Review: Good Girl by Lauren Layne

Posted May 19, 2016 by Rowena in Reviews | 1 Comment

Review: Good Girl by Lauren LayneReviewer: Rowena
Good Girl by Lauren Layne
Series: Love Unexpectedly #2
Also in this series: Walk of Shame, An Ex for Christmas (Love Unexpectedly), Good Girl
Publisher: Loveswept
Publication Date: May 17, 2016
Genres: New Adult
Pages: 220
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three-half-stars
Series Rating: three-stars

Lauren Layne brings all the unpredictable heat of her USA Today bestseller Blurred Lines to an all-new cast of characters! Country music’s favorite good girl is hiding away from the world—only to find herself bunking with a guy who makes her want to be a little bad.

Jenny Dawson moved to Nashville to write music, not get famous. But when her latest record goes double platinum, Jenny’s suddenly one of the town’s biggest stars—and the center of a tabloid scandal connecting her with a pop star she’s barely even met. With paparazzi tracking her every move, Jenny flees to a remote mansion in Louisiana to write her next album. The only hiccup is the unexpected presence of a brooding young caretaker named Noah, whose foul mouth and snap judgments lead to constant bickering—and serious heat.

Noah really should tell Jenny that he’s Preston Noah Maxwell Walcott, the owner of the estate where the feisty country singer has made her spoiled self at home. But the charade gives Noah a much-needed break from his own troubles, and before long, their verbal sparring is indistinguishable from foreplay. But as sizzling nights give way to quiet pillow talk, Noah begins to realize that Jenny’s almost as complicated as he is. To fit into each other’s lives, they’ll need the courage to face their problems together—before the outside world catches up to them.

Good Girl is the second book in the Love Unexpectedly series by Lauren Layne and I spent a good chunk of the book wanting to kick the hero in his nuts but all is well that ends well and this was one of those books.

Jenny Dawson is country pop star and she needs a place to lay low while the latest scandal that is not even a little bit true about her dies down and she finds herself on her way to Louisiana, renting a mansion to get away from everything and focusing on the one thing that matters in all of this…her music.

Noah Maxwell owns the mansion that Jenny is renting and when the spoiled pop princess pisses him off and thinks he’s the property caretaker, he lets her think it. He keeps up the ruse while they’re living at the house together and while he tries to stay out of her business and her way because he’s working on his own stuff, you just know that his little white lie was going to pop up and kick him in the ass…and it does in a big way.

I really enjoyed the banter between Noah and Jenny when Noah wasn’t being a complete dickhead to her. And he was a dickhead to her a lot but it’s a testament to how much I enjoy Lauren Layne’s writing because I continued on with the story and was rewarded for my dedication. I like how this story ended and was happy when Noah finally came into his own and owned up to being a dickhead to Jenny. I thought that he made things right with Jenny in a way that left me satisfied that they were going to be okay (for a while there, I wasn’t so sure). This book was a fast read. It was cute and steamy and though the story might not work for everyone (because I know Holly and Nath’s reading tastes, I hesitate to recommend this book to you guys. I feel like you would want to burn Noah’s house down, Holly), I enjoyed this book.

Grade: 3.5 out of 5

Reading Order

Blurred Lines
Good Girl

three-half-stars


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