Birthday Girl
True love comes from the most forbidden places in this TikTok smash hit from New York Times bestselling author Penelope Douglas, now with bonus material!
Jordan has nowhere else to go when her boyfriend offers to let her move in with him and his dad. Working a dead-end job, with her relationship sputtering, she jumps at the opportunity, expecting to help out around the house in exchange. What she doesn’t anticipate is for her heart to race every time Pike pulls into the driveway, or to burn when their eyes meet over the breakfast table. He’s kind and listens to her and protects her in a way no man ever has before. Her sister once told her there are no good men, and if you find one, he's probably unavailable. Only Pike isn't the unavailable one…she is.
As the days go by, Pike’s finding it anything but simple to have his son’s girlfriend living in his house. He can’t stop thinking about her and holding his breath every time they cross paths. It feels like she’s becoming a part of him. Except he knows they’re not free to give in to this. How could they when he’s her boyfriend’s father?
Jordan has nowhere else to go when her boyfriend offers to let her move in with him and his dad. Working a dead-end job, with her relationship sputtering, she jumps at the opportunity, expecting to help out around the house in exchange. What she doesn’t anticipate is for her heart to race every time Pike pulls into the driveway, or to burn when their eyes meet over the breakfast table. He’s kind and listens to her and protects her in a way no man ever has before. Her sister once told her there are no good men, and if you find one, he's probably unavailable. Only Pike isn't the unavailable one…she is.
As the days go by, Pike’s finding it anything but simple to have his son’s girlfriend living in his house. He can’t stop thinking about her and holding his breath every time they cross paths. It feels like she’s becoming a part of him. Except he knows they’re not free to give in to this. How could they when he’s her boyfriend’s father?
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Unpopular opinion...didn't love it. I guess I had higher expectations due to the hype surrounding it. It just wasn't all that spicy, and kind of predictable. From the very beginning, you knew that the guy in the theater was going to be Cole's dad...and then Cole being a douche the whole time and ultimately cheating on Jordan was just an ick for me. The controlling and entitled mother/ex expecting to jump in Pike's bed was just another overused detail. Idk...I just wasn't wowed. Moving on to Five Brothers in hopes of some redemption.
This book was:
1. Too long
2. Full of immaturity
3. Kind of boring
Jordan was a brat who acted out whenever things didn’t go her way. Pike was too conflicted. And he was right to see her as a kid because she’s 19. No one at 19 is emotionally mature enough to date a 38 year old. Period. Ever. The “taboo” May-December didn’t bother as much as all the references to her being a girl or a kid. If you’re attracted to her, OWN IT. I do like that Jordan owned her own attraction to Pike. I love that.
This book dragged on forever though. And the smut was mid. It wasn’t spicy. I read an excerpt out loud to my mother and she laughed. This book was terrible.
1. Too long
2. Full of immaturity
3. Kind of boring
Jordan was a brat who acted out whenever things didn’t go her way. Pike was too conflicted. And he was right to see her as a kid because she’s 19. No one at 19 is emotionally mature enough to date a 38 year old. Period. Ever. The “taboo” May-December didn’t bother as much as all the references to her being a girl or a kid. If you’re attracted to her, OWN IT. I do like that Jordan owned her own attraction to Pike. I love that.
This book dragged on forever though. And the smut was mid. It wasn’t spicy. I read an excerpt out loud to my mother and she laughed. This book was terrible.
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