The Sweetheart Game is the 2nd book in the Brash & Brazen series (but can be read in any order or as a stand alone)

This story focuses on former cheerleader Summer O'Keefe & her investigation into her sexy but mysterious new neighbor Jason Parker.

The author does such a great job creating unique & interesting characters. And the mystery part of the story is fascinating.

Already started the next book in the series.

I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.

LOVED this book! It totally was not what I was expecting from the blurb I read - I wasn't expecting it to be so funny! This book had me laughing out loud! Summer is one of my favorite heroines ever! This is the first book I've read by this author but I can't wait to read more!

Reviews by the Wicked Reads Review Team

Ruthie – ☆☆☆☆
This is the second book in the series, and whilst it involves another of the team at Brash & Brazen, it does follow on, and would be better read as a follow on. Summer is the lead PI in this story. These stories are full of fun and craziness, and one can almost visualise them as a TV series, because they are so full of larger than life people – from Irving and Alvin to Summer's neighbours, Sandie the real estate agent, and many more.

I really liked the parallel plots which give Summer and her new neighbour, Jason, a chance to both understand and misunderstand each other. The fact that we know some underlying things about each of them, which neither of them know about each other, also helps to ramp up the crazy. As things come to a head, and these two people who are very cautious about love start to recognise how they feel about each other, it is almost impossible to put the book down. Thank goodness that Jess still has her story to be told, as I would like to know just how things go forward!

The Sweetheart Game is the second book in the Brash & Brazen series, and while the primary couple are Summer (from the PI firm) and her neighbor Jason; I would definitely recommend that you read this series in order, as the story continues on from book one and some of the relevant information may be leave you puzzled without having read the previous story.

This is another fun, quirky, and easy to read story from Ms Smith, with interesting characters and a light-hearted, but also deeply emotional tale. I really look forward to finding out what happens to all the crazy women who run this unique PI firm.

I have chosen to DNF this title. The author's writing style seems choppy to me and I am not able to engage with the book for this reason. I also think the dialog seems a little off.

Apologies and I look forward to the next title with you!

Laura