Now this book I had the exact opposite reaction to as the previous book. I was delighted from the opening pages. I read the previous book, Truth About Cats and Spinsters just a short while ago and loved it. After the last disaster I needed to read something I was sure I would enjoy so Nerds and Bees it was. I was about 20% in when I thought the heck with it. I returned the book to KU and promptly purchased all three books in this series knowing I’d be rereading them I found them so much fun.
This book ‘had me from hello.” Gabe, our hero, is a rich, successful, extremely good looking quarterback from a NFL football team. He’s just received a phone call from a contractor working on the house he’s having built for him. Some woman has chained herself along with her Jeep to his house and refuses to leave. Gabe is most annoyed but figured it’s some female fan wanting his attention and he figures if he sends her an autographed photo of himself, that will make her happy and send her on way. This had me grinning from ear to ear as we learned at the end of the previous book, the woman in question is Thea, Gabes soon to be next door neighbour once his house is done and she is SPITTING MAD. He’s suing her in order to get rid of her bees as they are “bothering the guests who are using the pool that goes along with his guest house” and he’s been ignoring her and this is her last attempt. When nothing works in getting her to leave, he finally confronts her. Now Thea is very conscious of how she comes across. She’s 6’1” with bright red hair, unplugged from all pop culture and totally absorbed with all things bees. But when Gabe first sees her, he thinks she’s the most beautiful woman he’s ever seen!
Every interaction between theses two, every thought they had about each other, every move they made in their dancing around each other, everything, was utterly charming. I had the hardest time putting the book down and finished in a day and a half. I didn’t want it to end. It’s such a wonderful, feel good book, I’m urging everyone reading this to give it a try. I know not everyone is going to love 💕 it as much as I do, but I think many will really enjoy it. Now I just need to read the first book and I was excited to see she has more books planned in this world.