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| Southern Gentleman Book 3 |
There’s a crush, and then there are the type of feelings that Croft Cruisie evokes from a person.
He’s everything that any straight woman would want: tall, handsome, charismatic, muscular, and sweet.
At least, Carmichael thought he was sweet, until he brings another woman to the gym she owns with her brother, on the night that’s to be their first date, and lets her know in a quick and painful, non-verbal way that her feelings are not reciprocated.
Fast forward six months, and she’s still trying to move on from the rejection.
It doesn’t help that the jerk moves in next door to her, and that she has to see him workout shirtless every single day.
How can a woman get over a silly crush when that silly crush won’t so much as give her room to breathe?
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Croft doesn’t know what happened.
One day he was supposed to go on a date with the girl that wouldn’t leave his thoughts for even a second, and the next she’s avoiding him like the plague.
No matter how hard he tries—and admittedly, it isn’t all that hard due to the biggest case of his career taking over his life—he can’t get her to tell him what he did wrong. She refuses to give him a second chance.
At least, not until he’s nearly killed in front of the courthouse, that is.
The moment he sees his chance, he pounces. Or, more literally, he limps.
But the limping is what draws Carmichael in. The Southern charm that was instilled in him since birth will be what gets her to stay.
That’s his plan, anyway.
Funny thing about plans… they never seem to work out how you expect them to.
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My Review: 4/5 Stars
The final book from these series and we get to see Carmichael and Croft get their HEA! So this one starts with the day Carmichael and Croft are supposed to have their first date. But after a lot of miscommunication, jealousy, and a bit of pride that dates doesn't happen. Fast forward six months later, Carmichael is still mad over what happened while Croft doesn't know exactly what he did wrong. Though after being called out a bit, he does realize that it work and a bit of a handsy coworker may have been the issue. But he isn't going to let go of Carmichael. Croft works as a lawyer and had been stuck on a very big case and now that he is just about to be free of it he is given the chance to breathe and realize that he almost lost Carmichael and will do whatever he can to fix it. What he doesn't plan is to get shot. But he'll take advantage of the fact that Carmichael is his neighbor and let her help him as he recovers. After Croft gets shot, Carmichael begins to realize that she may have let her pride get in the way of her reaching out to him. She could have easily lost him and she realizes that would have hurt her in so many ways. It isn't long until the two of them finally stop being silly and tell the other how they feel. But there is more than just their romance going on. The day before Croft was shot, Carmichael's house was being broken into. Something else is going on and the two of them are in the crossfire. Can they figure out what is going on before something worse happens? This was a quick story but filled with the characters we have come to love and a great way to end the series.
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