Is fate playing matchmaker?Missy Higgins isn’t looking for a man, yet everywhere she turns, sexy Ben Wright pops up. A harmless flirtation, nothing more, until Ben wanders into the Christmas craft bazaar just as her horrible ex appears. It’s Ben to the rescue as her fake boyfriend with a scorching kiss that leaves her breathless and weak in the knees.Mind. Blown. (Though she insists it’s a … she insists it’s a onetime thing).
But when Ben shows up just as she’s getting fired and offers her a holiday job she desperately needs, she has to wonder if fate might be telling her something. Like screw professional boundaries, give in to uncontrollable lust, and let a man into her heart. How can she resist fate when Ben is irresistible?
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Happy Endings Book Club Series
Book 1: Hidden Hollywood
Book 2: Inviting Trouble
Book 3: So Revealing
Book 4: Formal Arrangement
Book 5: Bad Boy Done Wrong
Book 6: Mess With Me
Book 7: Resisting Fate
Book 8: Chance of Romance
Clover Park Series
Book 1: The Opposite of Wild
Book 2: Daisy Does It All
Book 3: Bad Taste in Men
Book 4: Kissing Santa
Book 5: Restless Harmony
Book 6: Not My Romeo
Book 7: Rev Me Up
Book 8: An Ambitious Engagement
Book 9: Clutch Player
Book 10: A Tempting Friendship
Clover Park Bride: A Clover Park Short
The Clover Park STUDS Series
Book 1: Almost in Love
Book 2: Almost Married
Book 3: Almost Over It
Book 4: Almost Romance
Book 5: Almost Hitched
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Loved the newest addition to this series!!
Resisting Fate by Kylie Gilmore was a fun, fantastic read! I began relating to Missy Higgins from the first chapter! Ben is sent to shop for his own Christmas presents by his grandmother at a craft sale in the church basement. This begins my love of Ben! He will do what his grandmother asks to please her! There he meets Missy again! Missy doesn’t drop everything to flirt with Ben, nor does she let him get away with the fact that their second meeting, he didn’t recognize her! She has sassy comebacks and is strong and confident! Unfortunately, during their exchange, her ex stops by, and she pulls Ben into a kiss that affects them both in a way they never expected. Then, Ben rescues her (although she really doesn’t want to be beholden to anyone!) and their relationship really begins.
I highly recommend this book! It will make you laugh, cry a bit and give you all the feel goods you want from a HEA book!
I was provided with an ARC of this book and I am providing my honest review.
New. Favorite. Kylie book.
This was MY book. I loved absolutely EVERYTHING.
Ben was my kind of guy. He made no apologies for being who he was, and wasn’t exactly looking for a relationship, but he didn’t really fight it when it was glaringly obvious that one landed in his lap.
Or on his sweater, as it were.
I read about Missy in previous books, and I was SO happy that she would have her own story. She had been through some craziness, but it was just another sign pointing straight at Ben.
This is actually tied for my favorite Kylie book, Kissing Santa, but trust me when I say that both have perfect men, strong women and hilarious matchmakers bringing everything together.
Have I mentioned that I’m DYING to read Hailey and Josh’s story? Start at book 1, people. You’ll meet both of them and then follow their story as it slowly and deliciously unfolds throughout the series. Can’t. Wait. !!!
(I received a copy of this book in consideration of my honest thoughts)
Resisting Fate is another wonderful story by Kylie Gilmore the seventh, in her Happy Endings Book Club series. Missy Higgins was a closed book on her past, not sharing how difficult and awful it really was for her. The only person who knew Missy’s story of what after her adopted parents died was her half-sister Lily Marino. Missy was a hard worker yet struggled trusting other people, especially men or asking others for help. It took me a while to warm up to Missy. I felt her experience with an abusive ex-husband and the man who didn’t tell her he was married to the end turned her into a harden woman who was unwilling to open her heart or believing she was worthy of being loved or treated properly by a man. Ben Wright’s longest relationship lasted two months. Flirting with Missy at a Christmas craft bazaar just as her horrible ex appears has them sharing a scorching kiss that surprises both of them at the intensity, leaving them both breathless. When Ben again appears just as Missy is getting fired he offers her a holiday job she desperately needs. Missy and Ben are starting to believe fate might be telling them something. By this time in the story I had warmed up to Missy, understanding her better and really liking how patient but frustrated Ben was with her.
Ms. Gilmore is a wonderful story teller and wrote a wonderful tale in this book. Her characters are relatable, her writing witty and sometimes downright comical. I totally enjoyed reading this book and had trouble putting this book down. I highly recommend this book to other readers and am looking forward to the next book in this series.
I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book.
I am a huge Kylie Gilmore fan, and I was so happy to get to read and ARC of Resisting Fate. Ben and Missy keep running into each other in unexpected places, and their attraction is undeniable, but they are both commitment phobic, and are relationship resist. But with the help of an interfering grandma, and fate, their one night only turns into so much more! Definitely don’t want to miss it.
Fate. How many times do we fight it, cuss it or thank it for everything in our lives – good & bad? Ben wasn’t looking for a relationship but when he kept running into Missy, he decided to embrace it & have some fun. When she decides to use him as a decoy for her ex, neither Ben or Missy were prepared for the sparks & intensity. When Missy finds herself in a predicament that isn’t her fault, Ben tries to help her find a way out of it. Their attraction grows stronger with every minute they spend together.
Kylie Gilmore has given her readers an unlikely couple brought together by fate, attraction and a couple of meddling matchmakers. While the book is mainly a sweet romance, it has an undercurrent of humor running throughout. The tempo is flirty, witty& fun. I really enjoyed this book & feel its a good addition to the Happy Ends Book Club series.
I’ve got a pocketful of sunshine and it only took a skillful author and a bit of holiday heart to chase away the chill. Like only she can, Kylie Gilmore turned on the charm. Resisting Fate takes it cues from serendipity and casts a spell on the heart of every romantic it touches. Missy and Ben don’t know what’s missing until fate steps in and gives them a hand. Love at first sight is no fantasy. Like the greatest of love affairs, it comes naturally.
Missy has an awful past marriage and relationship, and Ben is just at the right place at the right time to help her “forget” about that for a minute…thanks to a little “fate”.
When her drug addict ex steals the money they raised to help a family who escaped from a bad relationship, she feels responsible and takes a second job to raise the money again. However, Ben keeps showing up at the worst possible times…is it “fate”?
Missy is in a bind when Ben offers her a temporary job at his and his brother, Logan’s, company. He is hesitant to offer it to her because of a past sexual harrassment accusation (that she doesn’t know about), but after a difficult promise to keep it strictly professional she accepts. Missy has hidden her past from Ben and shuts down any attempt he gives on trying to know her. Thankfully, Logan realizes what is going on and helps move things along with them.
This is a fun, sweet, small town romance story that will pull your heartstrings and break your heart and then fill it again! I really enjoy the Happy Endings series by Kylie!