The Fix Up
First Impressions, 1
Tawna Fenske
Entangled LoveStruck
December 14, 2015
Uncovering this sexy
geek’s charm is easy. Keeping her hands off of him is impossible.
While he may look like the love child of a movie starlet and an NFL linebacker, Ben Langley has the people skills of a half-drowned porcupine. Why socialize when there are chemistry labs and bad sci-fi flicks? If he has any hope of taking the helm as CEO of the family business, Ben needs an image makeover. Pronto.
Enter Holly Colvin, owner of First Impressions public
relations and branding firm, and the woman who just saved Ben from the clutches
of an over-attentive sales clerk. Holly’s rebranded hundreds of companies in
her career, but she’s never rebranded a person. The guy clearly needs help,
though, and she’s just the woman for the job.
With the clock ticking for them both, Holly and Ben face off
over wardrobe malfunctions and business jargon that sounds a lot sexier than it
should. But can Holly make Ben into the man he thinks he should be without
losing the man she’s starting to love?
My Thoughts:
Get ready folks and meet Ben Langley. He's hot and sexy, but has no clue how to use those qualities. Deep down he's a totally geek who loves bad old sci-fi movies, and gets off talking about knowing facts. Seriously, I'm surprise he didn't have a collection of Mystery Science Theater 3000. Plus, he makes the information about the company he's running sound so dirty, but he doesn't have a clue. Uber cute. Plus, he's loyal to his friends. Sounds so dreamy. So, he hires Holly Colvin to help him rebrand him into more like his father, sort of. He's not quite sure he wants to be completely like his father. Trust me his father is a Grade A asshole who believes that women should be arm candy, or barefoot and pregnant and sitting at home. He sounds...awe-inspiring (insert eye roll). Basically, Ben is trying to find his footing in becoming the CEO.
Oh my goodness, The Fix Up is just fun. It had me chuckling with the underline innuendos. We watch Ben become the CEO he wants to be instead of a carbon copy of his father, thank goodness. Also, we have Holly learning that not all guys are assholes like her ex-husband and Ben's father. It takes sometime for her to realize that Ben is good guy. Plus, Holly and Ben are adorable together. I mean they watch bad sci-fi movies and thumb war one another, yes they do other stuff, but it's the cute stuff that counts. By the end the story, I'm wanting more from this series and I can't wait to see what Tawna cooks up in the next book. So, if you are looking for a laugh and fun, you might give The Fix Up a go.
Copy provided by Entangled via NetGalley
Excerpt from The Fix Up:
Get ready folks and meet Ben Langley. He's hot and sexy, but has no clue how to use those qualities. Deep down he's a totally geek who loves bad old sci-fi movies, and gets off talking about knowing facts. Seriously, I'm surprise he didn't have a collection of Mystery Science Theater 3000. Plus, he makes the information about the company he's running sound so dirty, but he doesn't have a clue. Uber cute. Plus, he's loyal to his friends. Sounds so dreamy. So, he hires Holly Colvin to help him rebrand him into more like his father, sort of. He's not quite sure he wants to be completely like his father. Trust me his father is a Grade A asshole who believes that women should be arm candy, or barefoot and pregnant and sitting at home. He sounds...awe-inspiring (insert eye roll). Basically, Ben is trying to find his footing in becoming the CEO.
Oh my goodness, The Fix Up is just fun. It had me chuckling with the underline innuendos. We watch Ben become the CEO he wants to be instead of a carbon copy of his father, thank goodness. Also, we have Holly learning that not all guys are assholes like her ex-husband and Ben's father. It takes sometime for her to realize that Ben is good guy. Plus, Holly and Ben are adorable together. I mean they watch bad sci-fi movies and thumb war one another, yes they do other stuff, but it's the cute stuff that counts. By the end the story, I'm wanting more from this series and I can't wait to see what Tawna cooks up in the next book. So, if you are looking for a laugh and fun, you might give The Fix Up a go.
Copy provided by Entangled via NetGalley
Excerpt from The Fix Up:
The saleswoman turned and scurried away,
leaving Ben to stare down at the wife now affixed to his arm. She tucked her
hair behind her ear and glanced the direction the saleswoman had retreated.
“I hope I read that right.” The brunette
scooted out from under his arm, and he instantly missed her softness. She
looked up at him with those odd violet-gray eyes and smiled. “You looked like
you were being eaten alive there, but too polite to tell her to back off.”
“Eaten alive,” he repeated, a little
mesmerized by the woman’s eyes. “I’m not entirely sure.”
“Seemed like that’s what was going on.
Salesgirl sees a big guy with a big budget and big—” she paused, then gave a
small shrug. “Well, sometimes it brings out the worst in women.”
“Thank you,” he said, meaning it. “I’ve
been flying back and forth between cities all week, so I’m a little jetlagged
and distracted. I guess I wasn’t even a hundred percent sure I was being—uh—”
“Hit on? Ogled? Mentally undressed?”
“Right.” He cleared his throat. “Not
until you pointed it out. Thanks for the rescue.”
“No problem. Pay it forward sometime.”
“Is that real? It’s huge.”
She blinked, then glanced down at the
paperweight-sized rock adorning her ring finger. “Nah, I keep it in my purse
for when I want to avoid getting hit on at ladies’ night.”
“Does it work?”
“Not with the real jackasses, which
probably defeats the purpose, huh?”
He nodded, not sure what to say to that.
“I’m sorry, what was your name again?”
“Holly. Holly Colvin. I’m the owner of
First Impressions.”
“First Impressions?”
“We’re a public relations and branding
firm that specializes in creating and remaking corporate identities.” She
fished into her purse to pull out a business card. She held it out to him and
Ben started to reach for it, but Holly withdrew her hand.
“Shit. Vampira the Sales Queen is headed
back here.”
Before he could say anything, Holly was
sliding her hand around to cup his ass. For a few beats, he thought she was
copping a feel, and he hoped like hell she kept doing it. Then he realized she
was tucking her card into his back pocket. She grinned and tilted her head back
to look up at him.
“Gotta commit to the role, right?”
“Right,” he murmured, staring down into
those slate-speckled eyes. “We certainly do.”
“I suppose we could throw in a little
something extra if you really want her to buy it.”
“Like what?”
Her lips parted slightly, almost like she
was braced for a kiss. Or was that his imagination? It seemed hot in here, and
he was getting dizzy, and now all he could think about was claiming those
perfect lips.
“I’m
sure you’ll come up with something,” she murmured.
Her mouth looked so soft, so inviting,
and he could have sworn her lashes fluttered low the way they might if she were
waiting for him to make a move. A big
move.
He knew what he needed to do. What he wanted to do.
And with that, he bent and kissed her.
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