This book is a friends to lovers romance that got off to a cute start with good writing, charismatic characters and the possibility of a very entertaining relationship between childhood friends Zach and Laurel. Unfortunately, after an encounter with a disgruntled customer at work Laurel gets fired from her job, finds solace in alcohol and makes a pass at Zach before passing out cold in his bed. Half a dozen chapters later the storyline starts to wander a bit and though Zach is ready and willing to make a commitment to a future together Laurel has no intention of taking him up on the offer. With an unconventional and murky storyline and two conflicted characters it’s hard to see how this couple will ever resolve the differences between them. Ultimately this romance is more like the movie ‘The War Of The Roses” than the heartwarming and emotionally engaging relationship I hope to find in a great romance. I read an early copy of this book through NetGalley and all opinions expressed in my voluntary review are completely my own.

A cute complicated story continues the series of the Devil’s Rock at Whiskey River trio of books.
The second of the three bachelor airstrip owners, Zach, finds himself enamored with the sister of one of the other guys. Zach has had a thing for younger Laurel but kept it under wraps. She is now a divorced mother and finding life difficult, with little money to spare and not the best living conditions for herself and her son. When Zach rescues her from a player, he declares his interest in her but she’s been drinking and is not sure of what he meant. Laurel has always had a crush on Zach and is now determined to investigate his feelings by being bold and taking the reins. However, there is her older, protective brother to contend with for both her and Zach.

His Best Friend's Sister by Eve Gaddy is second in the series with the title giving a major idea of the story-line. While I found this to be true, it is also a story of how doubts and hesitations can run a person’s life, affecting those that are also connected.

The premise is a good one with one super good guy. Zack is the best friend of Travis, (Rebel Pilot Texas Doctor), who is interested in Travis’ now divorced sister, Laurel. Several twists happen in the story that are predictable but somewhat unexpected. Still it is Laurel’s reluctance that gives the story its main conflict, which seemed overdramatic on her part. Still the supporting character are interesting, with a couple of the guys that I am hoping will get their own story in the future.

His Best Friend's Sister by Eve Gaddy. A good story with likable characters, great dialogue and storyline. Book two in the Devil's Rock at Whiskey River series.

Brother's friend, Zach has always has a crush on Laura but he knew better, hands off until now! Laura is divorced and raising two young kids on her own. Zach is now ready to make his move but Laura has second thoughts on starting a new relationship, even though Zach is everything that she needs.

Loved Zach, he is just awesome. He is the answer for everything in Laura's life. Now Laura, I felt sorry for what life dealt her but I think she just needed to move forward. This is the second book in the series but can read as a stand alone.

There is an incredible sweet story in this book but it somehow feels flat to me. Perhaps the writing style just didn't match my tastes but it felt a bit repetitive mainly because Laurel kept having the same inner dialogue with herself and the same conversations with Zack and her brothers. I wish I had just felt more of an emotional connection with this book because there was so much potential for this to be a beautiful love story.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I really enjoyed this book. I fell in love with the authors writing in the first book of the Devil´s Rock at Whiskey River series. This book was just as good as the first in the series. This book is centered around Laurel. She is the sister to Travis who we met in the first book. Well Zach is Travis´ best friend. He is in business with Travis. Zach has always had a crush on Laurel since she was 15. He never acted on it or told anyone. Well 2 years after Laurel´s divorce Zach is determined to ask her out. Laurel´s divorce did not go well. Her ex husband left her with 2 kids and a mountain of debt. She is struggling working 2 jobs. Laurel has big trust issues when it comes to men because of this. It doesn´t matter how wonderful and nice Zach is. Zach accepts her children and her situation. When they get an unexpected surprise Zach steps up but Laurel is hesitant not knowing if she can ever depend on anyone else. This book put me through all sorts of emotions. I have been through a terrible divorce and I had to learn how to trust again. This book is so relatable to anyone who is a single parent or has been through a divorce. I loved how real it was. The author is able to tell a story with perfection. I was so involved with the characters I could not stop reading. I had to know what happened. I like how we still got glimpses of Travis and Tobi and we also got to see Harlan their other brother. I would totally recommend this book to anyone who likes a real romance.

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Hit the ground running....

The book started off fast and kept going. It was predictable things went fast, no slow sizzle and then a pregnancy.. and commitment issues. Then it was like a switch and the issues are gone and everyone is happy. You could see the ending before finishing the first 10 %.

I received an advance reader copy in exchange for a fair review.

I like the blurb of the book and I always have liked the best friend’s brother/sister trope but this one felt a little flat to me. Even though it wasn’t completely rushed, everything still happened a little too fast for me.

Laurel is a devoted mother to her two kids (six and four years old). She is working two jobs but then she got fired and desperately needs another job. Not so coincidentally, there’s Zack, who has been crushing on Laurel for years. He just happens to has a job for her at his company.

He admits he liked her and that he wants to date her and soon, they started seeing each other. Kids love him, but Laurel doesn’t want to admit – even though she likes him too – that they could be something more than friends with benefits because her ex-husband betrayed her.

Basically, the first half of the story includes all the drama and the book could be easily finished there but since Laurel couldn’t make up her mind the other half of the book mentions her turmoil about their relationship. One day she decides that yes, Zack apparently does love her for her, not just the kids, and they could live together. And there’s that.

3 stars.

Zack is in love with Laurel he just needs to convince her that he's in love with her and his intentions are true. Laurel is broken and keeping a secret from her family and she knows it could destroy her and one of those things is she can't let herself ever fall in love again.

I loved Zack, Harlen and Travis, Harlen and Travis are like any typical big brother and will stop at nothing to protect those they love. Zack was a good guy with a big heart and the love for Laurel just jumped off the pages. I did however find while Laurel was broken she just wasn't willing to admit the most obvious throughout the book. I loved all the fun characters, Tobi, Savannah and Edith as well as the kids. This book did have strong language and adult situations. I would give this book a 3.5 stars because in the end I was left with a ton of questions, and I felt that the end was rushed. I wish there was more played out since what took place towards then seemed big yet seemed to brush over quickly. I loved the story overall it was a sweet love story and a fun read.

Since I am a big fan of Eve Gaddy's Redfish Chronicles series, I was looking forward to reading this book. I was given a free copy of this book from the publisher through Netgallery. This is my honest and voluntarily given review. Zach, who has been waiting for the right moment to woo Laurel. Zach is wonderful and very patient with Laurel, a divorced single mother. I found the main character Laurel annoying and grew tired of how Laurel dealt with Zach. This is the first book that I have read in this series. I was disappointed in this book. I will look forward to reading more of her romantic suspense books instead.

2.5☆
What I liked:
The writing style
Most of the characters
Part of a series: Devil's Rock at Whiskey River
Standalone
HEA
Epilogue

What I didn't like:
Laurel

I look forward to reading the other books in this series.

Laurel Lewis was Zack Banister’s best friend’s sister. Therefore, she was supposed to be off limits. But Zach had always had a thing for Laurel and he was finally ready to make his move. Laurel was a divorced single mother, living in Whiskey River in a run-down apartment. She worked two jobs just to stay ahead. Her plan was to eventually find a better place to live. Laurel had been hurt by her ex and wasn’t trusting of men or her own decisions when it came to men, but she finally agreed to date Zach. When Laurel ends up pregnant with twins, everything changes. Zach wants to get married, but Laurel fears Zach might change like her ex did. Zach has a lot of work ahead of him if he wants to convince Laurel how much he loves her and that he is nothing like her ex was.

I enjoyed this book a lot even though it was a very quick read. Several times I got upset with Laurel for being so hardheaded and making Zach wait for her. But it all played out well in the end and they got their happy ever after.

3.5 stars - I enjoyed the read, but just pass the 50% mark the heroine started to bug me. She keeps telling a wonderful man who loves her, and whom has gotten her pregnant, that she won't marry him. She gives him no reason that is justifiable. Okay, that's not exactly fair. She wants to make sure he really loves her. However, after he moved in temporarily to nurse her and her sick babies and she still doesn't believe him, she lost all credibility with me. Her babies are begging for him to be their dad, she loves him, everyone in her life who loves and in whom she trusts says that they see his love. Fear and hesitation I understand, but straight up silliness is a show stopper.

Obviously, they ultimately get together, but her secretiveness about her failed marriage, honesty about her true reservations to remarrying, and selfishness made this lose a star for this reader.

If you can find it in you to sympathize or identify with the heroine, you’ll likely enjoy the things that had me on the verge of tuning out.

I received an ARC of this book, from the publisher, via NetGalley, in exchange for a fair and honest review.

"Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for the advance copy of this book, in exchange for an honest review."

Loved this book very much. It had just enough comedy & sweet, HOT romance and the storyline was great! I highly recommend!

I enjoyed this book but I think it could of been better. Little Peaks into there childhood would of been a nice touch.
Overall it was good, i just wouldn’t buy it.

After reading the blurb for this book I had high hopes that it would be amazing. I am a massive fan of best friend's little sister type stories and this one was just kind of meh.

Laurel is a divorced mother of two and Zack is her brother, Travis, best friend. Zack has had feelings for Laurel for years and gave up a relationship to have a chance with her.

At times the story felt very predictable and seemed to just kind of progress at a rapid speed. There were a few moments where I though I missed whole sections of the book and had to go back and double check only to find out I didn't.

Laurel kind of drove me crazy, I get that she has issues because of her relationship with her ex husband, but Zack was insanely sweet and so patient with her. I felt like screaming at her to just believe him.

I loved the Laurel's brothers, Harlan and Travis, and Zack's friend and business partner Levi. They were fun secondary characters and I definitely look forward to seeing more of them. With all the mention of Laurel's ex husband and his job I do wish that there was more of a tie in to that into some of the story line for a little extra drama.

Overall, it wasn't a terrible story and I still did enjoy it. I'm curious about what happens going forward since it is part of a series, so I will check out those as they are released because the ending to Zack and Laurel was just kind of abrupt.

****ARC provided by NetGalley****

Zach Bannister has had a crush on his best friend's sister, Laurel, for a long time. Laurel is now divorced after a disastrous marriage and has two small children. Zach is now ready to go after Laurel. It's hard for Laurel to accept help from anyone, even her friends and family. When Zach makes his feelings known, Laurel has a hard time accepting them and has a difficult time coming to terms with her on feelings as well. I enjoyed this story overall but I was frustrated with Laurel at times. Not knowing that this was part of a series. I will be checking out the first book in this series

Thank you netgalley for providing an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I sadly was not a fan of this what-so-ever. I think things throughout were rather rushed, I understand that they'd known each other for a long period of time but honestly the continuity throughout was very off putting. A key example of this is where the characters are having a conversation, roughly half way through it they're suddenly at the car door. It made no sense.

Not only that, but the relationship, we didn't really see it develop and therefore I just wasn't connected to it in a way that I wanted to be. I felt that the story was predictable, when they found out Laurel was pregnant I said straight away that it would be with twins because of how she felt, and low and behold what did we get? TWINS!

Not to mention the over protectiveness of the brothers, he PUNCHED Zack because he'd presumed they slept with each other, in what world is that normal?

If this was a span of a few months we got;
- Sexual harassment in the work place but nothing was done about it because her boss didn't want her there
- A very sudden relationship
- Confessing of love
- Pregnant with twins
- An armed robbery
- An ex-husband who was not a very nice person (to say the least)
- The pressure of marriage and moving in... lets throw in a puppy as well!

OHHHH and the KIDS! Yep they were referred to as kids/children for however long, I honestly thought we weren't going to get any names for a period of time, but as soon as they get married they children call Zack dad.

Sadly it wasn't for me...

The second book of the Devil’s Rock at Whiskey River series is a story with a great plot and equal parts of wonderful and frustrating. Zach is a fabulous character and even though Laurel is his best friends sister, his attraction to this single mother is undeniable.

It was intriguing getting to know more about Travis’ sister and the stress involved in trying to raise a family with no one to lean on. Naturally, where there’s an ex there is destined to be drama, and an internal battle with letting go of the past. Overall this was a nice story with enough happening to make the reader want to come back for more.