Whatβs your favorite day of the Week?
Favorite Day of the Week, an all-new he falls first, sports romance from best selling author Lola Kate Bolen is now available!
Monday Jones
All Monny wants is to make music with her best friend, Hendy. Sheβs comfortable with her routines and working behind the scenes, which helps her avoid comparisons to her legendary father. Love and romance have always been things to avoid, that is, until she meets the one man who cracks her heart wide open.
Baxter Marlow
Bax has always been baseballβs golden good guy. Kind, polite, and unspeakably handsome; everyone wants a piece of him. When Bax meets the girl of his dreams, heβs up for the challenge. Helping her learn how to trust herself may be his biggest play yet.
A burnt dinner, a pissed-off kitten, and nosey friends can’t stop Monny and Bax.
Favorite Day of the Week is a contemporary romance with a happily ever after guaranteed.
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βWhere is whatshisname? Itβs unprofessional to be late. You know how I feel about punctuality.β I let out a loud huff as I pace the floor, trying to deflect from my growing nerves and hoping that Hendy doesnβt catch on.
Naturally, I fail. Damn, his Jedi mind tricks!
βItβs unprofessional to pretend not to remember the name of who you are working with, Monday Jones. You heavily researched him beforehand, so donβt act ignorant. Iβm sure heβs getting touched up somewhere. Retract the claws and sit down,β he replies curtly.
Ugh. I hate when Hendy uses my full name; itβs not like I always call him Jamal. Usually, I only get the βMonday Jonesβ treatment (or, god forbid, βMonday Marianne Jonesβ) when he can feel my defenses going up and my bitch mode activating. I shrink down in my chair and start picking at my cuticles. I know I shouldnβt ruin my new manicure, courtesy of the magazineβs beauty team, but I donβt want to look at him now. Heβll see straight through me. Itβs one of the dangers of being friends with Jamal Henderson for so long.
βMonny. This opportunity is a big deal for us. Seriously,β Hendy says more kindly. βI know weβve both been on the cover before, but this is a first for Black Cat Records. This is about us and the music we make, the songs we love, and what we want for the future. Think about that, okay?β
Although, as much as I hate to admit it, Hendy is right. He usually is. βFor the record, I was on the cover with my dad when I was five. I donβt think that counts.β Hendy glares at me. βOkay, Okay. Iβm sorry. Iβm not used to talking about my music, and I donβt think anyone will take me seriously; I mean, why should they? You know how I get. I just worry that somehow this will be about my dad or some other wild child bullshit that the blogs love to make up about me and not about us.β
βPresenting: Monday Jones, daughter of rock god Miller Jones, musicβs greatest product of nepotism! Watch her sleep her way through this yearβs crop of new boy toys!β Hendy uses a silly, fake announcer voice to make me laugh. It works.
βThank you! Thank you!β I offer him a slight bow. βBut for real, Iβm freaking out about stepping out in front of the camera. Thatβs usually your gig.β
βMonny girl, itβs time for you to shine and get your flowers. Itβs been long enough.β He is sincere, holding my gaze. βI know that this isnβt ballet and that you like to keep your musical talents under lock and key, but you deserve credit for how gifted you are.β I blink back tears as he continues. β We built this company from scratch, just the two of us, without outside help. Youβve made countless beats for me and written lyrics for every big name under the sun without taking credit publically. Claim your prize, Monny.β
βIs it weird Iβm thinking about Jake?β I wipe away the one tear that has managed to escape. βIt would be weird if you werenβt. Parts of the song are about what happened with him.β Hendy reaches over and squeezes my hand. He really is the best friend a girl could ask for. I attribute much of his emotional availability to his parents; theyβre big into family therapy. Heβs been nagging me for years to find someone to talk to about my childhood and the accident.
Steeling myself, I quickly reply, βWhatshisname better do it justice in the article.β I do love the song that the sportsball dude picked. Itβs a perfect blend of the two of us. Hendyβs contributions are witty and, at times, sardonic. Mine are aggressive and raw, all about reclaiming your power. Itβs different from all the other songs Iβve written for other artists.
βCome on, Monny. You know his name,β goads Hendy, punching my shoulder lightly, clearly trying to get me to lighten up. He loves to push my buttons. Itβs part of a game we play; I am the gloomy storm cloud to his blinding ray of sunshine.
Iβm over it.
βFine. Baxter Marlow,β I shout.
βYou called?β asks a deep voice.
I whip around in the flimsy directorβs chair the PAs set up for us. Standing in front of me is the sexiest man I have ever seen. Heβs tall, well over six feet, with broad shoulders and a commanding presence. The suit he is wearing is one flex away from falling away from his perfect body, and I really must send the stylist a fruit basket. Baxter Marlow is not wearing a shirt. Everything about him is masculine, strong, and big – like really big – like you know he could absolutely ruin you with a single thrust big.
When I finally lock in on his face, I lose my breath; Itβs so beautiful, it hurts. Baxterβs visage looks open and kind, almost in contrast to his sharply defined body. His full lips are smirking, like weβre sharing an inside joke, and I want to kiss that look right off of him. But itβs his eyes that slay me. Theyβre the color of the ocean and seem to bore into the deepest part of me.
This whole exchange couldnβt last more than two seconds, but it feels longer, as if time is slowing down and stretching out, allowing me to soak in every detail. My skin starts to tingle, begging to be touched. Reflexively, something in my belly sparks, lighting a fire I havenβt felt in a long time.
What the hell is happening to me? Is this normal, or am I about to break out into a rash?
Naturally, itβs at this moment that gravity and the flimsy chair fail me.
I fall out of my seat and onto the ground.
Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars
Favorite Day of the Week is a solid debut romance from Lola Kate Bolen. I enjoyed the journey Monday and Baxter went on. The spark was apparent from the start, when they meet at a magazine photoshoot that is pairing musicians and athletes, but she has some major trauma sheβs carrying around from a past relationship and sheβs hesitant to give in.
Baxter is patient and kind with Monny, and really just stays present as a friend until sheβs ready for more.
There were some chapters that I felt had clunky endings, but the storytelling evened out as rhetorical book went on.
Overall, this was a solid story and I look forward to reading more from this author.
I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.
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