He’s all business.
She’s pure sunshine.
Their chemistry refuses to stay professional.
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blakely comes I’VE GOT A CRUSH ON YOU, the next standalone small town romance in her bestselling Darling Springs rom com series! This spicy, grumpy/sunshine, forced proximity, workplace, forbidden small town romantic comedy answers the question: what happens when the guy you had a super hot one-night-stand with turns out to be your grumpy new boss/landlord!
🐾Small Town Rom Com
🧡Workplace Romance
💚Grumpy/Sunshine
🐾Forced Proximity
🧡Forbidden
💚Quirky Side Characters
🐾Fighting the Feelings
🧡Oops! My one-night stand is my new coworker
💚Swoony Dance Lessons
🐾Opposites Attract
🧡He Cooks for Her
💚Mixing Business with Pleasure
🐾Hot Mess Heroine
🧡Jealousy Moments
💚One Heck of a Meet Cute
🐾Secret Identity
🧡Blackmail but Make it Flirty
💚Banter for Days
🐾All the Dogs!
My secret workplace romance starts innocently enough at a birthday party.
But when a rowdy partier knocks me into a lake and a sexy stranger comes to my rescue – my night becomes one to remember.
A night so steamy I almost forget why I’ve sworn off men after a failed workplace romance.
Trouble is, the brand new doggy daycare in Darling Springs that I’ve contracted with is owned by none other than my sexy stranger. Thanks, fate.
Sawyer turns out to be a total grump in a tailored suit, no matter how sunshine-y I am. Even when he squeezes that hard body past me as I bring donuts to work. Or when he pretends he’s not roaming his dark eyes over me as I teach Fido to sit, stay and come.
But I’m focusing on my shiny new future—my dog-training business is suddenly the hottest thing in town, thanks to a new actress client. And when I’m roped into a charity dance number, I smell an opportunity, especially when I learn my hot landlord has an alter ego and a fandom.
Turns out Mr. Serious Boss is up for dance lessons.
Then the entire Dirty Dancing experience.
Giving into our chemistry once won’t hurt. Two might be pushing it. By the seventh, it’s undeniable–I’ve got a crush on him too.
I’VE GOT A CRUSH ON YOU is now available in all formats and free to read in Kindle Unlimited! Check out the excerpt below, and one-click your copy today!
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READ THE EXCERPT:
SAWYER
“Just like I remembered.”
Her shoulders shudder, and she sounds buzzed as she asks, “Yeah? What did you remember?”
“How good you taste. Your cinnamon scent. The way you melt when I kiss your neck,” I murmur against her soft skin, kissing the column of her throat now.
“It’s my lotion. It’s from Kind. All my lotions are. And bodywashes. I love them,” she says, breathless, babbling as she mentions the brand too, like I needed to know that. It’s sexy, though, the fact that she’s not thinking clearly enough to edit her thoughts. She’s just rambling as I kiss her. And it feels like a peek behind the curtain into her feminine world.
“Drives me crazy,” I say as I travel back up her neck, finding her mouth once more and sealing my lips over hers.
She claws at my shirt as I kiss her. I thread my hands through her hair. The song ends. The car’s quiet for a beat, the only sounds the rustling of clothes, the slide of our mouths, the staccato breaths.
When the next Sam Cooke tune begins, I stop pretending I’m willing to let this night end in the car. I break the kiss, run my thumb across her top lip, then nod toward her home. “What’s it going to be?”
She nibbles on the corner of her bee-stung lips. That just-been-kissed look is real good on her. “What are you offering?”
“You want me to surprise you again, Chloe?” A tremble seems to rush through her. I can hardly wait another second. “Let me come inside, sweetheart.”
I’ve Got a Crush on You by Lauren Blakely
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
ALC/ARC Review
I knew the minute I had a reaction to 🎤Vanessa Edwin🎤 saying “Phineas Fitzburger” that I was going to have a most excellent listening experience and that the story would be entertaining, and it was, for the most part. The overall experience I had with this story was good but a lot of it felt like a rom-com trying too hard. I’m glad I had the audio to listen to because Vanessa and 🎤Connor Crais🎤 both are excellent narrators and they allowed me to get lost in the story even though it “felt” like a lot of times and I truly rolled my eyes way too often! LOL That’s the beauty of not only duet narration but performances by narrators that know how to live the characters and entertain their audience no matter what.
Sawyer’s reaction when he came face to face with Chloe for the first time after there one night, in my humble opinion, went too far. That moment dimmed my joy factor and really put me on the defensive towards Sawyer, I know he’s fictional, but if I was “in” this story, it would have taken a whole lot more to come back from that scene. I don’t think Lauren meant it to be so much, and I also don’t think a lot of readers took it as such, but it was for me and it took me a while to get back on board rooting for him. Sawyer’s secret karaoke (kink?) was hmmmmmmmmmmm. LOL I didn’t dislike sawyer’s ability, but I mean … it was a lot. Again, I don’t think Lauren wrote it to be “over the top” but that’s how it felt for me.
I feel like if I continue down this review path I’m going to start sounding like I hated this story which I didn’t. It’s a romantic comedy heavy of the corny factor with very humorous shenanigans, sweet and endearing moments and an overall “cuteness” vibe woven into the entire storyline. I did more of a listening for this story than read, which in my case, I truly believe was my saving grace.
AUDIO: 5+ “PHINEAS FITZBURGER” Stars
STORY: 3 “sad face” Stars
ABOUT LAUREN BLAKELY:
A #1 New York Times Bestselling, #1 Wall Street Journal Bestselling, and #1 Audible Bestselling author, Lauren Blakely is known for her contemporary romance style that’s sexy, feel-good and witty. Her books have been featured in US Weekly and People. Lauren likes dogs, cake and show tunes and she is the vegetarian at your dinner party.
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