Win a Date with a Bad Boy

Curvy Girls' Bachelor Auction #2

by Kate Tilney

A curvy good girl and a bad boy with a rep test the limits of their relationship after she wins a date with him at a bachelor auction.

With my 30th birthday just one week away, my best friends have just given me the best present ever: a date with a gloriously inked-up bad boy. I mean, I don’t know how bad he can be, when he willingly auctioned off a date for charity. But as a chronic “good girl,” he definitely breaks the mold of who my parents expect me to date.

Winning the date with Dash is only the beginning. When he finds out about the 30th birthday bucket lists my friends and I made back in college, he seems to take it as a personal challenge to help me check off as many items as I can. Take the next available flight out of town. Check. Get a tattoo. Check. Gamble. Check. Fall in love . . .

Just how far are we going to take my bucket list? And can I be sure that what’s happening between Dash and I is real? Or is landing the “good girl” the ultimate conquest for a bad boy?
- Martha

Genres: Romance, Novella

48 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 14, 2022

Reviews

[Lissa Smith Reads'~A Bookaholics Bookshelf · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rated
4 Stars: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
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[Emily Pennington · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Date With the Bad Boy . . .

Martha’s friends know that she has a bucket list of things she wants to do before her 30th birthday. She wants to go on a date with a bad boy as one of those items. So her friends pooled their money and won a date at a charity auction with a tattooed bad-boy. This is Martha’s little act of rebellion since her father is a Senator and their reputation must remain spotless. So Martha wants to show her “wild side” -- within reason, of course.

Dash is Martha’s awesome prize from the bachelor auction, and he has offered to work through the remainder of her bucket list together. It will be a special journey for both of them. Will she complete all of her bucket list items with him? Will he confess to her who he really is? Will he tell her he is falling in love with her? Will she fall for him as well? Because these two sound like they truly deserve a HEA.

[Melissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

❤️

Good story. Martha wants to complete as much of her bucket before she turns 30. One of those things is to go on a date with a bad boy and her friends help her with winning her a date through a charity auction. The moment Dash meets Martha he knows she is his and he is willing to do whatever it takes to win her over.

Safety and Spoilers
Completely safe. No ow/om drama. Neither are virgins and nothing is really mentioned concretely about the H’s past to determine whether he was a big playboy or not. No abuse.

[Oriana Reads · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a sweet and OTT romantic instalove story😍😍😍 Martha won Dash at an auction for a good cause and now they are off to have their date And boy what a date that was 🤌 Instalove, fairytale like , sweet,steht,romantic and safe with a sweet HEA and no drama.😍😍😍😍

[Jenn M · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a cute story about Dash and Martha. Their story is fun with some heat sprinkled in. I recommend this book for those who are looking for an enjoyable and easy read

I would have rated this book 5*s if the steamy scenes had a bit more spice and description.

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[lf · Rating 5 out of 5]

If even half of the rumors are true, he is bad to the bone.....but you know you can't trust rumors

Win a Date with a Bad Boy is the second book in The Curvy Girls’ Bachelor Auction series. Martha was brought up to be a good girl with a father that has political aspirations. So even though she is almost thirty she is still a good girl and behaves herself to her parents expectations. But when she was in college she and her friends each wrote out a bucket list of things they each wanted to do before they turned thirty. For Martha her number one thing to do was date a bad boy. So with that birthday closing in her friends pooled their money and won her a date with the bad boy at the bachelor auction, the notorious Dash DWC. It is the night of the date and Martha is ready to let loose, at least just a little and just for the night. What she does not know is that they have a mutual friend who has given Dash pointers for making the date much more memorable for Martha, which he definitely wants to do. When Dash was at the auction he spotted Martha and knew that he wanted to meet her and get to know her. So it was a bonus that she is the one who won him as her date. Dash has a reputation and a lot of rumors, some of which are half true and others which are complete fabrications but he takes advantage of them. You see Dash is really hiding who he really is. When Dash asks Martha about her Bucket List and the other things on it he decides then and there he is going to help her cross off a couple more.....showing up a the airport and buying a ticket to the next available flight. get a tattoo, and gamble. When the next flight is to Vegas they are in luck and end up crossing off and winning some major jackpots. But what will happen when they end up at a chapel in the middle of the night, without being able to blame it on being drunk?

This story had me from the beginning and I loved it the whole way through. Martha is a woman who has played by all the rules and been the perfect daughter, right up until she decides to finally let go. Dash is a man who is a rule breaker and has a reputation that only adds to what people see, which is not who he truly is. Down deep he is someone who cares deeply, does great work and is not afraid to go his own way. But he also knows when he needs to pull back, tell the truth and be open in order to win the ultimate prize.....a love that will last a lifetime.

[Thisbe · Rating 4 out of 5]

*spoilers* Martha thiertieth birthday is one week away and her friends pooled together to get the number one item of her bucket list, a date with the bad boy. It was one at a charity auction and Martha goes on a date with bad boy Dash. Martha wrote a bucket list with ten items to do before turning thirty in college, being tipsy with her friends. A few items are ticked accomplished and now the most impoartant one. Martha is always the good and poised girl and Dash is known to breaking hearts everywhre he goes and other rumors. The date starts by him picking her up with his motorcycle and going off script immediately. Dash tries to live up to the expectations of being the bad boy. He avoided strings in the past, but one look at Martha and he wanted to settle down. So he is happy to help her check items off her bucket list. Martha's family has a lot of expectations for her and the outward appearance is very important. Will they find love and a future with each other?
Cute and romantic love story, with some light twists ans turns.

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[Bev · Rating 4 out of 5]

Going off-script

This book is about Martha and Dash. They’re going on a date together after she won a romantic evening with him at a charity fundraiser’s bachelor auction.Her friends pooled their money together to make sure she won the date with Dash, the bad boy. Going on a date with a bad boy had been number one on the top-ten bucket list she’d written one drunken night in college. And with her 30th birthday was just a week away, she’s running out of time to achieve it all before that milestone celebration.

Dash being the gentleman that he is, decides to help her with this list. A mutual friend of theirs convinces Dash to pick her up on his motorbike for their date. And so begins a night to remember, with many more-than-memorable things along the way.

This was a really fun read. It had a little bit of drama and intrigue, and was funny, light-hearted, sweet and steamy. I just wish the story hadn’t ended yet. It would be great to know what happened next… I give this book four and a half Vegas stars.

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[Dee · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is book two of the Curvy Girl Auction series such a fun read about friends looking out for you in this case Martha curvy, with a bucket list that needs to be completed has an amazing group of friends who has come together to make a bid at the auction for a date with a Bad Boy for her on her birthday already starting on a good note right. Dash sexy as all get out Bad Boy up for auction with a bad reputation that proceeds him ( is he really all they say he is) he arrives to their date with other suggestions including fulfilling her bucket list …yep the whole list will they achieve their goal, is Dash as bad as they say he is …I mean come on he is doing it for charity right, will they end up having something more than an auction date, and will it lead them to their own HEA?

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[Char · Rating 5 out of 5]

Martha made a bucket list of things she wanted to do before her 30th birthday. Her birthday is next week and there are still items on her list. Martha’s girlfriends have pooled their money and got Martha a date with a gorgeous, bad boy bachelor. Martha is ready. Enter Dash. He is charming, sexy, a really good “bad boy”. When they met up there is an excitement in the air, a special electricity and magical chemistry. This is so-o-o good! The bad boy is really a great bad boy. Dash is going to do everything in his power to give Martha everything. This is the kind of story we would all like to have happen to us. Great, fantastic read! Loved it!!

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[Kristine L. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Martha happens to win a date with her "Bad Boy" who happened to be one of the checks on her bucket list. Dash shows on his motorcycle to take her out to a fancy dinner date. Instead he flies her to "anywhere" which happens to be Vegas, got her first tattoo and on the penny slot machine hits the jackpot. That took care of her bucket list except for "falling in love." This is the first story I've read in the Curvy Girls' Bachelor Auction series and since Kate Tilney wrote it the story was fantastic. There is adventure, excitement, humor, alpha male, curvy strong female, and most of all steam. Great HEA surprise at the end.

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[Lauren · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars
First things first; I like the cover of this book!
Win a date with a bad boy is the second book in the ‘’curvy girl’s bachelor auction’’ series.
This story is short, fast paced and an enjoyable read. I read this book in one sitting and was satisfied throughout. I found the writing style easy to follow, the characters likeable and the storyline enjoyable. When Martha’s friends buy her a bad boy from a charity bachelor auction what will happen?
The chemistry between Martha and Dash is clear to see and I liked them together.
I liked the ending and the epilogue for this story.
The storyline for this book is easy to follow and it is an enjoyable read. I look forward to more books from this series.

[Amanda Marlowe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Martha has been given a treat for her birthday, her friends clubbed together to bid on one of the batchelors at the auction.
Dash, supposedly a bad boy with a reputation for womanizing, drugs and various other bad thi on Amazonngs, arrives at Martha's with a motorbike and suggests that they go off script for their evening, Martha has a bucket list that she wanted to complete before her thirtieth birthday, which is that week!
Dash finds out what's on her list and tries to help her complete it.

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An amusing sexy story from Kate.

[Leanne Bryson · Rating 4 out of 5]

3 1/2 fast, fun, steamy stars......Although this is the second book in the Curvy Girls’ Bachelor Auction series by Kate Tilney, this reads like a stand-alone, but since these books area available on Kindle Unlimited, you can enjoy them all. This book is Dash and Martha's story. Martha has a bucket list of things she wants to do before she turns 30and she has a short time to do them. Dash, the bad boy she "won" at the bachelor auction, is there to help her scratch them off. The book is fast paced, sizzling, steamy, and a fun read. Dash is the kind of bad boy we all need.

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[Katja · Rating 4 out of 5]

Win a Date with a Bad Boy took me about half an hour to finish. Martha has a bucket list of things she wants to do before her thirtieth birthday, and one of them is a date with a bad boy. Her father is a politician so the family has always been big on reputation and Martha is itching to let loose for once. Dash, her date from a bachelor auction, is willing to help her strike off the rest of the items on her bucket list as well. This was quite a lovely instalove short story with some sexual content. Although his bad boy status is debatable.

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[Anna M_82 · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was a lot of fun to read. Martha is a woman about to turn 30 and wants to mark some things off her bucket list. Her friends help by securing her are with a “bad boy.” Dash wants to give her a date to remember which includes fulfilling her bucket list. It was fun reading about these two characters whisking away on a date to remember. I especially loved the end of their book where we see how their HEA plays out.

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[Sabrina Flachsmann · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a fun read. It went into a direction I didn't expect, which I really liked. Martha and her friends have a whole bucket list they are trying to cross off. On her list is to date a bad boy. There are so many rumors about Dash, she is confident he will cross that item off her list. She isn't expecting him to take her list and run with it. This is a fast paced, super fun read with some steamy and a great HEA. Looking forward to reading others in this series.

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[Aliama · Rating 5 out of 5]

Martha’s friends pool their money and get her a date at the bachelor auction. It turns out that he’s a bad boy named Dash and he’s about to help her cross things off her bucket list. This was another fast paced read in this series. Dash is sweet and and already feels a strong connection to Martha. Martha comes from money but she doesn’t use it for herself, but uses it to make life better for others. Dash and Martha have great chemistry and lots of steam. I received an arc copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

[Suzanne Houser · Rating 5 out of 5]

The second installment of Kate Tilney's delightful The Curvy Girls’ Bachelor Auction series, Win a Date with a Bad Boy is a fabulously steamy and swoon-y short instalove romance. As her thirtieth birthday approaches with a bucket list of items to cross off, Marth's friends go in together to win her a date from a charity auction - with Dash, a man with a notorious bad-boy image. But as Dash enthusiastically helps Martha cross off the items on her list, she quickly realizes that there is much more to the gorgeous bad boy than she imagined. This is such a fun, entertaining, fast-paced steamy instalove, and I guarantee you will not be able to put it down!

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[CJ · Rating 4 out of 5]

The author has given us a wonderful story that pulls us into the lives of Bad Boy, Dash, and Good Girl, Martha, and does not let go. She won a date with Dash at the bachelor auction for charity and is excited to cross that off of her bucket list. However, Dash wants to help her cross everything off the list.

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[Rhonda Howell · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a short instalove about finding your true self. Martha lived the perfect daughter image and for her political father. Her friends won her a date at an action that allowed her to be herself and be carefree. She was able to complete items on her bucket list and fulfilled a wandering soul in the process.

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[casvec · Rating 5 out of 5]

Martha's friends won a date for her with Dash, who is believed to be a bad boy, but he has his secret. When Dash meets Martha there is more to her, he wants to know. They start with her before thirty bucket list. They more they do, the closer they get.

This is a fast read with a number of twist and delightful turns that melt your heart and will have glued to your seat.

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[Barbara Van Zandt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bad boy

Her bffs bought a date for her at the bachelor auction. Zhes had a crush on him for a bit and for him he knew she was his when she walked into the ballroom. They had a Mutual friend and he found out a few things about her and her bucket list. They change up their date and work on her list. They hit it off till he ends up talking to her father. A misunderstanding and he comes to her to let her know that he wanted to get to know each other better before they marry.

[Michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

For Martha's thirtieth birthday her friends help her check off getting a date with a bad boy on her bucket list. Dash is the bad boy on the auction block that Martha and her friends bid and win. Martha and Dash are so great together and together they check off more of Martha's bucket list making this a fun, entertaining read. The writing is well done, the characters are well developed and the happily ever after is perfect.

[Emily Reads · Rating 4 out of 5]

This story was fun from the beginning and I loved it the whole way through. It was an enjoyable and short, easy read. There's definitely some steam sprinkled in, but overall I loved the storyline about how Dash was helping Martha check off the last few items on her before 30 bucket list. The chemistry between Martha and Dash is hot and heavy, and I did like them together as a couple. I look forward to the rest of the books in this series.

[Carmen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bucket List Bad Boy!!!!

Martha's friends all put money rogether as an early 30th birthday present for her and won her a date with the bad boy of the auction.... It was on her bucket list to go out with a bad boy before she turned 30.... Dash decide to give her the bad boy images she wants, and not only that he decids to help her with her before she is 30 bucket list.... Thing between them during the way heat up.....

[Carlyn Zanidean · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Date with a sexy swoon worthy bad boy who makes all your wish come true.. how could you not fall for this man. Dash is known as the towns bad boy , but no one truly really knows him. He is sweet, caring, thoughtful, spontaneous, and will do anything to win Martha's heart.. every woman needs a bad boy like this .
I absolutely loved this book.

[Sarah Nielsen · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a great instalove good girl/ bad boy romance with a twist. Martha and Dash’s story was so sweet and steamy and I fell in love right along with them. I loved the flow of the story and the twist at the end was unexpected. This was a great story.

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[Staci · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a bucket list story that has these friends pull together to give her a bad boy for her birthday but what she gets is so much more when he wants to help her get they her list but can he help her with them all

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[Sara Munoz · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book 2 in The Curvy Girls’ Bachelor Auction Book Series a standalone series of short instalove romances about curvy women who bid on hunky bachelors to raise money for a good cause. This was an interesting and intriguing book and now I have to go back and read book 1 in this series. This author writes entertaining stories with likable and relatable Characters. A must read