🌟RELEASE DAY LAUNCH!🌟 Once Upon a Sure Thing by Lauren Blakely {REVIEW + EXCERPT}

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"I'm falling for my best friend...Have I mentioned he's also my new bandmate? Oops."

Don’t miss this delicious rock star romance from #1 NYT bestseller Lauren Blakely containing:

✔ Miller, a sexy and sweet rocker with a dirty mouth!

✔ Ally, a singer and a mom who loves her peeps with her whole heart!

✔ A best-friends-to-lovers romance that'll make you swoon!

Sizzling hot, swoony and sweet, and filled with everything in between, ONCE UPON A SURE THING is full of heat, heart, humor and sexy times you’re sure to love.

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Once Upon a Sure Thing by Lauren Blakely

Release Date: September 24th 2018 by Lauren Blakely Books

Series: Heartbreakers #2

Genres: Romance, Contemporary

It's so easy being best friends with a gorgeous, talented, charming guy.

Said no woman ever. Except me.

My friendship with Miller is a sure thing — he’s my plus one, my emergency contact, and my shoulder to lean on. He’s also been by my side helping me raise one helluva awesome kid who’s the center of my world.

Nothing will change our easy breezy friendship. Until I have the bright idea to convince him to start a new band with me.

Trouble is, our sizzling chemistry in the recording studio is getting harder to ignore, no matter how risky it might be.

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Sing sexy songs with the woman you’ve been lusting after? Get up close and personal as you croon to the woman you’ve wanted for years?

Piece of cake. 
NOT.

Performing with the sweet, sassy and insanely wonderful Ally is like one gigantic obstacle course of challenges for my libido. And my libido is one sexy love song away from kissing her senseless and taking her home.

But, I’m not a serious kind of guy, and she’s not a one-night-stand kind of woman. If we cross the horizontal line, we might risk our sure thing and end up out of tune forever...

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My Review:

Lately Lauren Blakely has become one of my go-to romance author, she knows how to deliver a great story and Once Upon a Sure Thing did not disappoint at all. This friends-to-lovers story is swoon worthy from beginning to end. 

Ever since they met six years ago, Ally has been Miller’s best friend and closest ally. They have been through so much together in their personal lives that they know to rely on each other no matter what. But if there is one thing that Miller wants the most at the moment is to sing in front of an audience again. After being part of the Heartbreakers, the band that he was in with his two brothers, Miller yearns to sing again ever since the group separated. His two brothers have their own lives and he decides to do things differently. That’s when the idea of finding a woman to sing with him sparks and he starts to receive audition tapes from a lot of interested women. But there is one that speaks to him and knows right away that he has to meet her soon. Little did he know that his life was about to change forever.

Ally Zimmerman has narrated all sorts of young adult novels, but her dream is to get out of the genre and try a bit of romance instead. But the opportunity hasn’t presented herself and she needs another way to get a more of money in order to take care for her niece, Chloe. When Miller tells her about riding a woman to sing with him she is instantly jealous. She wants to be the one singing with him and she decides to do something radical. She is going to send her own audition tape and create a whole new persona for herself in hopes of getting Miller to notice her. But she is shocked when Miller asks her to meet him, now she has to face him and hope that everything goes according to plan. Yet their chemistry is magnetic and neither of them expected to be so good together. Now she has to figure out a way to make things work without hurting each other in the end. 

I really enjoyed reading this story, it was sweet and charming. Miller is not only talented, but he is also a good friend to Ally. He understands her and knows that she needs the gig in order to get more money. But it’s tough to be a bandmate and maintain their friendship intact. But when their relationship crosses the line, he’ll have to convince her that they can truly work out before it’s too late. On the other hand, Ally is caring and a talented singer. At the beginning Miller doesn’t truly see her talent until she sends her audition tape. She cares for him so much, but when they start to spend more time together things start to heat up and she doesn’t know what to do. She doesn’t want to lose her friend, but there are still things that they have to work on in order to truly be together. The beginning started a bit differently for me, it was a bit slow but it picked up really fast. It was nice seeing Ally’s relationship with Miller’s family and vise versa. It’s evident how much they value each other as friends, but as they start something new together, they start to realize just how much in love they might be with each other. All in all, the story was swoon worthy and definitely worth picking up. I personally loved the ending, it really tied everything together really well. I cannot wait to read what happens in the next book! :)

***ARC provided in exchange for an honest review.***

My Rating:

{EXCERPT}

~Ally~

Miller holds open the hobby shop door for me. “After you, my warrior princess. I believe we have a castle to create.”

“Chloe left me a list of items to pick up, since she’s seeing her therapist.”

“Never miss a shrink visit, I say.” Miller stops in front of a remote-controlled helicopter display. “How are they going for her, anyway?”

“Good. She’s almost done with the appointments. She’s doing so well now, but it took a while,” I say, smiling as we go inside, proud of my girl.

“I’m glad she’s doing better. It’s all because of you.”

I wave off the compliment as we head down the aisles. Pom-poms and fabrics abound, nestled alongside scrapbook boxes and glitter glue, which cuddles with glitter guns and ribbons. I stop at an aisle bursting with silver ribbons, polka-dot ribbons, and ribbons with tassels. I scratch my head. “I don’t understand why there are so many ribbons.”

Miller leans in close and whispers, “The better to tie you up with, my pretty.”

A tingle spreads over my shoulders, surprising me, even thought I’m not surprised by his words. He’s a natural-born flirt, and I’m used to his naughty banter. It’s never directed toward me, per se. He’s just having fun. It’s Miller being Miller, like when we play Bananagrams and he tries to make as many naughty-sounding words as possible, like caulk and diphthong. “In that case, let’s make it a polka-dot ribbon. I can wear it with my famous polo shirts and ponytails,” I say, referring to the super-sweet style I wore when I sang online with my brother.

“Ooh, that makes it even naughtier, and it proves my point.”

“What’s that?”

He holds up a finger. “I have a hunch craft stores are frequented by the Fifty Shades crowd.”

I laugh. “DIY BDSM-ers?”

He wiggles his eyebrows. “Ribbons are for typing pretty wrists.” He circles his hand around my wrist, sending another unexpected charge through me. I do my best to ignore the sensation. He lets go quickly and leads me to an aisle of wooden frames, birdhouses, and, oddly enough, paddles. “Those paddles are not for school projects, I tell you.”

“Whatever are they for?” I ask, feigning innocence.

Miller mimes spanking my butt. Next, he gestures to the candle-making section. “Exhibit B that hobby shops are fronts for kinky sex clubs—just imagine all this wax dripping on bellies and butts tonight.”

“How on earth am I supposed to work on a project with Chloe now that you’ve put these thoughts in my head?”

He runs a hand lightly over my hair and says in his raspy baritone, “I suspect those thoughts were already there.”

Were they?Are they? Images scroll through my mind, mostly involving ribbons.

About Lauren Blakely:

A #1 New York Times Bestselling author, and #1 Wall Street Journal Bestselling author, Lauren Blakely is known for her contemporary romance style that's hot, sweet and sexy. She lives in California with her family and has plotted entire novels while walking her dogs. With fourteen New York Times bestsellers, her titles have appeared on the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal Bestseller Lists more than 100 times, and she's sold more than 2.5 million books. In September she'll release ONCE UPON A SURE THING, a sexy best-friends-to-lovers romance. To receive an email when Lauren releases a new book, sign up for her newsletter! laurenblakely.com/newsletter

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