Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert Series: The Brown Sisters #3
Published by Avon on March 9, 2021
Pages: 320
Format: ARC
Genres: Romance, Romantic Comedy
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Eve Brown is a certified hot mess. No matter how hard she strives to do right, her life always goes horribly wrong—so she’s given up trying. But when her personal brand of chaos ruins an expensive wedding (someone had to liberate those poor doves), her parents draw the line. It's time for Eve to grow up and prove herself—even though she's not entirely sure how…
Jacob Wayne is in control. Always. The bed and breakfast owner’s on a mission to dominate the hospitality industry—and he expects nothing less than perfection. So when a purple-haired tornado of a woman turns up out of the blue to interview for his open chef position, he tells her the brutal truth: not a chance in hell. Then she hits him with her car—supposedly by accident. Yeah, right.
Now his arm is broken, his B&B is understaffed, and the dangerously unpredictable Eve is fluttering around, trying to help. Before long, she’s infiltrated his work, his kitchen—and his spare bedroom. Jacob hates everything about it. Or rather, he should. Sunny, chaotic Eve is his natural-born nemesis, but the longer these two enemies spend in close quarters, the more their animosity turns into something else. Like Eve, the heat between them is impossible to ignore—and it’s melting Jacob’s frosty exterior.
What an unexpected delight! I indulged in page after charming page of Act Your Age, Eve Brown and came away a supremely satisfied reader.
I am drawn to quirky, perceptive, and witty characters, so it was only natural for me to instantly adore Eve and Jacob. Eve is cheerful and flighty. After a series of failed career choices, she finds herself on a journey of self-actualization. Jacob is very orderly, awkward, and grumpy. He wrestles with trust issues and hiring Eve to help run his Bed & Breakfast is the last thing he expects to do.
Jacob and Eve are two very different oddballs, but they respect their differences without trying to change each other. I enjoyed their yin-yang dynamics as well as their enemies to friends turned lovers relationship progression.
I’m new to the Brown Sisters series and to Talia Hibbert’s writing so I had no idea just how laugh-out-loud funny this story would be. It’s the extremely hot sexy times that most caught me off guard, though. Turns out that Jacob is very naughty indeed! I found myself chuckling, breaking out my fan, and swooning — all in the same scene.
This entertaining story was a win for me. I need to go back and read the first two books about the other Brown sisters.
Recommended for fans of:
Quirky Protagonists
Enemies to Lovers
Bed & Breakfast Inns
Shirts with Funny Sayings
** I received an early copy of this book to voluntarily read and review. **
Act Your Age, Eve Brown is now available!
About Talia Hibbert
Talia Hibbert is a USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author who lives in a bedroom full of books. Supposedly, there is a world beyond that room, but she has yet to drum up enough interest to investigate.
She writes steamy, diverse romance because she believes that people of marginalised identities need honest and positive representation. Her interests include makeup, junk food, and unnecessary sarcasm. Talia and her many books reside in the English Midlands.
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