Flipping Love You (Boys of the Bayou Gone Wild 3) by Erin Nicholas-Review & Excerpt Tour
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date June 29, 2021
He’s the tattooed bad boy her mama warned her about.
She’s his hot mess — but mostly hot — next door neighbor.
Until a two-night-stand gives them the surprise of a lifetime…
Jillian Morris is a workaholic who forgets to watch the time. And to eat. And to change her shoes. And to keep even a house-plant alive. And to have any kind of a personal life.
Now an eccentric millionaire has left her eight million dollars. And eight penguins. Yes, real live penguins. She’s a wildlife vet who specializes in penguins, so that makes sense. Kind of. She can, and does, keep penguins alive and well. She now just has to move them cross-country to her friend’s new animal park.
So if anyone deserves a one-night (or two) stand with a hot, younger, tattooed bad boy on a motorcycle, it’s her. Or so Jill tells herself when Zeke Landry flips his bike in front of her motel and she stitches him up.
If only she’d known who he really was.
And that he was the fall-hard-and-fast type.
And the protective type.
And that one night would turn into more like nine-months of being… sigh… very personal.
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REVIEW:FLIPPING LOVE YOU is the third instalment in Erin Nicholas’ contemporary, adult BOYS OF THE BAYOU GONE WILD erotic, romance series -a spin off from the author’s BOYS OF THE BAYOU . This is thirty-four year old, wildlife veterinarian Jillian Morris, and twenty-five year old, builder/accountant Zeke Landry’s story line. FLIPPING LOVE YOU 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 third person perspectives (Zeke and Jillian) FLIPPING LOVE YOU follows thirty-four year old wildlife veterinarian Jillian Morris as she ventures to the Boys of the Bayou Gone Wild wildlife sanctuary in the wake of inheriting eight penguins from a man she barely knows but Jillian Morris is a little obsessive about her penguins, refusing to give up control without a fight. Enter neighbor and Bayou homebody Zeke Landry, and the man with whom Jillian will fall in love. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Zeke and Jillian, and the potential fall-out as a one-night stand, friends with benefits arrangement quickly turns into something more.
Jillian Morris’ life is spiralling out of control but the one thing she knows and wants are the safety and reassurance of her penguins lives. Zeke Landry is the designer and builder behind the penguin facility at The Boys of the Bayou Gone Wild, and is also the renovator and contractor for Jillian’s home . When Jillian offers a friends with benefits relationship, Zeke jumps at the chance, hoping to turn a spontaneous romance into something more but the something more is about to turn into something more permanent when Jillians discovers their liaisons have led to an unexpected pregnancy. Jillian doesn’t know the first thing about children or relationships, and in this she battles between head and heart with what is to come.
Meanwhile, Jillian’s penguins do not appear to be settling into their new environment so the possibility of a ‘new’ handler means Jillian has more time to spend on herself. Jillian is a woman whose behavior is different, almost on the autism spectrum scale but a woman who’s determination to protect her penguins is paramount to the point of obsession and her constant presence within the the penguin environment.
The relationship between Jillian and Zeke is one of immediate attraction predicated on a friends with benefits, neighbors and lovers by proximity but Jillian isn’t looking for anything permanent, and struggles with the prospect of parenthood with our storyline hero. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.
There is a large ensemble cast of secondary and supporting characters including the large extended Landry family (including those from the Boys of the Bayou series) and the ‘herd of goats’ that continually escape wreaking havoc wherever they go. Naomi and Donovan’s story is next.
FLIPPING LOVE YOU is a story of family and friendships, relationships and love. The character driven premise is engaging and captivating; the romance is provocative and fun; the characters are numerous, energetic and entertaining.
Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Otterly Irresistible
Heavy Petting
Copy supplied for review
Reviewed by Sandy
Her eyes followed the motion, seemingly riveted on his arm. He wasn’t sure if it was the tattoo or what exactly. But he did know that Jillian was fascinated with his ink. She had traced all of it with her fingers and tongue last night more than once. And he had a lot of ink.
“I’m the guy who’s remodeling your house.”
Her eyes widened. “We’re going to be neighbors.”
He let his grin grow slowly. “Yup.”
She tipped her head back and groaned.
But it wasn’t one of the hot oh-my-God-yes groans she’d been giving him last night. This was more of oh-crap groan.
“You’re clearly not as excited about that as I am,” he said dryly.
Her head came up and she met his eyes. Now there was no roaming over his half naked body. She shook her head. “It just feels complicated to live next door to the guy I’m hooking up with once a month.”
He was confused. “We’re hooking up once a month?”
“Well, that was what I was going to propose anyway. Friends with benefits, you know? After last night I thought that could be kind of fun.”
“That would be fun. Very, very fun,” he said. “But why only once a month? I’m up for that kind of fun way more often.”
“Sure. But then it turns into more like dating or a relationship or something rather than just getting together for hot sex.”
“And I take it the relationship and dating thing is something you’re trying to avoid?”
“Very much so. And living next door to you means that we’ll see each other occasionally and since you’ll be saving me from alligators on a regular basis, we could potentially turn into actual friends. And that makes the hooking up even more complicated.”
Having the sun up hadn’t made him feel any less attracted to, slightly confused by, surprised by, and definitely amused by this woman. “But friends with benefits has friends right in the title.”
This all sounded good to him. Having a neighbor he could get naked with whenever the urge struck, who didn’t want anything else from him, sounded pretty great.
“I’m just really not interested in a relationship,” Jill went on. “I’m not good at them. And I don’t really have time for them. And I don’t put the effort into them, which ends up bothering the other person after a while. Which is understandable. I’m not blaming anyone. I just really like to have everything laid out and everyone on the same page. And I like sex. It would be really perfect to be able to have amazing sex, but only when it’s convenient.”
Zeke gave a soft snort. Convenient hot sex. It really did sound pretty amazing.
“If you just want to walk through my door, only wearing a robe and nothing underneath to save time, I’m not gonna kick you out, cher,” he told her. He was half-teasing. But only half.
She finally gave him a hint of a smile. “I can just show up on your front porch anytime I want?”
He reached up and cupped the side of her head. He brought her in close and put his mouth against hers. “Any freaking time.”
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Erin Nicholas has been writing romances almost as long as she’s been reading them. To date, she’s written over thirty sexy, contemporary novels that have been described as “toe-curling,” “enchanting,” “steamy,” and “fun.” She adores reluctant heroes, imperfect heroines, and happily ever afters.
Erin lives in the Midwest, where she enjoys spending time with her husband (who only wants to read the sex scenes in her books), her kids (who will never read the sex scenes in her books), and her family and friends (who claim to be “shocked” by the sex scenes in her books).
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