Sunny Shelly’s Review: Payback’s A Bitch, by Missy Johnson

I’m the girl who likes ‘the cock in the back hole’At least, that’s what the dating profile my so-called friends set up for me
claims. I’m also into BDSM, Furries and ‘I’ll try anything twice.’

I have no idea the profile exists until the replies start rolling in. They
range from funny, to downright creepy and everything in between. Just as I’m
shutting down my email account for good, a new message pops up.

He’s funny and he’s the only one to suspect the profile is a joke, so I think
what the hell? I reply.

When he suggests that we meet, I say yes. When I walk into that bar, he’s
sitting at a table, facing the other way. He turns his head just enough for me
to be able to make out his face…

Fuck.

It’s Cameron Hunter, one of the rudest, most arrogant assholes I’ve ever had
the displeasure of meeting.

He’s also the son of one of the state’s most influential judges.

The same judge who’s about to become my step-father…

Payback’s A Bitch is the latest standalone in Missy Johnson’s Awkward Love series, and it’s running a close second for me next to It’s Complicated.

Darcy’s birthday falls on April Fool’s Day, so her friend’s are always pranking her. This year’s joke involves a rather detailed profile on a dating site… and leads to her stepbrother-to-be (whom she hates) answering her ad as a joke. Except that Darcy starts to fall for James, the guy she’s been messengering, having no clue that it’s actually Cameron.

What saves Cam from being a complete jerk is that he planned to tell Darcy the truth. But then she turns the tables on him and goes Stage 5 Clinger as payback. As they both are playing each other, lines get blurry and feelings start to get involved, but what’s real and what is part of the game?

There are lots of hilarious moments in this book. And Cameron’s little brother is a kid I want to see have his own romance book one day! Loved Mack!

Overall, I really liked this book. The games between Darcy and Cam remind me of that Friends episode: But they don’t know that we know that they know! I did find that the transition from fake dating to jumping into bed with one another came a little fast. It seemed forced. But I still really liked the story and how Cam and Darcy got together.

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.