Cocky Hotshot by Anne Marsh is the brand new addition to the Cocky Hero Club! The Cocky Hero Club is original works from various authors whose stories are inspired by Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward's New York Times bestselling Cocky Bastard series.
Cocky Hotshot is a forced proximity, opposites attract, hate to love story. In the beginning we met Peony Bloom. She is a programmer who created a unique code that could calculate the probability of a couple staying together. From that code she started a business called The Odds of Us. She ran the business with her boyfriend Chris. They had planned a romantic getaway at a remote cabin in the Klamath moutains in California. As Peony was enroute, Chris called. He wasn't coming. He was ending their relationship. He had moved on. But the real kicker was that he was selling her company! In two days! Peony was on this mountain, and had to get back down. It is then that she notices smoke up the mountain. A fire. Shortly after that, while in a panic, she meets Bane Wilson. A hotshot firefighter who offers to guide her back down the mountain in exchange for her taking him to San Fransisco. The smoke is getting closer so they need to get a move on. These two are destined for a whirlwind romance, but can it survive when reality sets in?
When I read the description for Cocky Hotshot, I was immediately intrigued. A road trip and whirlwind romance with a hotshot firefighter who rescued you from the mountain? Um, yes please.While there was a romance and a road trip after being guided down the mountain, this just didn't feel like what I was being sold on based on the description.
What happened to Bane being a firefighter? Even if he was a firefighter, his crew would have known he was separated from the group. Yet it was no big deal that he just wandered off with this random woman. Since it took a few days for Peony and Bane to make it back down the mountain, how long was she hiking up to the remote cabin? How did she not realize she was so far away from her vehicle. She seems like a smart woman who would have researched the crap out of the location of this "romantic getaway". In regards to Peony's business, and former partner, um what? Can that even happen? My gut tells me no.
The steamy moments between Peony and Bane, were definitely steamy. That being said, I felt no connection, no spark, between them. Peony was high maintenance and annoying. Bane was at least a bit likable, and he definitely had the alpha-hole persona going. I did find myself curious about him though, especially since he was dodging questions regarding his job.
This hate to love, opposites attract, forced proximity story had so much potential. Yet at the end of the day, it was a miss for me. Were there parts that I enjoyed? Yeah, there were. I enjoyed their banter on the mountain. I enjoyed how Bane pushed her out of her comfort zones. On Goodreads I gave this book a rating of 2 stars.
What happened to Bane being a firefighter? Even if he was a firefighter, his crew would have known he was separated from the group. Yet it was no big deal that he just wandered off with this random woman. Since it took a few days for Peony and Bane to make it back down the mountain, how long was she hiking up to the remote cabin? How did she not realize she was so far away from her vehicle. She seems like a smart woman who would have researched the crap out of the location of this "romantic getaway". In regards to Peony's business, and former partner, um what? Can that even happen? My gut tells me no.
The steamy moments between Peony and Bane, were definitely steamy. That being said, I felt no connection, no spark, between them. Peony was high maintenance and annoying. Bane was at least a bit likable, and he definitely had the alpha-hole persona going. I did find myself curious about him though, especially since he was dodging questions regarding his job.
This hate to love, opposites attract, forced proximity story had so much potential. Yet at the end of the day, it was a miss for me. Were there parts that I enjoyed? Yeah, there were. I enjoyed their banter on the mountain. I enjoyed how Bane pushed her out of her comfort zones. On Goodreads I gave this book a rating of 2 stars.
Thank you for reading my thoughts on Cocky Hotshot.
Laura
What do you do when your cheating business partner/boyfriend (bad, bad idea) announces he’s selling your software company on Thursday to fund his new life with his other girlfriend?
You hurry back to stop him, of course. He’s not getting rich on my dime! Or that would be the plan, but I’m currently lost in the Klamath Mountains, access to my car cut off by a California wildfire, and there’s no way I make it back in time.
Desperate times call for desperate measures, so I come up with a backup plan: putting the six-plus feet of hot, sexy, mountain man who crash-lands at my feet to good use (no, no that).
Bane Wilson is a very cocky hotshot firefighter with a dirty attitude. He never shuts up and he always jumps in feet-first. We clash over life choices, the value of having a good plan, and who’s the boss of who, but it turns out we both sing loudly when no one’s listening, love junk food, and have really lousy exes.
We make a deal. He’ll be my guide down the trail, and I’ll be his chauffeur back to San Francisco. Traveling together disrupts all my carefully laid plans—and no matter how many times I tell myself I don’t even like this guy, the California wilderness isn’t the only thing on fire. Bane and I have serious chemistry. He’s not Mr. Forever. He’s just Mr. Fun. There’s no future for us and we’re supposed to part ways as soon as we reach San Francisco, exactly as I planned. We’ve both been scarred by our pasts and I don’t take chances. Turns out, I never should have let him into my car, let alone my life—or my heart
What do you do when your cheating business partner/boyfriend (bad, bad idea) announces he’s selling your software company on Thursday to fund his new life with his other girlfriend?
You hurry back to stop him, of course. He’s not getting rich on my dime! Or that would be the plan, but I’m currently lost in the Klamath Mountains, access to my car cut off by a California wildfire, and there’s no way I make it back in time.
Desperate times call for desperate measures, so I come up with a backup plan: putting the six-plus feet of hot, sexy, mountain man who crash-lands at my feet to good use (no, no that).
Bane Wilson is a very cocky hotshot firefighter with a dirty attitude. He never shuts up and he always jumps in feet-first. We clash over life choices, the value of having a good plan, and who’s the boss of who, but it turns out we both sing loudly when no one’s listening, love junk food, and have really lousy exes.
We make a deal. He’ll be my guide down the trail, and I’ll be his chauffeur back to San Francisco. Traveling together disrupts all my carefully laid plans—and no matter how many times I tell myself I don’t even like this guy, the California wilderness isn’t the only thing on fire. Bane and I have serious chemistry. He’s not Mr. Forever. He’s just Mr. Fun. There’s no future for us and we’re supposed to part ways as soon as we reach San Francisco, exactly as I planned. We’ve both been scarred by our pasts and I don’t take chances. Turns out, I never should have let him into my car, let alone my life—or my heart
Cocky Hotshot is a road trip/forced proximity romantic comedy inspired by Cocky Bastard.
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New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Anne Marsh writes funny, sexy romantic comedies and paranormal romance.
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Thank you to Anne Marsh, and Give Me Books PR, for providing me with an advanced copy of Cocky Hotshot.
