Book Review: Friends With Benedicts by Staci Hart @imaquirkybird

Friends With Benedicts
by Staci Hart

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Timing is everything.

Presley Hale and Sebastian Vargas are no strangers to goodbye. Their high school summers were spent wrapped up in each other until she would inevitably go home to California. One season after college, Sebastian finally escaped the little Texas town to travel the world, and they said goodbye for what they thought might be the last time.
Sebastian went one way. Presley went the other.

For the first time in five years, theyā€™re both in town, but the timing is no better than ever. So the only thing to do is what they do best. Keep it casual.

Friends with benefits.

Theyā€™ve done it beforeā€”doing it again will be easy.

But their hearts donā€™t get the memo.

When the lines of their arrangement blur, Presley and Sebastian are faced with decisions theyā€™ve avoided for years. And thatā€™s not even their biggest problem.
A small town in danger of failing.

A secret that could tear them apart.

And two hearts that canā€™t hide anymore.

Theyā€™ve shared so many summers, but none compare to what theyā€™ll face.

Timing is everything.
And their time is almost up.

 

My Rating:

Favorite Quotes:

Lightning struck me dead to the spotā€”shock, I realized distantly. The sensation was followed by the frying of my ovaries like a couple of unsuspecting eggs. Sebastian Vargas had that effect on me and my eggs. I turned, smiling through my surprise. And there he stood, tall, dark and smirking at me in that way that made all the girls fling their panties at him.

Itā€™s our curse. Our men either die young or leave. So just make sure heā€™s healthy and isnā€™t going anywhere.

ā€œI really am a kick ass mom, arenā€™t I?ā€ ā€œJudging by the small fortune in the swear jar, Iā€™d beg to differ.ā€

No more telling Priscilla her dad was busy fighting crime in Metropolis, or that he was on a moon station collecting rock samples. Donā€™t worryā€” she didnā€™t believe me. It was a running joke in our family. Sometimes he swallowed knives with the circus. Sometimes he was a baseball hall of famer. Just depended on my mood.

 

My Review:

 

This was a delightfully fun read with the steamy treats and witty and irreverent humor that I tend to savor. I am totally enamored with Staci Hart. While I may be a relatively new acolyte I am now a devoted one. I enjoy her breezy and cleverly amusing writing style with edgy insights and keen observations. Her characters are lovable and endearing yet a bit frayed and struggling. The storylines were engaging, relatable, and highly entertaining. In a word, it was delectable.

 

Staci has been a lot of things up to this point in her life — a graphic designer, an entrepreneur, a seamstress, a clothing and handbag designer, a waitress. Can’t forget that. She’s also been a mom, with three little girls who are sure to grow up to break a number of hearts. She’s been a wife, though she’s certainly not the cleanest, or the best cook. She’s also super, duper fun at a party, especially if she’s been drinking whiskey. When she’s not writing, she’s reading, sleeping, gaming, or designing graphics.

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7 Replies to “Book Review: Friends With Benedicts by Staci Hart @imaquirkybird”

  1. This forces me to ask did you ever have friends with benefits. I got such an offer recently. I, the closet romantic, refused it… Oh my the title gave me the feels. Or it is probably indigestion. šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£

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