A little more drama rama than I usually go for, but in spite of that I enjoyed this.

She decides to stand in for her twin sister as a way of starting afresh after a huge betrayal. He's a hot doc with a cute daughter and several cupboards full of emotional - as well as literal - baggage that needed sorting through.

There's a good old enemies to lovers thing going on with some excellent tension, but of course we have the jeopardy of her big old lie hanging over much of the story. I cannot lie, that kind of irritated me for it was a situation where being caught out in a lie was much worse than simply coming clean. I digress.

It's a complete story and he has several equally hot brothers plus a sister so plenty more to come. Where on earth would authors be if hot protagonists were only children eh?

Recommended.

**Thanks to the publisher via netgalley for the arc **
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Nic and her twin Veronica go through many hardships in their lives,but nothing worse than your sister sleeping with your fiance and becoming pregnant. To add more insult to injury you end up covering for her at her "new job" as a nanny. A new town, a new start, and a new job sounds great after all Nic has been through, but then she meets Ethan and is totally unprepared for what her future holds.

Great, fast paced read that makes you want to read more in the series.

Unfortunately, this was not a win for me. I appreciate the author and her work, yet the woman in this story was someone I could not identify with. So this was something that did not work... too much of a doormat- and even though she is willing to admit it...I feel you have to do more after that.

THE WRONG KIND OF LOVE is the first instalment in Lexi Ryan’s contemporary, adult THE BOYS OF JACKSON HARBOR erotic, romance series focusing on the Jackson siblings. This is thirty-three year old, single father Dr. Ethan Jackson, and twenty-four year old, nanny Nicole ‘Nic’ Maddox’s story line

Told from dual first person perspectives (Nic and Ethan ) THE WRONG KIND OF LOVE follows Nicole Maddox in the wake of the wedding that never happened. Discovering, on the day of her wedding, that her fiancé knocked up her twin sister Veronica, Alabama born and bred Nicole Maddox heads to places unknown only to land in Grand Rapids, Michigan with her sister’s ID, and a job as a nanny to a widowed doctor. But an almost one-night stand finds our heroine face to face with her new employer, a man who isn’t happy about what might have been. What ensues is the tempestuous relationship and building romance between Nic and Ethan, and the potential fall-out as Nic keeps secret her true identity to help a woman who is struggling to move forward with her life.

Nicole Maddox is struggling for some direction in life but with the loss of her fiancé, her future and potentially her twin sister, Nicole accepts the position as nanny to a six year old girl, a precious child who is unaware of the animosity between her father and our heroine. Dr. Ethan Jackson struggles with issues of trust including the betrayal by the woman with whom he was once in love. When his mother announces a bucket list vacation, our hero is desperate for child care and accepts his mother’s help in hiring the nanny with whom he will fall in love.

The relationship between Nic and Ethan begins as an almost one-night stand but Ethan is quick to judgement when he discovers that his daughter’s new nanny is the woman he found drunk at his brother’s bar. Unable to look beyond the heart break and pain of Nicole’s shattered heart, Ethan places an end date of their personal and professional relationship. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and passionate but I take issue with the use of a certain four-letter word, regardless of the situation or context involved.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful secondary and supporting characters including Nicole’s sister Veronica; her ex-fiance Marcus; Nic and Veronica’s friend Teagan Chopra : Ethan’s daughter Lily; his sister Shay, and their brothers Jake, Levi, Brayden, Carter, their mother Kathleen Jackson and bartender Ava. Ethan’s brothers are easy going and fun. Ava and Jake’s story is next.

THE WRONG KIND OF LOVE is a story of family, friendship, betrayal and love that introduces the Jackson family of Jackson Harbor, Michigan. The premise is fast paced, entertaining and heart breaking; the characters are energetic and charismatic; the romance is seductive and hot.

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This was a good read. I appreciated that Lexi Ryan put a new twist on the runaway bride theme. Nic and Ethan's story is wonderful. I found myself immersed in their world, and loving every minute of it. There were some heart wrenching elements that made the resolution all the sweeter. Great storytelling.

The Wrong Kind of Love, by Lexi Ryan, had me hooked just from the blurb.
Nicole aka "Nic" meets Ethan while she is drowning her sorrows at a bar, because her twin sister revealed that she was pregnant, with Nic's fiancee's baby on their wedding day.

Ethan was dealing with the death of his wife and was closed off to the idea of love. During this time, his focus was on work, family, and his daughter.

Chemistry: 5/5; Quick Read; I highly recommend!

I enjoyed this read quite a bit. The heroin finds love in an unexpected situation. Ah, Ethan you kind of love to hate him at first. He does redeem himself in the end. This was my first book by this author and I’m definitely going to check out the rest of her books.

This is the story of Ethan and Nicole. Ethan is one of the Jackson brothers, doctor and single dad for the past 3 years after losing his wife. Nic is about to get married when the day of her wedding she finds out that her twin sister is pregnant by her fiancé.

Nic acts impulsively and she runs away, but when she reaches the airport she realizes that she carries her twin's bag and not hers and she does the unthinkable of getting into her sister's flight and flying to Grand Rapids, Michigan, taking her place as nanny in the Jackson's family.

However things will get complicated as on her first night in the town she will hook up with a stranger and a series of lies will get Nic in an awkward situation. Can love survive all?

A really enjoyable fast paced story with turn-arounds that you will find fun to read on a lazy afternoon. And let me just say.. not the romantic nanny story you would expect.. :)

Moreover, the author kicks off nicely the setup of Grand Rapids, its residents and of course the main characters, the Jackson family. Towards the end she hooks us with a hint for the story of Ava and Jake and how wheels are moving for them.

Nice start for a book series.

I think this was my first read by this author and I went in blind.

This was a great read and I immediately liked Nic and Ethan, they had lots of chemistry.

Of course there had to be the revelation towards the end with all the secrets, but I’m glad this was all sorted out in the end.

I received this ebook copy from the publisher and NetGalley for an honest review.

This was my first book by this author and I confess I did read some reviews before I started it. I didn’t expect to like it as much as I did. There was such a connection between Ethan and Nic that you could feel it coming off the pages. Yes, Ethan was a jerk a lot of the time, but he was also a mess. It was nice to see Nic coming into her own and standing up for herself. The one thing I really didn’t care for was her sister and how quickly she accepted her back into her life. I get it is her twin and all she has, but literally there was no hesitation. It made me a little sick. I really liked this book though and will for sure be reading more of this series.

Lexi Ryan, you are an amazing writer! I fell in love with almost every character. A huge plus that it was set in Michigan (my home state!). The fact that this book touches on mental health and how each persons experience with depression differs was so heartwarming to me. The rest of the Boys of Jackson Harbor series books are on my 'to be read' list and I cannot wait to read them all!

I received a copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. The opinions expressed above are solely those of my own.

Lexi Ryan starts off with a bang in this new series and if Ethan's story is anything to go by then I cannot wait for the rest of the brothers' stories. The dynamic between these siblings is fantastic and I am dying for the rest of their stories.
This is also a great single dad book, one that I couldn't put down as I was sucked in from the very beginning I throughly enjoyed this one and while I wanted that character connection I crave, this was still an addictive story that had those pages frantically turning.

So many secrets between these characters. They came a long way and I really enjoyed watching where they ended up. At times an emotional read. Well done and entertaining. Overall a good read!

The story of Nic and Ethan. She is running away after the disaster that was supposed to be her wedding, and ends up taking her twin sisters place in a new job. He is single dad who thinks he is fine on his own. They are both keeping secrets from each other, so how will their relationship fare once the secrets are revealed?

An emotional read at times, as it does deal with some difficult issues.

Really looking forward to the rest of this series!

The Wrong Kind of Love, The Boys of Jackson Harbor, Lexi Ryan

Review from Jeannie Zelos book reviews

Genre: Romance,

I've read a couple of books from Lexi, one I loved, the other not so much but I really liked the sound of this one...

I love the writing style, love the way the story unfolded, and of course the Jackson family and the folk of the town...there's something about small town romances that calls to me. Sadly though I didn't like either of the main protagonists and that coloured the book for me.
Nic, how much more of a wimp could she be? I understood why, felt for her past but at some point you have to make changes, but she just keeps on making the same mistake over and over, letting useless men walk all over her while she gives up everything. It seems she's been like this since school, falling in love with men who let her down, and of course having given up all dreams of education she's kind of lost. She thinks she's found love once more with Marcus, who asked her to marry him after two months, and six months on its her wedding day...and then THAT happens. How can your twin DO that? Seems Ronnie has done that all her life though, Nic gives and Ronnie takes.
She doesn't stop being like that though when she meets Ethan, lets him take from her, and then when she discovers he's her boss she still lets him take. Ethan was a real jerk to her, I kind of understood his reactions but he needed to suck it up, take responsibility for his actions. Instead he's laying blame with Nic.
Given she's supposedly heartbroken from Marcus I found it hard that she fell in love with Ethan so quickly, and that he fell for her. If there had been more time, say several months I might have believed in it but this all happens in a few short weeks, about a month I think, and it was just too insta-love for me, given Nic's past inst-loves and Ethan's determination not to get into a relationship, certainly not with his daughter's nanny.
The denouement is pretty much expected, and I understood the anger, but once more its over so quickly. And Ronnie...really? Nic's still playing sucker?

The story is good, the characters great, but its the timing that's the big struggle for me, I find it hard to believe Nic is really in love given her history of falling in love at the drop of a hat. Ethan, part of me loved him, part of me hated him, he really was an obnoxious jerk to Nic and she just took it....

I do want to read more in the series, I'm hoping its just this book, these characters and the whole time issue that's not worked for me. I'm keen to read Teague's story ( hopefully?) and some of the Jackson family's futures, but not Ronnie. I don't want to read a story that will make me like her ;-) She's just done too much to Nic for me to get past.

Stars: Three, potentially great read for me IF the timing had changed, events took longer, and if I could be certain Nic had developed some self respect.

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4 stars

I loved this book. Every once in awhile we get a female lead who is a hot mess. In this case, it is Nicole. She has her world turned upside down, when her fiancee gets her sister pregnant and she finds out at her Wedding!! Nicole takes her twin sister's plane ticket and job in Jackson Harbor, Michigan. to get away from her life.

There she meets single dad, Dr Ethan Jackson. Widow and single dad, he needs her help because his mom is off to Europe. Small town living, and hot single dad equals one hot book for me! I loved this one! It was a little crazy with all the drama between twin sisters, but I still loved it! I can't wait to read more in this series

First of all, I am in freaking love. LOVE I tell you.

I am in love with Ethan. I am in love with Nic. I am in love with that little princess Lilly. Everything. This entire world that Lexi Ryan has built completely sucked me in.

I am even more in love with the fact that Lexi Ryan was able to write such a relatable and honest character with mental illness. Somebody who was not ashamed of their demons and who also was not completely overtaken by them. It was wonderful to feel represented.

I literally have spent the last 4 hours on the edge of my seat, grinning and crying. I could not put it down I was so drawn to these characters and their journey.

The chemistry between Ethan and Nic is undeniable, romantic and just damn hot.

Ethan’s family are just incredible, every character a completely enthralling individual that you want to get to know.

I cannot recommend enough and I am jumping into book 2 as soon as humanly possible!

The Wrong Kind of Love is definitely a story that will be discussed by many a reader in the days/months/years to come. Deception and betrayal are a huge part of this story and I for one am not as forgiving as our heroine, and therefore struggled with her compassionate nature towards her despicable sister. That said, I did like the book and will probably read the next instalment in this new series by Lexi Ryan (a new author to me).

I received this eARC novel from NetGalley. This is my honest review.

Nicole's life has just hit the fan. She finds out that her fiance left with her twin sister right before she was making her vows at her wedding... so of course the natural response was to run and take her sister's flight to Michigan and run away from the disaster that has become her life.

When Nicole finds out that Veronica was supposed to start a job to nanny a six-year-old, she decides to meet with the family and tell them about the mess up and that she is there instead of Veronica. What she didn't expect was to be asked to take Veronica's place and her name for a few months. Nicole doesn't want to but feels guilty leaving them in the lurch so she reluctantly agrees.

In the last unexpected thing Nicole thought would happen would be to fall for the six-year-olds father. She is trying to resist temptation, but it's really hard with Dr. McBrooding who is starting to thaw around her.

Everybody has dark secrets in their closets but it seems that Nicole's and Ethan's are about to reveal themselves before they are ready for the consequences.

This was a gteat novel. I really loved the connection between Nicole and Ethan oh, and I also loved how Nicole and Lilly connected so well with each other. I can't imagine what Nicole went through and how she could even talk to her sister after what she did to her. I'm a girl that holds a grudge so that would have been at least a five-year cold-shoulder lol.

I also feel for Ethan and what he went through with his previous wife. It seems there are a lot of common themes that happened to Ethan if you really stop and think about it after reading this book. I do have to say that I love the Jackson family and I may just have to read the rest of the series to see how each one of them fall for the love of their lives. It sure is a rambunctious bunch and I can only imagine the stories and adventures they go through. I also hope that Lilly is a main princess in each novel haha.

So glad I got the chance to read this book and I will be looking for more by this author in the future!

Loved. The characters were good and the story line kept me interested the whole time. Will be reading the other books in this series.