The Cul-de-Sac War

Freaking Hilarious. For me, this book was the first in a while that had me literally laughing out loud and seemingly nearly literally laughing my tail off. And since it marked book 148 on the year (and thus somewhere north of 500 during the current US Presidency)... yeah, that's saying something. :D Probably not “Christian” enough for the “Christian Fiction” crowd, so attempting to market that direction is probably a misnomer. But for the “clean”/ “sweet” romance crowd, yeah, this will work. I could have done without a particular element of the epilogue. (Seriously, why do so many romances have to go there? I'd rather see explicit, hyper-kinky sex on page than that.) But beyond that particular quibble (which is probably about as common as my childfree married male in his late 30s status - which is, not very at all), this really was a fun book and a perfect rebound from the hyper-darkness of the book I read before it. Which also makes it a great rebound for whatever you may be feeling when this releases one week after the current US Presidential Election. And yes, that means this is an ARC read, with all that that entails. In the end, truly funny and fun, and very much recommended.

Bree is a free-spirited woman whose current profession (after trying many, many, before) is an actress at the local theatre. One night, during a play, she has a wardrobe malfunction and runs over a gentleman in her haste to find the costume director. He ends up helping her instead and saves the day while leaving the experience on a high note.

On the way home Bree is tailgated by a huge truck whose driver obviously needs lessons in road manners. Why does he keep following her? Why is he turning down her street? And WHY is he parking in the house next door. Bree meet Chip...your new neighbor.

I laughed so hard through this one from the very first chapter. What was first a positive experience, quickly turned from that to oh no he didn't, and what is that beast he calls a dog doing, to oh that's how you want to play it then? This is war.