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Their Greatest Strength by Hannah Cowan

This was very good! It's the end of this five book series but the author has said it won't be the end of this universe, which didn't surprise me since she has two other series linked to this one already and maybe more I'm not aware of. Jamie has always been the cocky, sunshiney cousin of the group and at the end of the last book we got a huge teaser that he was getting married right away. Here we learn it is a publicity stunt, one that his team GM and such have cooked up to get the team back in public favor. When he then meets Blakely (incredible meet cute, by the way), he's drawn to her immediately and asks her to be the woman he marries. She's been taking care of her 15 year old brother on her own for five years and is in a tight spot so she agrees, then slowly over the weeks discovers that she feels more comfort and trust with Jamie than she has maybe ever before. I loved their little family, the spice was good, the small amount of drama fit well (no third act breakup!), and I loved that the title said "their" when the rest of the series focused on "her" or "his" because this was so much about them being a team.  I appreciated the fat rep we got in Blakely, even though the words fat or plus sized were never used, because the descriptions and her reactions to things made sense and the character art released by the author confirmed it. There was at least one book related to this series teased and possibly another, so I look forward to what comes next and honestly want to start way back at the beginning with the parents' series again at some point.