I'm having a really hard time trying to write my official review, I'm still getting over the sheer amount of times Nina slapped Clinton. At least four times? Plus I'm pretty sure her sister slapped Clinton, Nina slapped her ex. There's a lot of slapping and I have a hard time with that.

Overall I felt the promise of the beginning of the story, Nina's sports journalism career being jeapordized by her anger and reaction to a sexist comment never panned out. Instead there's a wild ride for our heroine as she has conflict with her ex, worries about Clinton trying to scam her family's business, and even more I won't spoil here.

I was also looking forward to seeing Clinton's character explored, as he's described as a bookish not at all into sports guy with daddy issues, but despite this description we never really get to see his work as a marketing genius for the B&B nor do we get to really see his nerd come out except for a fun scene where they watch classic 70s blaxploitation films. He and Nina's insta-attraction subsumes their romance, so there's a lot of amazing banging but not so much emotional relationship building, plus they are constantly ALL IN and then ALL OUT as small conflicts are blown out of proportion, a slap is thrown, and someone storms out.

What does absolutley work is the relationship between Nina and her sisters and their father. I wanted more of their scenes because they sparkled.

Thank you to Library Journal for providing the advance copy for review. I'll try to remember to post the link once it is live.