What’s a campaign manager’s worst nightmare? A smooth-talking charmer who’s never met a scandal that he didn’t like.
When Emmanuelle Peroni’s father—and mayor of her town—asks her to help rehab Cooper Endicott’s image, she’s horrified. Cooper drives her crazy in every way possible. But he’s also her father’s protégé, and she can’t say no to him without him finding out the reason why: Cooper and her have a messy past. So Emmanuelle reluctantly launches her father’s grand plan to get this Casanova someone to settle down with and help him lose his lothario reputation.
Cooper Endicott wanted to run for Mayor, but he never wanted the drama that went with it. Now that he’s on the political hamster wheel, the other candidates are digging up everything from his past. Even though he’s doing all the right things, his colorful love life is the sticking point for many of the conservative voters. He wants to win, badly, and he knows that if he wants any chance of getting a vote from the female population, he needs to change his image. The only problem? He might just be falling in love with the one person he promised not to pursue: the Mayor’s off-limits daughter.
A perfect blend of humor and heart, On the Corner of Love and Hate is the first in a new series from USA TODAY bestselling author Nina Bocci.
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What I thought about On The Corner of Love and Hate
In this frenemies-to-lovers romantic comedy, Cooper and Emma have known each other since they were children. With that much history, there's bound to be many chances for the ups and downs of a long term relationship, and Emma and Cooper just happen to be in a down-cycle.When Emma is thrown together with Cooper at her father's request, all of that history colors their moments together.
There's plenty of banter between these two. At times it's witty and at other times, it's more enemies than friends. I really liked that about it. What really makes this story interesting is the question of whether Emma get out of her own way and take a chance on Cooper and vice versa.
Set in a small town, On the Corner of Love and Hate uses a political backdrop to make this very contemporary and that was another plus for me. Nina gets the small town life right and develops some great characters that kept my interest. I did find the pacing a bit slow for my liking. It's more of a slow burn type of romance rather than one big explosion, but I did think that fit for these characters.
Overall, a good start to this series. Definitely interested in reading more.
An ARC was provided for review.
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Sounds interesting. My TBR is so big right now I will have to wait. Someday.
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