Talk about a heat wave! Deliciously sinful, decadent, and worth the sweet tooth. 

Liam is the type of man any woman would crave. Sweet, sexy, supportive, a smile to rival any, and boosts Cassie's confidence, and lets not forget the Irish accent. He becomes the muse for romance writer Cassie after placing a bet with his brother. He is upfront he doesn't want a relationship but more than willing to fuel her fantasies and teach her all he knows...in bed. He didn't expect his heart to get in the way. Still fanning myself over here!

Bet Me to Stay is the first book I have read by Candace Havens and it won't be the last. This book wasn't super deep and the characters definitely jumped into a relationship with no build-up, but that doesn't really matter to me. Sometimes you need a book that is a light, fun, quick read and this book is exactly that. I really liked Cassie and Liam. I even liked Liam's younger brother, Finn. 

If you are looking for a light read this summer I recommend Bet Me to Stay. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC in exchange for my honest review!

Cassie O'Brien needs help, her career as a romance novelist is floundering. She just can't seem to get good words on to the page. Liam O'Connor needs to keep his brother from getting engaged again, so he can protect the pub his grandparents opened. When Liam takes a bet with his brother Finn, that he has to seduce the next woman that walks in to the bar, he was not expecting Cassie. Deciding that Liam is better book material than any of her characters, Cassie decides not to shut him down right away and see if he can help her with her writing issue.

This book was a quick-ish read, and didn't waste any time getting Liam and Cassie to what was supposed to be a one night stand. We got  to meet a lot of Cassie's family but only Liam's brother, I would have liked to have seen more of his family. I'm not 100 percent sure it really got to the bottom of his big issue, and why he quit music to run the pub, but it almost felt like there was more, or should have been more to it than that. I really liked Cassie and felt like she was relatable. Overall I thought it was a sweet, super hot, quick read. Definitely a good in-between for heavier books.

This book had me at the synopsis. I had high hopes, and boy were they met. When I first started reading this, I knew it was going to have some steam. But lord have mercy, it went from 0 to 100 real quick. (I’m not complaining) I mean what is better than a sexy Irish man dirty talking? Not much in my opinion. 
I love the fact that the female in this isn’t your typical size zero, and the author makes a point to point that out numerous times throughout the book. I love seeing her slowly blossom and not be scared to be herself. I also love watching her slowly come out of her shell and learn to stick up for herself and what she wants. 
Definitely love the author’s version of a forbidden love story. I really can’t say enough positive things about this. Thank you so much netgalley for sending me this book to read in return for an honest review! I’ll definitely be reading more from this author! I give this book 5/5 easily!

Before I start, I just want to say that I have voluntarily read and received an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Following a bet with his brother, Liam O'Connor has no choice but to go on a date with the next woman who walks into their pub. Liam happily agrees if it means it stops his brother falling in love with every second girl he sees. When Cassie Meadows walks in, he's conflicted. She looks like someone who owns too many cats, could this even work? But what he discovers will completely change his mind.

When Cassie O'Brien, (pen name Meadows) walks into 'The Boars Head' she has no idea how much her life is about to change. Her publicist and best friend is always at her to change up her writing ,as it's nowhere near sexy enough. It just won't sell. But when unexperienced Cassie runs into sexy Irish Liam at her familys' adversary pub, she hatches up a plan. thanks to Liam she is having the best sex of her life and her creativity Is flowing. But what happens if he finds out her secret? One that could destroy everything..

A fab and easy read, looking forward to see if there is a future for Cassie and Liam.

I for one, hope so.

Fun romance but unfortunately there isn't much of a plot. Cassie is a romance novelist that needs to learn to write hot sex scenes. Due to her lack of experience she isn;t sure how to do that but when she meets Liam in the bar he owns with his brother she's instantly attracted. Unbeknownst to Cassie Liam just made a bet with his brother to date the first girl who walks in the bar so Liam is interested too. Their feelings grow past a one night stand and secrets they both have threaten to keep them apart If you're looking for a short read with lots of sex this is the book for you.

I received a copy of Bet Me to Stay by Candace Havens from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Overall, this novel missed the mark for me. I felt that the plot should have been interesting given the story's summary, but the plot wasn't evenly paced...and there wasn't much of a plot, to be honest. Also, I wasn't keen on the main characters - found them to be very one dimensional and kind of boring.

Well... there’s basically no messing around here. It jumps straight into the sex. Like woah- could we character build a relationship a bit more. I know they kind of went into it as a one night stand, but woah.
Not my favourite by far.

Cute story. Although I'm not sure how much I liked the heroine changing herself, but it was a good story. I laughed out loud in several places and who can resist an Irish hero.

Really could not get into this book. Kind of hard to follow the story along. Nothing in it reached out and grabbed my attention.

I really enjoyed getting to know Cassie and Liam.
Cassie is a romance writer that keeps her job a secret from her family.. However, her sweet romances just aren't doing as well as they used to and she needs to add spice to her novels. Cassie doesn't have much experience in that regards so after her friend suggests she go and get some, she meets Liam. 
Liam and his brother, Finn, own an Irish pub that their family opened years ago. Finn, who seems to constantly be in love with a new woman, bets his brother to date the next woman to walk into the bar and he'll stay single for that time. In walks Cassie. Liam is not as smooth as his brother but he can deliver. Oh how he can deliver. *swoon*
Cassie ends up learning a lot about adding some heat to her romances and about herself and her wants. Unfortunately, she has a secret. Will she be able to tell Liam and not have him hate her? Will they have a relationship or is all about their need for each other. 
Some parts of this story had me at a 3 star rating but in the end I bumped it to 4. If you want a quick, steamy romance then this is one for you.
I received an ARC from NetGalley for an honest review.

Bet me to Stay by Candace Havens is a perfect romance book if you love the concept of romance writer seeks help with writing sex scenes. I was 100% here for it. So be forewarned this book is very sexy, so if that is not your thing, you should pass on this one. 

I love that the concept starts out as a bet between brothers for the crotchety one (AKA the one I would be attracted to) has to date the next woman that walks into the bar for a month. And the fun one, Finn, has to swear off women for a month. Love it! Of course, in walks Cassie, a down on her luck romance writer who just so happens to be the daughter of Liam and Finn's competition. I freaking loved this concept so much. I also loved that the two of them kind of come out of their shells with each other. Cassie, in telling this burly man what she wants, and Liam, in the way he starts to actually have feelings for her. Be still my heart!

One thing I was a little confused about was Liam and Finn being Irish. The book is set in Boston, but they kind of talk with Irish slang and are written as having a slight lilt. It's not very clear at first, and I was so confused. Later Liam explains that they grew up in Ireland until his parents took over the bar. That part kind of confused me. 

One very minor thing that bothered me was that Liam is written as having tattoos, but I never got to find out what they were! I love tattoos and tattoos on men, so I wanted to know what he had! I'm just gonna assume lots of Celtic stuff at this point. 

I loved Cassie a lot, and I think I could relate to her about never really feeling like she got out of her childhood insecurities. Hello, I'm almost thirty and I still have a hard time believing my partner actually likes me. (For the record he's been with me for almost 9 years! And gets really mad at me when I ask "Do you still like me?") So I totally related to her in terms of her insecurities with her body and if a man like Liam would actually be into her. I loved that he gets so mad that she feels this way about herself, because he seems to prefer her curvy figure. Yay for curvy women in romance novels getting what they deserve!

This was my first book by this author, but I definitely want to check out more of her work.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Thank you to Netgalley and Entangled Publishing for proving me an eArc of this book for review. 

Cassie Meadows is an author going through a writing block and needs inspiration to write a new book different from what she has written in the past. The only problem is that this book is suppose to be sexy and she thinks she is anything but. Liam O’Connor is tall, dark, owns a  Pub. He and his brother Finn have a bet and as a result Liam has to date the next girl who walks through the Pub door, in walks Cassie with more secrets than one. 

This was such a fast read not even 200 pages long. I felt like everything moved at the right speed but the last chapter or so had me giggling a little as the book became so cliched. Cassie is an author and I loved that aspect of her. Seeing a bit of her writing process was really interesting. I became so confused by her though. She was if not a virgin close to it and had no experience, hence why she struggles writing her book. But when put in steamy situations she would say or do things that would suggest she may be more experienced than she let on. She suggested she had done research but still, I have questions. Liam really took me by surprise. Although he exuded a hard exterior, he was very soft, understanding, and supportive. Their dynamic together was explosive and I see why they fell for each other so fast, because it really was fast. They both live busy lives and their mutual understanding of that really kicked of their feelings for each other in my opinion. When I learned Cassie’s secret I was a little disappointed and started to worry the plot twist wouldn’t be explosive. When all was revealed, all was revealed and I was surprisingly satisfied with the brief moment of drama. All in all it was a great read, satisfying amount of smut, actual dialogue, and a bit of family dynamic. I just wish it was longer.

Bet Me to Stay by Candace Havens a five-star read that you would bet the house on. I will be honest in parts this was only a four-star read but overall it deserves five full stars as there was just so much drama. The concept was so much fun, an author writing a risqué scenes in a bar opposite her family’s place and getting inspired not by the hot young man everyone usually falls at but the big growly brother, it should be too predictable but it just kept coming and going in ways you don’t imagine and keeping it fresher and fresher. I can only hope and imagine that the author had some autobiographical moments in the story. If you want fun and hot, then you need this story in your life.

Love it! The story and the characters were interesting and dynamic. The storyline kept me intrigued, it was definitely a winner!

I disliked the start of the book. The heroines romance book love scenes are tanking because she doesn't have enough experience to write a descent sex scene. The agent suggests she get more experience.  First. Wtf. You don't need sexual experience to write a sex scene. I'm sorry you don't. You need alot of research and practice writing those scenes. 

I hate that she was also pressured into writing sex scenes as well. If she didn't feel comfortable doing so, she's the author. It's ultimately up to her.  I love a good romance book with alot of sex scenes but that doesn't mean every romance book has to have them. There are a variety of readers that like different sex levels in their books. 

The book didn't get any better from here. I liked the premise of the book but not the execution. Some of the scenes were very funny but most weren't even though I think it was the authors intention to make it so. As such I do not recommend the book.

Definitely a very interesting and lovely story from Candace. I love the way she wrote the story so sweet and exciting.

Watching his brother Finn constantly catch feelings for women, propose, and then bail, is going to lead to a disaster. Liam knows one of these days he's going to make down the aisle... which could mean that when it eventually implodes like all his other "spur of the moment" relationships, their pub could wind up in the hands of his ex. 

So he decides he needs to devise a plan to get Finn away from the ladies for a bit. So he gets Finn to agree to distance himself from women for a month, with the counter offer from Finn that Liam to agree to next woman that comes into the pub on a date. 

And the moment Cassie O'Brien walks into their bar Liam doesn't know what hit him...

Bet Me to Stay was an enjoyable first time read, the words were captivating, and the characters were refreshing! I loved the heated playful banter between Liam and Cassie, they had me laughing, swooning, and cheering them on the whole way through. I highly recommend you get your hands on this one, it's guaranteed to put a smile on your face, and provide you with lots of laughs!! 

I requested an advanced copy of this title from NetGalley, and I am voluntarily leaving my honest and unbiased opinion.

While this book had the potential to be a fun, sexy romance, for me, it unfortunately fell short.  Cassie is a romance author who writes wholesome books.  But this is a dying market and if Cassie wants to keep her author dreams alive, she will need to add some spice to her books.  Liam, owns the pub across the street from Cassie's parents but is in danger of losing it if his brother, Finn, doesn't stop getting engaged/married and giving a piece away every time in a settlement. If Liam agrees to date the next girl who walks into the bar, Finn agrees not to date anyone for the next month and to make them sign a prenup before it goes too far.  When Cassie walks into the bar looking like a homeless bag lady with 98 cats, Liam's heart sinks.  But appearances can be deceptive and Cassie turns out to be quite some firecracker between the sheets.  My problem was that this went from a bet, to insta lust, to non stop sex to love with such speed that my head was spinning.  Cassie, a self confessed prude and  novice in all things relating to the bedroom, suddenly became this extrovert who will try anything, and I mean anything.  It just felt a little too fake, too rushed and too contrived.  There was problems with the continuity in some places in the book and with some of the words and grammar, but I am hoping that this is something the final edits will pick up before it is released.  As I said, great potential, but sadly I found it lacking.

Sorry folks but this wasn't a book in my opinion, and yes that is all it is my opinion. So after reading the blurb I was happy with my decision to request it, but it is all about sex, not I am not a prude and I do enjoy a little in my books but this didn't have a story line, what do I mean? Let me give you an example..So she is a writer but almost a virgin and her publisher/friend suggest she has a one night stand to give her books more spice because she is apparently bad at getting people inspired of hot under the collar she is about to give up her writing, She ends up in families business competition (I know I am rambling, sorry) anyhoo, she is at the bar, she meets her love interest guess what after meeting they have sex that day. She comes back next day guess what they have sex, I was bored totally not interested because it was just too descriptive, too graphic and not interesting enough, yeah deleting book, and not interested in reading more from this author.