Romance Friday: It happened one wedding - Julie James

After a humiliating end to her engagement, investment banker Sidney Sinclair is done with commitment-phobic men. But when her sister winds up engaged after a whirlwind courtship, she’s thrown in to close contact with exactly the kind of sexy playboy she wants to avoid—the gorgeous best man. She’s stuck with him, for better or worse, until her sister walks down the aisle, but that doesn’t mean she has to give in to his smooth advances, no matter how tempting they are…

Special Agent Vaughn Roberts always gets his man on the job and his woman in bed. So Sidney’s refusal to fall for his charms only makes him more determined to win over the cool and confident redhead. Only what starts out as a battle of wills ends up as a serious play for her heart. Because the one woman who refuses to be caught may be the only one Vaughn can’t live without…

My thoughts:

Step 1

Find a good man

Step

Avoid brother in law's brother, he is not a good man.

Yup Sydney wants a man who can settle down, she has quite the list to prove it. How a man should be, so she does not get stuck with someone who is out of the door in a week. But hey I can understand that, she does not want to date around. She wants to be in a relationship. A screening process is good.

Then there is Vaughn, he does want to play around, and she annoys him so much. But he also wants her. And hey we all know how this will turn out. They will get it on, fall in love and live happily ever after. They just have to get their heads straight. Sydney has to see that there is more to him, and he has to see that maybe change could be good.

Conclusion:

Enjoyable. Cute, passionate. Nice. It even had me laughing.

PS. yes it works as a standalone, I have only read book 2 before

Cover

cute

Mass Market Paperback, 292 pages
Published May 6th 2014 by Jove
FBI/US Attorney #5
Contemporary romance
Own

Review: A Lot Like Love - Julie James

As the daughter of a billionaire and the owner of the city’s top wine store, Jordan Rhodes is invited to the most exclusive parties in Chicago. But there’s only one party the FBI wants to crash: the charity fundraiser of a famous restaurateur, who also happens to launder money for the mob. In exchange for her brother’s release from prison, Jordan is going to be there—with a date supplied by the Bureau. As the top undercover agent in Chicago, Nick McCall has one rule: never get personal. This “date” with Jordan Rhodes is merely an assignment—one they’re both determined to pull off even if they can’t be together for five minutes before the sarcasm and sparks begin to fly. But when Nick’s investigation is compromised, he and Jordan have no choice but to pretend they’re a couple, and what starts out as a simple assignment begins to feel a lot like something more..

My thoughts:

This was my first Julie James book and it will not be my last, because this was a good contemporary romance with a bit of suspense on the side.

The heroine here is Jordan, the daughter of a billionaire. But she is no spoiled princess, no her dad told her to work and make her own money and so she did. She can stand on her own feet, she is smart, and what was there not to like. Then there is Nick, a FBI agent who spends most of his time undercover and never makes any promises to women. Not to mention that these two are from two different social classes. But put together to play a couple and you know things will happen.

I do like a couple that can't stand each other at first. She is irritated by him, and he thinks she is a silly socialite.  But they get to know each other, they get attracted by each other, and then comes love. A nice romance and a couple you can root for.

I also liked the suspense part. It was not a lot but it was there. What would happen to her brother Kyle in jail? Would they catch the guy laundering money for the mob? And then at the end the tension was building up and something was about to happen...

Throughout the book I hoped that her brother Kyle would get a book, and I did get very happy at the end when it said that he would. That is one book I am looking forward too, and of course reading more Julie James.

Conclusion:

A good contemporary romance that kept me reading. I enjoyed the book, I liked the couple, and at the end I knew that I wanted to read more books by her.

Rating:

Kept me reading

Cover:

I love her dress, but he doesn't look too happy

Reason for reading:

I had heard good things about her books

Info:

Genre: Contemporary romance

Publisher: Berkley

Pages: 304

Published: March 1st 2011