Title: Boom
Author: Sabrina Stark
Genre: Enemies-to-Lovers Romantic Comedy
Release Date: June 25, 2020
Release Date: June 25, 2020
Blurb
New from a USA Today Bestseller: One crumbling house. One
exploded truck. And two people who think they can't stand each other.
Arden Weathers. She's a girl on a mission, and that mission most certainly doesn't involve Brody Blastoviak, the hometown hottie who made her college prospects go boom, and not in a good way, six years ago.
Brody Blastoviak. He knows better than to stick his you-know-what into Crazy. So why is he losing his cookies over Arden Weathers, the uptight chemistry partner who "accidentally" torched his truck back in high school?
Now, older and wiser, these former classmates are supposedly on the same team – working to restore a crumbling beach house that both of them want to claim as their own. Too bad for Arden, Brody holds not just the deed, but all of the cards and clout, too.
She's a broke college graduate while Brody is not only hotter than ever, but obnoxiously rich and famous, thanks to Blast Tools, a rags-to-riches brotherly venture. It's all so stupidly unfair, especially when Arden makes an appalling discovery. Turns out, she's not nearly as immune to Brody's charms as she thought.
And Brody? Let's just say, this tool-toting billionaire is reluctantly learning that the girl of his nightmares just might be the girl of his dreams.
***This enemies-to-lovers new adult romance is a fun, full-length standalone billionaire romantic comedy with a guaranteed happily-ever-after!***
Arden Weathers. She's a girl on a mission, and that mission most certainly doesn't involve Brody Blastoviak, the hometown hottie who made her college prospects go boom, and not in a good way, six years ago.
Brody Blastoviak. He knows better than to stick his you-know-what into Crazy. So why is he losing his cookies over Arden Weathers, the uptight chemistry partner who "accidentally" torched his truck back in high school?
Now, older and wiser, these former classmates are supposedly on the same team – working to restore a crumbling beach house that both of them want to claim as their own. Too bad for Arden, Brody holds not just the deed, but all of the cards and clout, too.
She's a broke college graduate while Brody is not only hotter than ever, but obnoxiously rich and famous, thanks to Blast Tools, a rags-to-riches brotherly venture. It's all so stupidly unfair, especially when Arden makes an appalling discovery. Turns out, she's not nearly as immune to Brody's charms as she thought.
And Brody? Let's just say, this tool-toting billionaire is reluctantly learning that the girl of his nightmares just might be the girl of his dreams.
***This enemies-to-lovers new adult romance is a fun, full-length standalone billionaire romantic comedy with a guaranteed happily-ever-after!***
Rating: 3.5*
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This was an enemies to lovers story, with a lot from their past clouding their present and future. The story revolves around a house that used to belong to Arden's grandparents and that Arden thought she was close to owning herself. Unfortunately for her, Brody is now the proud owner and it will be the next project on his reality construction show.
Whilst it was clear that there was definitely chemistry between them, as the sparks definitely flew, I struggled to see how they would work together. Let me start by saying that I loved Brody and his quiet and brooding ways. He has made good in life from where he was when he was younger and the fact that he has pulled himself up and worked hard to get where he is. He really tries with Arden and tries to make up for past mistakes. On the other hand, I found Arden incredibly annoying, shrill and had a massive chip on her shoulder. It came across that Arden felt as though the world owed her, which brought a self-righteousness to her character that was not appealing. There was so much conflict that I could only read in small doses
That being said I enjoyed the premise of the story and the elements relating to the house renovations as well as the banter between Arden and the show's producer. There were certainly plenty of explosive moments between the various different characters. I am intrigued by the rest of Brody's brothers and do hope they get their own stories.
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Excerpt
To my
infinite horror, I was staring into the hard gaze of Broderick Blastoviak – aka
Brody Blast, a guy I'd known back in high school.
We had a
history, and it wasn't terrific.
In school,
he'd been a total trouble-maker through-and-through. Cocky. Obnoxiously
brilliant. And too dangerous by half.
Unlike me,
he never, ever followed the rules – and yet, he never seemed to pay for it.
That
dickweed had cost me a full-ride scholarship. He was the reason I'd been
working two jobs to pay for college, even while taking on far too many student
loans.
In a
roundabout way, this also meant that he was the reason I hadn't been
able to purchase this house on my own, back when I'd had the chance three years
ago.
I
freaking hated him.
And boy,
did he hate me, too.
Even if I
hadn't known this already, the look in his eyes would've been proof enough.
I
sputtered, "What are you doing here?"
He gave me
a look. "You mean in my house?"
"Oh
come on!" I said. "It can't be your house. There's no furniture. And
besides, why would you want to live here? Don't you have houses all over
the place already?"
This wasn't
as far-fetched as you'd think. Brilliant or not, Brody hadn't gone to college.
Instead, he'd founded a tool-and-die company with his two older brothers and
then proceeded to take the market by storm.
These days,
Blast Tools – that was the name of their company – was famously successful,
just like the company's three founders.
And I meant
"famous" quite literally.
A few years
ago, by some miracle, the brothers had gotten themselves a weekly cable show on
the Home Network, where they used their own tools to remodel older homes or
sometimes build new ones.
And just
for the record, they looked very good doing it.
Damn it.
Author Bio
USA TODAY Bestselling Author Sabrina Stark writes fun
contemporary romances featuring plucky girls and the bad boys who capture their
hearts. She's worked as a fortune-teller, barista, science writer and alas,
jobs that required a hairnet. She has a journalism degree from Central Michigan
University and is married with one son and a bunch of very spoiled kittens. She
currently makes her home in Northern Alabama.
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