When Julia Hardin is hired to plan the local library’s annual fundraiser, it’s exactly the chance she needs to take her event planning business to the next level. With a shoestring budget and ridiculously tight timeline, it won’t be easy to pull off, but Julia has never shied away from a challenge before. Then again, she’s never met a challenge quite like Fergus MacNair, the town’s hot, grumpy … librarian who’s determined to thwart her plans at every turn.
Fergus is willing to do almost anything to bring in more funds to support vital library programming. But nothing about working with Julia, a woman who gets under his skin like no other, is easy. Not her bossy attitude, not her over-the-top decorations, and most certainly not the way she sparks an uncontrollable desire inside of him. But when she accidentally returns a library book with a sexy doodle of him for a bookmark, he realizes just how unprepared he is for this partnership.
When Fergus discovers her doodle, Julia is certain this is one disaster she’ll never recover from. But when Fergus responds with a naughty drawing of his own, these complete opposites might just find a common language after all.
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I loved Sara Rider’s “Right Kind of Wrong,” a funny, sweet, and charming story featuring likeable, relatable characters. It is technically the third book in Ms. Rider’s Books and Brews series, but reads as a complete standalone. While characters from the earlier books do make cameo appearances, readers (like me) who are new to the series will not feel lost by starting here.
My favorite part of this book was the male lead character, Fergus MacNair. He came across as grumpy at first, but beneath the surface, he was very sweet and had a dorky sense of humor that I adored. I also related to Fergus’s introvert tendencies, especially in regards to the need to conserve his “people energy” for dealing with patrons at the library where he worked. That really resonated with me because I often feel the same way about dealing with clients when I’m at work!
The female lead character, Julia Hardin, was also very likeable and interesting. She was obviously a hard worker and good friend, but had a tough time recognizing those qualities in herself. Julia was very independent and found it difficult to ask for or accept help, even when she really needed it. I appreciated her character’s growth over the course of the book as she learned that it was OK to trust in her friends and family, and that asking for help could be a sign of strength rather than weakness.
The banter between Fergus and Julia was very amusing, and I thought that their relationship development was nicely paced. I particularly enjoyed the way Fergus and Julia communicated through their drawings. Not only were the drawings funny, this style of communication was unique to Julia and Fergus and helped them express their feelings when neither of them could find the right words.
Overall, I very much enjoyed “Right Kind of Wrong” and highly recommend it. This was the first book I’ve read by Sara Rider, but I look forward to checking out more of her work in the future.
*ARC provided by the author via InkSlingerPR. All opinions expressed are my own.
RIGHT KIND OF WRONG by Sara Rider is one of those ‘still waters run deep’ romances. It’s not showy or loud or over the top. It’s contemplative, quiet and reflective. It’s certainly romantic and often funny.
When event planner, Julia Hardin, and the ‘Sexy Highlander Librarian’, Fergus McNair are forced to work together at the library’s annual Valentine’s Day fundraising event, it’s a clash of wills between the two. Yes, an attraction has been simmering but them but being stubborn and headstrong are traits they share, so any relationship was going to suffer bumps along the way.
I really enjoyed getting to know Julia and Fergus. They’re a tad insecure, both feeling a little lost at times but this just made them all the more relatable. Their romance is a lovely mixture of sweet and steamy and I definitely wanted this deserving pair to get their happy ever after.
Heartfelt, funny and romantic. Recommended.
I guess when I signed up for this I didn’t realize it was related to another book I’ve already read, Make Me Fall, but then I started reading and remembered the bar, the Holy Grale, that was set up inside a church. And being back with these characters I’d met before was fun! In fact, I might have liked this book even a little more than that one! Of course how could I not, I mean the male love interest was a librarian, and a former cover model, I mean, yowza! Like the perfect guy for me! Right? Where is my Fergus? But it was more than that, the characters had some great banter and definitely hilarious things happened to them throughout the book. I thought a lot of different parts were realistic as well. The daughter part was really good, and both the way Fergus reacted to things she did, as well as how Julia handled her was so true to what people in real life do. Or at least should do. I’m once again left needing to go back and read the first book in this series that I’ve missed. I need to make more of an effort to get a hold of it. It’s a sweet romance, with a tiny bit of the steam, just enough to warm you up!