5 Big Stars for Love Lessons (Brooklyn #7) by Sarina Bowen

 

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He needs an image makeover, she needs a mojo upgrade. A new lessons-in-seduction hockey romance from Wall Street Journal bestselling author Sarina Bowen.

After I’m arrested for throwing a raucous party, my hockey team says I have an image problem. And I need to fix it, stat.

Charity work? Check. Haircut? Sure. But I draw the line at hiring my neighbor to style me. In the first place “style” shouldn’t be a verb. And I’m tired of people who’d judge me on appearances.

Vera and I don’t see eye to eye on anything. She wants me to try on clothes, while I just want to remove hers. She's distractingly pretty, with soulful eyes and a sinful mouth that likes to argue with me.

But when management threatens my summer vacation, I grudgingly agree to Vera’s unusual proposal: she’ll give me an image makeover. But in return, she wants lessons in the art of seduction.

It sounds a little nutty, but I know a good opening when I hear it. Besides, it’s not like I’ll ever fall for her…

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What I thought about Love Lessons

Sarina Bowen has used many contemporary issues in her romances, and she's taken on the opioid crisis, infertility, and now accessibility.  Not easy topics for romance and yet she pulls it off each time with an uplifting story that brings awareness to these issues. I find that very sensitive and smart. It's what brings me back to this author each release.  The current release is Love Lessons. 

Brooklyn Bruiser Ian Crikey meets Vera Vestini the stylist in this opposites attract story.  When Ian needs a stylist and Vera asks Ian to help her learn seduction, he's all-in with bells on.

But Ian has a few of his own demons to slay and at first he views Vera as a distraction from the state of his career and the state of his personal life.  Things take a physical turn when Vera joins the players and their significant others on vacation together, giving Ian and Vera plenty of opportunity to get to know each other better. These two are super hot and sexy together, but even better, they develop some real feelings for each other that neither one expected.

The supporting cast from previous books in the series brightens the story in a way that fans of the series will appreciate, and the villains in the story don't muck things up too much for the featured couple.  Everything was just perfectly tuned in Love Lessons.

One thing that sometimes bugs me about romance is when the ending is rushed.  That's not the case here.  There are loose ends to tie up, and they do get addressed, which I absolutely loved.  I'll admit to a wet eye or two over O'Doul... well, not going to spoil anything, but I thought the ending (and really the entire story) was top-notch romance material all the way around, both the love story between Ian and Vera and the bro-mance between these hockey teammates.

I was smiling and satisfied by the time I got to The End, which is exactly what I want when I read romance.  Definitely recommended. (Oh, and did I mention my favorite team doc? ;-)

 

 

About Sarina

Sarina Bowen is the award-winning author of more than thirty contemporary novels. She has hit the USA Today bestseller's list sixteen times and counting. Formerly a derivatives trader on Wall Street, Sarina holds a BA in economics from Yale University.

Sarina is a New Englander whose Vermont ancestors cut timber and farmed the north country since the 1760s. Sarina is grateful for the invention of indoor plumbing and wi-fi during the intervening 250 years. She lives with her family on a few wooded acres in New Hampshire.

Sarina's books are published in a dozen languages on four continents.

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