to each of them that meets the eye.
Own the Eights is another great addition to all the previous books that Krista has written and a MUST READ! If you’re looking for a fun, enemies to lovers rom com this is definitely one to check out!
This book is the first book that I’ve read by this author and I thought it was awesome. It’s a real opposites attract romance and the story line is great. This book is the first book in this series.
The Own The Eights Series Book #1
Georgie had a real crappy dating experience when this fella Brice insulted her and also said that she was an 8’at best. She decided to write a blog so no other woman had Then make the same mistakes that she had. This is when her blog was born ‘ Own the Eights ‘ and it takes of.
Jordan is a real 100% kind of man and he always strives to be always a ten. He’s a very determined sort of man and never settles for anything less and he’s not a quitter. He has also been friends with Deacon for years after he helped him. Jordan also has a blog ‘ The Marks Perfect Ten Mindset ‘ and is also hugely popular.
These two both enter a competition and whatever could go wrong ?
( NO SPOILERS )
I really enjoyed reading this book and loved everything about it from the story line, the characters and this author writing style. I loved seeing how these two characters navigated the tasks that life had set them both and how they could overcome them. Even from the moment these two met they was something between them both and they had a great connection. This was a real enemies to lovers romance that was fabulous to watch. I always love books that have both prologue and epilogue and I feel like it always adds that something extra special to the story.
I’m glad to have found another fantastic author and can’t wait to read more of her books especially the next book in this series. I will definitely recommend this book to everyone when it gets released.
Thank you to the author and publishers for allowing me to read an early copy of this book.
ARC provided in exchange for an honest review.
This book is expected to be released 19th MARCH 2020.
When Georgie was younger, her mother made her compete in pageants that she hated. Added to this, when Brice Casey told her he needed to break up with her because he was supposed to marry a ten and she was only an eight – it shaped the rest of her life. Now a Birkenstock and cardigan wearing hippie owner of a bookstore, she writes a blog called “Own the Eights”. Jordan Marks is a buff fitness club owner who always strives for the best and writes a blog emphasizing how to be the perfect ten.
When the local radio station runs a contest to find out who is going to be the next regular blogger and it pairs Georgie and Jordan against one other team, and the winner gets $10,000. Georgie needs the money to save her bookstore and Jordan needs it to break out on his own so they need to make sure they win. This is a quick, funny, sexy read – and I would recommend it to anyone.
Why put limits on stars given to a story! This was a fun , melt your heart, tear producing read!
We have a hot man with secrets from his childhood. A girl that hides her self under clothes because she was hurt. Together they will find what they never really knew they were looking for!
This is a fun story with lots of chemistry both physical and mental. We have some mystery, challenges and lots of fun supporting characters that take the story over the top because of their involvement with our leading lady and man.
Rock on Krista Sandor!
What a hilarious, laugh until you pee your panties, sexy, enemies to lovers romance…just goes to show that differing opinions aren’t necessarily that different when you actually break it down. Loved it!!
OMG- I loved Jordan and Georgie.
What a competition when enemies being thrown together turns into so much more.
What happens when everything you thought about a person turns out to be wrong.
Love how although Jordan has convinced himself there is only one way to overcome his past, Georgie shows him there is more to life than being the perfect 10.
I laughed, I swooned, I loved.
This book was perfection.
Krista you did it again.
Cannot wait to see what happens next.
Loved
I was given an ARC… but chose to voluntarily write a review
Sandor has a gift for speaking to the most vulnerable part of a person. Whether with laughter or deep emotion, her stories take aim at involving readers heartfirst before appealing to anything else. Georgie is a character that sets out to make you laugh to cover up the insecurities that hide underneath her smile. Jordan uses realism to shield his own inner feelings of doubt. Own the Eights is more than just a light-hearted romp for laughs. It’s a deeply moving pathway of finding truth and living life at it’s best. Humor that tackles real emotion is great storytelling.
I loved this book from beginning to end. A page turner that keeps you laughing, crying, and much more. Does a perfect fitness trainer and a not so perfect book store owner, are they able to come together for the ends to a means for both of them. I laughed so much throughout this story, it’s like you are in the book as you are reading like you are right there watching the story unfold. Krista is an exceptional writer who brings you into the story right at the beginning, keeps you right to the end, and leaves you wanting more.
I was granted an ARC for a review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
I tried so hard to read this book as slow as I could, but Krista has a way of sucking you in a making you savior her books as if it were your last sip of water or wine! This book was so good, it was funny, sad, someone conquered their fear while someone else took the stage in a PG-13 rated Flashdance Maniac scene.
“I should probably use my supreme asshat status to let you know that seventeen BC is calling, and they’d like their sandals back.”
Georgiana Jensen aka Georgie decides to start about a blog after being told she is only an 8 and should aim for an 8 as well. Own the Eights, why date a ten when you should marry eight was born overnight. However, she has to run against another two blogs to get $10,000 and an even bigger platform for her blog.
“Why does everything seem so possible when I look into those damn beautiful eyes of yours?”
Jordan Marks has been working for his mentor for the past 10 years. After starting his blog and gaining a ton of followers, he is hoping to win the money and the bigger platform. The Marks Perfect Ten Mindset was Jordan’s pride and joy. After being informed of having to complete challenges with Georgie, Jordan is determined to win at all cost, because a ten always finishes.
“This hippie skirt-wearing, Birkenstocks loving, cardigan donning bookseller beauty queen has peeled back the layers he’s constructed to shield his heart from his past.”
I am trying so hard to tell you what happens in the book without giving out all the good stuff, but it is so damn hard. Georgie is a freaking hoot, I love how honest she was written. As much as most women claim we are tough and don’t care what others say, the truth is we do care. Georgie was tough and didn’t care what Jordan thought of her Jesus sandals. Side note….I didn’t know vegan cookie dough was produced at all. Jordan…I didn’t realize until reading this book I kind of dig the not so nice guys. I mean he isn’t the worst guy I have ever read. I love how Krista wrote as an alpha vulnerable man. I mean this is a first for me. He experienced a lot in the short time they were together. Seriously Krista is the only author I have read that have written such good animal scenes that I laugh-cry with every one I read!
I seriously can’t wait for the rest of this series to come out. I love a good enemies to lovers romance. I highly recommend this book.
A light, hilarious book that sneaks feels in on you. It definitely falls into the Rom-Com genre, and will have you literally laughing out loud. It also has an underlying story of self confidence and not getting wrapped up in what everyone else thinks. Be true to yourself. Only you can decide what path is best for you. Georgie owns a bookstore and from the outside may look a little better than average. Jordan is a CrossFit trainer and from the outside looks perfect. There’s so much more to each person. Everyone has a backstory. So don’t judge a book by its cover. Also Georgie has the same exercise mentality that I do so that was awesome. So read the book and go for a meandering walk.
Rom-com with an enemies to lovers feel, plus some fan yourself steamy moments and the feels of a contemporary read. There is a lot happening in that sense, but it’s all balanced out. The story takes place over a relatively short amount of time, but there isn’t that feel of insta-love, it still feels like it happens naturally. Both main characters are lovable and there is a nice building of their chemistry from their competitive personalities. The rom-com moments break the tension when the heavy feels make their appearance. The Dani characters towards the middle of the story started to feel a little out of place and didn’t do much for me. I don’t think the story really needed them. The ending before the epilogue was fantastic, and the very end is even better.
Absolutely loved this book! The characters were fantastic and I easily immersed myself into this story. Lots of laugh out loud moments in this book. When I was dating I actually made a list of qualities I was looking for so I could readily relate to Georgie. Jordan came to realize that “8’s” are really the “10’s” of the world and Georgie came to realize that not all “10’s” are asshats. This book was the perfect 10!
Great enemies to lovers story! Georgie owns a book store and is a blogger. Her philosophy is to go for eights rather than a ten, when it comes to a significant other. There is more to it, but basically she is saying perfect is not really perfect. Jordan is also a blogger and the right hand man for his boss at a cross fit center. His philosophy is a perfect ten mindset. These two both need money and enter a competition where they are teamed up against another pair. Through challenges big and small these two develop a relationship. They both have pasts that have made them who they are today, but now they have to let go of some of those ingrained thoughts in order to grow together. As always with Krista Sandor, the writing was great, the story was original, and I loved the characters (not Deacon)! The thing with enemies to lovers is that most of them make me crazy. I don’t generally like them. This one did not make me want bang my head against the wall. In fact I had a big smile on my face while reading it. I loved that a relationship developed early on and we were able to see it progress, I loved that the characters were not being contrary for the sake of being contrary. Great read with a wonderful HEA! I was given the opportunity to read a copy of this book.
Krista Sandor – this is like RomCom at its best!! I started out laughing (really throughout the entire book) and then the heat level started rising and then moved to swooning over Jordan and Georgie. I can not even express how much of a fun read this book is. The sarcastic banter between these two was epic. Loved it. I always know i will get a fantastic story when reading a Krista Sandor book! Snatch this book up but beware if you are drinking anything that it doesn’t come spewing out your mouth because the laughing is guaranteed.
I think I am still laughing. This book is that funny, which I was not expecting at all. I read the blurb and thought it sounded cute. It is cute and charming and laugh out loud funny. Georgia is such an amazing character. She is an ex beauty queen turned nerdie book worm convinced she is only an eight and determined that’s all she needs in life, to find her other eight. Jordan is an equally fantastic character who is an ex nerd comic book lover turned giant brick house of a man who is a personal trainer at a cross fit gym and convinced you should always strive to be a ten. What do you get when you put these two together? Absolute perfection, with off the chart chemistry, some great heat, and a whole lot of laughs. This book will make you laugh, you will read it with a smile on your face and you will absolutely fall in love with Jordan and Georgie. I am so excited this is a series and I do hope we get to see more of the awesome duo!
** I did receive a free advanced copy of this book from Give Me Books Promotions in exchange for a fair and honest review**
This is a delightfully funny and hot romcom. Georgia Jensen is a book store owner and writer of Own the Eights blog. She started this blog after being told by an obnoxious ahole she was an 8 and he only dated 10’s. Jordan Marks is a CrossFit trainer working for his mentor (another obnoxious ahole). He writes a blog Marks Perfect Ten Mindset. These two are contestants to win $10,000 and be a paid contributor to the CityBeat. These two total opposites and are forced to be team members against another team. The sparks fly and so does the attraction factor. Their assignments put them in some funny and very revealing situations. Can these two overcome their differences and realize love is not about the numbers?
It isn’t often that I IMMEDIATELY despise a main character in a book, only to find that I fell into the author’s masterful trap of judging based on a first impression. And this was indeed a masterful trap. Jordan and Georgie are forced to work together in a competition that they both thought they’d already won, and Jordan definitely appears to be the Emperor that Georgie thinks he is at first. And Jordan does himself no favors by continuing to act like the shallow, vapid, stereotypical deebasaurus that we’re all so afraid he is! But then, he lets the charade drop and we see just what a great, though misguided, person soul lies behind the jerk exterior. I was enthralled with Jordan and Georgie and their fall for each other and couldn’t get enough of either of them. Even when Jordan acts like a typical dumb man, I couldn’t hate him. And that made way for a clever, beautiful HEA.
I continue to be impressed by this author’s ability to create complex characters that I can’t help but love. She blends humor, embarrassment, and romance perfectly and always leaves me hoping that her next release is in the near future. And that’s definitely a good thing.