Joke's on You (SWAT Generation 2.0, #6)

by Lani Lynn Vale

Booth Pena definitely didn’t make the smartest of decisions when he was a teenager.

At eighteen, he knocked a girl up and signed up for the military all in the same day—signing his life away in more ways than one. Fast forward six weeks and he’s in bootcamp learning that he’s going to be a father while also learning that not only is he going to be deployed, but it’s going to stay that way for a year.

There weren’t a lot of things that the baby’s mother and he saw eye to eye on after that. He honestly wasn’t sure why he even slept with her in the first place.

Okay, that last part is a lie. He knows exactly why he slept with her. Because the real woman he’s in love with, her twin sister, Dillan, won’t give him the time of day.

Five years later, and he still wants her.

Now he’s home for good, being the best father and police officer that he can be, and still he’s not good enough.

***

Dillan Davidsdottir hated Booth Pena. Immensely.

She hated him because he slept with her sister, then left. Granted, she knew that he hadn’t meant to leave like he did, unknowingly and unconsciously leaving his son behind, but that didn’t change the fact that he had.

Five years later, and she still dislikes him just as much now as she did when he chose the wrong sister to take to his bed.

Maybe if he’d chosen her, her heart wouldn’t be broken, and his wouldn’t be untouchable.

But when a SWAT officer sees his life flash before his eyes, and decides that enough is enough, what’s a girl to do?

Give in, that’s what.

• ASIN: B07TZKTQDP
• Publish Date: 9 June 2020
• Publish Status: Active
• Format: eBook (Kindle)
• Pages: 238
• Language: English

Reviews

[thebookdisciple]

Jokes on You brings us the weird double twin love quadrilateral that we have all been waiting for (well, those of us who have been reading this series anyway)! Let me say: I went into this book with a lot of icky feelings about the idea of the hero, Booth, having a baby with the heroine's twin sister (Delanie). That whole "sleeping with your sister's ex" is weird enough, but throw in a baby and I was just already giving a hard side eye to this book.

Now, having told you I was side eyeing hard, I will say that Vale handles it well. There wasn't any type of relationship between Booth and Delanie; they had sex one time. Also, something happened to them and they really weren't in full awareness. It is still weird to me for Dillan to be aunt and step-mom to Booth and Delanie's son, Asa, but if there ever was a case where I would be okay with a sister dating her twin's baby daddy, its this one. Delanie is also totally fine with it and she makes it clear she has never had any feelings for Booth.

That wasn't the biggest problem Dillan and Booth faced in Jokes On You. You learn early on Dillan has a creep for a friend. Also, her dad is a complete jerk. These two characters combined were rage inducing for sure!

Fans of single parent romances, crazy stalkers, and dysfunctional families will enjoy Jokes on You for its delightful characters and enough drama/danger to keep things moving.

 

•   POV: dual 1st


•   Tears: no


•   Trope: love square, police/cops, family drama


•   Triggers: (show spoiler)[Dillan has a stalker] (hide spoiler)


•   Series/Standalone: stand alone within an interconnected series


•   Cliffhanger: (show spoiler)[no] (hide spoiler)


•   HEA: (show spoiler)[yes, but no epilogue since the next book will be Bourne  and Delanie's book] (hide spoiler)

Trouble by Adriana Locke, Baiting Him by Aurora Rose Reynolds, Securing Avery by Susan Stoker,...then you will probably like Jokes On You!

 

Jokes on you

See full review on The Book Disciple

[Romance Schmomance]

Seriously, I've just about loved every single book in this series. Honestly, I wasn't sure if I was going to like this one or not because of the various things that happens in this. But it's definitely not what you think, there's more to the story and wow.

I went in thinking I'd have some major problems with some of the characters, but you'll be pleasantly surprised that I actually loved all of them.

Truly loved Booth and Dillan's story, the heroes are always to the point and not ones to mess around. Definitely an interesting situation.

Full review to come.

Based off some reviews I've seen, there's no cheating or OW drama.