Louisa Keller

I really enjoyed this book! Riker is a real jerk. He's a billionaire with an attitude and pretty clueless all around when it comes to dealing with people. Bryce is a staff member at the hotel that Riker is staying at, and he tends to shrink into himself when bullied or faced with people who try to take advantage of him. While they seem like an unlikely couple, they end up being the perfect match. Riker helps Bryce realize that he is worth more than he thinks, and gives him confidence. Bryce helps Riker realize that life should be driven by your desires, not by those of other people. They learn a lot from each other, and it was beautiful to watch them grow. They were wonderful together, and I loved this.

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Dom and Smith were video bloggers who go to Paris for a conference. Smith is very much a "one time only" kind of guy, and he is thrown for a huge loop when he meets Dom and all of a sudden has feelings that conflict with what he always thought. There is definite chemistry between the two, and I liked how they danced around their feelings while also communicating. There was very little angst, but enough to make me feel for the guys and root for their HEA. I liked how Smith jumped to be what both he and Dom needed when it was time. I enjoyed all of the friends (both US and Paris), and I enjoyed reading this.

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Fin and Leo have been best friends for a few years. Leo feels like he is stuck in a rut, so Fin suggests that they drop everything and go backpacking in Europe. While there, Fin struggles a little because he is secretly in love with Leo and he hates being his wingman. Of course, the whole point of this book is that Fin and Leo finally get together, but I just couldn't quite get into their story. It seemed rushed and a little out of the blue. After never looking at Fin as a hookup for years and going out often, all of a sudden one night he decides Fin is who he should go home with. I never really got why he did that. Then, after they finally talk and decide to be together, they are all sunshine and roses and madly in love as they travel through Europe...until Fin sees and misunderstands one thing. Then he is hightailing it away with no conversation and Leo shuts himself off from the world. It seemed way out of character for two guys who were supposedly best friends before getting together. I did enjoy the story, but I definitely did not feel as connected to these characters as I tend to when I read.

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