The only downside was the cliffhanger...

The book blurb did not do this book justice at all. Spoilers coming because this book blew away my expectations and I have to explain why, but I'll let you know some non-spoiler stuff first

Celeste - big, beautiful, and used to pretend friends taking credit for all her brilliant work. I loved this woman. She was neither overly self-conscious nor overly bold for a plus-size woman. Bigger heroines tend to swing between bold, brash, and dgaf or shy, introverted, and stumbling over how anyone could love their curves. T. Ashley wrote a perfect, real, woman. Celeste knows she's smart. She isn't afraid to wear sexy clothes, although she can get concerned about how others view her in those clothes if the situation changes. Just like a real woman would. She's charismatic and the kind of person you'd like to befriend because she gives things her all but also has boundaries in place.

This is my first T. Ashley book and I appreciate how body-positive and sex-positive it is. Body rolls and form-fitting clothes were not negative things nor were they fetishized. Guys may have liked Celeste's size, but they fell for the full package and didn't act ashamed of that. T. Ashley also had no qualms writing about masturbation, safe sex, or consent in realistic ways. None of it broke the mood of the delicious and downright panty-drenching scenes the author set up. I applaud that kind of talent.

OK now...spoilers ahead







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"Three men, mama! Three!" - I giggled when Celeste said this because that's 100% how I felt about her uber sexy collection of men. I went in expecting one main man and was so happy to be wrong.

Sullivan - the singer needing a PR revamp. This man is smooth chocolate mixed with bitter feelings from a toxic relationship with his psycho mother and former manager. All about treating a woman right.
Chaz - the entrepreneur/chauffer/head of security. Damn did he say all the right things and have all the right moves plus a little extra talent. All about consent.
Luis - the bodyguard with boy-next-door vibes. The only white boy in the mix, Luis is ready to jump in the ring, but also willing to stay just friends if that's what Celeste needs. All about being there for her.

I follow this author on Tik Tok and she mentioned that this book had been a straight up contemporary romance that took a magic turn. I can totally see where this happened and yet it didn't break my enjoyment one bit. I was down for pr/manager stuck on a bus with her hotter than hell but off-limits client and his super-sexy security. We were well on our way and then the gods got involved and our contemporary suddenly got way more interesting.

Totally loved and now very interested in seeing this series grow.