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Happenstance
by Tessa Bailey
Thank you to Tessa Bailey for gifting me an advance copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!
Whew this one was a doozy! There were definitely elements of this book that I absolutely loved and other elements that I realized were not for me.
"The meeting between the four of us is starting to feel less like happenstance and more like fate."
Elise has dreams of being a reporter. She had a hunch about a lead and was on the cusp of getting caught she takes off. She gets on the tram that suddenly is at a stand still. Elise is not alone but instead trapped with 3 men - Tobias, a British former porn star; Banks, a regal rugby coach; Gabe, lovable union worker. And for some reason they are all drawn to each other in ways none of them can explain. Can they resist each other? Will she get her front page newstory?
"I want to punch him in the face and feel him on top of me at the same time."
I love that Elise had relationships with each man and they each brought different things to her life. Even for myself I think I have loved each of them for different reasons - Gabe is humble & a giant teddy bear, Banks is strong & a protective figure and Tobias is a flirt but with a big heart. They each grew so much from the start of the book even up until the end pre epilogue. I could have seen Elise with each of the men if this had been a traditional couple book.
"We're no longer individuals. Not right now. We're simply Elise's."
I am pretty certain that this is the spiciest book I have read. Tessa Bailey definitely knows how to make the cheeks blush and depicts such vivid imagery of this suggested acts. I consider myself to be pretty open minded in items that I read and what I believe. But she made it SO believable that it made me realize that foursomes are not my thing. If you think it could be yours, then you will love this! If you are not sure that you would like it, give it a try! Even though I was not a fan of some of the sexual content (looking at you chapter 21), I still enjoyed the book as a whole.
Tessa is a phenomenal romance writer and will forever be an autobuy for me.
And I hope she continues to test my romance reading and have me fall in love with new tropes/taboos as well as realize what is not for me.
Whew this one was a doozy! There were definitely elements of this book that I absolutely loved and other elements that I realized were not for me.
"The meeting between the four of us is starting to feel less like happenstance and more like fate."
Elise has dreams of being a reporter. She had a hunch about a lead and was on the cusp of getting caught she takes off. She gets on the tram that suddenly is at a stand still. Elise is not alone but instead trapped with 3 men - Tobias, a British former porn star; Banks, a regal rugby coach; Gabe, lovable union worker. And for some reason they are all drawn to each other in ways none of them can explain. Can they resist each other? Will she get her front page newstory?
"I want to punch him in the face and feel him on top of me at the same time."
I love that Elise had relationships with each man and they each brought different things to her life. Even for myself I think I have loved each of them for different reasons - Gabe is humble & a giant teddy bear, Banks is strong & a protective figure and Tobias is a flirt but with a big heart. They each grew so much from the start of the book even up until the end pre epilogue. I could have seen Elise with each of the men if this had been a traditional couple book.
"We're no longer individuals. Not right now. We're simply Elise's."
I am pretty certain that this is the spiciest book I have read. Tessa Bailey definitely knows how to make the cheeks blush and depicts such vivid imagery of this suggested acts. I consider myself to be pretty open minded in items that I read and what I believe. But she made it SO believable that it made me realize that foursomes are not my thing. If you think it could be yours, then you will love this! If you are not sure that you would like it, give it a try! Even though I was not a fan of some of the sexual content (looking at you chapter 21), I still enjoyed the book as a whole.
Tessa is a phenomenal romance writer and will forever be an autobuy for me.
And I hope she continues to test my romance reading and have me fall in love with new tropes/taboos as well as realize what is not for me.