Crazy, Wicked Love (The Wickeds: Dark Knights at Bayside, #3)
Melissa Foster
Scorching heat, laugh-out-loud humor, and swoon-worthy moments abound in this sexy new standalone romance by New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Melissa Foster. What happens when the player gets played? Sidney Carver has a big problem, and he goes by the name of Dwayne “Gunner” Wicked: six-plus feet of muscular, motorcycle-riding, animal-loving deliciousness. Gunner is her boss, roommate, and best friend. They’ve seen each other through life-altering injuries and unimaginable losses, and they work side by side at Wicked Animal Rescue, fulfilling their passion to save animals. Unfortunately, Gunner is also the man Sidney is in love with, and he's the ultimate player. As her former military comrade, Gunner sees her as his buddy—just one of the guys. Sidney is at her wit’s end, ready to risk the friendship and job she adores for a chance at forever love with the man she can’t live without. Like any good Marine, she comes up with a mission. Enter Operation Get My Guy. Gunner loves his life. He has a family he adores, a brotherhood that always has his back, and a host of willing women to warm his bed. As the owner of Wicked Animal Rescue, he saves lives and works with his best friend, Sid, the coolest woman on the planet. When Sid concocts a crazy plan to win his cousin’s heart, Gunner reluctantly agrees to be her wingman. Practices heat up as roommates become teammates. Let the wicked fun begin… No cheating. No cliffhangers. Guaranteed to melt panties and leave readers hopelessly in love with the sinfully delicious Wickeds. About The Wickeds: Dark Knights at Bayside Set on the sandy shores of Cape Cod, the Wickeds feature fiercely protective heroes, strong heroines, and unbreakable family bonds. If you think bikers are all the same, you haven’t met the Dark Knights. The Dark Knights are a motorcycle club, not a gang. Their members stick together like family and will stop at nothing to keep their communities safe. These men are wickedly alpha and intensely loyal, but they are not alphaholes. *** Want more WICKED sexy love stories? A Little Bit Wicked (Justin and Chloe) The Wicked Aftermath (Tank and Leah) Crazy, Wicked Love The Wicked Truth His Wicked Ways Meet the WHISKEYS (Wicked cousins). Now available for your binge-reading pleasure! Tru Blue Truly, Madly, Whiskey Driving Whiskey Wild Wicked Whiskey Love Mad About Moon Taming My Whiskey The Gritty Truth In for a Penny Running on Diesel Find out more about these and many other steamy romance series in Melissa Foster’s big-family contemporary romance collection, Love in Bloom, featuring characters from all walks of life, from billionaires to blue-collar workers. You’ll love her fun, sexy, and relatable characters, and their real-life issues. Best of all, you’re always guaranteed a happily ever after.
Publication Year: 2022
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4.5 stars
This story was a lot of fun, as well as having a lot of really heartfelt moments. There’s nothing like the bond people get when they serve in the military together. From the moment Gunner met Sidney he was impressed by her and found her the most attractive person he had ever met. But he quickly put her in the friend zone because, overseas in a dangerous and war-torn country, it was much more valuable to him and Sidney to have a friend they could rely on no matter what. Gunner knew throwing any sort of intimate relationship into the mix could really screw that up and throw one or both of them off their game. He never let on about his feelings, so Sid assumed she would never have a chance of having any sort of relationship with him other than best friends so she stuck with that. Their arrangement worked…until it didn’t.
While Gunner locked his feelings down super deep and became a sort of ladies man to overcompensate, Sid never truly buried her feelings from herself. Sid was wounded badly while in the field and was medically discharged from the military, so Gunner got out himself and decided to pursue the dream they used to talk about of rescuing dogs. He, of course, invited Sid to join him and they even moved in together. Again, as friends. But Sid just cannot take Gunner’s revolving door any longer. She realizes she either needs to step up her game and get Gunner to open his eyes to how great they would be together, or move out and move on.
Antics ensue and feelings are brought to the forefront. The first kiss Sidney and Gunner share is explosive and gave me all sorts of butterflies. But one kiss does not a relationship make. Eventually things work out and the happy couple is together. Yet Sidney is uneasy, feeling she tricked Gunner into their relationship and knowing he hates lies. She just can’t seem to find the right way to tell him the true story of how they came to be.
As much as I thoroughly enjoy these two and their chemistry, I wasn’t all that impressed with Gunner’s reaction when the truth came out. You all know I’m not a fan of the “big lie” trope, but in this case I truly thought Sid was making it out to be bigger than it really was. Instead of being annoyed with her for hiding her “lie”, I was annoyed with Gunner for reacting poorly because his ego was hurt. Of course, calmer heads eventually prevail and we get the HEA we all want to see.
There are so many stories I am waiting to see play out in this branch of the Love in Bloom series. Like I said before, I like the Wickeds almost as much as I love the Whiskeys.
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0Friends to roommates to lovers; one asks for help to attract attention of the crush from the other.
Really solid friendship. Sidney has had feelings for her best friend for years but she afraid she’ll lose him all together.
Pretty low angst. The “low” moment seemed silly to me but it’s not drawn out.
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