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Author: Meghan Quinn
Narrators: Vanessa Edwin and John Hartley
Cora Turner has been through the wringer. She has just managed to get rid of the barnacle that was her ex-husband. So it’s time to celebrate her divorce-cation in Vegas with her besties. Her best girls are all her brother’s colleagues from the school where he teaches (one of whom he actually married). You know how it is in Vegas: inhibitions drop, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas and all that. So, Cora is determined to have a hell of a good time and then go home and live her well-deserved single life. What she doesn’t count on is meeting Pike Greyson in a bar in Vegas. He’s the History teacher at the school – a motorcycle riding hunk of a man with the most alluring British accent. She has tried to call his attention before but apparently to no avail, but apparently he’s also in “Vegas mode” and the two of them take off, ditching the girls. With the help of a frighteningly high level of Fireballs in her system, Cora and Pike have a grand ole time in the Sin City.
When Cora wakes up the next day with the mother of all hangovers, she finds out that she married Pike! On a dare! WTF! This was supposed to be the kick-off of her single life! Well, annulments are for this kind of situation, right? There is only one problem: her “husband” wants to stay married and he proposes a three-month “trial period” in which he will win her heart. But, as nothing is what it seems, Pike has ulterior motives to stay married.
By the end of the trial period, they are in love… but will that tiny little detail that Pike has been hiding form Cora put everything at risk?
I was waiting for Cora’s story since the first book in this series. If anyone deserved a HEA, it’s Cora. She went through hell in her life and all her friends were finding true love. I really liked Pike and he was perfect for Cora. I absolutely loved their story!
I know that a lot of people hate the miscommunication trope in romance novels, but seriously? This is human nature. Shrinks wouldn’t have their schedules full if we as people had learnt to actually communicate with each other. So, I can see why Pike couldn’t be honest with Cora and also why she was so hurt that he wasn’t.
I also loved catching up on Arlo/Greer, Stella/Romeo and I LOVED that Keiko got her HEA in this book too!
I’m sad to leave school! C’mon, Meghan, there are more teachers in that school!
Narration: I love Vanessa Edwin and she does an amazing job in this book. John Hartley is a new narrator for me. He does a great Pike.
Possible triggers: Mentions of a toxic relationship in a marriage, mentions of a previous suicide attempt
