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A review by nikkisbooknook
Bayou With Benefits by Erin Nicholas
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
4.5
Michael and Amelia have had obvious chemistry since we were introduced to them and even their families are trying to push this perfect couple together. But Michael is a single dad and a firefighter and determined to stay in his small home town. Amelia is a gorgeous model with a burgeoning career that she needs to be in NY for. He could survive his own heartbreak is they break up but he won't risk his son's
Ami is well aware of her place in the family. She's the pretty one, the model and beauty queen. her sisters are the charming and genius ones, she'll work for her place among these great talents. But when her future is devastated in an accident - one where Michael literally saves her, she's left to carve out a new career. What can she do when she can no longer rely on her looks?
This was a pretty near perfect book for me. Ami had so many hidden talents, she had a whole other persona that only a few people ever saw. The bond she created with Michael's son Andre was just so sweet. His reactions to her injuries, and the women that she comes to know, allow her to see that her stance on makeup companies since her accident has been a bit one-sided.
Michael is sweet, smexy, and all in when it comes to Ami. They have been the definition of slow burn for years so when things finally start to coalesce, they go at warp speed! Ami learns that she is more than looks and pretty trappings and Michael has to learn that he can't control everything around him - he has to accept that he can't save everyone, all of the time. Even heroes need to be saved from themselves sometimes.
The Landrys in all their glory are sprinkled within the book and I would kill for all of Leo's little nuggets of wisdom to be in a book of their own!
Love and life after tragedy told with a heaping helping of humour!
Ami is well aware of her place in the family. She's the pretty one, the model and beauty queen. her sisters are the charming and genius ones, she'll work for her place among these great talents. But when her future is devastated in an accident - one where Michael literally saves her, she's left to carve out a new career. What can she do when she can no longer rely on her looks?
This was a pretty near perfect book for me. Ami had so many hidden talents, she had a whole other persona that only a few people ever saw. The bond she created with Michael's son Andre was just so sweet. His reactions to her injuries, and the women that she comes to know, allow her to see that her stance on makeup companies since her accident has been a bit one-sided.
Michael is sweet, smexy, and all in when it comes to Ami. They have been the definition of slow burn for years so when things finally start to coalesce, they go at warp speed! Ami learns that she is more than looks and pretty trappings and Michael has to learn that he can't control everything around him - he has to accept that he can't save everyone, all of the time. Even heroes need to be saved from themselves sometimes.
The Landrys in all their glory are sprinkled within the book and I would kill for all of Leo's little nuggets of wisdom to be in a book of their own!
Love and life after tragedy told with a heaping helping of humour!