Title: Kissing the Rival
A Kissing Games Series Standalone
Author: Kaylee Ryan
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Tropes: Enemies to Lovers/Workplace Romance
Release Date: June 15, 2023
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Charlotte
I’m not just kissing the rival… I’m falling for him.
Spencer Pennington has always been a shameless flirt, but when it came to being the best in our MBA program, all bets were off, and the competition was on.
Fast-forward a few years, and all it takes is a bar at a failed wedding and my silly kiss-rating system to lock lips with the enemy. Cocky as ever, Spencer claims he’s a ten and kisses me to prove it. I kiss him back to scratch an old itch, not expecting to like it.
Which is a huge problem, because Mr. Tall, Dark, and Tattooed from grad school is my new boss. And I want to kiss him again and again. Even if I only gave him a four.
Spencer
Charlotte Krause could be the perfect girl, if she didn’t hate me so much. I’m unsure if it was just me or guys in general, but she had this stuck-up, all-work-no-play vibe about her in college.
Imagine my surprise when I find her at the resort bar rating kisses like it’s her job. This carefree woman is nothing like the focused girl who turned me down at freshman orientation. And every time after that.
When I promise her I’m a ten, I see that competitive spark light in her ocean-blue eyes. There she is. She might have kissed me to prove me wrong, but I know I’m right about one thing.
She feels the spark too. There’s just one problem. It turns out her actual job is working for me.
My rating: 5 out of 5 stars
My review:
“I saw you across the auditorium, and I
knew. I just knew that I needed to know
you. Over the years, I’ve thought about
you often.”
Spencer thought Charlotte was stuck up when she turned him
down during Freshmen Orientation. Charlotte
was full of grief on the first day at college and she knew that she had to stay
focused on school. If she lost her scholarship,
she would be left with nothing. Over the
next ten years, irritating Charlotte became a game for Spencer. Until they both end up as part of the same
wedding and let their guards down. After
the kiss they shared while playing a kissing game, Spencer knew he couldn’t let
her go. She was it for him.
“I love him more today than I did yesterday,
and I know for certain I’ll love him more tomorrow.”
Kissing the Rival is the second book in The Kissing Games series. Each book is by a different author, but they
are connected. I don’t feel it is
necessary to read them in order. Although
I am glad I did, because so far they have been amazing. This book was written by Kaylee Ryan and it
was everything I thought it would be.
Full of wit, spicy romance, enemy to lovers, and overall, just a fun book
to read. I got so immersed in it that I had
to finish it in one setting.
I received an ARC and am voluntarily leaving a review. All
thoughts and opinions are my own.
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New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Kaylee Ryan has been crowned the Queen of Swoon by her readers. With nearly fifty romance books under her belt, she’s known for penning happily ever afters with heart. When she's not writing, you can find her with a book in her hand or hanging out with her family where she resides in her home state of Ohio.
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