I received an arc of this title from NetGalley for an honest review. This book was a quick romantic read with excellent characters and plot.

This book was wonderful, and I thoroughly enjoyed the explosive chemistry between Crystal and Ford during their crazy journey together. I highly recommend this book if you enjoy a bit humor and heart with this emotional romance. I'm a sucker for opposites attract style of romances these days!

I definitely look forward to reading more by Leigh LaValle!

This was my first read from this author and she has easily been added to my "must read" list of authors! This was everything I love in a contemporary romance with lots of feels, intensity, heart-warming moments and hot, sexy times as well!

I've got to admit I really struggled to get in to this book at first and had to really push through but in the end I enjoyed it.. Ended up laughing along and enjoying the connection between them.

Reckless was so much fun to read. It was one of the funniest books I have read in a long time. In Reckless, we meet Crystal who is a happy go lucky yoga hippie. Then we meet Ford who is a hot shot CEO with no time for anything else but work. Ford and Crystal couldn’t be anymore different, they are polar opposites. One thing they both did have in common though was the fact they needed to find themselves throughout the book and do what made them happy and not others. I loved their little banters and quirks which made their personalities more real and enjoyable. Ford and Crystal helped oneanother grow and see things from a different perspective. I did feel like it was rushed a bit at the end but It had a great ending. “I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.”

I enjoyed it, a lot. Good characters and decent storyline. Characters are polar opposites and just too good together. Overall, it was really well done! Would recommend.

This was a funny, sexy story about hippie Crystal and Ford, the CEO. These two are polar opposites, but that doesn't stop the sparks from flying. Some moments were laugh-out-loud, some were smack-someone's-head-you're-an-idiot, and some were steamy. Add in a family wedding, a wealthy family that's all about appearance, a hippie family, a business in crisis and you have chaos and mayhem. Let the fun begin!

I loved Crystal and Ford together.

This was my first book by this author, but I'll keep my eyes out for future books.

This was a solid romance that I liked. It didn't blow me away but it was a good opposite attract romance. It had a little bit of everything - humor, emotional depth, and a quite solid HEA. I love the yoga hippie/workaholic interactions that were interwoven into the story. The extreme differences between the heroine and hero really made for an interesting read. Although it's the second in a series, it can definitely be read as a standalone. I liked this one but didn't love it. If the opposites attract trope is your thing, you will likely really enjoy it!

Cute story! A little too slow in the middle but it was funny, cute and sexy. 4 chilli peppers of hotness!

This is the second book in Leigh LaValle's Yoga In The City series. This book can be read as a standalone and I hadn’t read the first book, but did not feel I missed anything.

Crystal is the co-owner of a yoga studio in Boulder Colorado. She’s also the spokesperson for her parents' new book about tantra. Crystal is overwhelmed and needs a break to get herself back to peace. Conveniently, she is scheduled to go to the Adirondack’s for her cousin's wedding.

Ford is a workaholic, control freak CEO of his family's international watch company. He feels his company needs to get involved in some smart watch technology, but he needs signatures from other family members to move forward. Ford is also travelling to the Adirondack’s for his sister’s wedding, and he plans to get those signatures there.

Due to bad weather, the flight taking the pair to the wedding is postponed, and the two are forced to find alternative arrangements. The two couldn’t be more different! The “hippy” and the “control freak” spend time together and eventually act on their attraction and chemistry, just while they are going to the wedding. Will it last thereafter?

I enjoyed this story and recommend it as a good read for anyone who likes opposites attract stories.

I received an ARC of this book courtesy of Net Galley and the publisher. All opinions expressed in this review are my own and given freely.

I found this story ok, I didn't really agree with tall the five stars but to each his own. This is the second book in the series but can be read as a standalone. We also have an opposites attract situation or/and an enemies to lovers story. We have Ford who is a workaholic and trying to save his families empire and the last thing he needs his his attraction to Crystal a yoga hippie. Ford's sister is marrying Crystal's cousin Josh, and they are both asked to come early to deal with their crazy families. Josh's are uptight and Crystal's are a little crazy and hippies. While they both leave to deal with the families their is a storm and they can't fly out so they have to make a trip by car and every obstacle imaginable has come upon them but while they are doing that their chemistry is stronger than ever so they succumb to it and have a fling, only to happen while they are on this trip and then they will go back to normal, but you and I know that will not be the case.

This right here is a slice of sunshine pie ..................

What happens when a stuffed shirt and a free spirit are forced together? fireworks! That's what. And when their equally "noses in the air" and "I am one with nature" families meet as well? Let's just say a LOT is going on.

This is a happy book. From the great characters, to the backdrop, the author weaves a story around you that just gladdens the heart. This is the first book I've read by Miss LaValle but it wont be my last. If you're looking for a great summer read, look no further.

Barel 3 stars. A decent follow up to the first book in the series - but you don’t have to read sequentially as it’s basically a stand alone. However, this one didn’t resonate with me as much as the first did. It also felt like the yoga aspect in this one was really watered down. On top of that, it was about 75-100 pages too long and in desperate need of a decent editing job. Full disclosure, I thought the 1st book could use some trimming as well. All in all, it’s an okay follow up but one with less sympathic characters, almost too much sexy times, and one where I found myself getting bored about 75% in.

First book by this author and I really enjoyed it.
Given how different they are, it was good to have the chapters from both the points of view of Crystal and Ford.
A fairly fast paced book that follows them on their plane and road trip to the wedding of Ford's sister to Crystal's cousin. Ford is CEO of the family company and Crystal is a yoga teacher - they have met before but this time something seems to change and they can't keep away from each other. They know it has to end once they get to the wedding, but what then?
Can't wait to read the other books in this series.

Reckless is a so so romance. I found the plot and the writing lacking. I probably just should not have given any feedback.

WARNING: do not read this book at night when your significant other is trying to fall asleep. Attempting to snort-laugh silently is painful, and also shakes the bed. 😁

Reckless is a delightful, fun story. Although it started off slowly, things picked up considerably once our hero and heroine, Bradford T. Huntington and Crystal RainWater Ananda, began their journey/adventure from Colorado to his sister’s/her cousin’s wedding in upstate New York. And while their constant bickering could have been annoying (a la two siblings stuck in a backseat on a cross country road trip), instead it was hilarious. Frequently the witty, biting barbs they exchanged had me laughing out loud.

Ford and Crystal couldn’t be more opposite. He’s highly educated, extremely driven, and under extreme pressure to make his failing company succeed businessman. She is street smart/self-taught, laid back, and a hippie-dippy yoga instructor. Things shouldn’t work between them, but it’s almost like they enjoyed the constant verbal sparring.

Crystal came out of a store with a big bag of groceries and a wide grin. She climbed into the car and unpacked a bunch of rabbit food - a bag of carrots, an apple, water, and some nuts.
“Want some nuts?” she asked.
“How about some real food, like bacon?”

So many of the scenes in this book could have crossed over into slapstick, “this is ridiculous” territory, especially when Crystal’s commune living, yoga guru, hippy family shows up at Ford’s rich, stuffy, snobby East Coast family home. But it never did. Instead, I just kept laughing and laughing. The humor in this book is effortless and abundant. Maybe I’ve just been reading things that were too deep lately, but this book was refreshing.

But somewhere around the 65 percent point, the book took a sharp left turn detour from funny and lighthearted into serious and deep as Crystal and Ford grappled with their wounds from childhood. Turns out, maybe deep down they aren’t so opposite after all. Both feel the heavy weight of family expectations, and neither feel they have a choice or the chutzpah to change things.

I love when a book charms me so completely with its humor, but then also makes me feel so much more with the heartfelt things the characters are dealing with. On the surface, this story is about an uptight guy learning to loosen up as he falls for the quirky, free-spirited girl. But it’s so much more than that! This was the perfect summer read, and I look forward to reading more by Leigh LaValle.

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This is the second of the author’s series about four women who own a yoga studio together. I really enjoyed the book and reading how this unlikely couple came together.

It has a bit of a Pride and Prejudice vibe to it with two very different people from very different backgrounds have to find out that they have more to bind them together than cast them apart. Crystal comes from a very woo-woo family with parents who write books about yoga and sex. She’s tired of taking care of them and being the “face” of their yoga empire while still trying to run her own yoga business.

She is forced to travel together with Ford (these names are quite emblematic of their characters) as they are both traveling from Boulder to upstate New York for his sister’s wedding to her cousin. The first half of the book involves their travel woes as they are delayed by all sorts of travel breakdowns. It becomes a time out of the ordinary for them, rather like the road to Oz as they keep referring to this magical time. They grow to enjoy each other and have fun together. She’s seemingly carefree and sunny and he’s tense and unable to relax.

Then they arrive at the family compound in New York, which sounds like a wonderful place. Crystal might be out of place in this upper-class playground, but she’s such a charismatic person that she shines among the wedding party.

Now Crystal and Ford just have to come to the realization that what they feel for each other is more than a fling.

I voluntarily reviewed an advanced reader copy of this book that I received from Netgalley; however, the opinions are my own and I did not receive any compensation for my review.

I really enjoyed the first novel from the Yoga in the City series, so I was excited to read Reckless. Crystal and Ford have great chemistry once they get past the hating each other stage, and all the supporting characters are really entertaining. This would be a 5 star review except for the fact that it's about 40-50 pages too long.

The wedding of two polar families brings foes Crystal Ananda and Bradford T. Huntington face-to-face as they combine efforts to make it to her cousin’s and his sister’s wedding. The forces of nature have forced them to find alternative ways to the venue and inclement weather causes them to spend time together on the road and off. Crystal and Ford are like oil and water: she’s freedom and he’s all business, she’s fluid and he’s uptight. Both are under extreme family pressure to do the right thing. Luckily, their polarity works wonders and somehow love creeps in to make it all work.

This was my first read from this author and she has easily been added to my "must read" list of authors! This was everything I love in a contemporary romance with lots of feels, intensity, heart-warming moments and hot, sexy times as well! I loved the slow development of the relationship between Ford and Crystal and the easy, sometimes really hot, banter between these two characters. The supporting characters were just as well thought out and developed and added to the storyline without taking away from the main characters and without being fill-in and fluff--they added to the overall experience. Excellent, enjoyable read! I loved it so much that I purchased the first book in this series immediately and will purchase the rest of the series as well. I voluntarily read and reviewed an ARC for NetGalley.