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Mar13

Life’s Too Short (The Friend Zone #3) by Abby Jimenez

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Life’s Too Short (The Friend Zone #3) by Abby Jimenez

Jimenez, Abby. Life’s Too Short (The Friend Zone #3). Forever, 2021. ISBN  978-1538715666 384 pp. $15.99

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At first glance, a YouTuber and influencer’s globe-trotting dreams don’t fit in with the sudden custody of her sister’s child, but when the hot and kind lawyer next door steps in to help, on more than one occasion, and an unlikely friendship and shared custody is launched.

The theme of the fleeting nature of time is represented in Vanessa’s living her life to the fullest, as her mother and sister died young from ALS, and Vanessa has a 50/50 chance of contracting the debilitating and deadly disease. Adrian, meanwhile, is a workaholic who doesn’t take time to stop and smell the roses.

The writing is touching, the story progresses at a perfect pace, and this is an excellent modern romance.

I received an advance reader’s review copy of #Life’sTooShort from #NetGalley.

Jan4

The Friend Zone (Game Day #2) by Kristen Callihan

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The Friend Zone (Game Day #2) by Kristen Callihan

Callihan, Kristen. The Friend Zone (Game Day #2). CreateSpace, 2015. ISBN  978-1517687854 296 pp. $15.95

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Football player (and great cook!) Gray gets a pink car as a perk from an agent, and falls for the owner of the car–the agent’s daughter Ivy–over a series of text messages. When she returns home from London, they fall into a great friendship with a simmering sexual awareness. She is familiar with players and doesn’t want to date one, especially not one of her father’s clients, but Gray is sweet and sexy irresistable.

For a self-published book, this is a solid read–well written and without serious errors, and good enough to warrant seeking out the other books in the Game Day series.