I've loved all of the books in this series, but IMO Erin Nicholas saved the best one for last. I adored the flirty, witty banter and unique opposites-attract romance between main characters Piper Barry and Oliver (Ollie) Caprinelli. Snarky, confident Piper was never afraid to be brutally honest with her former boss Ollie, who was incredibly smart and very sweet, but could be completely clueless in his interactions with others or when forced to deal with anything that didn't relate to the video game he created with his best friends in college. Ollie had legitimate concerns about starting a romantic relationship with Piper because he suffered from ADHD, which had caused problems for him with loved ones in the past. However, Piper did a good job of proving to Ollie that she loved him because of his quirks, not in spite of them. They made an adorable couple, and it was very easy for me to cheer them on to their HEA.
Overall, "Gimme S'more" was a laugh-out-loud funny, sweet story with the perfect amount of steam, and I highly recommend it for all fans of contemporary romance and romantic comedy. The Hot Cakes series has been tremendously entertaining, and I hope this isn't the last we'll see of these characters. (I'd love to read a future story featuring Piper's friend Drew Ryan...)
*Review copy provided by the author via Social Butterfly PR. All opinions expressed are my own.
About "Gimme S'more"
Gimme S’more, an all-new sweet and sexy opposites-attract standalone romantic comedy in the Hot Cakes Series by New York Times bestselling author Erin Nicholas is available now!
A friends-to-lovers romance that will make you melt.
Oliver’s a dreamer who is always ready for the next big adventure.
Piper’s the steady one who keeps his feet on the ground.
He’s wildly successful, thanks to her always being there to catch him when he leaps before he looks. But she wants more. While he’s as clueless as ever.
So she just gave her two weeks notice.
Ollie doesn’t know how he’ll survive without Piper. So for the next two weeks, he’ll be sticking to her like the marshmallows on the s’mores she loves so much.
But does he want her as his assistant... or is there a sweeter spot in his life for the woman who's always had his back--and possibly even his heart?
Read an Excerpt from "Gimme S'more"
The guys were going to kill him.
Ollie scrubbed a hand over his face.
They wouldn’t be surprised, of course. But they were going to be pissed.
They’d all known that Piper quitting was a risk and that one day she’d probably wise-up and lose her patience and that would be it.
They’d also all known that when it happened there was a 90 percent chance it would be because of Ollie.
The other 10 percent chance was that it would be because of Ollie and Dax together.
And now it had finally happened.
If it came down to choosing between him and Piper, he wasn’t sure he wanted to know how that debate would end up. Or how short the discussion would be before they decided they wanted and needed her more.
That was only one of the reasons he hadn’t told them yet.
The other was because he was still processing the part where she’d said she loved him.
What was he supposed to do with that?
She wasn’t just supposed to say that out loud right to him, was she? He had not been expecting that. The guys and their girlfriends had insinuated for a while now that Piper might have a crush on him but no, he hadn’t expected her to ever say anything herself.
It was a might have. A crush. Okay, they were adults and maybe adults didn’t have crushes exactly, but everything anyone had said suggested that it was just that Piper thought he was interesting at times and that she didn’t hate spending time with him.
But a crush wasn’t love. For fuck’s sake.
And it had to be Piper?
Piper Barry was amazing. She was gorgeous. She was smart. She was capable. She could do anything. She was funny and sweet and sassy and tough.
She was intimidating as hell.
What was he supposed to do with her now?
What was he supposed to do without her now?
Well, the solution seemed pretty obvious. She’d basically given him the answer herself—I can’t be in love with you and work for you. And the only one of those two things I can change is the working for you part.
So he needed to get her to not be in love with him anymore. Then she’d come back to work and all would be fine.
Now he just had to get her to realize she could do a hell of a lot better than him.
Of course, he’d been a pain in her ass for five years now. If that didn’t do it, he wasn’t sure what would.
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