👑 Tess Bailey retains her title as the queen of banter and the mother of mainstream kink. ⁣
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📖 A lot of people love this book. I liked it. ⁣
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⛳️ Now, its shortcomings may have more to do with the sport of golf than the book itself. If even a Tessa Bailey romance about a golfer, WITH a tossed salad scene, cannot make the sport of golf sexy, then I think it’s safe to say it’s an unsexy sport. Golf just can’t carry the kind of (pelvic) tension that’s needed to sustain a good romance novel. ⁣
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🎶 It felt slow. I can best describe this as a good low-fi pop song. It’s a GOOD song, but I’ll probably change the station if it comes on the radio, in search of something with more … oomph. ⁣
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👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨 Certainly, the main characters are a pleasure to root for. Both of them deserve love beyond measure and it’s delightful to watch them get it. Tessa writes a tender love story here. She executes a delicate romance without losing any of the lust. ⁣
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📚 I adored this couple and enjoyed this book, but it did leave me seeking a dopamine hit elsewhere. ⁣

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