Rex and Abby are both complex and quirky characters, easy to invest in and cheer on. Rex hires Abby to be his wife, to shut the media up and keep his mindset clear enough to perform in the NFL.Īs they wind their inevitable way towards their HEA, we’re introduced to Rex’s ex-harem, his reasons for hating the Training Wheels nickname, and their circles of friends. I’ll forgive it, though I’ve read this twice now and found it just as charming both times. I’ll be honest – there’s a little bit of the “if these two just had an honest, up front conversation, there’d be no book” trope here. Abby, of course (how else could it go?) went to school with Rex, and had a monster crush on him. This kinda bugs Rex, for a bunch of reasons that lead him to a bar, where he meets up with Abby, the bartender.

He has a reputation in the press for acting as “training wheels” for his girlfriends, who all go on to marry their very next boyfriend. In Homecoming King, Rex has gone on to become a pro football player (look, I’m an Aussie, I can tell you he’s not a QB and that’s about all). There’s a big focus on Found Family (as opposed to blood family) in her novels, and the Three Kings series (book three still pending) focuses on three friends from a small town high school, Rex, Cyrus and Alaric. So perhaps I’m not entirely objective when reviewing this latest series, but again, they’ve really worked for me. I started out in the Knitting in the City series, and have read everything I could get my hands on since. The guy who has a proposition she should definitely refuse.I’m just going to admit up front that I find Penny Reid’s books totally delightful. The guy who is drunk and needs a ride home.

except that one guy she's loved since preschool. Privy to all the sad stories of her customers, 'contentment over commitment' is her motto, and Abby is convinced no one on earth could ever entice her into a romantic relationship. Rex is sick of being the guy before the husband, and he's most definitely sick of being the best man at all their weddings.īartender Abigail McNerny is the gal-pal, the wing-woman, the she-BFF. He may be a pro-football defensive end for the Chicago Squalls, but the press only wants to talk about how he's always a groomsman and never a groom. Rex 'TW' McMurtry's perpetual single-hood wouldn't bother him so much if all his ex-girlfriends didn't keep marrying the very next person they dated, especially when so many of those grooms are his closest friends.

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