Well, this book made me tear up. I loved the story between Lauren and Andrew. While the way that they met was unconventional, it was still a great story. The way that the author wrote each character made you feel how much love they had for each other. The only thing I felt missing was the steam. I could have used a little more.

I was lucky enough to receive this ARC through the BookShark program and I’m SO happy I got it. This came at the perfect time for me to take a break (or, a good distraction - get it?) from my usual thrillers as I was really looking for something lighthearted and fluffy to lift my mood.

Lauren has had bad luck with men in the past and she definitely wants to avoid the gorgeous specimen of a man who she ran into (literally) at the coffee shop. All 10/10 men are out of her league or major assholes - right?

Andrew cannot stop thinking about the redhead who split her coffee down him in the coffee shop and definitely has more important things to think about. But she just happens to bump into him time and time again, he’s certain he will not regret finding out who she is.

This was a PERFECT read for me, I couldn’t fault anything. Lauren and Andrew were perfect characters who let things slip at the right time and moulded together beautifully. The setting was albeit a bit bleak but it just made their love story all the more amazing. I couldn’t give this 5 stars fast enough and I was genuinely shedding tears by the last couple of chapters. Thank you BookSparks and Allison Ashley for bringing this heart-warming tale to my life and whenever I need a pick-me-up I definitely know where I’ll be going!

Sweet, emotional read!
Here's the blurb:
Lauren Taylor isn't thinking about love, especially not with the impossibly attractive man she accidentally spilled coffee all over. He's out of her league and she's focused on finishing her oncology pharmacy residency. She's sworn off men who are too handsome for their own good, anyway.

Andrew Bishop can't stop thinking about the gorgeous redhead who crashed into him and then disappeared, even though he should have way more on his mind - like dealing with his Hodgkin Lymphoma diagnosis and finishing out his last year in law school. When Andrew and Lauren run into each other at the cancer center where she's working and he's being treated, they try to keep it professional. They can be friends, and nothing more.

But sometimes life has other plans…

This book was a sweet slow-burn. They spend most of the book getting to know each other and slowly falling in love. They face a few obstacles. Like her job. Their individual feelings of insecurities. His illness. Trying to not move beyond friendship. Their PUN war was pretty funny.
Overall this book was great. Definitely worth checking out.
ARC provided by Entangled Publishing via NetGalley.

Romance with a tissue!

Lauren Taylor was in her final year of her oncology pharmacy residency when she ran into the cutest guy in Kansas City at the local coffee shop spilling her cup of coffee on him on her way to work at the hospital. She was surprised he was one of her patients that she was giving information about his treatment for cancer.

Andrew Bishop was in his third and final year of law school when he was diagnosed with Hodgkin Lymphoma and the treatment would be difficult but meeting the red haired girl that spilled coffee made him realize that he could possibly have a future with someone after his last girlfriend left him.

Perfect Distraction by Allison Ashley is a book that you will need a few tissues reading but there is a few times of the book that you will want to smack one of them on the head but you need to read this book.

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

A different kind of story line for most readers, this was captivating. Glad I didnt pass over this one, what a beautiful story. Emotional and gripping.

This book you guys! I read it in a day and it is 400 pages. It usually takes me 3 days to read a book that is 300 and something pages. And romance isn't even my favorite genre.

This book though, had me from the beginning, the characters were so likable and funny! They were all relatable. I for real could not stop reading! I cried and I laughed SO hard. This is an amazing book. It is out March 23rd Y'all should just go ahead and pre-order it, you will not regret it!

Perfect Distraction by Allison Ashley

I. AM. IN. LOVE. With this book!!!!!
Seriously one of my ULTIMATE favorite stories!
EPIC ROMANCE! LOVEL LOVED LOVED every beautiful detail. MUST READ BOOK of 2020

To say that I loved Perfect Distraction is a understatement.

"Lauren isn't thinking about love, especially not with the impossibly attractive man she accidentally spilled coffee all over and Andrew Bishop certainly is not thinking about the gorgeous redhead that spilled said coffee all over his shirt."

This story will have you crying.....happy crying from almost the beginning to the end. I cannot express how much I enjoyed this epic read from beginning to end. It's romantic, dramatic, full of hope and sometimes disappointment but in the end it leaves you feeling like even in the toughest of times love will conquer all.

I only hope that this amazing author continues this amazing story and lets us know more about these characters.

5/5 Stars !!!!!!!!

Thank you #NetGalley & #EntangledPublishing,LLC for this book in exchange for a honest review

Excellent story with a different kind of wounded hero.
A lovely story dealing with a serious issue, “Perfect Distraction”, by Allison Ashley (Entangled: Amara), features a delicious, wounded yet balanced, hero and a confident, giving heroine.
The slow burn romance is sweet, the chemistry and sensuality sizzling, the main characters well fleshed out and relatable, the secondary characters vivid and often annoyingly realistic.
I fell in love with Andrew, handsome, generous and caring, reliable, honourable. Lauren is a great, compassionate heroine, and her job as a clinical oncology pharmacist is so interesting and was such a novelty for me.
I found the story had the perfect balance between hope and the predictable anguish and fears an oncologic disease causes.
I liked the setting – Kansas City – and the vivid, true to life descriptions of the treatment facilities and procedures and the insight into the chemoteraphy effects.
I felt the ethical issues were a bit drawn out in the second half of the story.

Perfect Distraction by Allison Ashley is the perfect blend of sweet, touching and emotional. Lauren and Andrew meet under stressful circumstances and prove to be an invaluable source of comfort and encouragement to one another. I really loved how real the medical aspects of Andrew's condition and treatment were without becoming a college course of medical facts. The level of realism with clinics and doctor visits added to that emotional thread, pulling the reader along on his journey. My heart was with him, his worries and the unknown of his future. I worried for Lauren's situation as she found herself drawn to a man she shouldn't/couldn't have. And I waited anxiously for the time that their relationship could bloom into more.

The level of heat with this romance was sweet, and yet I melted each time Andrew took Lauren's hand. The longing between the two was palpable, and I was left completely satisfied by their love story. Sometimes restraint and self control is completely sexy, and that is absolutely the case with this couple. Andrew is the epitome of manly hero as he put Lauren's future ahead of his desires. The way he loved her is the way we should all be loved. He was just protective enough, just open enough, just caring enough, and just flawed enough to feel relatable.

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

Perfect Distraction by Allison Ashley comes out next week and is sooo good! It is set mostly in a chemo infusion center and is such a sweet story about choosing love and happiness. It was emotional and such a beautiful story.
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Lauren clumsily meets a gorgeous man at a coffee shop, spilling her hot drink all over him. She goes on with her day and gets to her job as a pharamcy resident in a cancer ward and what do ya know... hot guy is a patient there, getting his first round of chemo. They can't help but fall in love and ethical boundaries are blurred as she is an employee and he is a patient. This isn't just a love story, but one about family and following your dreams, no matter what the cost.
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I loved how this was a unique take on a love story. My dad has cancer and has been going through chemo for the last couple of years, so this one really struck a chord with me. Highly recommend it if you're looking for a sweet story. This is Allison's debut novel and I can't wait to read more by her! It comes out 3/23/2020.

This was certainly an unexpected surprise.

Puns, romance, and illness while in school. There was no way I wasn't going to read this!

What a wonderful debut by Allison Ashley. A great tale with the perfect mix of emotions and as promised, a happy ending.

Looking forward to what Ashley writes next!

Thank you Netgalley and Entangled Publishing for the ARC to this wonderful read!

Lauren Taylor is focused on getting her career started while finishing the last few months of her pharmacy residency. After being crushed by her college boyfriend, she's not interested in devastatingly handsome men. Which is unfortunate since she just literally bumped into the hottest guy she's seen in a while and accidentally spilled her coffee down the front of him. Andrew Bishop was already prepared for a rough day going into the oncology center and starting his battle on Hodgkin Lymphoma. What he wasn't prepared for was the gorgeous woman in front of him in line at the coffee house, or wearing her coffee. He needs to focus on his cancer battle and finishing his last year of law school. Turns out, the beautiful stranger might end up being the perfect distraction despite all the reasons they shouldn't be together.

Allison Ashley did a fantastic job in this debut novel. It's sweet, funny, and charming even though it tackles some of the hardest parts of life. While it does have some serious heartbreaking moments it's not overly devastating and dark. For a bit I felt like Andrew and Lauren's relationship was too much of a rollercoaster, but now that I'm finished and had some time to process, it was simply realistic, the ups and downs of navigating cancer treatment would take a toll on any relationship. I loved their banter and patience for each other. Perfect Distraction is engaging and clean with a great plot, I'll definitely keep an eye out for any future novels Allison Ashley may write.

Great debut book by Allison Ashley! Perfect Distraction is a sweet romance and you can’t help but root for Lauren and Andrew, not just to be together, but for Andrew through his battle with cancer and for Lauren to land her dream job. I love that Ashley didn’t sugarcoat the struggles the characters face, which made this story so much more authentic. I’m looking forward to reading more from Ashley in the future!

Thank you to Entangled Publishing and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This was a quick and sweet read - romance in an unusual setting, and with some real adversity to deal with. Romance is not my usual cup of tea, but the medical angle interested me and I thought it was well done. When you don't know if one of your main characters is going to live much beyond the treatment they need to have, to survive... and yet this was done without pathos, and with characters that both came across as authentic. And the puns - I loved those! Well done for a debut, I look forward to reading more by this author.

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Y’all. This book is a debut novel by @authorallisonashley - and if this is her debut, I see a long successful future in writing for her! I devoured this book in one day thanks to my #ARC from @netgalley. The characters felt like people I could be friends with in real life - they were so relatable, dealt with internal struggles just like we all do, and cracked me up with all their puns! I may have made a mental note of some of those to use in the future! I loved these characters and was begging for them to have a happily ever after - Do yourself a favor and preorder this one today! Releases 3/23.
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Lauren Taylor isn't thinking about love, especially not with the impossibly attractive man she accidentally spilled coffee all over. He's out of her league and she's focused on finishing her oncology pharmacy residency. She's sworn off men who are too handsome for their own good, anyway.
Andrew Bishop can't stop thinking about the gorgeous redhead who crashed into him and then disappeared, even though he should have way more on his mind - like dealing with his Hodgkin Lymphoma diagnosis and finishing out his last year in law school. When Andrew and Lauren run into each other at the cancer center where she's working and he's being treated, they try to keep it professional. They can be friends, and nothing more.
But sometimes life has other plans…
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Thank you to netgalley for this wonderful ARC. Lauren is an oncologist pharmacist who meets Andrew. I won’t say anything about the plot but this a deep love story that is a very sweet romance.

Perfect Distraction by Allison Ashley a five-star read that will leave you perfectly distracted. This is my first read from this author, but I will be looking for more as the puns make it all worth it. I love a good pun, and this was inspiring, its not the only fantabulous aspect to this story though, as the romance is top notch and the meet cute delightful as its not as perfect as it could be, its real. The main subject of this story isn’t an easy one for most and I will be honest right now it probably isn’t the best subject for me personally as Cancer affects one in three of us in some way, and right now I am that one. That being said I am so glad I didn’t pass this one up and decided to see the other side as it showed me there can be positivity even in the darkest of moments. Such as when a girl with the name of a pretty flower blooms for the last time, colour and beauty can still be seen. Andrew Bishop faces his greatest challenge, but he faces it with his best side and what a side it is. I will be keeping a big eye out of Allison Ashley as the writing is funny and honest and will warm you from the inside out as it’s an eggcellent read.

This was a sweet romantic story of Lauren and Andrew who meet for a moment and connect. They then meet again at Andrew's cancer treatment where Lauren is interning as a pharmacist. Though their relationship starts in a strange way, their connection is strong and the story is a delight to read. I enjoyed both characters and the levels of stress and strain the author painted in their relationship felt very real. Overall, this is a sweet story and I will look for more by this author! Thank you netgalley for this arc in exchange for my honest opinion.

Perfect Distraction was a perfect distraction. I loved the heart-wrenching story of Lauren and Andrew. Ashley's background as a oncology pharmacist was evident in the realism of both Andrew's cancer and Lauren's career.

Lauren is in an iffy place dating Andrew who was briefly a client but is no longer her patient. And it doesn't get more iffy than dating a cancer patient. She's so great with Andrew and their love story is so genuine that it's a risk she keeps choosing to continue against her constant doubts.

Andrew, wow. He's doing incredibly well in law school, dating a women he really cares for and successfully completing an internship, all while battling cancer. He's just such a cool guy. He's gorgeous but not at all arrogant because of it. He's caring and supportive with Lauren and so into her. Ah, if only all guys were more like Andrew.

This story touched me, tore me up at times and warmed my cynical heart.

This is a super sweet romantic novel of Lauren and Andrew who met in the most unusual of circumstances. Despite the adversity they were facing, they opted to be kind, optimistic and were the true testament that love does conquer all. Cancer also puts in perspective how precious life is.