After being cleaned out by her bigamist embezzling husband, socially awkward academic Tru Stanhope finds herself with one remaining asset: a dive bar in the podunk town of Brazen Bay. Well, half a bar. The other half is owned by the infuriatingly hot Nash McKendrick. He doesn’t want to sell and he really doesn’t want his once silent business partner to have anything to do with his one true … love–the pub.
Nash liked his solitary life just fine before highbrow and pretentious Tru brought trouble, and her little yappy dog, to darken his door. She may be intellectual, but she knows nothing about the real world and shockingly less about men. He’s pretty sure he can handle the mousy little scholar, he just needs to figure out what makes her tick. She’s just a woman, after all. And women tend to fall all over themselves around him. He’ll just lay on the charm, sweet talk her into doing what he wants, and send her on her way to a life better suited for her so he can get back to his.
But Tru has different ideas. She’s tired of the sheltered life she’s lived until now. She wants to experience real passion, a real career, and a real purpose in life. And she’s decided Nash is going to help her with all three.
Author Confession: Nash could have any woman he wanted, so I deliberately gave him the one he doesn’t want. Because authors are evil and I like trouble. I hope you enjoy the opposites attract trope as much as I love writing it. This is book #2 in the Love in Brazen Bay series, but they are standalone. HEA guaranteed.
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“The Right Stuff” Brought ’em Together, But It’s Up To Them To Keep Fighting The Rest O’ The Way…
After gett’n ALL the WRONG Stuff in Her First Marriage,
She’s Vowed to NEVER give MEN a GO Again…
THAT IS… Until HE convinces HER,
He’s got “The Right Stuff” to get the job DONE!
Then, He proceeds to Prove He Really Does have “The Right Stuff,”
At least when IT comes to turn’n Her Libido ON,
And… When IT comes to Break’n Her HEART…
He has “The Right Stuff” for THAT TOO,
Cuz, He sure Shattered HERS after prov’n She’s NOT Frigid,
Only… Once He gets what He wants, it’s NOT what He wants!
Now, He’ll have to prove He’s got “The Right Stuff,”
To WIN Back ‘Tru!
Cuz, While She’s been away…
She’s learned She’s got “The Right Stuff” ALL BY HerSelf!
I was granted an ARC of Brill Harper’s “The Right Stuff (Love in Brazen Bay Book 2)” via B00|{$P®0UT & Cherrylily. I recommend this book to others based upon its own recommendations. All opinions expressed within this review are uniquely my own & freely given!
Until next time… Happy Reading!
Loved and laughed my way through this delicious romance!
Nash is a perfectly broody, grumpy bar owner who has no time for the presumptuous socialite who waltzes into his bar like she owns the place. Tru is his exact opposite in every way, and I absolutely adored the way she challenged him without even trying.
I loved the way he used her education as a fount of nicknames; it was a brilliantly subtle way to show that he’s her intellectual equal. I loved every step of her growing confidence, and the grace she showed in the face of adversity, especially in refusing to see her rival as a rival, was nothing short of poetic beauty.
The secondary characters were a joyful addition and brought a layer of honesty and maturity to the story. The final scene made their HEA perfectly complete. I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book.
This story is exactly what the blurb describes, two very unlikely people that prove opposites attract. Nash is happy plugging along at life and Tru is so uptight she must own stock in a starch company and is singlehandedly keeping it in business. In The Right Stuff, you get to know lots more about Brandon McKendrick and his band, Ironwing. This is a quick and entertaining book that will have you chuckling to yourself more than once.
nice read
Nash owns a bar he is proud of cause its his. Gertrude is in a marriage to an older man after her grandfather passes. She thinks he cares for her. Only coming home one day to find he has taken everything from her except for this bar shed knows nothing about. She finds the bar & finds out that Nash is the owner but only 40%, she owns 60% of this bar. She has no intentions of keeping it. She gets under his skin & they start having feelings for one another but he is to scared to really move forward with their relationship. Finally he figures out that ‘TRU’ is for him that he asks her to be his partner in marriage & for the bar.
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Tru lost everything to her husband that was a bigamist and a embezzler. She learns that she still owns one thing and its a dive bar. However she co-owns it with Nash McKendrick. Nash and Tru spark at each other the minute they meet. Never agreeing on anything. Yet his friends and family love her and accept as one of their own. Having nowhere to go Nash let’s her stay with him even though he knows its a bad idea. Soon they give into temptation and sleep together. Neither thinking about anything but each other. Things take a turn when someone from Nash’s and someone from Tru’s pasts turn up. What will they do? Will this be the end for them?
This is an great story that’ll have you on the edge of your seat waiting to find out what will happen next. The chemistry is blazing hot. This is a well written and very entertaining story. I would recommend this book to any book lover.
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I totally enjoyed reading this book! Tru and Nash were a fun and steamy opposites couple. The way they met was sure to cause tension, which made for a lively story! I need to go back to read book 1 in this series as I eagerly await book 3! I’ve found an exciting new author to enjoy.
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The right stuff indeed is all Gertrude needed. Man, talk about taken for a roller coaster and to be put down on top of it while being preyed upon by a boor of a boy because he definitely could not be classed as a man. A real man would not treat a woman that way at all for sure. It definitely took Nash a bit to finally open his eyes to what is in front of him to cherish.
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becomes the Right Stuff in the end!
*** 4.5 Stars ***
So a quick confession – I have not read the first book in the Love in Brazen Bay series, Wrong Number Text. So I think I missed out on a bit of background and characters that are in this story. But even though it was sometimes a bit confusing I was able to jumble my way through without too much trouble.
The Right Stuff is a a funny, witty, engaging, and sweet with some naughty story of a woman who has lost everything except for half of a bar. The other half is owned by a gruff and stubborn bear of a man who does not take kindly to having her interfere with his territory. So when Nash and Tru first meet they are not taking too kindly with each other. However, Tru is not going anywhere, as she has no where else to go. So she gets stuck in and eventually the patrons of the bar and other in the community accept and embrace her, with her awkwardness and all. Nash also quickly accepts Tru but he still fights it until he cannot fight it any more, as neither wants a relationship……….or at least that is what they say to themselves.
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The Right Stuff
Brill Harper
Tru’s cheating husband cleaned her out, but she had one thing left…a half ownership of a dive bar. The other half is owned by Nash, and he does not want to sell, nor does he want to be bothered by Tru. However, she has decided he is the answer to pull her out of the rut she’s been in. She wants passion, a career, and real purpose in life.
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The Right Stuff by Brill Harper is the second book in the Love in Brazen Bay series. In the beginning of this contemporary romance book Tru (Gertrude) Stanhope finds out her “husband” swindled her out of all her money. The only thing she still owns is sixty percent of a bar called the Ironwing Pub with another partner named Nash McKendrick owning forty percent. She has no choice but to go to the bar and try to recoup some money. This book is almost scarily real with how Tru’s situation it is written. This is definitely a riches to rags story plus how opposites can be attracted to one another when they least expect it. This was a fun entertaining read. The Right Stuff is an opposites attract contemporary love story.
Tru made some mistakes in her life, but the biggest one was marrying a man 20 years older than her. She did it because of her grandfather, that she loved dearly. Here she is now with nothing because of him except 1/2 a dive bar that she wants to sell. The co-owner (Nash) of the dive bar is such a jerk! One that makes her crazy in more ways than one!
Great story!!
Tru Stanhope has lost everything thanks to bigamist embezzling husband and has come to Brazen Bay to fix up the dive bar that she co-owns with the intention to sell. Nash McKendrick loves his bar and his solitary life and knows Tru is nothing but trouble the minute she walks into his bar. With nowhere to stay, Tru finds herself sharing Nash’s apartment. Nash’s family and friends welcome and accept Tru into their fold. Tru and Nash bump heads at every turn over improvements that Tru wants to make to the bar. The chemistry sizzles between Nash and Tru, and they finally give into their attraction which has Nash running scared. What happens when feelings get mixed into a no strings fling? How will Tru react when “the other” woman shows up? What happens when Tru’s ex shows up? Will Nash admit his feelings for Tru? The chemistry between Nash and Tru is undeniable. I love Brill Harper and enjoyed The Right Stuff. The Right Stuff is full of laughs, unexpected twists, family, great friends, and hot chemistry. I would definitely recommend getting The Right Stuff by Brill Harper. The Right Stuff is a great book with amazing characters that will make you laugh out loud one minute and scream in frustration the next.
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Loved this book easy to read with well developed and engaging characters and the storyline flowed smoothly from start to finish.
Chemistry was undeniable.
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The second book in the Love in Brazen Bay series a well written story. Tru Stanhope loses everything when she finds out her husband is a bigamist and has taken all of her money, she goes to Brazen Bay where she has a half interest in a bar Nash McKendrick has. The story had me laughing at somethings that happen. A book I enjoyed reading. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Just the absolute best story. It had me captivated from the beginning with the hot steamy scenes. I really enjoyed reading this book and I would recommend it! Everything I like to read about and more. Such a great story I will read again and again. A keeper!!
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This was a free ARC copy from the author and booksprout for my honest voluntary review of this book.I like reading this authors work, cause they are great steamy reads and I enjoy reading them.And I look forward to reading more in the future from her.This has a great storyline and great characters to read about.Plus its steamy hot.So I hope you all enjoy it has much as I did.
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This is the second book in this series and we met Nash in Wrong number Text You don’t need to read that book but do yourself a favour its a great fun read
Nash is the proud half owner of the local bar and he is quite happy that he never hears or sees the person that owns the other half Until she turns up Tru Stanhope may have grown up well off but she cared for her grandfather until his death and married a man twenty years older than her at his request. Now that man has lost all her assets and is a bigamist to boot the only thing Tru has left is a half share in a pub. So that is where she heads. Her and Nash clash from the word go he hates her yappy dog and knows that like all woman he will be able to bend her to his will . But maybe this time he has met his match as Tru has other ideas. Will these two find a compromise You will have to read to see
I just finished and I’m honestly crying. This was so good. The characters are phenomenal, the setting and description makes everything come to life.
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Recovering from a “Flea” problem….
I fell in love with Brazen Bay when I read “Wrong Number Text”. Nash and his bar, Ironwing, was introduced in that book. He gets his story told in this book. Tru is such a sweet and very naive person. When she shows up in Brazen Bay, she’s trying to recover from problems created by “The Flea”. Although they have nothing in common except ownership of Ironwing(which she wants to sell), their chemistry is undeniable. The only thing they both agree on is the fact that neither wants a relationship. So explain why he’s pouring her tea and fixing it just the way she likes and why she’s leaving her girl’s chat to help sweep the floor at closing time. Sounds to me like fate has other ideas for Nash and Tru. I loved this visit to Brazen Bay as much as my first visit.
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I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review. When tru anti-social socialite finds herself with only half of a ownership and her co owner Nash of the Ironwing bar in brazen bay .she swares she never going to let a man take advantage of her again . These two are like fire on the pages . Awesome story