One Perfect Kiss (Hope, #8)

by Jaci Burton

The New York Times bestselling author of Love Me Again returns to the town of Hope, Oklahoma, where school is in session and love rules the playbook.

Josie Barnes has always craved a sense of home. She's found that in Hope, Oklahoma—she bought a house, has a new job as an English teacher at Hope High, she's made wonderful friends, and she's taking in stray animals that no one else wants. Now she's flirting with fellow teacher and hot high school football coach Zach Powers. But he's almost too good to be true, and Josie learned long ago not to trust in the too-good-to-be-true, because it has always let her down.

A former pro football player, Zach had to pull back when a career-ending knee injury forced him to rethink his future. Now he's happy calling plays as Coach. If he could just get Josie Barnes to stop benching his players for their poor grades, life would be perfect. Instead, she drives him crazy as the stern teacher at school and the sexy woman of his dreams outside of the classroom. He knows she's been hurt in the past, but he wants to be that guy she can trust.

The one thing Josie has never been able to count on is the people closest to her. But Zach intends to show her that what they have between them is a textbook case of love.

• ISBN10: 0399585095
• ISBN13: 9780399585098
• Publish Date: 4 September 2018
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
• Imprint: Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.
• Format: Paperback (US Mass Market)
• Pages: 320
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780399585098

Reviews

[Sam@WLABB]

Rating: 3.5 Stars

It has been awhile since I visited Hope, and it was nice to be back.

Zach came to Hope for a fresh start after losing his football career to an injury. Josie was also there hoping to start anew after being betrayed by her last boyfriend. As just about the only single people left in their social circle, they struck up a friendship, which was accompanied by an obvious attraction. Both Josie and Zach were looking for some fun, but it seemed like this friendship ran a deeper than that, but would Josie and Zach be able to set aside their past and take a chance on each other?

This was what I have grow to expect from the Hope books. Likable hero and heroine, great chemistry, fun banter, a touch of drama, and lots of time spent with their awesome friends. I absolutely adored Zach. He really put himself out there, and was just so perfect. Josie was a little bit tougher to love, though her affection for unwanted animals put her in a special category for me, I still wanted to give her a good shake, or make her see a professional to help her work through her past, because Zach was too good to let slip away.

Overall: A solid story, and I did grow to care about Zach, Josie, and their future.

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