FIGHTING DIRTY
Worth the Fight #5
Sidney Halston
Releasing Jan 5th, 2016
Loveswept
Tough as nails and independent to a fault, Jamie Lynn—JL to her friends—works hard to pay her bills and keep life simple. Enzo is doing his best to complicate that. Even though she likes to bust his balls, he’s got some kind of a nerdy-hot vibe that makes JL wonder if she might finally be able to let her guard down. It might do the boy some good to spend some time in her world, where blood, sweat, and victory are as sweet as the first taste of real love.
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I have to confess something. I absolutely LOVED the previous book in this series. I loved Laid Out so much that I was nervous to read this book. How could Enzo & JL possibly live up to Cain & Violet? Well it turns out I was worried for nothing.
I'm pretty sure that if JL & Enzo signed up for every online dating website/app and they would NEVER be matched up. Never ever. But I guess Paula Abdul & MC Scat Kat said it best: "We come together cuz opposites attract."
TRUTH.
From the moment Enzo met JL, he was attracted to her. She saw him as an uptight banker and wanted nothing to do with him. Unfortunately for her, they have friends in common so he is pretty much always around. Flirting with her. Trying to get her to agree to go on a date with him. But her answer was always a big "NO." It isn't until Enzo loses a bet and has to take part in what might be one of funniest scenes I have ever read, that JL starts to see him a different light. (I would love to tell you more about that, but I don't want to ruin it. Trust me. It's totally worth it.)
So they finally go out on that date and it was quite the date. Her goal all along was to get Enzo to loosen up and while it didn't work at first, her enthusiasm for pretty much everything starts to rub off on him. In fact, he probably gets a little too relaxed! Even JL realized that she is enjoying herself and starts to realize that maybe she pegged him all. And the next thing you know they are in a relationship. (I love when that happens.)
Unfortunately for the both of them their family situations are less than ideal and cause problems. Not to mention JL's insecurities about not being good enough for Enzo come to surface, causing a rift between them. I was rooting for them to work things out because I loved them together. JL was EXACTLY what Enzo needed. Enzo always felt that the life he was leading wasn't for him, and all it took was was a tiny, quirky, pink haired spit fire of a woman to help him discover himself. And even though they were as different as night and day, it worked for them. They seemed to balance each other out, making their relationship not only ridiculously adorable, but also very entertaining to watch unfold. Despite their differences, they were made for each other and I can't imagine them with anyone else.
I am sad that the next book will the the last in the series. The author has created a fantastic series with great characters and wonderful stories. I look forward to reading Travis' story (he cracks me up) and also get one last check in on how the rest of the gang is doing.
TRUTH.
From the moment Enzo met JL, he was attracted to her. She saw him as an uptight banker and wanted nothing to do with him. Unfortunately for her, they have friends in common so he is pretty much always around. Flirting with her. Trying to get her to agree to go on a date with him. But her answer was always a big "NO." It isn't until Enzo loses a bet and has to take part in what might be one of funniest scenes I have ever read, that JL starts to see him a different light. (I would love to tell you more about that, but I don't want to ruin it. Trust me. It's totally worth it.)
So they finally go out on that date and it was quite the date. Her goal all along was to get Enzo to loosen up and while it didn't work at first, her enthusiasm for pretty much everything starts to rub off on him. In fact, he probably gets a little too relaxed! Even JL realized that she is enjoying herself and starts to realize that maybe she pegged him all. And the next thing you know they are in a relationship. (I love when that happens.)
Unfortunately for the both of them their family situations are less than ideal and cause problems. Not to mention JL's insecurities about not being good enough for Enzo come to surface, causing a rift between them. I was rooting for them to work things out because I loved them together. JL was EXACTLY what Enzo needed. Enzo always felt that the life he was leading wasn't for him, and all it took was was a tiny, quirky, pink haired spit fire of a woman to help him discover himself. And even though they were as different as night and day, it worked for them. They seemed to balance each other out, making their relationship not only ridiculously adorable, but also very entertaining to watch unfold. Despite their differences, they were made for each other and I can't imagine them with anyone else.
I am sad that the next book will the the last in the series. The author has created a fantastic series with great characters and wonderful stories. I look forward to reading Travis' story (he cracks me up) and also get one last check in on how the rest of the gang is doing.
“What made you change your mind about going out with me?” he asked as they crossed the parking lot. “Not that I’m complaining. But you’ve been saying no for almost a year.”
“Truth?”
“Always.”
“You always seem so predictable, but you doing this . . .” She shook her head. “I guess it made me see you in a different light.”
He held her car door open for her as she tucked the canvas facedown in the backseat and then got in the car. “I’m glad it took me completely humiliating myself to get you to go out with me. Maybe I won’t kill your brother for this ridiculous bet, after all,” he said. “I’ll make reservations at the Tackle Box and pick you up at eight tomorrow.” When she looked at him for a moment too long, he said, “You don’t like the Tackle Box?”
“Do you work tomorrow?” she asked as she got back out of the car.
“Yes.”
“That was a dumb question. You’re always working. Let me rephrase the question. Can you take the day off tomorrow?”
Enzo quickly thought about all the teleconferences he had scheduled and all the reports he had to do. “I can.”
“Okay, so I’ll pick you up at eight.”
“Uh . . . I don’t understand.”
“Eight in the morning,” she clarified. “I asked you out, so I pick. That’s the deal, okay? It’s my treat. I pick where we go and what we do.”
“I don’t think—”
“You hate giving up control, don’t you?” she asked wryly, already knowing the answer. “Don’t worry so much. Just be ready. It’ll be fun—spontaneous. You’ll like it. I promise.”
He let out a breath. “Fun and spontaneous isn’t something I’m very comfortable with,” he admitted. But then he decided, What the hell? He’d already survived taking the biggest leap of faith of his life by moving from Brazil to Florida, something that was so completely out of character his parents thought he was still mourning the end of his marriage. So, going on a date with a beautiful woman and letting her take the lead . . . what could possibly go wrong?
“Okay, fine. I’ll text you my address,” he said as he leaned in and kissed her cheek. She folded herself into her crappy fifteen-year-old Honda Civic, which was mostly red, except for some patches where the paint had chipped off. The bumper was held together with a hot-pink bungee cord, and there were bumper stickers plastered everywhere. He couldn’t picture her with any other car but this one; somehow it suited her perfectly. But she was absolutely out of her mind if she thought he’d be going anywhere with her in that clunker tomorrow.
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Sidney Halston lives her life
by one simple rule: “Just do it.” And that’s exactly what she did. At the age
of thirty, having never written anything other than a legal brief, she picked
up a pen for the first time to pursue her dream of becoming an author. That first
stroke sealed the deal, and she fell in love with writing. Halston lives in
South Florida with her husband and children.
