if you just said to a random person that you just picked up a "bait shop rom-com" they might look at you like you were a little bit crazy. and if you explained it's from the same author who wrote the "tire shop rom-com" they may also still look at you funny. but here's the absolutely fantastic thing, the follow up to the non-sequitur about the bait-shop rom-com is "it's so good, you have to read it."
guys, next in line is so good. i loved sam so much. he was so funny and grumpy and charming in wait with me. and he's perfection in next in line. like when maggie takes a while to figure things out i was dying because he was the perfect hero. i honestly can't wait to get my hands on the audiobook, because i can only imagine how swoony i will feel listening to this.
it's also really funny, i definitely laughed out loud several times. the longest and hardest at the whole master baiter joke. i still am not sure if maggie got it or if she was doing it on purpose. it was so freaking funny.
anyway, this story focuses on sam and maggie, miles' best friend and little sister. they don't know each other when the book opens, and it's not until later that they figure out who they each are to miles, and how bad an idea it is for them to keep hanging out. sam knows maggie is special from the get-go though, and maggie is too single-minded to realize that she's focusing on the wrong things in her life generally and her romantic life in particular. she's a bit of a work in progress, and i love her for it. sam is figuring stuff out too, but he's definitely the steady one here, he knows what he wants out of life and he just needs to figure out the role he wants maggie to play in that. he's kind of all-in though, and i love it about him.
i love amy daws' books because they have this special way of combining all this deep heart with humor that leaves you feeling light-headed and slightly emotional. i adore this series, and am hoping that we get to see one taking place in a hospital waiting room next.
**next in line published november 28, 2018. i received an advance reader copy courtesy of amy daws in exchange for my honest review. keep reading for more book information...
ABOUT THE BOOKTitle: Next in Line
Author: Amy Daws
Cover Reveal: November 14
Release Date: November 28
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What happens when the cute mountain man you made out with at an ice fishing shack turns out to be your brother’s best friend?
A whole lot of awkward, that’s what.
Maggie’s mind is reeling when she discovers the guy she became tangled up with at Marv’s Bait & Tackle isn’t a stranger like she thought.
The big snag: Sam and Maggie’s chemistry is hot enough to melt ice, which makes keeping their secret far more difficult than either expected.
Especially when one of them decides they want this arrangement to be more than just a catch and release.
EXCERPT
Suddenly, I hear Miles bellow, “There you are, Megan! Come over here and meet my best buddy, Sam! He’s technically my boss at Tire Depot, but I don’t like to remind him, or he gets a big head.”
I turn to shake hands with whoever Miles is talking to, and suddenly, I feel like I’ve been kicked in the nuts.
Or actually…the taint.
Yeah, this feeling right here…it’s too deep for a nut kick. This panic-seizing, gut-twisting, body-tremoring attack overwhelming all my senses has a taint kick written all over it.
Because I’m staring into the stunning blue eyes of my ice fishing companion from the past two weekends.
“Sam, this is my baby sister, Megan, visiting us all the way from Utah. Megan, this is my best friend, Sam.” Maggie’s smile falters with recognition as Miles, her…brother—oh fucking fuck, her brother—drapes his arm over her shoulder and smiles back at me.
Like a moron, I instantly bring my beer to my lips and take three slow glugs. Whatever I can do to avoid touching her outstretched hand right now because I’m convinced the second I touch her in front of her brother, Miles will know I’ve thought about her naked no less than nineteen times.
And now I’m thinking about her naked again.
I nod stupidly and continue to chug my beer like a damn college frat boy as Miles and Maggie watch me curiously. Finally, I pry the cold glass from my lips long enough to give her a head nod.
A fucking head nod.
Only douchebags who call a girl basic would give a fucking head nod.
I look down at where she’s still holding her hand out for me to shake, and God help me, my traitorous eyes scan the rest of her body at the same time. Her perfect round tits are covered beneath this short black lace dress. It’s way too fucking dressy for the likes of Pearl’s, but hell if she doesn’t look sexy. She’s wearing black plaid tights and little ankle boots with a big ass heel that bring her up to my chin. I’d gotten used to her being at my chest in her snow boots. The same boots she was wearing when I kissed my best friend’s little sister in my fucking fishing hut.
My mind instantly begins trying to remember everything I said to Miles about his sister in his truck earlier. Jesus Christ, this is bad.
Suddenly, Maggie reaches out and forcefully grabs my hand to shake. “Hi Sam, my friends call me Maggie. Miles is the only one who still calls me Megan…even my parents say Maggie. It’s nice to meet you…for the first time.”
She’s talking slow, and I feel myself nodding with buggy eyes as I attempt to swallow back the cotton in my mouth and ignore the sparks shooting up my hand from her touch. “Nice to meet you for the first time, too. How long have you been in town visiting?” Jesus hell, I sound like a robot on acid.
Her dimple flashes when she realizes I’m not going to spill the beans. “I just arrived a couple of hours ago.”
I unclench my jaw and belatedly realize we’re still shaking hands. “Today?” I can’t help but say it as a question because where the fuck has she been staying for the past week if Miles thinks she just got into town today?
“Yes, I was visiting my boyfriend in his hometown on the East Coast and decided to stay in Boulder for a few weeks before heading back to Utah.”
My eyes are blinking, and I can’t stop them because my mind is completely jumbled up right now. I can’t differentiate the lie from the truth. Is she still with her boyfriend and was lying to me? Or did she tell me the truth, and she’s lying to Miles?
This is why you don’t break your own rules, Sammy. Girls with baggage are never easy.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Amy Daws is an Amazon Top 25 bestselling author of sexy, contemporary romance novels. She enjoys writing love stories that take place in America, as well as across the pond in England; especially about those footy-playing Harris Brothers of hers. When Amy is not writing in a tire shop waiting room, she’s watching Gilmore Girls, or singing karaoke in the living room with her daughter while Daddy smiles awkwardly from a distance.
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