Fix Her Up

(Hot and Hammered #1)

Tessa Bailey

Travis Ford is in a downward spiral. He has lost his pro baseball career due to injury and now the town golden boy is back home and wallowing in his own depression. His best friend's little sister Georgie Castle decides enough is enough and gives him a wake up call. She has crushed on him since her teens, but now she is determined to get him off his butt and to find a purpose. And for some reason, she is the only person that could motivate him to do so.

Georgie is the baby of the family that no one listens to you. She is used to being ignored and being the family cut up. She even made clowning around her career choice. But she can also be blunt, fierce, and has a wicked sense of humor. 

It is a gradual and tentative process towards annoying each other to friends to unexpected attraction(at least new to him) to chemistry that is hard to ignore. He needs to rebuild his reputation and she needs people to see her as more than a kid. So when they hatch a scheme to fake date to help each other out, how hard could it be to keep it strictly platonic? And if they screw that up, then surely they should be able to have some fun and not grow feelings, right?

Travis is sure that he will never want a true relationship or a future with kids or a white picket fence, while Georgie wants it all. The more time they spend together, the more convoluted and complicated it gets. They might be the only person who truly sees the potential of the other, but they have a hard time feeling the worthiness in themselves. Georgie wants to prove to every one including him, that Travis is someone worthy of love. But he has his demons and does not really know what real love looks like. And Georgie has always felt unwanted and insecure, and never dreamed that being this close to Travis could ever be a real possibility. But what is fake? What is real? Can people really change?

This is not only a witty, sexy romance, but it also a story of personal growth and empowerment. A big part of the book involves some of the women starting to find their voices and stand up for themselves. And Travis's road from the top to the bottom and climbing up again is also an important theme. I liked both of the characters even when I wanted to smack a bit of sense into Travis at times. Poor guy really had some issues, but he could be really thoughtful and sweet too. Georgie is quirky, kind of innocent, but spunky. And this book it hot! These two have crazy chemistry. I loved them together. Her family and some friends round out the cast and they definitely add more humor and drama to the mix(I might have wanted to shake sense into them sometimes as well). One of the other couples will be the subject of the next book, and they definitely have some issues. 

Love Her Or Lose Her

Expected January 7, 2020