I’ve been waiting for the right man to come along my whole life.Screw that.I’m done desperately watching my biological clock tick down, so I decided to take matters into my own hands.Or the hands of a turkey baster.But then Jason drove into my life and my resolve nearly crumbled.One night is all I can give him. It’s all he wants. At least, that’s what I thought. I made the mistake of assuming he … thought. I made the mistake of assuming he wasn’t a forever kind of guy.
Turns out Jason just might be the one I’ve been waiting for.
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After having read the first two books in this series (which were a duet) I knew I was going to love Vanessa’s story. We got to meet her in Over Easy and Over Hard (the duet), and knew she was the life and soul of the party. But what we didn’t know was her secret desire. For Mr. and a big family.
Vanessa is on the wrong side of thirty and is desperate to be a wife and mom, but that wish never seems to come any closer to happening. When she meets Jason, he’s her driver for the night. He’s hot, young and sexy as he!!. She can’t say no when he offers her a bit more than a ride home.
But, that’s all he can give her, and Vanessa sends him packing.
Jason, for the first time in his life is on the receiving end of a one night stand gone wrong. He’s looking for more and he gets shunted instead.
Three months later, he gets the opportunity to be Vanessa’s again and jumps at the chance. He’s not been able to forget about him and when he finds out that Vanessa been thinking about him all this time he knows they have something worth exploring.
And explore it they do… several times.
I really enjoyed this sexy story and getting to see the other characters from the two previous books again too.
Vanessa was a strong independent woman with a soft, vulnerable side who just wanted to be a normal, everyday mom and wife. Jason, didn’t seem to tick that box for her at first, but he sure made her change her mind. HOT, SEXY and with some seriously sinful alpha tendencies, he was a man after my own heart.
I loved Jason and Vivienne’s story! There was so much emotion poured into their book. I laughed and cried and wanted to throw my Kindle across the room. I love how Jessa York makes her characters so real and their circumstances relatable to the real world. I loved seeing the side characters from Jessa’s previous books again. And I fell in love with Dean and hope he gets his own book!
I’ve been waiting for book 3 in the Santa Lena Sizzles series and it did not disappoint. We were introduced to Vivienne in book 1. She’s sexy, funny, vivacious and a spitfire. But her biological clock is ticking…. loudly….then she meets Jason who she thinks will be a one night stand, but 3 months later and she still can’t get the sexy, hot Uber driver out of her head. She’s tried, he’s too young and she wants to start a family. But the good news is Jason hasn’t stopped thinking about her either…I loved watching all the twists and turns their relationship took along the way. Jason was the perfect balance to Vivienne… he is laid back and patient, but he knows what he wants and that is Vivienne. Even though this is part of a series, it can be read as a stand-alone. Well developed secondary characters also add to the fun of this steamy, fun read
Overdrive is book three in the Santa Lena Sizzles series by Jessa York. I absolutely loved the first two books in this series focusing on Harper and Jack and was so excited to learn that book three would be about Vivienne. This book can definitely be read as a stand alone but if you read the first two books, you would already be familiar with this zany group of people.
Vivienne handles the sales at Brentford Organics, a food and produce supply company we became familiar with in the previous books where Harper works as office manager. Vivienne is thirty seven years old. She has never wanted anything more than to find the perfect man and to have children. She’s even bought the perfect house to raise her family in. Only she lives there all by herself. Finding the right man just never happened. She loves her job and spent years focusing on her career only to realize that her biological clock was running out. She’s about ready to give up on finding the right man to raise a family with. Having a one night stand at this point in her life was definitely not on her agenda but she couldn’t resist when she met the sexy Rideshare driver who drove she and her friends home from a night out. After their time together, she sweetly sent him home, only to have the memories of their time together and the connection she felt to stay with her over the coming months. Fate was in her corner when he turned up again as her driver, giving her a second chance to do things right this time.
Jason didn’t have much growing up and he still doesn’t. Being a driver is only a temporary job while he works on something better. He’s never felt the need to get involved with any particular woman. But the night he met Vivienne, he felt something special, only to be kicked out soon afterwards. He couldn’t get her off his mind and was thrilled to be given a second chance when they met again. She is the most beautiful woman he has ever met, even if she is twelve years older than he is.
Jason and Vivienne fall fast for each other but they are most definitely at different places in their lives. Jason is struggling, barely making rent, driving a car that is barely holding together. Vivienne is established in her career with money in the bank and ready to start her family.
I want to stop here even though there is so much more I want to say. I just don’t want to give away any spoilers. One thing I do want to say is that these two together are hot, hot hot! I loved them both. And wow can Vivienne bake. There is so much talk about all the different kinds of muffins she bakes, I now have the urge to do some baking.
I loved the zany antics of her friends, Audrey, Harper and Riley. Even Roza. These really are her true friends and are always there for her, even though they seem to get up to all sorts of crazy ideas!
I also want to briefly mention Dean, the owner of Brentford Organics. We didn’t really get to know him in the previous books but he is very close friends with Vivienne and I’m already falling in complete love with this guy! He is completely dedicated to his friendship with Vivienne but we also learn that he is a deeply broken man.
I am falling more and more in love with this series, with this group of people, with every book. I am so looking forward to the next book. I can’t wait to see what Jessa has in store for us next.
I was lucky to receive an ARC of this book. Oh my this book was great. A hot romance between Jason and Vivienne. I totally loved reading their story from the first page to the last page. A page turner definitely. It shows a realty in life that two people can fall in love that are different. Jessa you are an awesome writer and I would highly recommend this book to everyone who loves a hot sexy romance. I am happy Vivienne got a romance of her own. Harper and Jack were in the background which was great too. I am looking forward to the next book of hers. Thanks Jessa. 5 stars again .
This series is funny, romantic and and all around entertaining series. I knew when we got to Vivienne’s story that it would be a good one and the author did not disappoint me. She has written a great story around her and of course all her crazy-fun friends are there to help and maybe cause some mischief too.
Vivienne seems like she always has it together, the party gal who is always dressed to the nines and lives the high life. But on the inside she’s anything but, she desperately wants love and a family but she never met Mr. Right. But one night she calls for a driver and meets Jason. Jason is a Hot Guy that is still in the lovem and leavem phase of his life who is still trying to get his young life together while temporarily driving a cab. The attraction between Viv and Jason is electric. They end up spending a Hot night together on the night they meet. Jason thinks she just might be the one as she is nothing like any of the women he’s ever been with before. But Viv, being the older mature of the two, basically tells him to hit the road. But neither can get the other off their mind and both are miserable. So they meet up again and once again the attraction is off the charts.
Jason and Viv’s story is a fun, crazy ride with lots of misunderstandings and lots of zany nights. This is a great addition to the story and a fun insight to the mind of a woman’s biological clock. I highly recommend Overdrive and the entire Santa Lena Sizzles series. 5 stars and 2 Thumbs Up for Overdrive.
This is Jessa York’s third novel and it did not disappoint. Read this in one day and loved every minute of it. Jessa has became one of my 1-click authors.