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Ex Marks the Spot by Hazel James
Series: Teachers’ Lounge Book 3
Published by Smartypants Romance on September 26, 2024
Genres: Adult Contemporary Romance
Pages: 240
Source: the publisher
Format: E-galley
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Blurb:
When Hartley Billings is selected to compete on her favorite reality TV show, she only needs to do two things to win a million in first place in the final leg.Not murder her teammate.The last step would be a lot easier if she wasn’t paired up with her ex, the guy who obliterated her heart in college.
Court Mueller isn’t thrilled either. His one shot at earning prize money and escaping his lackluster life in Green Valley rests in the hands of the woman he gave up six years ago, the one he’s stuck with 24/7 for the next three weeks.
With their thorny past now their present, Team Hartbreak only needs to do two things to survive this season of Xtreme clear boundaries.Never, ever cross them… no matter how tempting it is.‘Ex Marks the Spot’ is a full-length contemporary romance and can be read as a standalone. Book #3 in the Teachers’ Lounge series, Green Valley Chronicles, Penny Reid Book Universe.
My Review:
How did I not realize this was an Amazing Race type of story? This was the perfect read for me as I have been totally in the mood for another season, but I think they only do one a year, unlike Survivor, my other guilty reality tv pleasure. And you know what? I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVVEDDDD this book! It was one that I wish I’d been reading on a weekend that I could have just sat and read it from cover to cover with no interruptions.
The romance between the two was a perfect exes/enemies to lovers trope. With so many misunderstandings for why they split up, and how things went for the other after they broke up. Both had things in their lives that didn’t go the way they’d planned. And both of those things totally made you feel for both and root for both of them to figure things out! And when they did figure things out and make up, that was so perfect as well. Just the right amount of steamy for my tastes and in this type of story.
There wasn’t a ton of the story, hardly any that actually took place in Green Valley at the school where Court was a substitute teacher and the other books in this series took place, so the cover might have been a bit off, even though I still loved it. And I love how the way the competition ends isn’t how you’d expect it to end in a story like this, but it was real. And then when the actual finale/reunion show took place, well, that was so awesome too! The settings in the story and how they traveled and competed just like The Amazing Race was so much fun. It got me trying to remember if the real show ever went to Egypt and did anything with the pyramids? Now I have to go back and see.
This is my first book by this author, and I’m sure it won’t be my last. In fact I already went and added one other title for now to my TBR list on Goodreads.
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