Courtney Bishop is as sugary sweet as her famous blueberry muffins.Southern belle at heart, Cali girl by choice.She barged into my life and easily became my best friend.All was great as roommates and just friends, but then I fell for the girl who could chop firewood, deliver baby calves, and bail hay without breaking a sweat. She’s the perfect mixture of sugar and spice, and I love her.Being more … spice, and I love her.
Being more than friends and trying to build our future isn’t as easy as it sounds.
Moving forward and creating memories is all I want for us, but when the past continues to come back and haunt me, I’m not so sure she’ll stay for the ride.
Loving her is easy, but losing her will break me. Burning passion combined with an undeniable chemistry constantly pushes and pulls us together. In the end, I’ll prove we’re worth the fight, even when the game is far from over.
Checkmate, sweetheart.
*Recommend for ages 18+ due to sexual content and adult language.*
**This is book 2 in the Checkmate Duet Series–a friends to lovers romance. You must read book 1, Checkmate: This is Reckless first.
Highly recommended to read the Checkmate Duet, This is War and This is Love first, but not necessary. This can read as a standalone duet.**
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Let me start off by saying you need to read book one, This Is Reckless otherwise you won’t get the full experience of their story. The cliffhanger was killing me and I couldn’t wait to find out what happened, we all know by now that Mia is whacked out of her mind. Throughout the story I was kept on my toes and interest was held because I adore each and every one of them, I mean who doesn’t love Courtney and Drew?. I was slightly disappointed for a little when a door was just closed and we move along. Overall I’m still hooked on and can’t wait to see if anything is brewing between Kayla and Logan. This is my unbiased and voluntary review.
This book has Adventure, Mystery, Sex, Love, Hope! A Truly wonderful read. Drew and Courtney have my heart!! I Love them so much!! They are my favorite Checkmate couple!! Their Love is so wonderful. Ugh they are so amazing!! This book was so full of love and cute, hot moments but also it was so freaking suspenseful. I was just waiting for Mia to strike. Ugh I love this couple!!
Courtney finally has Drew! They are happy and in love the only problem is Mia. She is relentless and refuses to believe that Drew has moved on. She is a danger and Courtney will not go down without a fight. While Mia is an issue she is more focused on her relationship with Drew. This thing with Mia is only making them stronger.
Drew has Courtney and he is the happiest he has ever been . The only thing that is trouble is Mia. He is doing whatever it takes to keep Courtney safe. He is madly in Love with Courtney. He is so sweet to Courtney. He is there for her through all the bad and good.
Throughout the book Drew and Courtney fight for their love! They are an amazing couple and the love in this is so strong you can feel it!! I love this book and this couple so much!! #TeamDrewtney
P.S. All of the side character love in this book was amazing!! I’m so Excited for Logan and Kayla’s book!! I Love getting more of Travis and Viola!! I’m so in Love with these books and these characters!!
The huge cliffhanger at the end of This Is Reckless had me going crazy!! I couldn’t believe Drew and Courtney’s story ended on that note and was seriously counting down the days to This Is Effortless!
Courtney and Drew are friends and roommates. Courtney is hilarious and one of those people everyone wants to be friends with. How she can live with Drew, the sexy cop AND her best friend, without wanting to jump his bones, I’ll never know.
Throw in the bitch of a girlfriend, Mia, and you feel nothing but sorry for poor Drew. If he would only see what is right in front of him…
By the time, we get to This Is Effortless, Drew and Courtney have admitted their feelings for one another, have had some awful things happen while trying to nurture a new relationship and are taking a much-needed break to Las Vegas. Well, the ex Mia came to play with Drew and she had a little help from a friend which set this up to be one hell of a story.
Kennedy Fox can write the hell outta these stories! I look forward to so much more!