The Duke Brothers Book 1: The Moment That Everything Changed by Lani Blake

 

Duke Brothers Book 1

He needed a date for his cousin’s wedding before his family forced one on him.

No strings. One night.

Sawyer Duke hadn’t planned on it being her.

Birdie McAllister was Lyntacky’s Little Miss Sunshine. Unnaturally happy and living her best life, or so he’d always believed.

All that changed when he overheard a single conversation.

Now he knows her secret, and he’s making her pay for his silence by being his plus-one.

The only issue Sawyer could see with the arrangement was that she no longer just annoyed him. Now he wanted her too.

Of all the people she knew to find out her secret, it had to be him. Sawyer Duke, Lyntacky’s grumpiest man. Yes, they have a monthly poll for that!

Birdie was just barely keeping her head above water, working three jobs and trying to keep her family home. She didn’t need a Duke poking his nose into her business.

She’d go to the wedding to ensure he kept her secret, but then she was avoiding him.

But a night surrounded by loved up people loosened Sawyer’s tongue, and she realized her secrets were nothing compared to his.

Clearly, there was more under that rough exterior than he wanted people to see.

Lyntacky was like most small towns. It had its interfering locals and families who could trace their roots back hundreds of years. Where Lyntacky stood out from the rest was their love of Square Dancing and the Duke brothers. Both were trouble. Neither had plans for leaving.

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My Review: 5/5 Stars

Lani Blake is the best when it comes to small town romances. You just want to live in one of these towns. Lake Howling and Ryker Falls, and now we have Lyntacky! And believe it or not, it is the quirkest of the towns. A place where if music plays in town tha means you have to stop what you are doing and line dance. Or else get thrown in the town jail for the day. Just ask Sawyer Duke. We’ve met the Dukes in the last Ryker Falls book and now we have a whole new cast of characters to discover. This story starts with Sawyer Duke and Birdie McAllister. The grumpy guy and the woman full of sunshine. You can’t describe them any better than that. Just ask every person in town. These two cross paths when Duke stumbles upon a very un-Birdie like job and he starts to see that he (and probably a lot of others) don’t know Birdie as well as they think. One thing leads to another and he is heling her (or blackmailing her) into coming with him to his cousin’s wedding to get his family off his back. That’s just the beginning of the story of these two when they realize their attraction to one another. But both carry some pretty heavy baggage and it will take a bit of time before either are ready to admit their feelings. As always, these stories are filled with hilarious moments and characters, romance, and a bit of action and plot twists to keep you on your toes! I’m looking forward to many more great stories from this town!

I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.