From New York Times bestselling author Kim Karr comes a sexy and sizzling, enemies-to-lovers romcom with a bite.Everyone I know is married.It doesn’t bother me. I like my life the way it is. Since I’m single though, when my best friend and her husband finally decide to go on their dream honeymoon, she asks me to watch their three-year-old son. Of course, I say yes.What my best friend neglects to … son.
Of course, I say yes.
What my best friend neglects to tell me is that I won’t be babysitting alone.
Feeling Max might be too much for me to handle, her husband asks his only single friend to help.
Nick Carrington and I have met a couple of dozen times. I’ve never really given him a second thought–other than to say he’s kind of a jerk. Out loud. So he can hear. Sure, he’s tall, dark, and handsome. And yes, he has the best ass I’ve ever seen, and I mean ever seen quite literally. You see he mooned me at last year’s Fourth of July barbecue because, like I said, he’s a jerk.
He always has to be the life of the party.
He’s also arrogant.
Imposing.
Rich.
And a playboy.
I’d even go as far as to say he’s a manwhore.
And now I’m stuck with him…for two weeks!
Don’t look at me like that!
It wasn’t like I had a choice.
Besides…what could possibly happen? It’s not like we’re going to fall in love or anything like that!
Right?
*** Look for BIG SHOT, HOT STUFF, and Uptown Girl to complete the Sexy Jerk World. All four books are standalones with overlapping characters. ***
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Sexy Jerk is steamy and sweet. Nick especially has much more depth than I had expected. Can’t wait for Jace’s story next!
Sexy and fun! We all love a sexy jerk!
Loved it
Very well written, great characters, sexy storyline!
Great fun read…Loved it!
Good book.
A sultry, sensual, and charming story. I absolutely adored this book.
I love Kim Karr’s books!
Parts of the plot were under-developed, but if you read it as a light-hearted romance, you’ll be fine. The main characters were entertaining, and the story moved along to a happily ever after (which is what you want in a romance novel).
Fiona Miller and Tess Winters are best friends. When Fiona and her husband Ethan finally take their much needed dream honeymoon Fiona asks her bestie Tess to babysit their son, 3 year old Max. Ethan is not so sure that Tess is up for the job so he asks his bestie Nick to help out and co-babysit.
Nick Carrington and Tess Winters are two people who did not start off on the best of terms.
“I’ve never really given him a second thought – other than to say he’s kind of a jerk.”
“Out loud.”
“So he could hear. Many times.”
Just because she just recently broke up with her boyfriend of six years doesn’t mean Tess can’t handle a cute little 3 year old. So when Nick shows up to help with Max, Tess is shocked, annoyed and taken back. What started out as disbelief turns into so much more for Tess. There is a whole other side to Nick that she has never seen…….
“Tess is no different. She thinks she knows me. That I only care about myself. That I believe the world revolves around me. That I’m a jerk.”
Let’s just say that all of those previous misconceptions are thrown out the window pretty quickly. Tess is smart, funny & witty. Nick is alpha, sexy & hot but…..caring, thoughtful, compassionate. It doesn’t take long for things to heat up between them and explode! The sexy times are hot. The banter, fun.
There are a few twists in the story that was a bit unexpected. And a set up for the next book Big Shot focusing on Ethan and Nick’s friend Jace. There were a few holes that came with the twist but I am hoping that they will be filled in in Big Shot.
4 stars
A fabulously funny sexy read !
I loved the development of the characters . Tess and Max have know each other for years ..but have they. They assume so much about each other that it soon becomes truth. They share mutual best friends and the couple will finally be taking that well deserved honeymoon. Tess will be watching their son and soon realizes that the oh so happy couple arranged for Max to also help.
I loved the witty, sexy, banter between them. To watch each of them slowly uncover more of each other was fascinating!!
A great journey with Tess and Max!!
~~Michele McMullen ~~
this book would have been great for a fast read, if the writer knew how to make complete sentences and not leave out words. i was tempted to give it one star for i feel short books have no excuse for errors. It’s the disrespect of the author to the reader, that they put out such shabby work. All they have to do is spend an hour or two to proof read their work. Where is their pride? If we’re not worth their time, their not worth our time to read another of their books.
This is a new to me author. If you’re looking for something with deep meaning, complex characters, and a very meaningful story, keep looking. However, if you’re looking for a light summer (or any season) read with fun/flirty characters (some much more adventurous than others), and an entertaining story, then this one might just fulfill your expectations.
Tess is coming out of a six-year relationship that was more of a disaster than she imagined. She’s been burned and burned badly. Nick is totally misunderstood, at least by Tess, and he hasn’t ever tried to correct her misconceptions. Now she’s back in Chicago and they’ve been set-up by their respective best friends. It’s kinda fun to watch how they come to a whole new understanding of one another.
Sexy Jerk is lighthearted and fun. It’s a quick read that is entertaining.
Max was a surprisingly great character. I had fun reading thus one. Great summer read
This book has a lot of sex 🙂 but it needed more story to make it a better read. Lack of story made it highly predictable. I found it boring at times and had a hard time continueing to read it.
I got bored with this book and didn’t finish it. I think it was a little too juvenile for me. You may like it but I need something to keep me interested and this book didn’t do it for me.
Really liked the story line
This book had me laughing out loud
4.5+ stars
Tess Winters is starting her life over in Chicago after a bad break up that also took everything she had built up in her career with it. But she is now living close to her best friend, Fiona, and her young family. She is working towards a new business dream., and she is starting to move on. She is scheduled to babysit Fiona’s son while the couple go on a long awaited tropical honeymoon.
Color her surprised when she finds out that Fiona’s husband has requested a co-babysitter who will now be staying with her and little Max. And he is someone that seems to thrive on making her angry and she sees him as the sexy jerk best friend of her best friend’s husband. She thinks he is arrogant, cocky, and a manwhore. He thinks she is hot, but she has always been uptight and judgmental around him.
Nick Carrington is handsome, funny, successful, and bossy. But he never really corrected the other adverse opinions she had of him and his personal life. Even though he has been attracted to Tess from the beginning, she always had a boyfriend, so it did not really matter. And he does have up guards to protect his heart and he has reason to. He works hard and plays hard.
They are set up by their friends as adversaries in adventures in babysitting. But as they develop a routine of taking care of Max and actually getting to know each other, Tess begins to see that Nick has a lot of good qualities and there is a lot she just assumed. And Nick is even more fascinated by the woman that caught his eye and likes her funnier and friendlier personality too. They talk. They laugh. They support each other. They have oodles of sexual tension and chemistry. So their baby sitting morphs from nannies-by-day and secret-lovers-by-night.
They challenge each other. They battle for control, but know when to give in. They spark passion and surprising feelings in the other. But what happens with their little vacation from reality is over and their friends return?
But she has trust issues and for all intents and purposes Nick should just be her rebound guy. And he has never done attachments or real relationships. They actually scare themselves and each other with the situation they seem to be sliding into without a safety net. And they both have a lot going on in their lives due to work issues and some surrounding drama.
I really liked these two. Nick was really a total sweetheart who deep down just wanted to be loved and accepted. He was all about taking risks to reap the rewards. But emotions and relationships are a foreign arena for him. But with that being said, Nick could also be totally swoon-worthy. And she was sassy and smart, and was not afraid to challenge him. They brought out more in each other than expected. I enjoyed getting their dual points of view. In the beginning it was important due to their conflicts and later on it was needed to really understand their growing attachment and fears.
I liked the side characters in their group Fiona, Ethan, little Max, and Jace. They had an interesting stories going on in the background. I would like to know more about Jace especially and Nick also has a younger brother, Lucas. The group was tight knit and their relationships and history were well developed.
This was feisty, funny, sexy, and sweet. It was fast-paced and kept me interested. It made me laugh and touched my heart. I totally fell for the characters and hope we see them again.