Blog Tour + Review: "Good Neighbors" by J.P. Nicholas

I am very happy to participate in the blog tour celebrating the release of "Good Neighbors" by J.P. Nicholas, book #3 of the Sandy Heights series. This book reads as a total standalone, though a few characters from the previous stories make cameo appearances in this one. Readers (like me) who haven't yet read the earlier installments will be able to jump in here with no problems.
 

I really enjoyed this funny, sweet story, which featured incredibly charming lead characters and an engaging plot. I could tell that I was going to love the male lead, Liam, right off the bat because his talk of the Bro Code reminded me of Barney from the TV show "How I Met Your Mother." I always thought Barney was hysterical and Neil Patrick Harris played him to perfection. In the book, Liam was even better because he was a handsome single dad and completely devoted to his kids, Ben and Elle. I especially loved Liam and Elle's daddy-daughter dates and the fact that Liam let Elle paint his toenails whatever color she wanted. 

Liam's love interest, his best friend Mike's younger sister Rachel, was very compassionate and caring, which made her wonderful with the animals at her veterinary clinic as well as with Liam's kids. She was an excellent match for Liam himself, too, and I loved their flirty banter. They had crazy chemistry from the start, and that connection only grew stronger as the story unfolded. I found it very easy to cheer them on to their HEA.

Overall, I highly recommend "Good Neighbors" for all fans of contemporary romance and romantic comedy. This was the first book I've ever read by J.P. Nicholas, but it definitely won't be the last.
 

*Review copy provided by the author via Candi Kane PR. All opinions expressed are my own.

 

 

 About "Good Neighbors"

Admittedly, I’m an a**hole. Okay, that might give you an unfair opinion of me if taken out of context. So let me explain myself.

Every guy knows the Bro Code. It’s kind of a package deal with the thing swinging between our legs. You can’t have one without the other. And the highest of all the Bro Codemmandments is do not—under any circumstances—have sexual thoughts about your best friend’s sister. And no, there is not an amendment clause for when she’s beautiful, smart, witty, and can kiss you breathless in under three point five seconds—yes, I counted. I’ve asked around the Brommunity and apparently that rule is deemed unbreakable. Which brings me back to my first point—I’m an a**hole.

In my defense, I didn’t know she was his little sister when she moved into the apartment next door. I also didn’t know when she was ripping my shirt off in her living room—don’t get the wrong idea, she just wanted to wash it. And I definitely didn’t know when aforementioned kiss had me stumbling over my words, her tongue, and my own two feet. But that’s as far as it went—and will go! I swear. From this point forward, we are just Good Neighbors.