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Author: L.H. Cosway and Penny Reid
Publication Date: 12 June 2018
Publisher: Cipher-Naught
Series: Rugby, book 4
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Sports
Age Recommendation: 17 and Up
Rating: 5 Stars
~ I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review ~
Book Description:
He kept his salacious secret for years. But soon, everyone is going to be reading about it in their morning paper…
THE VARLET (and the VOYEUR)
William Moore is a long way from home. A farm boy from Oklahoma, he’s now the most well-respected member of the Irish rugby team. But appearances are often deceptive, and Will isn’t the clean-cut, all-American good-guy everyone imagines him to be. He’s got a secret, one that will tarnish his reputation forever.
THE VOYEUR (and the VARLET)
Josey Kavanagh is a self-proclaimed mess, but she’s finally get her shi…uh, act together. She’s set her sights on becoming a veterinarian, but there’s one teeny tiny road bump. Her living arrangements are coming to an abrupt end, leaving Josey homeless and in need of a job to pay her way through college.
THE PLAN
What he needs is a companion to keep him on the right path.
What she needs is an apartment with free rent.
Will is convinced Josey will make the perfect companion, since she’s brutally honest and basically ‘just one of the guys.’ Josey is convinced she can ensure Will doesn’t succumb to his voyeuristic proclivities by keeping a scrupulous eye on him.
Except, what happens when the varlet is tempted by the voyeur, and vice-versa?!
Perchance something very, very volatile. And vexing.
The Varlet and the Voyeur is a full-length romantic comedy novel, can be read as a standalone, and is the 4th(and last) book in the USA TODAY bestselling Rugby Series.
My Review:
Oh My, I just knew I was going to love this book. Well, actually that's not 100% accurate, after The way we were left feeling about Josie in The Cad and The Co-ed, I was a little apprehensive but I just KNEW I was going to love will and in the end, I loved them both.
I tore through this book, it is by far my favorite of the series so far and for so many reasons. The main one, of course, WILL. Will, is just an all around nice guy. He's country boy from Oklahoma who's had his heart broken one too many times, (the passing of his mother, the break-up with his first love) and is now afraid, no that's not the right word, terrified to fall in love again. Because of this he keeps everyone at arms length, not even willing to date because he is afraid a date without commitment. I love his sweetness, I loved his honor, his faithfulness, I loved his calm demeanor. His calmness, some might even say stoicism, comes clear across the pages and soothed my soul a time or two. He's just this great big, genuine, loving, (no matter how hard he tries not to be) caring, honorable teddy bear with a country accent and the hard working heart of a farmer. I dare you not to fall in love with him.
Josie, oh Josie. I was really unsure when her name popped up with this book because I was so disgruntled with her at the end of book 3. Sidenote: No, you do not have to read any of the prior books t read this book, they are all interconnecting standalones, that can definetly be read as solo standalones. (ahh, the redundancy in that statement, but you know what I mean) I went into this book expecting to hate Josie, I wasn't sure how she could possibly deserve her own HEA after how she acted previously, but I loved her almost immediately. She is just as bad as Will as being able to completly envelope your heart and just make you darn happy. She's so cute, so sweet, such a social blunder...I just want her to be one of my friends. She's that woman that takes some getting used to but as soon as you 'learn' her you are drawn to her and she becomes your best friend. She can make the most glaring social faux pas and you just love her all the more for them.
Together Josie and Will are perfection. You want everything for them and thankfully Penny and L.H. give it to us. There are a lot of bumps in the road but each bump just solidifies who these two re separately and as a couple. The one and only thing that puts me off a little is that for me there was no resolution when it came to the source of the storylines trouble. I needed (as is usual for me) to see that the troublemaker learns something, either the hard way because karma kicks their butt or because they recognized the error o their ways. I know it isn't their story but at the same time it's hard to see them create such havoc and never get a full story for what happens with them. That doesn't mean the story doesn't lead where it needs to, it absolutely does. Our couple get there HEA, I just wanted that little bit of extra instead of just seeing things fall so cleanly into place.
In the end all you really need to know is I LOVED THIS BOOK! I read it in one sitting, I am head over heels for these characters both individually and as a couple and I want more, I need more! This is just such a fun and refreshing series and perfect for your summer TBR pile!
Oh, and two more things....I desperately want to learn more about rugby now and it's not always the quiet ones, just as Josie, or better yet, ask Will. ;-)
I tore through this book, it is by far my favorite of the series so far and for so many reasons. The main one, of course, WILL. Will, is just an all around nice guy. He's country boy from Oklahoma who's had his heart broken one too many times, (the passing of his mother, the break-up with his first love) and is now afraid, no that's not the right word, terrified to fall in love again. Because of this he keeps everyone at arms length, not even willing to date because he is afraid a date without commitment. I love his sweetness, I loved his honor, his faithfulness, I loved his calm demeanor. His calmness, some might even say stoicism, comes clear across the pages and soothed my soul a time or two. He's just this great big, genuine, loving, (no matter how hard he tries not to be) caring, honorable teddy bear with a country accent and the hard working heart of a farmer. I dare you not to fall in love with him.
Josie, oh Josie. I was really unsure when her name popped up with this book because I was so disgruntled with her at the end of book 3. Sidenote: No, you do not have to read any of the prior books t read this book, they are all interconnecting standalones, that can definetly be read as solo standalones. (ahh, the redundancy in that statement, but you know what I mean) I went into this book expecting to hate Josie, I wasn't sure how she could possibly deserve her own HEA after how she acted previously, but I loved her almost immediately. She is just as bad as Will as being able to completly envelope your heart and just make you darn happy. She's so cute, so sweet, such a social blunder...I just want her to be one of my friends. She's that woman that takes some getting used to but as soon as you 'learn' her you are drawn to her and she becomes your best friend. She can make the most glaring social faux pas and you just love her all the more for them.
Together Josie and Will are perfection. You want everything for them and thankfully Penny and L.H. give it to us. There are a lot of bumps in the road but each bump just solidifies who these two re separately and as a couple. The one and only thing that puts me off a little is that for me there was no resolution when it came to the source of the storylines trouble. I needed (as is usual for me) to see that the troublemaker learns something, either the hard way because karma kicks their butt or because they recognized the error o their ways. I know it isn't their story but at the same time it's hard to see them create such havoc and never get a full story for what happens with them. That doesn't mean the story doesn't lead where it needs to, it absolutely does. Our couple get there HEA, I just wanted that little bit of extra instead of just seeing things fall so cleanly into place.
In the end all you really need to know is I LOVED THIS BOOK! I read it in one sitting, I am head over heels for these characters both individually and as a couple and I want more, I need more! This is just such a fun and refreshing series and perfect for your summer TBR pile!
Oh, and two more things....I desperately want to learn more about rugby now and it's not always the quiet ones, just as Josie, or better yet, ask Will. ;-)
~ HAPPY READING ~
Excerpt:
*Will*
When I saw how spotless the shared living space was, I allowed my curiosity to get the better of me and peeked my head into her bathroom, Rocky dancing around my feet as I entered the space. The counters were covered in woman-products, but the marble surface and sink were free of water spots, and the glass of the shower had been wiped clean.
I glanced at Rocky. He glanced at me. Bemused, I chuckled to myself, about to turn back to the door, and that’s when I spotted it.
A dildo.
A big, Pyrex dildo.
With ridges.
In the shower.
I froze, blinked, and I stared at it, my brain sluggish. Oddly, I had to remind myself to breathe. Likely because I was . . .
I was—
I was shocked.
I shook myself, tearing my eyes from it and rubbing my chest where an odd kind of pang was spreading mild warmth up my neck.
But why was I shocked?
Why should I be surprised?
Despite my never seeing her that way, Josey was a woman and women have needs.
Don’t they?
I hadn’t grown up around women—any women. My mother died when she had my youngest brother. My grandmother died before I was born. I had no sisters. We lived on a farm, way out in BFN Oklahoma.
Girls—women—and their bodies were sacred lands of the unknown to us Moore boys.
Unbidden—completely unbidden—an image of Josey flashed through my mind’s eye. Her full lips parted, her big eyes closed, causing her thick black lashes to catch droplets of water before they dripped over her sharp cheekbones. Her head would be lolled back as shower spray melted bubbles of slippery soap, sliding down her bare skin as they dissolved. Her legs would be parted, and maybe one hand would be braced against the wall of the shower while the other moved in a steady rhythm.
Holding that huge, glass dildo.
I swallowed a sudden rush of salvia and, unable to help myself, I leaned closer to the sex toy, examining it and comparing its size against my own.
I was bigger.
But not by much.
And for some reason, this realization made me instantly hard.
Crap.
Of course I knew Josey was a woman, but until this moment, I’d never really thought of her that way. Not even the tampon-mountain drove the point home. Up until this point, she was someone I liked as a person, someone who made me laugh, who was smart and compassionate, someone around whom I felt completely comfortable. A good—no, a great companion.
She was still all of those things, except—
Except now I’ve pictured her naked.
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Penny Reid is the Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling Author of the Winston Brothers and Knitting in the City series. She used to spend her days writing federal grant proposals as a biomedical researcher, but now she just writes books. She’s also a full time mom to three diminutive adults, wife, daughter, knitter, crocheter, sewer, general crafter, and thought ninja.
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