Avery has always been criticized for her curves and body, which lets face it many of us women already struggle with to begin with. She is a smart and sharp women with a very strong opinion.

Declan, a musician, is incredibly drawn to her sharp tongue and her quick whit. Getting her attention is harder then he thinks.

Declan can be an honest man, "...saying what you think is one of the things I like most about you.” Declan eyed my boobs. “Okay, maybe a distant second. But you couldn’t back down if you wanted..." I liked this book, I fell in love with Declan.

This was a new to me author, and absolutely loved this book, well written and all the characters were interesting really hoping this isnt the last of them. Am looking forward to reading more of her work.

Thanks to Netgalley and Random House for this advanced copy.

I received an ARC from Netgalley! Thanks so much <3

WOW! So, let me just say I absolutely loved this book. Avery is my girl! I love her sass, cleverness, and her struggles. She is real and complicated but someone I would want to be friends with. I know she'd tell me the truth if I asked her something and would be a lot of fun to hang out with.

Declan. Wow. What a hero ;) Loooved him. He surprised me a few times which I loved. I wasn't sure what to make of him when him and Avery first met. I love Kat and Jamie <3 Kat is the type of best friend every girl wants. She's fun, sensitive, and calls you out when you need it.

Thanks again for the ARC and I can't wait to read more from Tricia!
Loie

A great book by another new-to-me author! This is the story about Avery and Declan, both had personal demons that made their HEA journey a bit bumpy. Avery, is an awesome heroine in this story, she has a career in a male-dominated field along with having some self-esteem issues, but she also has this strength to her. As for Declan, it took a bit to really get a feel of him, but I really liked his reaction to their first meet. Avery was a bit snarky to him, her past relationships has made her a bit defensive especially with how attractive he was, but he didn’t back down and the pursuit was on.

What started off as just a temporary fling became so much more as their feelings became stronger. They both fought hard against anything more, but the chemistry was too strong. Those sexy scenes were off the chart! Unfortunately their demons arises and causes a bit of angst between the two. But once they both were able to let go of past hurts, their happily ever after was really beautiful.

The secondary characters in this book were so instrumental to their story, I hope we can get their story too.

All in all a great book.

Thank you Netgalley and Random House Publishing Group - Loveswept for giving me the opportunity to read this complimentary copy. All opinions are my own.

New Orleans is my favorite city and my go to vacation spot. So, I try to read as many novels in that setting as I can find. Clearly, my many trips there have been remiss. I have never experienced NOLA like Avery did. She’s a very different leading character and her size is not the issue. Her personality runs hot and cold. Declan is full of angst and hotness that you would expect from a musician. Their initial meeting was unusual and the discrepancies continued. The reader finds they have more in common than it seemed and enough differences to keep their growing relation intriguing. I enjoyed this book and need to schedule another trip to the crescent city.

Fun Fun Fun. This was a great book. I loved the support characters and hope to read their story next. The characters were entertaining. The setting was well written. Good book

I kind of loved this book. Characters were genuine, honest, and real. Seems like those are similar adjectives, but they're all true here.

I instantly looked for more books from this author, there are none. So I'll wait a bit impatiently for her next one. :)

4 1/2 stars.

As the weather starts to drop this is the perfect book to curl up with and keep you warm! It's also so great to read a story that empowers all women and body types. You get so used to the size 2 with a tiny waist in romance novels that it was so much fun to ready a story that includes everyone without making the whole story about that!

I loved the chemistry between the two main characters. A really good romance. I also liked the friendship of the two best friends. I hope you are writing her friends love story!

3.5 Stars

Moonlight & Whiskey is an enjoyable read. I really liked the characters of Declan and Avery. I love a strong, snarky heroine, and Avery is definitely that. My favorite bits were when she put people in their places. I felt like the story could have been tightened some; there were places where I found myself skimming sections to get back to the interaction between the main characters. Aside from that one aspect, I really liked the story and the author's writing style, and I look forward to reading more in the future.

Thank you to NetGalley and Random House--Loveswept for providing an ARC for review.

Avery has a p0rn habit.
Any books that starts with that sentence indicates what type of book this will be.
Pretty hot.
Avery is a curvy girl and in a rut.
Declan is a hot commodity and when they meet its hot and on.

This was a fantastic book! It’s about Avery, an overweight engineer who’s always been treated like crap by men; both personally and professionally due to her weight. She also has a “who gives a f*@k” attitude. She and Kat, her ex-model bff, go to NOLA. There she meets Declan, a super hot, tatted up musician. Through the story, Avery finds herself and maybe even love along the way if she’ll just let down her walls.
I wasn’t sure how this story would go. Would there be heartache or HEA at the end? Does it matter though when you finally learned to embrace who and what you really are?
The writing and character development was outstanding. I got pulled into this story and had many late nights since I just couldn’t put it down. The secondary characters were also fantastic and I feel they had as much a stake in this story as Avery and Declan. I kinda want to read it again right away!

Truly a book of all emotions, from the lows to the highs. This book has you laughing, then crying and then on top of the world. Life surely took these 2 and put them thru the wringer before putting them both back together better than they could ever be apart. Awesome read!!!

I thought this was a good story and it was a page turner . I enjoyed the storyline and it has a little bit of everything in it. I enjoyed reading about Avery and Declan.
I received an Arc from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Kudos to Tricia Lynne for writing a "big girl" heroine that my size 14 self can actually recognize and doesn't make me cringe. Avery is confident and sexy but still has those little moments where she deals with the scars of not being a size 6 in this world. However, it doesn't permeate her every thought as some authors would have tried to (inaccurately) portray. This book was hot and emotional and fun and I devoured it in one day.

Wow! I don’t know what I loved the most about this book! It kept me interested from the very first word! Avery was my girl! She was smart, beautiful and the mouth of her ! Loved her. Declan hmmmm wow! All the characters leapt from the page into real people. Katia, Matt, Jamie, Shaun, Sasha they all came to life . It’s hard to believe this is the authors very first book! I will def add Tricia to my list of fabulous authors! I loook forward to more from her!!!!!!!!

Omg great book! But I did have to take a star off because Declan doesn't talk that much?! I thought it was single pov but then Declan did get a few chapters, like two?? So I wish we had his side a little more!! But this story was soooooo good that, that made up for a lot!!! This is Declan and Avery story, Declan is a lead singer of a local band that could actually make it big it they don't want that! Avery is on vacation in New Orleans!! That's where her and Declan meet! My bestie and I are from Florida and took a trip to New Orleans earlier this year! We managed to go to a book signing while there! Anyway there was so much in this book that we saw in New Orleans that really made the story for me! I loved the graveyard scene!! We went there too!! Lol so if you want to get away to New Orleans in your head definitely read this one!! I loved it! It brought back lots of great memories! This book was funny, had some heartbreak , some heartache, some drama, and was really really 🔥🔥🔥!!! Definitely don't miss out on this one! Thank you Netgalley and penguin random house for sharing this book with me! I truly hope this is going to be a series!!

This was funny, sexy and exciting. I really enjoyed it. I am now a fan of this author. Thqnk you for the opportunity

I had trouble with the book; I liked it overall b ut have to say I had a hard time liking either of the main characters. They're both idiots at times (sometimes for good reasons) and both are extremely stubborn. Sometimes so much so I just want to yell at them both. In all honesty, I can't say that they're good for each other but they do care alot about the other.

My favorite part of the book had little to do with the main couple as a couple. ***Minor spoiler: It was when Avery told a room full of men at her former job to go fuck themselves. It was just so satisfying. Got to love a strong woman."