Hammered (Happy Cat#2), by Pippa Grant, and Lili Valente

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I didn’t mean to kidnap the groom.

It was an accident.

Mostly…

At least I didn’t take much time to plan it. It was more of a spur of the moment kidnapping. Does that count?

One minute, the town’s bad boy is standing at the altar about to marry the world’s most evil kindergarten teacher. The next, he’s passed out in my Vespa sidecar with his bride hot on our tail.

But I didn’t have a choice! I couldn’t stand by and watch Jace O’Dell be blackmailed into a loveless marriage. And besides, what’s a little kidnapping between friends?

Okay, so maybe we’re not just friends…

And maybe I can’t quit thinking about that night at his bar when he closed up early and had me on the rocks.

And maybe this crazy stunt is going to blow up in both of our faces.

If it does, I’m blaming the moonshine.

Even though the only thing I’m hammered on when it comes to Jace is love—straight up, no chaser.

 

My Review…

I couldn’t help but smile almost the whole way through this whole book.  I am falling more and more in love with this town. As if I couldn’t get enough of the racoon George Cooney in the first book, he brings some new friends along for book two.  We get the most adorable corky hedgehog in this book, kittens, giant dogs, and an alpaca.

I love Olivia Moonbeam, I know in book one she came off as a little ridiculous, but I didn’t care.  She kind of reminded me a little of Phoebe from Friends but tamer.  Animals seem to flock to her like Snow White or some fairy tale princess which just means she is pure of heart.  She just wants the best for everyone even when they are being mean to her.  Olivia just doesn’t want to see Jace get hurt by marrying the wrong person.  Since the kidnapping isn’t a spoiler it’s in the blurb may I say it is quite hilarious when it happens.  While Olivia’s character doesn’t have a lot of growth to do in this book it was super nice to get to know who she is more since we only got a glimpse of her in book one.

 

Jace is a tortured soul that poor guy, he thinks that he only deserves the worst because he is the worst.  Of course, everyone around him sees the best in him.  When he thinks Ginger is pregnant, he is going to step up and be the dad that he needs to be.  I really enjoyed seeing how he came out of his shell in this book and stood up for what he believed in.  Jace also opened his eyes to his brother’s problems some which was interesting.  The texting between the brothers was hilarious, I could see that happening between these guys.  Jace had to evolve the most in this book since he was the one being manipulated the most, and always thought he was wrong for everyone.

 

I swear I would just read stories all day long from the towns Insta chat they would be hilarious… these books just keep getting better and better.

About the Authors…

Author of over forty novels, USA Today Bestseller Lili Valente writes everything from steamy suspense to laugh-out-loud romantic comedies. A die-hard romantic and optimist at heart, she can’t resist a story where love wins big. Because love should always win.
When she’s not writing, Lili enjoys adventuring with her two sons, climbing on rocks, swimming too far from shore, and asking “why” an incorrigible number of times per day. A former yoga teacher, actor, and dancer, she is also very bendy and good at pretending innocence when caught investigating off-limits places.
You can currently find Lili in the mid-South, valiantly trying to resist the lure of all the places left to explore.

 

Pippa Grant is a USA Today Bestselling author who writes romantic comedies that will make tears run down your leg. When she’s not reading, writing or sleeping, she’s being crowned employee of the month as a stay-at-home mom and housewife trying to prepare her adorable demon spawn to be productive members of society, all the while fantasizing about long walks on the beach with hot chocolate chip cookies.