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Bulldozer

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Great story of second chance and true love. This is my first Dangelico book but not the last. Amanda and Grant don't trust in love but love trust in them. Sam and Roxy are great cupids without knowing.
I receice and ARC from Netgalley for a honest review. I recommended this book.

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I love the premise and I think the author does a good job with Grant and Amanda's story.

I love a brooding male and Grant is as surly as they get. His career is in the balance and feels the need to take it out on his new roommate, Amanda. He does have a soft spot for her son which I loved!

Amanda has gotten her life in track but still lives with the guilt and shame from her past. Shes anxious to start this new chapter however she's struggling to find peace.

I like the frenemies turned lovers angle but wanted a little more heat from these two. The last 1/3 of the book held a good amount of drama and heat that I was hoping for.

I received a copy for a honest review.

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Each story in this series has a common thread running through it, the characters have so much emotional depth and unique personalities that an impactful attachment is created and not easily severed after their stories have ended.

Grant and Amanda have flaws that have profoundly driven their life’s choices. The message (as I see it) the author has weaved within the story is poignant and impactful...life’s second chances are a gift not to be taken lightly, and when heeded positively are remarkable and rewarding. This same message drives the expressive dialog which is peppered with clever and quite entertaining repartee as an equalizer to the somber moments.

The myriad of emotions bundled together color this couple’s journey to their HEA, leaving your heart light by the end of the Epilogue.

This ARC book was complimentary, provided by the Publisher and NetGalley. I am voluntarily providing my honest review.

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I loved this story!
This is a sweet slowburn story with a little enemy to lovers feel to it. With the powers from a single mom and the hotness from a sportsman.

I will admit that in the beginning i wanted to smack Grant somtimes, he was just so rude and he had no reason. But when i got to know him and he started acting like a decent human being i kinda started falling a little in love with him. And how he was with Sam well that just melts my heart.

In the beginning i was in doubt if i would ever really like Amanda. I think she was just a little to ''everything is hard'' kinda type and the way she tought to get thought har stuff and well just her day felt fake. But then you started seeing her evolve and you saw how she was with her son Sam and i started to like her.

This will get 4,5 stars from me.

My favorite quote from the book:
I never believed in fairytales. Nightmares, yes, I’ve experienced plenty of those. In waking life, too. But I thought happily-ever-afters belonged in romance novels. The ones I read to escape my reality, the belief that I wasn’t destined to ever have that. And yet, here I am, staring into the eyes of the love of my life, my klutzy-knight-in-no-armor. My reality rocks.

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Funny, sexy and entertaining.

I love reading single mom books where a hot and sexy man falls hard for the strong and independent woman. Oh, Grant tried his best to steer clear of Amanda but soon finds its impossible. Amanda didn't quite know what to think of Grant. She is definitely attracted to him but he's a broody and hateful man. Well until she sees the real person he's hiding. Amanda bulldozes into Grant's life and there is no other option to but to fall for both her and her sweet boy, Sam.

While I thought this was a great read with lots of funny and sexy times, I loved the epilogue. Loved the insight into the future they made.

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P. Dangelico had me at “grumpy, ailing football star…”

I mean, it is completely out of character for me to pick up the third book in a series by an author I’ve never read before. I couldn’t resist that blurb, though. And, if you’ve been paying attention, you know that football romance is my kryptonite. If I’m ever going to take a chance? It’s going to be on a football playing hero. Extra points for being surly and wounded.

So, I took the chance.

And?

It was so good! GAHH!

So, yes – this is the third book in a series, but I had no problem jumping right in and Ms. Dangelico had no problem hooking me immediately, grabbing hold of my heart and not letting go until the very last page. This delicious slow burn was snappy and smart and wonderfully emotional. Grant and Amanda were all charged chemistry and compelling dialogue. I adored her acerbic wit, and his soft underbelly under all that prickly outer shell. Add in a precocious ten year old and an adorable rescue dog and this thing was basically the whole package for me. I was completely smitten.

This book was such a happy surprise for me. I was glued to the pages – giggling, sniffling, and swooning like crazy. As far as sports romances go? Bulldozer was tops – and I will absolutely be back for more from this author!

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I loved this novel. I have read other novels by this author and the novels just keep getting better. I loved the characters in this novel. I loved being able to check back in with previous characters. This novel grabbed me from the very first page and I seriously did not want to put it down. I loved Amanda, she was strong and embraced all of the things she had done and made a better life for herself and her son. Grant was so funny. I loved the slow burn. I adored the dialogue and the banter. Sooo good! I loved every minute of this novel. I can't wait to see what this author has in store next.

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Bulldozer is a perfect slow burn romance that will capture your heart from the very beginning. This story will not only make you swoon and steal your heart but it will also make you laugh. I can’t get enough of Amanda, Grant and Sam!

“Ma’am, this is no squatter. Grant Hendricks is the most decorated player in the history of the Titans organization.” Shit. My brother’s teammate.

Grant has the playboy image to the public, but in reality that man is broken, he has struggled and he is afraid. Amanda is in recovery and I love how strong she is and how she wants to make up for her past, even if she doesn’t need to.

“From this day forth, he needs to namastay the fuck away from me, or it’s going to get really ugly.”

I enjoyed how this story started out as an enemies to lovers, but also had a little bit of the forbidden aspect to it since Grant is a teammate of Amanda’s brother. There is no denying the insane chemistry between Amanda and Grant. I also loved how Grant was with Sam, he instantly connected with him. I also loved the secondary characters in this story, I specifically talking about you Walter!

Also, that epilogue! Seriously, does a man like Grant exist out there. That man is seriously swoon worthy!

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I had to go do a quick reread of the previous two of this series, just to refresh my memory. I enjoyed Grant and surprisingly enough Mandy, before you get all mad at me, I wasn’t her biggest fan back in Cals book, just because she was sort of not nice to Cam, thankfully she’s grown a lot and we get to see more of sweet Sam. For series lovers you will truly enjoy this read, if you haven’t read any yet go to the beginning, you won’t be disappointed.
This was a complimentary advanced reader copy provided by the author/ publisher in exchange for a honest review via Netgalley.

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At least Grant knows how to apologize to a woman properly and plans for future mess ups, even if he gets the names wrong, “right. Amazon. I’ll have ten Kimbles overnighted in case I ruin another one. No need to cry.” I honestly think Grant doesn't know what clothes are, the man is either always naked or half naked, "Confusion falls over his face, his hand absentmindedly brushing across his bulging pecs like he only now remembers that he’s mostly naked. “It’s hot.” It’s not that hot, but whatever." Grant is just not a morning person, "I nudge Grant’s shoulder. “One more hour… tired baby… rode me like a beast a burden…” he slurs in his sleep." I loved this book, I adored Grant and his moodiness.

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It's rare that I don't have anything to say about a book, good or bad but this was just so fabulous that I can't find the words.

This has everything you could ever want in a P. Dangelico novel, a cute kid called Sam, a daft dog called Roxy a former model, former alcoholic, single mom called Amanda and a huge, beautiful, grumpy, permanently naked, injured football player called Grant.

Amanda and her best friend own a yoga studio in New York which is a raging success with the wealthy elite, they want to capitalise on their success by opening a second studio in the Hamptons during the summer, when all their customers move out to their summer homes. Amanda and Sam have moved into her big brother Calvin's (from Wrecking Ball) home in the Hamptons while she supervises the construction work and opens the studio. What Amanda doesn't know is that Cal has let his team mate Grant Hendricks stay at his home in the Hamptons while he recovers from spinal surgery. Sharing a 10 bedroom house shouldn't be a problem, right? If only Grant could remember to wear clothes - Amanda reckons she's seem more of his body than anyone other than,maybe, his proctologist and she doesn't want her 10 year old son to be exposed (pun intended) to random male nudity, even if it is one of the most luscious bodies she has ever seen.

This had everything you could ever want from a book by P. Dangelico, it's funny, it's sweet, it's full of sexy guys (well one incredibly sexy guy - so sexy there's no room for any more), it has a cute kid and a cute dog, there's action, drama and a little bit of angst. I loved it.

I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Loved Mandy, Grant and Sam!

Grant was initially a closed book, being quite aggravating and walking around in the nude!

Mandy has been through a lot but had turned her life around and was doing all she could for her and her son.

She couldn’t deny her attraction to Grant and eventually they get it together, not without a few tribulations along the way.

This was another slow burn romance with great heart and humour. Loved the epilogue!

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Grant is a very stubborn, pig headed man. Where as Amanda is level headed. They are as opposite as they come.
I was grateful for all the nudity that Grant shares with us. I was picturing it pretty well.

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