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The Girl Next Door
The Girl Next Door | Amy Jo Cousins
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When it comes to love, go big or go home. Bend or Break, Book 3 Charles "Cash" Carmichael traded his high-rise condo and family-firm career for a job coaching soccer for Chicago's inner-city kids. He's adjusting to living on minimum wage when his young cousin, newly out and running away from home, shows up on his less-than-luxurious doorstep. Angsty teens definitely aren't Cash's thing. He needs local backup, and there's only one name he can think of: Stephany Tyler. Back in the day, the bisexual Steph was the perfect friend with benefits until she fell in love with a woman. To his relief, his former friend steps up to the plate. Soon, though, Cash finds himself feeling the familiar need to keep her in his bed, and in his life. But Steph, burned by the ex-girlfriend and by the absentee dad she's been trying to connect with, won't risk her heart again. Good thing Cash believes in leaving it all on the field. If he can just convince Steph to get in the game, there's a chance they can both win. Warning: This book contains ex-friends with benefits crossing boundaries a second time, several steamy encounters on staircases, copious discussions about gay sex from a "straight" guy, a shout-out to magic buttons, and an especially memorable going away threesome.
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Karen_V
The Girl Next Door | Amy Jo Cousins
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Mehso-so

This was a solid three stars. The hero's dudebro tendencies got to me after a bit, though this book gets an A+ for how it handles LGBTQ issues and the emotional resolution felt genuine. New adult may not be my genre; as someone who's been out of school for a while, reminiscing about college isn't that interesting to read about.

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Karen_V
The Girl Next Door | Amy Jo Cousins
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After the intense and worthwhile experience of reading Homegoing and The Underground Railroad at the same time in February, I'm ready for a lighter read. Romance novel with a bi heroine & a slightly-clueless-but-trying-so-hard hero? Yes, please.