BEAUTIFUL MESS by A. James is AVAILABLE NOW
Blurb:
I’m pretty in pink dipped in sunshine and sweet Southern smiles.
He’s blue collar wrapped up in a gruff summer storm with a scowl.
He also happens to be my ex-boyfriend’s dad.
Not only is Conway Levine grumpy, arrogant, and entirely too handsome for his own good, with the salt and pepper scruff lining his sharp jawline and his thick, corded arms, but he also had a front row seat fourteen years ago to a drunken night so mortifying I can’t look him in the eye without feeling the shame all over again.
Living in a small town makes avoiding him impossible, even more when you add in the fact that his daughter is friends with mine.
When a little tardiness and a whole lot of bad luck lands me partnering with him at our children’s school, I’m certain I won’t survive.
Before I know it, the dread from having to work with him turns into a burning desire impossible to ignore when his once stone cold demeanor shifts into longing, heated stares, and somehow, he knows all the right things to whisper in my ear to get under my skin… and my dress.
Between his filthy mouth and stifling need to devour me any chance he gets, the chemistry we share between the sheets quickly becomes something out of my wildest dreams.
Except Conway doesn’t do relationships, and I’m not built for casual.
But I couldn’t quit him even if I tried.
When all is said and done, will I be able to protect my already tattered heart or will it end up shattered into a million beautiful, messy pieces?
Buy Link:
https://geni.us/beautifulmessbb
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars
As main characters, Conway and Grace aren’t the kind of couple I would normally read, but I read the first book in the Blossom Beach series and was intrigued by Grace’s preview at the end… so I was quick to sign up for Beautiful Mess and I ended up really liking these two!
I knew what I was getting as far as the ex’s dad, forbidden, single-parents’ romance. But what I was not expecting was how swoon-worthy this story was. Conway is a helluva dirty talker, but beyond the daddy kink and once Grace gets past her humiliation over the night she hit on him 14 years ago, this is actually a very sweet story about letting yourself fall in love again.
Both Grace and Conway have been burned in the past (and for her, not just by his son). Neither one of them is happy to be paired with the other on the PTA fundraising committee, but underneath all that griping and bickering are two hurting people, closed off to love, who end up finding comfort, healing, and love in the other.
CJ Bloom and Alex Kydd did a fantastic job narrating this story. I loved the vulnerability that Bloom brought to Grace, and Kydd was a pleasure to listen to with his Southern drawl and filthy mouth.
I am really glad that I took a chance on this! I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.
Meet Ashley James:
Ashley James is a romance author who enjoys writing (and reading) LGBTQIA+ books. She is from Washington State—and no, not Seattle—and currently resides in South Carolina with her two kids and hairless kitties, Goose, Maverick, and Houston. Ashley is introverted and slightly (okay, majorly) awkward. She refuses to make this section sound like a tacky dating app profile, so she won’t be telling you how much she enjoys music, how she thoroughly enjoys dancing and singing in her kitchen, despite not being able to carry a tune, and she won’t be telling you about her love of toxic and broken fictional men.
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