Four Weddings and a Swamp Boat Tour by Erin Nicholas
Four Weddings And A Swamp Boat Tour, an all-new swoon-worthy Boys of the Bayou Gone Wild series standalone romance from New York Times bestselling author Erin Nicholas is available now!
ABOUT THE BOOK
She’s been proposed to five times.
Five.
She even said yes to one of them.
And then broke his heart when she called it off. Not to mention her mother’s heart. And her grandmother’s. And his mother’s. And…you get the picture.
Paige Asher has now officially sworn off all dating. Diamonds give her hives. All she wants is to be a yoga-doing, cat-collecting, vegetarian in peace. Away from her marriage-crazy family and all their expectations.
So when her weekend fling turns into a real friend and offers her a place to escape, she finds herself on his doorstep in Louisiana. And right in the middle of not just one family wedding, but three. Of course.
Charming, sexy bayou boy Mitch Landry gets stuff done. Whatever anyone needs. From alligator-sitting to getting a buddy drunk to showing a woman a good time to fixing a swamp boat, he’s the man. No problem. No drama.
But he wants a hell of a lot more from Paige than a temporary friends-with-benefits arrangement. He wants to take care of her. And her five cats. He also really wants other men to stop asking her to marry them.
But if a roommate and a few orgasms are all she wants, that’s what he’ll deliver.
He can just be her friend and not commit the greatest sin of all…asking her for forever.
“Goodnight, Paige,” he finally said. “Goodnight, Mitch.” They still just stood looking at each other. “You need to go to your room,” he said, his voice a little tight. “I will. You too.” “Yeah, but—” He sighed. “You’re right by my door.” She looked at the closed bedroom door again. And smiled. “I guess I am.” She didn’t want to torture the guy. He was trying to be noble. Or something. But she wouldn’t deny that she liked that resisting her would be difficult. “You need to move away from my bedroom door, Paige.” His voice was a little gruffer. “You’re in my way of getting to my bedroom too,” she pointed out. “But are you tempted to throw me over your shoulder and say to hell with all of your good intentions? Already? Within twenty minutes of deciding you even have good intentions?” She laughed even as warmth filled her. Not just heat. Not lusty heat anyway. But a feel-good warmth that she didn’t quite understand. But she liked it. “Kind of.” He swallowed hard. Then said, “Go to bed, Paige.” She moved to the right, away from his door. As he came forward, she playfully pressed her back against the far wall. He smiled, in spite of himself, and went to his bedroom door. He twisted the knob but paused and looked over at her. She inched her way toward her bedroom, still against the wall. When she got to her door she reached for the knob and shot him a smile. “Goodnight, Mitch.” “’Night.” “And I’m just right here if you have any night time needs. Bad dreams.” She paused. “Good dreams.” “Stop it.” “Stop what? Just being a good friend.” She grinned. “My dreams might include white dresses and tuxes,” he warned. Again, no sense of oh shit. Instead she tipped her head. “You’re pretty good at bringing all of that up without asking the four-word question.” He didn’t comment on that. “See you in the morning.” “Okay.” She gave him another smile, then slipped into her room, feeling his eyes still on her until the door shut. She slumped against it, pressing her hand to her stomach. Dammit. She really liked him. It was really too bad they weren’t going to kiss anymore.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR About Erin Nicholas
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Erin Nicholas has been writing romances almost as long as she’s been reading them. To date, she’s written over thirty sexy, contemporary novels that have been described as “toe-curling,” “enchanting,” “steamy,” and “fun.” She adores reluctant heroes, imperfect heroines, and happily ever afters.
Erin lives in the Midwest, where she enjoys spending time with her husband (who only wants to read the sex scenes in her books), her kids (who will never read the sex scenes in her books), and her family and friends (who claim to be “shocked” by the sex scenes in her books).
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Paige and Mitch's story is here and it brings the author's two series together. Both of which I have read for years. It takes place in New Orleans, in a small swamp area called Autre. Where almost everyone in town is related to Mitch in some way or other. He and his cousins run a tour boat company there.
He met Paige when he came to her hometown with his cousin Josh and a friend of hers, Tori. They had a really great night together and then she was supposed to visit him for the wedding but she runs away from home and comes several months early and is planning on sticking around 7 months before she heads to Colorado for a job there.
Paige and Mitch becomes roomies who date and with benefits. She has been proposed too many times and is only 22 so she wants to be free and travel the world and not get tied down. If you know anything about Mitch's family well they are fun but also nosy and so he tries to get them to not pressure Paige with amusing results.
The premise of four weddings and a swamp tour are that all Mitch's cousins are getting married separately. That is until Paige meets them and comes up with a cool idea and so the fun begins. This is very much a coming of age story for Paige. She has been the baby in her family and has felt very jailed by her small town and expectations. When she runs away to Mitch, his family helps her to start to explore who she is and support her while not jailing her with expectations.
One of my favorite scenes in the book is where the brides, Ellie, Cora and Mitch call Paige's mom and discuss Swedish wedding traditions with her. You see how far she has come in the few weeks she has been in town.
You also meet Mitch's grumpy roomie and some more of his cousins. I am thinking they will be featured in coming books.
If you love the Cajun series by this author. You will love that we get to see the whole family A LOT and their shenanigans.
I received a free ARC copy of this book from the author prior to release and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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