Swallow Cove Book 3: Knockin’ Boats by DJ Jamison

 

Swallow Cove Book 3

He was my best friend, and now I hate him. So why do I keep kissing him?

There was a time Ash and I were inseparable.

When I moved high schools, we went from friends to rivals. I could deal with that. But when he hooked up with my ex-girlfriend? We became enemies overnight.

The Ozarks is a big lake, but somehow he's always in my way. First at a flashy rival boat company, where we're always knockin' boats on booze cruises. Sometimes literally.

Now at the newly redeveloped Swallow Cove resort where I'm based.

Ash has some hair-brained idea to run a food boat for the resort. It's a silly fad that will never last. All flash and no substance, like him.

But now there's no avoiding the guy. Or his annoying face and perfect hair and cocky smiles always flashing my way.

Ash has always gotten whatever he wanted. My sports trophies. My ex-girlfriend. A job with *my* friends.

But as tension mounts between us and the heat of anger boils over into lust, I start to wonder:

What if the thing he wants most is me?

Knockin' Boats is Book 3 of the Swallow Cove series. It features ex-besties to enemies to lovers, a double bi-awakening, a super tight friend group, and a quirky lake town.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/216125317-knockin-boats

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My Review: 5/5 Stars

I have been so excited to read Sawyer and Ash’s story and it did not disappoint! We’ve known there has been tension and history between these two. Sawyer and Ash were best friends growing up. Inseparable. But when Sawyer’s parents were going through a divorce and they moved across the lake, he left behind his best friend. And when he learned that Ash hooked up with his ex girlfriend soon after? Well things were never the same. They became rivals and it carried them throughout until now. Sawyer is still angry and holding a grudge. All Ash wants to do is clear the air. He has missed his best friend. He knows he has to apologize and really talk to Sawyer. Explain more than what has appeared throughout the years. They lost a lot of time and things on both sides aren’t what they appear. When Ash sets up his new food boat on the lake and Sawyer is asked to help Ash, well it’s finally time to hash things out. Though neither expected the chemistry and kisses to result from it. Now it has them rethinking everything they had ever felt about one another. I loved this enemies to lovers stories. These two are definitely a favorite of mine. I loved how they slowly transitioned from ex best friends back to friends and something more. It is clear how much they loved one another and how that love never actually went away and was the start of something more if they were given the chance to find out before they became rivals. Overall a great story that I just couldn’t put down! And as always, I am looking forward to the next one!

I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.