40-Love by Olivia Dade

40-Love (There's Something about Marysburg, #2)

by Olivia Dade

This match is no game.

When a rogue wave strips Tess Dunn of her bikini top, desperate, half-naked times call for desperate, please-cover-me-kids-are-coming-closer measures. Enter Lucas Karlsson, AKA that flirty Swede in the water nearby. When he prevents her bare buoys from being exposed to fellow vacationers, even an ocean can't drown the sparks that fly.

Lucas, a former top-level tennis pro now giving lessons at the resort, fled there after the abrupt, painful end to his injury-plagued career. But he's finally ready to move on with his life--and after a few late-night, hands-on sessions with Tess, he's eager to prove he's the ace she wants.

But this match comes with challenges: She's forty, and at twenty-six, he's barely old enough to rent a car. Worse, they only have two weeks together before Tess returns to her assistant-principal life in Virginia. During that brief time, they'll have to play hard, take a few risks, and find out whether their chemistry is a one-shot wonder...or whether they're meant to be doubles partners for life.

Reviewed by scarr on

3 of 5 stars

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Here’s the deal with this book ... I really liked the concept! Older woman, younger man; athletic guy, curvy lady. Yay representation. My issue is with the main lady - she’s kind of annoying about the age difference and her nicknames for genitalia was gag-me-with-a-spoon bad. I totally get the body self consciousness, but like youre 40 not 100. I liked her otherwise. No complaints about the main guy.

Ps. This is one of the few romances that include a period love scene. I would like to see more - note I did not say more graphic - period-positive content in romance novels. “Always Only You” by Chloe Liese includes frisky business whilst a period is happening. Again I’m not asking for a blood bath, I just think it’s realistic and intimate to acknowledge people with uteruses have periods. It’s healthy and normal. End rant.

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