Sidecar Crush (Bootleg Springs #2) by Claire Kingsley, with Lucy Score, is now live!

“I tried to think of something—anything—to calm my raging hard-on. One wrong move and Leah Mae would rub up against it and that was liable to kill me dead on the spot.”

Model turned disgraced reality TV starlet, Leah Mae Larkin, crash lands in her hometown of Bootleg Springs to lay low while a scandal threatens her career. She can’t shake the feeling that her agent—and supposed fiancé—manipulated her into the role of made-for-TV homewrecker. Connecting with her roots is just what she needs, and Bootleg Springs is home to her father, moonshine, and her childhood best friend, Jameson Bodine.

Only there’s nothing childlike about Jameson—a man who turns scrap metal into art and isn’t afraid to throw down on a rowdy Friday night with his brothers and hellcat sister. He might not say much, but still waters run deep. Seeing the ring on his crush’s finger? He doesn’t like it, but he can’t wish it away. No more than he can wish away the trouble his family is in, with evidence pointing to his late father in the cold case disappearance of Callie Kendall.

Jameson and Leah Mae are just two friends reliving their summers together, blowing off steam, and having fun for the first time in a long time. But Leah Mae is realizing what’s really important in her life, and it isn’t what she thought.

And sometimes steam turns into sparks—hot as molten steel—and friends aren’t just friends.

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

I am loving this series from CK and LS! Sidecar Crush is book #2 in the Bootleg Springs series — and it is a standalone, but there is an on-going mystery that carries over from book to book. And the Bodine family are so dang awesome, you’ll want to read all of their stories anyway!

Leah Mae and Jameson were best friends once upon a time, spending lazy summer days together before a tragedy hit Bootleg Springs, and her mother never allowed her to go back for summertime visits with her dad. After that, Leah became a popular model, but she’s always remained Jameson’s friend, the one he wished he’d taken a chance on. The two reconnect when a scandal has Leah Mae laying low in her hometown, and she and Jameson rekindle their friendship right where it left off all those years ago. And then some.

Jameson is such a sensitive soul; I think he may be my favorite of all the Bodine brothers! He is the quintessential Southern gentleman! And that first kiss with Leah Mae is movie-worthy! I think my knees went weak! I love the way these two interact with one another; they know so much about each other as friends, so it is interesting to see them move to a romantic relationship. Especially when Leah Mae’s Hollywood life causes some friction between them. But neither one of them is too proud to admit they were wrong, and their reunion leads to one of the sweetest endings I’ve ever read.

I love the way the Bodine clan interact with one another. I want to move to Bootleg Springs and live with them! I can’t wait to see what comes next in this series. I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review for Sunny Shelly Reads book blog.

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