Review: Don't Mind If "I Do"

Don't Mind If "I Do" by Everly Ashton

Blurb:

It's not every day the woman who broke your heart asks to be your wife.

Life is good. I'm single. I'm an emergency room doctor. And according to my hookups, I'm hot AF.

Then she walks back into my life.

I haven't seen Mazzy Pembrooke since the night she betrayed me. So when she comes into my work asking me to make good on a childhood pact and marry her, I'm speechless.

She's the last woman I'd want to marry--even if it's pretend and with a definitive end date.

But after I find myself in a sticky situation at work, marrying Mazzy might just benefit me too.

Once we're living as husband and wife under the same roof though, I struggle to remember that I hate this woman and the fake marriage doesn't feel so fake anymore.

My review and rating: 4 of 5 stars

This was a new-to-me author and I was pleasantly surprised while reading it.  It was a combination of best friends to lovers, enemies to lovers, and second chance romance.  It was fast-paced and well written.  The characters were genuine and so easy to connect with.  They might have grown up with wealthy families, but they were down to earth and willing to help others.  Although I think Nick was selfish for starting a relationship with Mazzy when they were younger and then dumping her so he could focus on school.  Maybe he feared the emotions he had for Mazzy and not mature enough to handle them.  Overall, this was a good book with entertaining relationship shifts.

I received an ARC and am willingly leaving a review.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.