Trade Me

I enjoyed this until towards the end (last 15 percent) when the plot kind of went off the rails.

I wanted to support Courtney Milan after the whole RWA debacle but I'm not really into historical romances so I was really happy to discover that she had a series of contemporary romances. Unfortunately though I just did not like this. I didn't feel any chemistry between the main characters and there was a lot going on that didn't make a lot of sense to me.

I should just set up an automatic preorder for anything Courtney Milan writes. I didn't love this quite as much as ones like [b:The Heiress Effect 13489922 The Heiress Effect (Brothers Sinister, #2) Courtney Milan https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1373761621s/13489922.jpg 19028795] or [b:The Suffragette Scandal 17343236 The Suffragette Scandal (Brothers Sinister, #4) Courtney Milan https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1399859670s/17343236.jpg 24081161], but as far as contemporary romances go, it's definitely one of the best ones I've read recently. I wanted more Maria, so I'm glad to see the next book will be about her! The last twist with Blake's dad came a little bit out of nowhere for me, but I ended up liking where it took the story, so I'm not mad. :D