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I really loved the first book in this series and was eager to read this new one. Having met Sébastien in the previous book I had my mind made up about him but boy was I wrong. His character's past and present were so heartbreaking that I rooted for him throughout this story, Loved the 2 POVs, the chemistry was just wow and the previously mentioned heart is still breaking for him. Kayla was a really strong character and her honesty about her feelings for him felt so real. Loved Loved this story, my only negative was that it finished a little abruptly and I wanted more. Can't wait for Max.
Snow Job is book #2 in The Prescotts. I was drawn into the story, it was fast paced, amusing, emotional, and spicy.
I found Sebation to be a complex character, who seemed to be out of control in some aspects of his life. Kayla is dealing with her own issues. She used to work under Sebation but now taken over his position. They had a love/hate relationship, but underneath they are fighting their undeniable attraction for one another. I like how the secondary characters were supportive, and how the brothers are being included in eachother stories. I thought this was a good story, and I can't wait to read Max and Willa's story.
This enemies to lovers story is the first book I have read by this author, and I loved it! It is the second book about the Prescott siblings. This story is about Sebastian, who has more depth than people credit, and Kayla, whose disdain for Sebastian was enormous. We’re introduced to Sebastian at his worst. A few months later, Kayla (with her Perfect Life Plan) & Sebastian cross paths again. He is still angry & struggling with so much (including his attraction to Kayla) that he's not particularly likeable. Sebastian’s character growth was believable yet still fragile. I liked the way Kayla softened towards Sebastian to take a chance on a man who was still healing. The plot arc took me by surprise in a good way, made me feel connected to the secondary characters. Looking forward to more by this author.
I received a complimentary copy of Snow Job from NetGalley. My opinions are voluntarily provided.
Ahhhh. This book was amazing. Bastian was so much fun to follow Even though i thought i would not enjoy him as much as Theo I did. Kayla was so sassy and cute and amazing. This book has every trope I love; only on bed and enemies to lovers
Can’t wait for book three
This is a stand alone story and I enjoyed it. It is book 2 in the series and I enjoyed the first book more, though this was an interesting story as well, it was also very original but I had two issues with it which is why I liked the first one better.
1. It ends but it was a happily for now ending. I felt it was unfinished. It ends just as its getting good but I felt it needed more chapters for me to say that was a great story or romance.
2. The hero Sebastien was a HUGE jerk up to 50 percent of the book. I mean like I HATED him super much and I felt he was super immature for 34 years old.
This is very much an at work hate turns to love story with a Vermont ski lodge thrown in there. And I MEAN HATE, like he blames her for everything and tries to get her fired hate. That is until her friends and his brother say what the heck? and he starts to see what a jerk he is and then makes a huge turn around.
And thats when he makes a huge turn around and I stopped hating so much. especially when he rescues her and they start to talk and work on their issues.
What makes this story very original is that when it starts Sebastien is a VP at his real estate development company but he is in a bad way. He is drinking, and gambling and fighting to try and feel good about himself and his employee Kayla is struggling to do his job too so she talks to his boss and he ends up fired.
Kayla and Sebastien worked together for 3 years and were very attracted but because it was his boss they never did anything about it. After he gets fired, he ends up in Vermont at a ski lodge teaching classes and finding himself. Until Kayla and his company host a retreat there and thats when these two end up connecting again.
I received a free ARC copy of this book from NETGALLERY prior to release and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Thank you NetGalley and Tara Wyatt for gifting me an advance copy of this book in exchange for my honest review!
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One word.
Six Letters.
STEAMY.
This book took me completely by surprise! I did not expect the white hot chemistry or the witty banter. I blew through this one, the pace quick and the story easy to fall into. This enemies to lovers/workplace/forced proximity romance was the perfect read after my last, bland book. I went from reading a romance where they only ever kissed to.. This. Needless to say I was left fanning my cheeks a few times. Whew! Tara Wyatt does NOT shy away from those open door bedroom scenes.
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Sebastian Prescott is a mess. He lost his chance to compete in the winter olympics, he lost his apartment, he lost his money, and now he was losing his job, thrown under the bus by Kayla Bristowe. Once his office crush and the one person he felt had his back at work now left a bitter taste in his mouth. She ruined everything. Sebastian can’t deny something needs to change so he moves out of the city, to Vermont, to work as a snowboarding instructor as a mountain resort. He never expects his former company to come to the resort for a retreat, with Kayla Bristowe planning it all. When he overhears her throwing him under the bus to his boss, again, he makes a pact to make her pay. Kateyn Bristowe has a plan for her life and it doesn’t include seeing her jerk of an ex-boss while on a very important retreat. She’s here to prove herself to her boss and the last thing she needs is Sebastian sabotaging her well laid plans. When anger turns to lust, things are suddenly not so clear.
I received this arc for an honest review.
I was looking forward to this story as soon as I finished the last book and read the beginning for this one. Here you have Sebastian Prescott, who from the first book was always drinking and gambling. He had also gotten kicked out or evicted from his apartment and was living with his older brother. Still not understanding what he did wrong on why he got evicted from his apartment since he was sure other people ran bigger gambling scheme than he did, his life was still going to take a more of a drastic turn when he went into work and after speaking with his boss he was fired. Really it was for not showing up for meetings or being late, or being hungover, really just not doing his job as he did maybe even a year ago. Yet all he heard that his assistant Kayla Bristow was the one who brought this to his bosses’ attention so therefore she is the reason he got fired.
Kayla has a plan first for her was to graduate high school and get a scholarship for college, check, get into a master’s program, check, then find a job check. She was surprised when she got the job she did and was looking forward to working with and learning from Sebastian, he was smart, sexy and confidant but then something changed and he became unproductive and she needed help so she went to his boss not knowing he was going to get fired or that she would be taking over his job all of it happened so quickly. Now given the task of organizing the company retreat she comes up with a ski lodge in Vermont.
The first morning everyone is outside watching the three snowboarders come down the mountain doing flips and other tricks getting the crowd all excited about the lessons that are about to happen. Then it happens one of the snowboarders was Sabastian, yes, her former boss and you come to find out that he actually made the Olympic team only to be crushed when a knee injury and surgery took him out. Now he is going to be giving lessons to some of the people he worked with, especially Kayla.
He flips out later when he thinks she is trying to get him fired once again and begins to mess with her plans for the retreat. It takes a call from his brother from the first book whose girlfriend is also one of Kayla’s friends to talk to him and to set him straight. Also, what happens is a storm comes through and she gets stuck out in it and is also hurt. He finds her and carries her to his cabin. They end up spending a few days and nights together and they are able to work through their issues between one another in more ways than talking. They still have some things to work out but for the rest of the story, you will just have to read about it. I am also wondering what happened with all of the extra items that Sabastian never was able to use for the gift bags? I really liked this story and I am looking forward to others especially Lucian the older brother. Very much a good read and worthy of anyone’s time.
Hello, lovely!
This was such a charming read, it's the story of Sebastian and Kayla. He was the boss, she made him get fired, they become enemies and have to battle an off the charts chemistry. And this is only half of the book, the rest of it is how they meet in the middle.
This is the first book I read from the series and I am dying to read the other brothers' stories. Sure, next comes Max, but Lucian, oh, I cannot wait for his book!
There was so much to like about this: the writing flows naturally, both characters turn out to be kind and understanding and develop beautifully, not to mention, while the story focuses on Sebastian's recovery, Kayla herself benefits from their connection and his empowerment. Ultimately her love and support is what turns it all into an HEA. The sensual tension is palpable and oh, the hotness! Did I mentioned - off the charts?! Boom!
I liked this book a lot, but now I have to read the first one, and not so patiently wait for the next stories. More than this book, I feel this whole series is gonna turn out awesome, they are such a lovely fam and all so different from one another yet so likeable. Love it!
This was more of a 3.5-ish for me.
This is part of a series, but can be read without reading the previous book (I haven’t and was ok with the gist of the previous couple’s story).
Sebastian was fired from his job because Kayla went to his boss that Sebastian wasn’t doing his job. His life was in a downward spiral before that, but he blames her.
Months later, they meet again at a corporate retreat and Sebastian decides to get even with Kayla when he overhears her speaking with his current boss.
What a difference a week makes!
Both characters were flawed yet mostly likable. The ending was very rushed as is the norm in stories nowadays.
There are more brothers and stories I’m sure. Can’t wait for Max and Willa!
I actually did not like the main character, Sebastian. He dislikes the heroine for getting him fired after slacking off at his job. He once was on track for a promising snowboarding career but after a knee injury it was lost and he has been on a downward spiral ever since. Must say I was really not impressed by him and even though the writing was good it was not for me.
Reading the blurb, I didn't know what to expect while diving in. By chapter six, I had a permanent smile on my face, while my heart was aching for Sebastian Prescott. He was fired from his position because of his assistant, Kayla. His drinking and gambling were way out of control, leaving her cleaning up his mess, so she consideres her choices fair . As every person in a down spiral, he blames her for his bad luck. Trying to find himself and what to make of his life, he goes back to what make him happy, snowboarding. A couple months later she's in charge, organizing a corporativ retreat, to the resort where now Sebastian is a snowboard instructor. This is where the cat and mouse play begins.
I really felt compassion for Sebastian, it's so rare to read about an uncertain male caracter. While alpha males are all the rage right now, is good to read about one having real life issues and not shielding away from showing them. Truth is, we are an extension of the way we grew up. Kayla is a wonderful caracters, fighting for herself and what she deserves. Being snowed in with Sebastian in his cabin, she's soon realizing, that sometimes what we see is only the surface of a person we know, there might be more to a person than the choices he makes. This is a story about accepting and forgiving ourselves, let in the people around us, accept the love they're willing to give you.
I like a book that teaches me something. My favorite quote that doesn't fell like a spoiler is :
"He didn’t get to tell people how they felt about him— that was up to them."
It's my second book I've read by Tara Wyatt and I'm not disappointed, her stories are page turners. The perfect combination of angsty, with a little bit of funny thrown in there to make it different. I received an ARC for an onest review.
Really enjoyed reading about Bastian, we just got a glimpse of his issues in His brothers book, I really wanted to
get a closer look at what was going on with him. Boy does he have some BIG issues but you can’t help but fall in love with him as the story progresses. Kayla deserved to be sainted, the patience she had with him!! The story and its pacing were great, can’t wait for more.
'He cut her off by taking a step closer, towering over her. "Trying to get me fired again, Kayla?" An energy he didn't have a name for pulsed through him. It was anger and lust and need and frustration, all curled into a pulsing ball in the pit of his stomach.'
Sebastian can not believe his eyes. Kayla is here, with a company retreat. A company he got fired from. And Kayla got his job. No doubt, this will end in disaster.
Kayla is just as shocked, and unhappy, to see Sebastian. She had no idea he worked at the ski resort. Last time she saw him, he was being escorted from their offices by security. Kayla really needs this retreat to go well.
Sebastian knows he is being childish, trying to ruin the retreat for Kayla. But he can't seem to help himself. Luckily, he has a change of heart. And just in time for Kayla to get snowed in with him in his cabin. Things definitely take a turn then!
It's fun to watch this couple go from enemies to not enemies. The story takes some twists and turns that make this story even better. I can't wait to read more in this series!
The first book I read of Tara Wyatt's was Stupid Love, the first Prescott book, and she immediately made her way to the top of my list of favorite authors. When I had the opportunity to read an advanced copy of Snow Job, I pretty much shoved all the other books in my [digital] read pile to the floor to make way for Prescott #2. Sebastian and Kayla's story, while not as good as Theo and Lauren's, did not disappoint. (The friends-to-lovers trope will always win out over the enemies-to-lovers one for me.)
Snow Job is a lot grittier than the first novel in this series. Sebastian has a lot of emotional issues to deal with, namely the aftereffects of lost dreams and a fairly craptastic childhood. It all comes to a head when his self-destructive behavior leads to being fired from his executive-level marketing job at a posh Manhattan real estate firm. Kayla, formerly a marketing manager under Bastian and indirectly responsible for bringing his poor performance to their boss' attention, is promoted to his old position.
For three years, Bastian and Kayla had worked together, ignoring a mutual attraction, but when Bastian left for Vermont to be a snowboarding instructor, they were both so disgusted with one another, it was no big deal. Until...
Kayla is tasked with organizing a company retreat, and of course books it at the same resort that Bastian works for. Events naturally lead to being snowbound, which naturally leads to Wyatt's patented sexy times (Hot with a capital H). From there, Bastian and Kayla become a couple, until Bastian's unsavory past comes back to haunt him.
Any more would venture into spoiler territory...
For all that Bastian is a hot mess, Wyatt does a great job redeeming him. I do wish a little more attention had been focused on him getting the help he needs; while we understand the events that led to his destructive tendencies, I feel like they're the triggers but not the root cause. To be fair, we learn he's been in therapy, but I needed a little bit more.
For her part, Kayla is pretty awesome, and Bastian should thank his lucky stars for her every day into eternity. I wish we had gotten to see a little more of her standing up to her boss (and a subordinate) though. I got the impression that the story might have been headed there at some point, but then it headed in a different direction (to focus more on Bastian). I would have preferred the climax (the story's, not Kayla's, and she has many of them, yaaaaaas) been her giving her boss the proverbial finger. Perhaps, though, the direction the story went is better as a setup for Prescott #3 (Love Bug... Can't wait!).
Overall, this is a terrific book, with great characters that you can't help rooting for. I have it four stars, but it's borderline 4.5 for me.
I received an ARC of this book from the publisher and Netgalley in exchange for my honest opinion. Thanks!
This book was FANTASTIC! I can't wait to recommend this to my friends and other romance book lovers. The story line was great it wasn't too fast or too slow! I would love to see a sequel to this book checking in on Sebastian and Kayla a couple years down the line. I'd also love a book entirely about Lucian and his story and his "mob" affiliations. As well as learning more about Theo and Lauren!
The story of Sebastian and Kayla. They used to work together until she got him sacked, and now she has turned up in his new place of work seemingly intent on ruining things for him again.
When they are snowed in together and forced to spend time with each other they soon give in to the attraction that has always been there. What will happen when they return to the real world?
I haven't read other books in the series, and whilst I don't think that mattered, I want to read them as enjoyed this book.
3.5 stars.
An emotional read with a fascinating, tortured hero, “Snow Job”, by Tara Wyatt, takes place in a beautiful snow landscape in Vermont, wonderfully portrayed by the author.
Sebastian is an anti-hero, as handsome and attractive as he is a conflicted mess, often caught in embarrassing, humiliating situations (the riveting opening scene is an example).
I loved the way Tara Wyatt wrote this unusual hero and his debilitating issues, the sheer despair and hopelessness of the self-destructive tendencies. That Sebastian is also so compelling, now a charming snowboarding instructor, makes him an alluring male.
I found the setting – Green Mountains, Vermont – so appropriate for Sebastian’s healing journey, and I loved how the snowy landscapes were such an important dimension of the story, too.
Kayla is a great heroine, too, strong, genuine and tender.
Overall, I found this fluid, very enjoyable and emotional, but there were parts I didn’t enjoy that much: the long sex scenes, Sebastian’s pranks and the occasional cheesiness.
Growing up in a fucked-up family, Sebastian Prescott has his own 'demons' to deal with, just like the other Prescotts.
He once had everything. A bright future, youth and money. Until it's all gone.
He fell into an addiction that made his life miserable.
And meet Kayla, an ambitious girl who makes the 'Perfect Life Plans' for her life to avoid walking in her mother’s footsteps—marrying the wrong guy (more than once), struggling to pay the bills, white-knuckling her way through life because she couldn’t seem to get it together.
Sebastian is definitely not included in her 'Perfect Life Plan'
But what if the mother nature had other plans?
What will happen to them?
Can they accept each other for who they are?
This is the second book in The Prescotts series.
Sebastian wasn't really get my attention in the first book, I was more interested in Lucas' story actually.
The story started out pretty juvenile.
Like, junior high school level of juvenile.
Both the Hero and Heroine were too immature and I rolled my eyes countless times reading their stupidity.
At first, I thought that Sebastian was too fucked up, and Kayla was too shallow.
But as the story goes, they finally start to get their shits together.
So glad that the author proofed me wrong in the end.
This book is shorter than the first one.
And I like that.
Because long stories bored me LOL
I prefer a short, fast-paced story like this to avoid too many dramas.
Sebastian doesn't have this stupid fear of relationship, like Theo does.
So it's a good point because it makes the story less dramatic.
Although his constant thoughts of he doesn't deserve to be happy and loved often irritated me.
As for Kayla, honestly I didn't really like her at first. I love an ambitious heroine, but I think she is just 'too much' and too judgment.
But how she becomes the 'mature' one when the drama happens really impressed me.
I love hot sex scenes, but then who doesn't? LOL
But for me, the sex scenes were too much that I ended up just skimming through it.
The ending is too 'simple' as for a problem resolver.
Although the author promised to give the reader bonus scene if we signed up for her newsletter.
I know maybe this is a marketing strategic, but in my opinion, it's better to just write them down on the book instead.
That's why I still can't give this book 5 stars.
But over all, I really enjoyed this second installment.
From the sneak peak for the next book, I'm so excited to read Max and Willa's story.
Although I'm still super curious about Lucas. I hope we get his story too soon.
Thank you so much to the author, publisher and NetGalley for providing me this ARC in exchange for an honest review written above.
Sebastian screwed his life up pretty bad. It's all starting to look up now. It was the perfect time for Kayla to come back into his life. I loved the happiness that they shared.
Good book! I definitely enjoyed reading this book! It was filled with intrigue and kept my attention from the beginning! And thus book was hot hot hot!! Definitely steamed up my kindle! I highly recommend reading this book and series! Thank you Netgalley and the publishers for sharing this book with me!