I Flipping Love You (Shacking Up #3) by Helena Hunting

Title: I Flipping Love You (Shacking Up, #3)
Author: Helena Hunting
Series: Shacking Up #3
Published by: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Release Date: May 29, 2018
Format: Kindle Book
Pages: 320
Genres: Romantic Comedy, Contemporary
Source: NetGalley
Reading Challenges: CC's Goodreads Reading Challenge
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My rating:

Blurb:

A new kind of love story about flipping houses, taking risks, and landing that special someone who’s move-in ready…

SHE’S GOT CURB APPEAL

Rian Sutter grew up with the finer things in life. Spending summers in The Hamptons was a normal occurrence for her until her parents lost everything years ago. Now Rian and her sister are getting their life, and finances, back on track through real estate. Not only do they buy and sell houses to the rich and famous, but they finally have the capital to flip their very own beachfront property. But when she inadvertently catches the attention of a sexy stranger who snaps up every house from under her, all bets are off…

HE’S A FIXER UPPER

Pierce Whitfield doesn’t normally demo kitchens, install dry wall, or tear apart a beautiful woman’s dreams. He’s just a down-on-his-luck lawyer who needed a break from the city and agreed to help his brother work on a few homes in the Hamptons. When he first meets Rian, the attraction is undeniable. But when they start competing for the same pieces of prime real estate, the early sparks turn into full-blown fireworks. Can these passionate rivals turn up the heat on their budding romance — without burning down the house?

I FLIPPING LOVE YOU, set in the Shacking Up world, follows two people, both working in real estate, who find themselves vying for the same properties in the Hamptons, leading to a sometimes-not-so-friendly competition.

My Review:

I received a free copy through NetGalley in exchange for an honest and unbiased review/opinion.

I have loved all the books I read by this author in the last year.  This one continue’s the love streak.  Although I think this one was better than the second one but not as good as the first one.  (If that makes sense)

Rian has incredible determination to make it in the real estate world.  She has a very focused work ethic and I really admired everything she put into their goals.  She’s independent, driven and logical.  All traits that I identify with.  I especially loved how she would get upset about things but her anger would cool off.  She didn’t hold it against them after it was over, just let it go.  I don’t know why that stuck out to me but it did.  She wasn’t over the top intense ya know?  Her drive to be something better than she is was awesome.  Gotta love someone willing to work for it right?  I was sympathetic to her family history and understood her reluctance to share it with Pierce.

I didn’t really like Pierce to be honest though. I think he just kinda got whatever he wanted and didn’t understand the hard work that Rian put in that came so easily to him.  His biggest problems were to stay working at his dad’s firm and keep his trust or try something new that he was already successful at but that didn’t take as much money.  So, I thought he was kinda entitled.

Now their chemistry was off the charts and the sex scenes were great.  But I still found their emotional connection a bit lacking.  The climax was weak and Rian was wanting to find problems that just weren’t there.  Not enough to really keep me from enjoying it but enough of an issue to make note of.