Rock Bottom Girl by Lucy Score
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Rock Bottom Girl is one of my favorite rom-com novels, with the author’s other book The Worst Best Man. Both are exactly what I like in the rom-com genre. Also it’s available free with KU, and the writer is one of my favorite KU romance authors.
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“You may be faking the relationship, but you’re not faking the orgasms.”
Downsized, broke, and dumped, 38-year-old Marley sneaks home to her childhood bedroom in the town she couldn’t wait to escape twenty years ago. Not much has changed in Culpepper. The cool kids are still cool. Now they just own car dealerships and live in McMansions next door. Oh, and the whole town is still talking about that Homecoming she ruined her senior year.
Desperate for a new start, Marley accepts a temporary teaching position. Can the girl banned from all future Culpepper High Homecomings keep the losing-est girls soccer team in school history from killing each other and prevent carpal tunnel in a bunch of phone-clutching gym class students?
Maybe with the help of Jake Weston, high school bad boy turned sexy good guy. When the school rumor mill sends Marley to the principal’s office to sign an ethics contract, the tattooed track coach, dog dad, and teacher of the year becomes her new fake boyfriend and alibi—for a price. The Deal: He’ll teach her how to coach if she teaches him how to be in a relationship.
Who knew a fake boyfriend could deliver such real orgasms? But it’s all temporary. The guy. The job. The team. There’s too much history. Rock bottom can’t turn into a foundation for happily ever after. Can it?
Rock Bottom Girl by Lucy Score
MY THOUGHTS
If you love entertaining, heart-warming and funny books – this is the book for you.
I’m not usually into rom-coms but some author’s just work for me – and this author’s humor is right up my alley. Never too over the top, and without her characters being embarrassingly stupid, the humor was always just right, and the entire novel easily checked all my boxes – Rock Bottom Girl was a HIT!!
I laughed out loud – and got some strange looks from the people at the hair salon – grinned some more, and just was plain happy reading this little gem.
Rock Bottom Girl was all kinds of awesome things rolled into one.
Sports romance ✔️
Small town ✔️
Romantic Comedy ✔️
Fake Relationship ✔️
A tattooed hero that was all kinds of yummy – but most of all as perfect as it gets. Supportive, incredibly well versed in hitting the right tone whenever needed, but still all kinds of edgy and ‘bad boy’. And one of those fictional teachers you wish were real.
A spunky and feisty heroine, down on her luck, but still retaining her humor. The perfect person to get in trouble with. She is nothing short of awesome and incredibly likable – a down to earth, humble but also a kinda real character.
And there were so many awesome supporting characters. I don’t really know where to start, Vicky, Libby, the Uncles, Amie-Jo – I could go on. Every single one brought something special to this book. And together it was one of these novels that just make you feel good. Low drama – but lot’s of fun.
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Rock Bottom Girl by Lucy Score
Fake relationships is one of my favourite tropes in romance and tbh this book sounds bloody amazing! I’m definitely gonna get my hands on it soon
It is bloody amazing 😀
Let me know when you get to it. xo
This book crosses all the boxes for a good book!! I do like rom coms but I am so picky about them. But this one sounds fantastic in every way. Definitely grabbing this one up.
If you have KU, you can get it for free. Also her latest books, By A Thread is hugely successful, it’s an enemies to lover novel.
Great review! I cannot wait to check this one out now, especially since I’ve loved books with the fake-dating trope this year!
Thank you, I would love to hear your thoughts on this one. I don’t read fake dating books as often, sports romances I read way more, but with this one I got both 😀
I do have a weakness for sports romance and add in a fake romance and you’ve got me hooked already haha.
Sports romances are one of my favorite tropes, and I think you would enjoy it ;D
I loved this book when I read it, too. Such a delight!
YES!!!!! I had so much fun reading it – both times!!!!
This has been on my TBR for a while, but you’ve convinced me to go ahead and download it onto my kindle. Great review!!
I’ve read the book twice so far, and everything in it works for me, the characters, the underdog plot, the sports trope, the banter – so good 😀