IOU Series Book 5: Notorious by Leslie McAdam

 

IOU Book 5

Picking up your favorite adult film star at a bar in Vegas is a bad idea—especially when you wake up the next morning married to him. Ask me how I know.

Before I met Velvet the Cowboy, the public knew me as an innocuous guy who was running for office.

Now I’ve gone from boring to notorious in twenty-four hours.

The hot stranger’s ring on my finger puts a damper on my political ambitions, since his day job isn’t voter-friendly. An annulment is a no-go, and a quickie divorce would make me look unreliable.

In any case, when I find out Velvet’s dark plans, I know I can’t let him out of my sight. Which means I’m taking a gorgeous, 6’6”, slow-talking cowboy home with me to protect him from himself.

Being with him might light my career on fire. I’m just not expecting it to do the same to my heart.

Notorious is a stand-alone contemporary romance about Johnny Haskell, a cowboy turned adult star who stops to pet every good dog (and they’re all good dogs), and Kurt Delmont, a senatorial candidate who wants to save the world. It features recovery from a mental health crisis, healing from old wounds, and love that takes these two by surprise. This book contains sensitive themes; a detailed description of the contents is in the author’s note in the book preview. Happily ever after guaranteed.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/208692718-notorious

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My Review: 5/5 Stars

You have never read a “drunk in Vegas, wake up married” story like this one. Leslie blew me away with this story. Please read her author’s note in the beginning and the trigger warnings before you read. This story goes deep into mental health and I thought Leslie handled it beautifully. Our story follows Kurt and Johnny! Who we have seen a bit of throughout the IOU series and who definitely deserve a happy ending after learning what these two have been through. Johnny’s story is heartbreaking. The night he receives a lifetime achievement award in his profession as an adult content star is the night he plans to rid himself of the world. With so much pain he has been through emotionally and not, it’s clear to see how he has gotten to that point and heartbreaking to see he believes everyone would be better off. But that night he meets Kurt. And though Kurt doesn’t realize in that moment, he stop Johnny from his plans. For that night at least. Because the next morning the two of them wake up very hungover and very much married. But Kurt sees what Johnny has in his hotel room and knows he can’t stand by and watch Johnny go through with it. They start an honesty game and Johnny finds himself actually being honest about it all. The two of them have a connection, that much is so clear. And though they are strangers, there is something about the other that starts a bit of trust. They start a healing journey together. And they get a chance to fall in love. Their love story is so sweet and it balances all the tough topics in this story. There is so many different pieces to this story, and I couldn’t put it down! I just thought Leslie did such a great job with it! These two characters were great to get to know and watch as they fell in love. Another great addition to this series for sure!

I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.