The Valentine's Arrangement by Kelsie Leverich

The Valentine's Arrangement (Hard Feelings Novels, #1)

by Kelsie Leverich

The “emotional, spicy-hot story” (Belle's Book Bag) that propelled Kelsie Leverich to the New York Times bestseller list!

Tattoo artist Ronnie Clark is counting the days until Valentine’s Day is over. Ronnie doesn’t do romance. She doesn’t do flowers or dates, and she sure as hell doesn’t do love—not anymore.  Love leads to heartbreak, and she’s vowed never to let herself get hurt again.

Sergeant First Class Kale Emerson is home on his midtour leave from Iraq, but he only has one thing on his mind—returning to his soldiers to finish leading their mission. He’s dedicated to his men and to his country, and he’s not interested in getting wrapped up in a distracting relationship…but casual sex, that’s a different story. From the moment he sees Ronnie, he wants her. And he agrees to her terms: no romance, no fluff—just passion.

But as their sexual chemistry ignites, the lines of their arrangement get blurry, and Ronnie starts to push Kale away. And when Kale realizes he’s found his match in this gorgeous razor-tongued woman who is hell-bent against love, winning her heart could be the toughest battle he has ever fought.
 

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Ronnie Clark is this hard ass young tattoo artist. She followed her fiance after he joined the military, after he is deployed she learns that he has cheated on her. She will never date another military man again!

Kale Emerson, Captain America, as Ronnie calls him, is the handsome Sergent home on leave looking to get a memorial tattoo and maybe a casual fling while home.

When Kale walks in to get a tattoo by the ""BEST"" he is surprised to learn that Ronnie is a woman, an attractive woman at that. He quickly learns that she is very smart mouth and not having any of the flirting he might want to dish out. Needless to say he gets to her and they have a heated ""one nighter"", at least that is what Ronnie thinks. Kale on the other hand is just getting started.

This book was not a typical guy meets girl and goes after her. It had a lot of moments when you really felt like you were in the story and trying to help break those walls down. Normally I don't get very emotional about a book but when Kale leaves to go back on deployment my heart breaks that she has pushed him away. To Ronnie's dismay Kale isn't giving up though and even from a far, still is trying to get her to talk with him. It's not until his unexpected return that you get to see her walls finally break.

I really LOVED this book, it brought up some emotions that for me were hard but much needed. I highly recommend this for anybody that wants a romance that not only funny in parts but emotional and worth every single minute.

Reviewed by Kenzie for Cocktails and Books

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