Three nights. Two of us. One bed. Zero chance at love.

Boston businesswoman, Faye Findley, has devoted the last decade of her life to work, leaving no time for romance. Tired of being a 30-year-old virgin, Faye answers an ad in The Odds Are Good magazine, hoping to turn over her v-card to a sexy Alaskan she’ll never see again. 

Successful distillery owner, Trevor Starling, was left betrayed and broken-hearted when his brother and fiancée had sex the night before Trevor’s wedding. Anticipating a lonely New Year’s celebration, he places an ad in The Odds Are Good for a no-strings attached weekend of hot sex. 

Though mistaken identity threatens to derail everything, the chemistry between Faye and Trevor turns out to be stronger than either could have imagined. And what started out as a one-and-done mission becomes much more complicated.

This is a unique, sweet, and swoony story about two work-a-holics who were absolutely NOT looking for love but could not avoid the connection even as they tried. It is part of the Odds Are Good series, but is a total stand-alone and only related by the location being Alaska. 

Trevor Starling is a distillery owner that has been burned by two people he trusted the most and he is still bitter. But he also has physical needs. So he thinks one way to combat the lonely New Year's weekend is to place a no-nonsense ad offering an intimate weekend but nothing more.

Faye Findley has been all about her family import business since losing her parents and is not really living life. Something about his ad and the looming lonely holiday pulls her in and makes her respond.

Arrangements are made. It should be a clean deal. They each get what they want and move on. But before that, Faye has other business to take care of in Alaska as well.

Their worlds collide early and unexpectedly, but with some anonymity too. They find witty rapport, common interests. unexplainable chemistry,  and something to look forward to. But are they cheating on their already set up New Year's date? All of a sudden things are a bit more complicated and that's only the beginning.

I liked that these two were mature, intelligent, had great conversations, and dealt with their issues without a lot of time or angst. Sure they had challenges and would have to make sacrifices and choices to make it work, but it was not angsty or overly dramatic. The family dynamics added more layers to the story and were part of their growth process. It is told in both points of view and I really liked both of the main characters, even when he was being cranky. It makes you believe in timing, coincidence, or just plain fate and soulmates. 

Faye Finley is in Fairbanks hoping to purchase a craft vodka distillery. Her life has been so focused on work that she has never found time for relationships. She decides the trip is also the perfect time for some fun like she’s never had time to experience via a personal ad in the Odds Are Good magazine she finds at the dentist’s office. Now though the trip is mostly for business, she has some pleasure planned as well when she meets “Mr. Fairbanks” for New Years.

Trevor Starling runs his distillery with his brothers, but is not speaking to one of the twins. Heartbroken, Trevor has closed himself off from his family when his relationship with his fiance crumbled. His ad in Odds Are Good was intended to find him a no-strings attached distraction for New Years, and the plans he has made have him looking forward to something for the first time in almost a year.

These two may have planned to meet under aliases at New Years, but their meeting occurs a week earlier under their real names. As Trevor and Faye spend time together, learning about each other, they realize they can’t go through with their New Years plans with a stranger when there is something developing between them.

I loved watching as Faye and Trevor get to know each other. Both have issues to deal with emotionally. Faye has always been a workaholic, to the detriment of her relationship with her little sister. For the first time, Faye sees just how impersonal her interactions with Harry (Harriet) really are. Trevor is still harboring the hurt from the betrayal of his fiance and brother, and though they are desperate to make amends, his hurt is still fresh.

Once again, the side characters in this series make each installment perfect. I loved Brandy’s influence, as well as both Faye and Trevor’s families. There is more than just a single relationship building throughout this story, and it is the relationships between the main characters and their families that really make this story special.