What Lovers Do
by Jewel E Ann

Shep’s found the female version of himself … and he thinks she’s perfect—perfectly unavailable.

Everyone loves Shep, the charismatic employee at Scottsdale’s newest pet store. He has shared custody of his two dogs with his annoying ex-wife and a smile that can disarm most women.

Except … Dr. Sophie Ryan.

What starts out as a disastrous first meeting, involving a coffee catastrophe and mistaken flirting, turns into an unconventional friendship.

Fake phone sex.

Dog park dates.

And eighteen holes of golf.

The problem? Sophie’s taken herself out of the dating pool for a mysterious reason, imprisoning Shep in the friend zone for eternity.

As their competitive personalities hit a boiling point, the gloves come off and so do their clothes. When Sophie’s “real” life threatens their relationship, can Shep let go of his past to chase the one that might get away?

 

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Favorite Quotes:

 

Nora covers her mouth and snorts. “You had me. I honestly thought you had connections to royalty.” “I do.” I check my teeth in the oval mirror on the wall. “My mom is a royal pain in my ass.”

 

I sometimes miss the woman I married, but I never miss the woman I divorced.

 

“Stop talking about my nipples.” “You brought them up. Don’t get me wrong, I was hoping you would. Like… really hoping. I’ve been meaning to compliment you on them. That day at the store, I wanted to give them a slow clap or something special like that. Maybe a ribbon like at the state fair.”

 

“You should have been a politician.” “Because I’m a gifted orator?” “Because you’re full of shit.”

 

It’s nearly impossible for lovers to end and still be friends. Casually falling out of love is as likely as finding a unicorn at a petting zoo.

 

I’m spending way too much time thinking about all the ways I could make you leave my house and at least half of them involve your body being unresponsive and lacking a pulse.

 

My Review:

 

Jewel E. Ann has obviously been blessed by the ink fairies with divinely clever word skills and has graced us with another deftly written, engaging, and profoundly funny tale that hit all the feels. It was better than eating crackerjacks and finding a prize in every handful. The storylines were well-paced, brilliantly contrived, and laced together with sparkling irreverent humor that had me barking aloud at my kindle. I adored these well-nuanced characters and was rooting for them all the way.

 Jewel is a Wall Street Journal & USA Today best-selling author with a quirky sense of humor. When she’s not saving the planet one tree at a time, you can find her role modeling questionable behavior to her three boys, binge-watching Netflix with her husband, and writing mind-bending romance.