The Hookup
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When the new girl in town, Eliza “Izzy” Forrester decides to hit the local drinking hole, she’s not ready to meet the town’s good, solid guy. She’s definitely not prepared to engage in her very first hookup with him. Then Izzy wakes up the next morning in Johnny Gamble’s bed and good girl Izzy finds she likes being bad for Johnny. Even so, Izzy feels Johnny holding her at arm’s length. But Johnny makes it clear he wants more and Izzy already knows she wants as much of hot-in-bed, sweet-out-of-it Johnny Gamble. Floating on air thinking this is going somewhere, Izzy quickly learns why Johnny holds distant. He’s in love with someone else. Someone who left him and did it leaving him broken. Whoever was up next would be runner up, second best. Knowing the stakes, Izzy will take what she can get from the gentleman that’s Johnny Gamble. And even knowing his heart might never mend, Johnny can’t seem to stay away from Izzy. Until out of nowhere, his lost love comes back to town. He’s not going back, but Johnny still knows the right thing to do is let Izzy go. And Izzy knew the stakes, so she makes it easy and slips through his fingers. But that’s before Johnny realizes Eliza moved to town to escape danger that’s been swirling around her. And that’s why Johnny decides to wade in. That and the fact Eliza Forrester makes breakfast with a canary singing on her shoulder and fills out tight dresses in a way Johnny Gamble cannot get out of his head.
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2 primary booksMoonlight and Motor Oil
Moonlight and Motor Oil is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2017 with contributions by Kristen Ashley.
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This is another review for the audio book. I tried a different KA audiobook that I had read and loved and decided to continue that pattern. The Hookup is another books of hers that I love so I decided to go with it. I already knew from the previous audiobook that I liked Lance Greenfield. Now I can add Stella Bloom to the list. They aren't just dead pan reading. All the emotions that need to be there are. And I've heard plenty of audiobooks where I swear a robot was reading it. Which is why for years I never bothered.
Not much else to add. Just a newbie audiobook listener trying to cram books in her face at all times. Even when she doesn't have a minute to sit and read.
I'll be honest I have pretty much given up on KA ever writing a book that comes close to some of her earlier ones. She used to be an automatic buy for me, but now I pretty much pass them by without a second look. That said, a lot of people seemed to like the is one. Said it was “old school” KA etc. So I figured I would give it a go...and SURPRISE...I liked it. As much as her early stuff...NO. Would I re-read it? NO. But it was an enjoyable read for the most part. It wasn't overly long and drawn out (although the over-description of EVERYTHING was still there). The sex scenes were hot. All the characters were likable. I do wish there had been less harping on the ex and that Izzy had made Johnny work a little harder to get her back after having sex with her and pretty much dumping her five minutes after
