On her thirty-first birthday, hopeless romantic Kelsey Callihan has all but given up on happily ever afters, which is why she agrees to a risqué proposition from Sterling Canyon’s notorious playboy, backcountry skier Trip Lexington. After all, every girl needs a little fun, and with Trip, there are no mixed signals or risks of a broken heart. And if his tips can help her land a husband in the … process, all the better.
Trip couldn’t be happier with his secret, no-strings fling with sweet and sexy Kelsey until she calls it quits after meeting a man she believes could share her dream of marriage and family. His jealousy turns to outrage when he discovers that the man is his estranged half brother and lifelong rival.
Now Trip must decide whether the fire in his gut is due to sibling rivalry or something much more dangerous…like love.
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What starts as a bet turns into a secret tryst and then an oops pregnancy. Kelsey wants nothing more than to find Mr. Right and get married and have babies but she just cannot seem to find the one. Trip is so commit phobic but agrees to help her with his Trip tips while at the same time carrying on a secret affair. Can they keep their hearts out of the equation, especially when the condom breaks and a baby is involved? This one was very cute and at the same time sexy and special. Definitely a recommendation.
Oh Trip, you just melted my heart!
I loved this story so much, despite the pain and suffering. Kelsey and Trip were fantastic characters and they were set up perfectly in the first instalment so much so that I was almost salivating waiting to read their story.
Trip is your typical larger-than-life-ladies-man and Kelsey is a hopeless romantic, always looking for love and desperately wanting to settle down, get married and have babies. With the duo poles apart with their outlook on life, you’d be forgiven for thinking that they could never get together but you know what they say about opposites attract!
Despite Trip’s womanising ways, he has a soft spot for Kelsey and does his best to ensure that she doesn’t get hurt, despite promising her nothing more than a casual relationship until she finds Mr Right.
As time goes by and their sexual relationship moves on, the two become closer but only Kelsey is aware that her fondness for Trip is turning into love. Trip on the other hand, apart from being exclusive with Kelsey, has no idea that his heart has become irrevocably joined to Kelsey’s until they break apart and the separation is incredibly emotional.
We finally get to find out a little more about Trip’s background and why he is reluctant to talk about his family in this story and when his brother comes to town, sparks really start to fly.
Once again, this was a really enjoyable story to listen to. It was lighthearted, despite the pain that Kelsey and Trip suffered, and nicely set the scene for Emma’s story.
Beck writes a conflicted tale of bad boy does good to the town princess kind of romance. I thoroughly enjoyed the characters and the emotion displayed in this book.
I highly recommend this book to fans of the contemporary romance genre.
Misleading blurb as it says the heroine is a hopeless romantic when in actuality she was, apparently, an amateur stalker in the last book that gave her the nickname Boomerang. She wants to be married with kids and comes across as kind of desperate to snare a man.
The hero, of course, is an unrepentant manwhore. In one scene, the heroine sees him sneaking out of the local inn from a hookup. They then engage in banter. Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t think flirting with a guy who just had sex is cute, endearing, or whatever.
The writing was well done, but the characters did not do it for me.
OMG this book was an emotional ride. I cried, I laughed, and I swooned. This book worked me over. I have been waiting for Trip’s book since I read the first book in this series Accidentally Hers, back in Oct 2015. I knew there was more to Trip then his playboy act and I wanted to see him shine. This book was everything I wanted and more! Better than the first book and that is saying something since I can still remember how much I love that book a year after reading it.
Trip was so much more than what I expected. He was sexy of course he played the manwhore since book 1, but he was also sweet, caring, and protective. He had this vulnerable side that made me want to hold him and make everything better for him. Most of the time when I read the manwhore trope I don’t really feel their reasoning behind their commitment phobia, but with Trip I could totally understand where he was coming from. I felt such empathy for him and the way he was raised. I loved Trip. I loved Kelsey too. She knew what she wanted and she went for it. She was sweet and sassy. She wore her heart on her sleeve but she was real and honest. I loved that she didn’t settle for anything less than what her heart wanted.
Their relationship was sweet, hot and heartbreaking at times. It felt real. I really cried at some of the things they went through. Then the next minute I was swooning at one of the sweetest scenes I have ever read. Trip really pulled out the Prince Charming and in the end he wowed me. Trip’s dad I liked but I was surprised I liked Trip’s half-brother Mason even though he was a jerk I could again empathize with the way he felt too. Although I wish he was less of a jerk to Trip. I wouldn’t mind seeing Mason getting his own HEA. Kelsey’s niece was adorable and added major cute points to this book. I loved seeing Avery and Grey again and getting caught up on their relationship. I also liked getting to see Em again. I really liked her from book 1 too and I hope Em’s book is next. My only wish was that I would have got a deeper epilogue but that didn’t take away from my love of this book. I’m so glad I got this book and I can’t wait til the next one comes out.