MY FAVORITE MISTAKE (Legacy of the Maguires 6) by Stella Holt-review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date March 19, 2024

Fake dating her client’s gorgeous son was a mistake—enjoying his touch will be her ruin.
Bad boy Ian Maguire is a lawyer with an image problem. But he doesn’t care if the media is obsessed with him or deemed him the most wanted bachelor. He’s also not interested in relationships, until he meets his dad’s political strategist. With her cool confidence, dark features, and quiet beauty, she is tempting enough to get him to pretend to settle down. And he can promise they will both enjoy it.

Simone Jax is trained in managing a crisis, and she has the perfect plan for Ian’s playboy status. He just needs to agree to only be seen with one woman until his father’s gubernatorial election is over, even if it’s fake. But when the press captures a picture of them kissing and blasts it everywhere, she has no choice but to play the part of girlfriend.
Just when their fake relationship starts to feel genuine, Simone discovers she’s pregnant. Is this a secret baby or the start of a real romance?

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REVIEW: MY FAVORITE MISTAKE is the sixth and final instalment in Stella Holt’s contemporary, adult LEGACY OF THE MAGUIRES erotic, romance series. This is thirty year old lawyer Ian Maguire, and political strategist Simone Jax’ story. line. MY FAVORITE MISTAKE can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

Told from dual omniscient third person perspectives (Simone and Ian) MY FAVORITE MISTAKE follows the fake relationship between our story line couple. Ian’s father Jack Maguire is running for governor but Ian Maguire’s reputation with the ladies is leaving a black mark on his father’s campaign. Assigned to keep Ian under control, Simone suggests our hero find himself a fake girlfriend but all Ian wants is our story line heroine. A secret kiss exposes their possible relationship on several media sites but several ‘dates’ quickly turn into something more, and a surprise pregnancy is making their arrangement feel all too real. What ensues is the building relationship between Simone and Ian, and the potential fall-out as Simone continues to keep Ian at a distance, believing she is nothing more than a prop her his father’s campaign.

The world building follows the fake but building relationship between our story line couple. Simone is struggling with her attraction to a man with a bad boy reputation, and believes she is crossing the line with their ‘rumored’ affair. Ian Maguire doesn’t do relationships as he continues with the demons from his past but something about Simone draws Ian like a moth to a flame, and he wants something more from our story line heroine.

The relationship between Simone and Ian begins as a professional arrangement that quickly turns into a fake relationship for his father’s campaign but Ian is willing to push Simone into something more but Simone continues to believe there is a conflict of interest, and nothing more. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top sexually graphic language and text.

Most of the previous story line couples return including Ian’s parents Senator Jack and Cora Maguire , as well as Simone’s mother, and her sister Sasha.

MY FAVORITE MISTAKE is a story of secrets and lies, family and friendships, acceptance and love. The premise is captivating-the conflict is contained between the story line couple. The romance is seductive; the characters are desperate and charismatic.

Reading Order and Previous reviews
Last First Kiss
Battle of Hearts
Strictly Off Limits
Love and Order
Merry Little Heartbreak

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Reviewed by Sandy

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Author of your next binge-worthy romance series, Stella has been plotting sexy, tear-jerker stories since she was old enough to hold a pencil. Born a Georgia peach, Stella loves all things country but calls the beach home. Most days she can be found drinking too much coffee, collecting lipstick she forgets to wear, and baking.

Stella’s first series featuring first responders debuts in 2023.

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