Kiss the Girl (The Naughty Princess Club, #3) by Tara Sivec Series: The Naughty Princess Club #3
Published by Swerve on September 4, 2018
Pages: 254
Format: ARC
Genres: Romance, Romantic Comedy
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A struggling antiques collector finds herself falling in love with a millionaire playboy; but can she ever be a part of his world?
Meet the Naughty Princess Club, a series from USA Today bestselling author Tara Sivec that brings readers to Fairytale Lane and the hilarity—and romance—that three women fall into once they decide to strut their stuff and bring on their own happily ever after.
While her friends have broken free of their insecurities, Ariel Waters is struggling to come out of her shell. Her ex-husband took away her voice and her self-confidence, and Ariel is drowning under a sea of debt to afford the alimony she has to pay him. She refuses to ever fall for a man’s charms again, and is determined to make her own way.
When her house and her beloved antiques are taken by the bank after too many missed payments, Ariel finds herself adrift until the infuriatingly charming Eric Sailor comes to her rescue. Although she can’t stand the millionaire playboy, Eric’s kindness and unconditional support reveal hidden depths and a love that Ariel never imagined she could find.
But there are outside influences who will stop at nothing to keep them apart; can Ariel and Eric weather the storm and find a way to be together?
Kiss the Girl is the final book in Tara Sivec’s winning The Naughty Princess series. I’ve been anxiously waiting for Ariel’s story, and it was well worth wait.
Of the three “princesses”, Ariel is by far the most uninhibited, ballsy, filter-free, foul mouthed, and just plain fun. Her outlandish antics are usually the catalyst for tear-inducing laughter and embarrassing situations galore.
Based on the previous books, I thought I had a good idea about who Ariel is, but this book shows that looks—and even actions—can be deceiving. Ariel takes her mask off to show us all the self-consciousness and vulnerability she tries to hide.
Ariel incorrectly pegged Eric as a rich playboy and hated him at first sight. It turns out he is the only person who truly understands her. She’s a powder keg that is frequently only a second away from exploding, but somehow Eric always knows how to diffuse her—and that includes distracting her by saying infuriating things. Ariel is stubborn and reluctantly attracted to him. He challenges her, and I enjoyed every moment of their hate/love magnetic connection. I fell hard for Eric’s kind heart right along with Ariel.
The theme of female empowerment is delivered in hilarious and effective ways here, and the strong bond between the three best friends is pure joy.
Kiss the Girl can be read as a standlaone, although references are made to events from the previous two books in the series.
Recommended for fans of:
Antiques
Enemies to lovers stories
Hotheaded heroines
**I voluntarily read an early copy of this book. It does not affect the content of my review.**
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About Tara Sivec
Tara Sivec is a USA Today best-selling author, wife, mother, chauffeur, maid, short-order cook, baby-sitter, and sarcasm expert. She lives in Ohio with her husband and two children and looks forward to the day when they all three of them become adults and move out.
After working in the brokerage business for fourteen years, Tara decided to pick up a pen and write instead of shoving it in her eye out of boredom. Her novel Seduction and Snacks won first place in the Indie Romance Convention Reader’s Choice Awards 2013 for Best Indie First Book and she was voted as Best Author in the Indie Romance Convention Reader’s Choice Awards for 2014.
In her spare time, Tara loves to dream about all of the baking she’ll do and naps she’ll take when she ever gets spare time.
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