Kimmy Loves to Read: REVIEW TOUR: Miss Mechanic by Emma Hart

Thursday, December 14, 2017

REVIEW TOUR: Miss Mechanic by Emma Hart

Two mechanics. One rivalry.
She’ll prove she’s as good as she says she is.
He’ll prove her place isn’t under the hood.
It’s over it.

“Don’t let the bastards get you down.”

For twenty-six years, I lived by my daddy’s motto. Which is why “Mechanic Wanted” is all it takes for me to apply for the job at the garage we once owned.

And I meet the biggest bastard of them all.

Dexter Ryne. Hotter than Hell in July and a firm believer that my place is on reception, taking phone calls and looking pretty. Not getting dirty under the hood of a car.

Determined to prove each other wrong, we make a deal.

I have three weeks to prove my worth as a mechanic. If I don’t, I’m on telephone duty.

If I do, he’ll accept defeat and make my job permanent.

Now, all I have to do is fight my attraction to the cocky little… beep.

Problem is, an engine isn’t the only thing he knows how to make purr…

My Review

I received an advanced copy of this book with the promise of an honest review.

Jamie needs a job. Her father had to sell the family business and now her mechanic skills are going to waste. When the opportunity arises to get a job at the garage her father sold, she doesn't jump at the opportunity, but she knows it is one that she needs to do. Then she meets Dex. His family now owns the garage and he doesn't want to hire a woman. But Jamie won't take no for an answer. She frustrates him to the point that he agrees to a three week try out. Dex and Jamie are like oil and water and they can barely go a few minutes without going at each other. And I don't mean the sexy way. At least at first.

If there is one thing I absolutely LOVE in a book, it is banter. Excellent banter that starts as a fun way for characters to interact that turns into foreplay. And this book had A LOT of that. Whew. Jamie and Dex fight, but it is all leading up to a ridiculously hot encounter that changes everything between them.

I really enjoyed this book. I laughed out loud numerous times thanks to Dex's family. Every single one of them, especially his niece, knew exactly how to put the arrogant man in his place when he need it. Which was quite often. And he was smart enough to listen to them.

EXCERPT

“Can I help you?” I asked.

He blinked and met my eyes.

“What the hell are you doing over there?” I pushed to stand up straight.

“Right now?” He capped his water bottle. “Well, honestly…

I’m just thinking you’d look better over the hood of that car than under it.”

I unhooked the hood and slammed it down, spinning on the balls of my feet.

Our eyes met properly. I didn’t like what I saw in his—desire, attraction, need. Which was obviously why a shiver ran down my spine.

I cocked a hip, putting my hand on it. “The only time you will ever get me over a hood of a car is if a wiper blade needs changing. So, unless you’re a wiper blade...”

Dex pulled his phone from his pocket and started tapping the screen.

I blinked. “What are you doing?”

He peered up at me through his unfairly thick eyelashes.

“Seeing if I can get a wiper blade costume for Halloween.”

“I don’t even know how to respond to that.”
“You can buy wiper blade glasses.”

“What?”

He raised his eyebrows. “And a lady here on eBay will hand-make any costume. There’s my Halloween sorted.”

I stared at him. “You’re not getting me over anything, Dex.

Definitely not a car hood. No matter what you think.”

He clutched his chest dramatically. “You wound me.”

“Unfortunately not fatally,” I muttered.

“You also underestimate me.”

“There’s a lot of that going around in this garage.” I put the bottle of coolant away.

“Touché.”

“Thank you.”

“Can I ask you something?”

I sighed and turned to face him again. “What?”

Earnestly, he asked, “Can you stop wearing those tiny shorts? Or yoga pants that make me want to touch your ass every five minutes?”

I looked down at the ripped shorts of my dungarees. “Can you keep your thoughts to yourself? Control yourself, maybe? Not look at me and see someone worth screwing?”

By day, New York Times and USA Today bestselling New Adult author Emma Hart dons a cape and calls herself Super Mum to two beautiful little monsters. By night, she drops the cape, pours a glass of whatever she fancies—usually wine—and writes books. Emma is working on Top Secret projects she will share with her followers and fans at every available opportunity. Naturally, all Top Secret projects involve a dashingly hot guy who likes to forget to wear a shirt, a sprinkling (or several) of hold-onto-your-panties hot scenes, and a whole lotta love. She likes to be busy—unless busy involves doing the dishes, but that seems to be when all the ideas come to life.