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Helena Hunting

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Release Date April 9, 2019

Talk about an embarrassing introduction. On her first day of law school, Kailyn ran - quite literally - into the actor she crushed on as a teenager, ending with him sprawled on top of her. Mortified to discover the Daxton Hughes was also a student in her class, her embarrassment over their meet-cute quickly turned into a friendship she never expected. Of course, she never saw his betrayal coming either...

First, he was her teenage celebrity crush.

Then he was her rival in law school.

Dax is in a custody fight with another family member and Kailyn is now his sister's conseverator. So their lives have become intertwined. She still holds a grudge. He is pretty clueless. But they have antagonistic, heated banter that still seems to get them charged up. Their chemistry is hard to hide, but their situation is fragile and involves more than just the two of them.

Kailyn already has had trust issues in regards to him, but she also has her own reasons for helping him both personally and professionally...and she is not sharing them. There are people hoping that Dax fails and are making things harder on them.

I really liked Dax. He seemed real. I felt his frustration, anxiety, fear, and how overwhelmed he was taking on a thirteen year old girl  into his busy life. And Kailyn was tough and sassy, but also had a caring heart and understood loss. She was the perfect person to be his helper and support, but they also had that long history of challenging and pushing each other and the attraction was still there.  Can they keep an affair under wraps and not hurt anyone? And what happens when everything is out in the open?

This is a sweet, funny, sexy, and emotional enemies-to-lovers story about priorities, trust, dealing with loss, and moving forward. Despite its cute title, the characters are dealing with some raw and emotional situations and it is not all fun and games. They have a lot of challenges and issues to navigate, and it is a confusing and painful situation for all of them.  I enjoyed getting their dual points of view. I liked their friends, Holly and Felix, and his sister, Emme was such an important part of the story. I loved the dynamics of all of their relationships as their lives kept changing. 

Kailyn and Dax had a meet cute in college that led to a fast friendship that led to a betrayal that Kailyn couldn’t forget or forgive. Eight years later, Dax is back in her office forcing her to face what she ran from just before graduation.

Kailyn was driven at work. Her goals included fulfilling a promise she made to her father, which only served to drive her motivation. She never backed down from a challenge, and when her boss dangles her ultimate goal in front of her just for convincing Dax to join the law firm, it seemed like all Kailyn’s dreams were within reach.

I loved Dax as he fumbled through becoming a single parent. He wanted to be what his sister needed, but also knew that he had a disconnect between his experiences and hers. I loved how he was never afraid to call Kailyn for help or advice as he navigated parenting a teenager with no warning.

Together, these two were fun. They had some past grievances to air, but they also had great chemistry together. Their chemistry picked up quickly, and without the betrayal hanging between them, would have combusted much more quickly than it did. As it was, Kailyn struggled to remember why she was so upset with him. Her teenage crush on him became an inside joke, providing several humorous moments and an easy spot for her to give him a hard time in jest.

This was a fun, sweet, emotional story of growing up, creating family, and fighting for love. It wasn’t what I was expecting, not having read the blurb closely, deciding to read the book based on the cover, title, and author alone, but when I realized it wasn’t going to be the rom-com I anticipated from my own conclusions, I quickly settled into the story and fell in love with the characters. I hurt when they hurt, and cheered for them to sort out the challenges they were facing. I also figured there was more to the initial story that it seemed, and my predictions were correct. But all in all, this was an enjoyable, dynamic story!

I received this book for free from netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.