Blog Tour + Review + Excerpt | Cheap Trick (Dawson Family #4) by Emily Goodwin --> 5 Stars
SERIES: Dawson Family #4 AUTHOR: Emily Goodwin
GENRE: Friends to lovers / Fake relationship
RELEASE DATE: May 16th, 2019
Danielle Cross has spent her whole life running from breakups and troubles. She’s never stayed in the same place for long…until now. The moment she walks through the doors of Logan Dawson’s bar, there’s an attraction between them neither can deny. And when Danielle needs a date to her sister’s wedding, Logan is the man for the job. A cheap trick to fool her family is a small price to pay for a weekend in paradise. Playing pretend is easy. The hard part? Trying to convince yourself the feelings are only fake.
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⭐️ 5 "Don't Be Afraid to Fail" Stars ⭐️
Cheap Trick was so sweet and beautiful! I love the Dawson Family Series and was so thrilled about Logan’s story. Emily Goodwin crafted an irresistible and perfectly matched couple in this slow burn friends to lovers romance! Danielle and Logan had me under their charm with all their flirty, amusing banter and their tangible sexual chemistry!
“How lucky you are that you get to fail. You can only fail if you’re living, and that’s not something you should ever take for granted.”
Danielle ends up living with her grandpa in small town Eastwood, after escaping her family’s last betrayal. She starts working at Logan’s bar and they develop a strong friendship with a simmering attraction! The young woman is also searching for her true identity. I felt the moments she’s the most genuine are all her times shared with Logan. She doesn’t think about the appearances and judgment and just be herself. When Logan poses as her fiancé for her family’s benefit, it’s the perfect opportunity for him to show Danielle they could be amazing together! This situation is the little push they both need to dive into love!
Logan! Aaaaw! That man is the best! His repressed feelings for Danielle are killing him and you clearly feel the struggle to not go for her. He respects her wishes to not enter a relationship and doesn’t want to break their amazing friendship. He’s so loyal, sweet and charming! I also cherished his conversations with his twin, Owen. Those two are polar opposites, but understand each other better than anyone.
“Hearts are wild things needed to be confined to cages. They can’t be trusted.”
Logan and Danielle are purely spellbinding! The electricity between them had me bursting with anticipation for them to finally take the plunge into a romantic relationship. They gave me chills over their effortless connection. They’re so intense and hot when they finally admit their feelings! I can easily say they’re my new favorite couple in this incredible series.
The Dawsons are without a doubt one of my absolute favorite fictional family. There’s just something about their dynamic that is so enjoyable to read about. The teasing, the support and the love between the siblings is so beautiful. With each book, I get to fall in love even more with these amazing characters!
“All my life, I’ve wanted someone to look at me the way Logan is looking at me right now. Like he can’t wait to strip me down and run his hands all over my body. Like he’s going to take all night pleasing me. Like I’m the only woman he ever wants to look at ever again. Looking at me like I matter.”
Cheap Trick is a swoon-worthy story with the most enchanting pair packed with feels, humour and passion! Now I just can’t wait to read Owen’s story!!!
** ARC received in exchange for an honest review **
“Lightweight.” I feel the couch sink down as Logan sits down at my other side.
“Hey,” I grumble, slitting my eyes open. “I actually had like three drinks and a shot tonight. That’s a lot.”
“It is. I’ll change that lightweight to a lush then.”
“Asshole.” I try to throw a pillow at him but just end up smacking him in the face. I push myself up and laugh. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to.”
“Now you’ve done it.” Logan grabs another pillow and chucks it at me. Dexter gets way too excited and pounces on Logan, with one of his large paws landing right between his legs. Logan doubles over in pain, and I laugh even harder.
“Who’s the asshole now?” he chokes out.
“Don’t call Dexter-Wexter an asshole,” I gasp in fake shock and slip my fingers under Dexter’s collar, gently pulling him back and off the couch. I get up to grab the pillow I threw and trip when Dexter tries to do a flying leap back onto the couch.
I don’t know how he moves so fast, but I’m grateful he did. Because I’m still too drunk to have a good reaction time, and I’m about ready to fall backwards onto the glass coffee table.
Logan’s arms fold around my waist at the last second. He pulls me to his chest and straightens up. I have one hand on his chest and the other is gripping his bicep. Which is strong. Firm. Warm, just like the rest of him.
A second passes, and we’re still standing there like this. I splay my fingers over his chest and turn my head up, looking into his brown eyes. Inhaling deep, my breasts crush against his body. His hand that’s on the small of my back inches lower, and his fingertips press into my waist.
Heat flashes through me, unlike anything I’ve felt around him before. I’ve worked hard to keep these kind of reactions from happening, but my whiskey-soaked mind has lost all its will right now.
“You okay?” he asks, though by now it’s obvious I am.
“Yeah. Lost my balance.”
“No shit.”
I purse my lips and go to shove him away. Dexter is on the floor behind him now, and Logan trips over the dog and falls back onto the couch, taking me down with him. That same heat ripples through me again, making my skin break out in goosebumps. My heart lurches and is beating so fast I’m sure Logan can hear it.
I should push him away.
Run and hide.
I definitely shouldn’t be inching closer, taking note of the way his cologne smells, or the fact that his shirt is pulled up a bit, exposing a few inches of his abdomen.
I shouldn’t want more.
Our eyes meet and I part my lips, feeling my heart beating faster and faster in my chest. I know one kiss is all it will take to change things between us, and the thought terrifies me.
My life has been one mistake after another, and each seems to try its damnedest to outdo the last. I love what we have between us. Logan is my best friend. I don’t want to mess that up.
But Lord have mercy on me right now. His heart is hammering along with mine, and he looks at me with an intensity I’ve never seen before. One that heats me from the inside out, melting the panties right off me. My face is moving slowly toward his, eyes zeroed in on his perfect lips. He closes his eyes, long lashes coming together, and inhales, pushing his chest up against mine.
EMILY GOODWIN
Emily Goodwin is the New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author of over a dozen of romantic titles. Emily writes the kind of books she likes to read, and is a sucker for a swoon-worthy bad boy and happily ever afters.
She lives in the midwest with her husband and two daughters. When she’s not writing, you can find her riding her horses, hiking, reading, or drinking wine with friends.
Emily is represented by Julie Gwinn of the Seymour Agency.
