What do you get when you have one seriously uptight single dad whose path collides with a sassy, potty mouthed sex therapist on the High Seas? Hi-jinks and laughter and sexy sparks galore!
DOPPELBANGER is all kinds of wonderful! And one of my ABSOLUTE FAVE reads this year, which is saying a lot because, in all honesty, I am a bit picky about my rom-coms. Okay…a LOT picky! They need to have a winning blend of sparkling humor, steamy passion and warm, gooey feels to float my boat, and this fetching tale has all that and MORE!!!
Holy cow…this is my first ever book by the gloriously talented Heather M. Orgeron and she has some serious writing chops. Her comic timing is PITCH-PERFECT, but her prose is also interlaced with stunning depth and bittersweet poignancy, and I had as many tummy clenching feels as I did side-splitting belly laughs! From start to finish, I just had the GOOFIEST grin on my face, my heart went pitter patter in my chest, and the lol funny banter and slapstick humor was so hysterical I nearly tinkled! And yup, I shed some big, fat tears too!
As for the romance, well, they say opposites attract, and these MCs are PROOF POSITIVE! The chemistry between Gina and Jeffrey CRACKLES from page one, and despite their stark differences, they are pure magic together!
It’s pretty rare for me to worship the heroine as much as the hero, but in Gina’s case she is prime best girlfriend material! This tiny blonde “Harlot” is wild and crazy, ballsy and blunt, irreverent and fun-loving, and has such a HUGE MARSHMALLOW HEART! I just floved her! And since I am NOT a fan of snarky, hard-to-get heroines, I like that “Auntie Gigi” is the antithesis of all that. Sure she is sassy and speaks her mind (sometimes to everyone else’s consternation—ha-ha) but she makes no secret of how much she “enjoys” men (typically younger, commitment-phobic hotties, hence the “cougar” label). But then the “older” and way too staid CEO Jeffrey Ryan and his darling daughters enter her orbit…and it's a TOTAL GAME-CHANGER!
And as much as she wants to deplore the hot, sexy widowed dad for his rude, standoffish ways—and for initially trying to keep her and her beloved godkids at arm’s length--Gina’s insatiable attraction to Jeffrey is impossible to ignore. And OVARY EXPLOSION alert! When Gina catches a glimpse of her “nemesis” acting so sweet and tender with his “baby girls,” who can blame her from gravitating toward –and shamelessly propositioning --the big, blond Adonis?
Gah! Jeffrey is guaranteed to melt your heart AND your panties! But Alpha hotness aside, his life has certainly not been a walk in the park. I hurt so bad for all the poor guy’s been through after tragically losing his wife. He’s just so broken inside but then “Tink” blows into his world like a tornado, turning his carefully controlled life upside down.
And HOLY SMOKES…once these two hornballs surrender to their red-hot lust, they sure find some creative ways to get it on when the kids are not underfoot! But yikes…then the you know what really hits the fan when they break their cardinal rule and actually start to “catch feelings” for one another!
Ultimately, the journey this dynamic duo embarks on is wickedly sexy and oodles of fun, deeply moving and beautifully uplifting. And yes there are definitely some hurdles to overcome, but together they become the best versions of themselves! Gina not only teaches Jeffrey how to loosen up, but shows him how to live—and LOVE—again, and the way she bonds so sweetly with his precious girls turned me into a BLUBBERY mess! Whereas, Jeffrey makes his Pix feel beautiful and cherished and proves once and for all that she is SO NOT damaged goods!!
As for the young'uns —Vangie, Willow, Lake, Landon and Kyle are the TRUE STARS of this show imo. (#TeamSavage all the way!) The endearingly innocent and saucy things that come out of their mouths are just a friggin RIOT. And hmmm…do I see some future romantic hookups in the works? Stay tuned!
(But in the meantime, I will dive straight away into the companion novel BOOMERANGERS, featuring Gina’s bff Spencer who reconnects with her high school sweetheart Cooper. While technically BOOMERANGERS comes first, both books totally stand alone and can be read in any order.)
FINAL VERDICT:
I truly cannot gush enough about DOPPELBANGER! The narrative flows beautifully, the story is fast-paced with lots of spicy romance and heartwarming family time, and has just the right amount of outrageous humor, emotion-packed drama and swoony feels to keep me breathlessly flipping the pages! And that HEA? Utterly breathtaking —MAJOR WATERWORKS, folks--with a bonus extended epilogue from Savage’s POV that had me squealing in delight! Fingers crossed he gets a story of his own someday!
Bottom line? Heather M. Orgeron is definitely an author to watch and is now officially on my auto buy list!! Cannot wait to see what this amazingly versatile author has in store for us next!
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So funny!
This book is funny, sassy, enemies to lovers. I loved the cruise portion of the book, the dolphin scene had me cackling 🤣 but when they got back to Louisiana and feelings started developing, it tugged on my heartstrings! Excellent book for when you want a low angst, fun, hea!
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Not what I expected, in a good way
Reviewed in Australia on March 19, 2024