Seven Year Itch is the next hilarious romcom from Amy Daws. With antagonists to lovers banter for days, along with the ruggedly handsome Fletcher brothers, this lighthearted romance is the perfect escape.

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Calder Fletcher has always butted heads with his sister-in-law’s bestie Dakota. Now that Dakota is divorced, though, the two are forced together on a Mexican vacation to celebrate Calder’s brother’s wedding. Everyone else is paired off, and their constant bickering finally leads them to acknowledge the tension between them. Can Calder be the man to help Dakota find her missing confidence? And is there more to their feelings than simply annoyance?

I always have a good time when an antagonists to lovers story is filled with great banter. Whether Calder and Dakota are forced to share a room, or work together to get through their “enemies to lovers” PowerPoint tasks, their sizzling chemistry fills every scene. Their interactions with the rest of the Fletcher clan are fun too. And, it’s a blast to watch cat daddy Calder try to hide his sweet center.

I went back and forth between the ebook and the outstanding audiobook for this one. Erin Mallon and Teddy Hamilton get to flex their comedic talents, and they are the ideal narrators for this series. They somehow manage to make both the quips and more emotional dialogue resonate, and Dakota and Calder come to life through their voices.

Seven Year Itch has all the steamy romcom goodness you expect from Amy Daws. With tons of banter and quips to go with the characters’ chemistry and heat, it’s a fantastic, fun escape.

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

This is an ARC review. I want to thank Amy Daws and Harlequin Trade Publishing for allowing me the chance to read this book ahead of release day!

Now that that’s out the way I LOVED THIS BOOK! Our favorite meddling matchmaker is back at it again! While Nine Month Contract was such a good read I fell in love with Calder and Dakota. Calder and the middle child syndrome with Dakota who is a jaded from Her recent divorce. With their backgrounds having crossed previously, it created such a good atmosphere for the banter and tension to be at an all time high! Let alone the bump into each other after years in a sex club. Talk about the last place you ever expected to see someone you knew.

The tension and banter brought their love story to an explosions as there really is a fine line between love and hate. With the misunderstandings of who the other person is to their core it’s easy to see how they could think ill of each other. Seeing their perspectives change of who the other person is, probably was my favorite part!

This is text book enemies to lovers with a huge helping of laughs and sprinkle of spice.

Thank you, Harlequin Trade Publishing, Canary Street Press, and NetGalley, for letting me review this book by Amy Daws!
Everly is at it again, this time with her Uncle Calder and step-mom's best friend, Dakota. This was such a good enemies-to-lovers book. Milkshake is back, and you get to see how she made Calder into a doting Cat Daddy. There of course are steamy scenes as well that are drool-worthy. Calder, who is anti-relationship, helps Dakota get her groove back and straighten her crown because she really is a Queen! I can't wait to see what shenanigans Everly is up to next!

Enemies to lovers? Check. Spicy? Check. Hilarious banter? Check. A dash of deeper emotional substance? Also check.

This will be go to for spicy romantic comedy lovers. Calder and Dakota went toe to toe with their banter and it made me laugh out loud at some points. This was such a great installment to the Mountain Men Matchmaker series.

A 5 star read, I loved book one and book 2 didn't disappoint!
the character development and plot were amazing! the spice was spicing.

Welcome back to Fletcher Mountain, where the men aren't looking for love but it finds them anyway.

Last years's Nine Month Contract was a big hit in this household, so I was looking forward to Seven Year Itch. Whilst I didn't laugh out loud like I did with NMC, I did enjoy the enemies-to-lovers story of Calder and Dakota.

The cat-dad and the divorcee, who is trying to get her groove back.

Seven years of snark and banter between them means things are going to heat up. This book is a lot spicier than Nine Month Contract, but then, Calder has always been the one that was out there doing his thing.

I did get frustrated with our lovelies, especially Dakota, and how all of this stemmed from a miscommunication all that time ago. But then again, all those years of foreplay...

I enjoyed seeing more of the characters from the previous Fletcher brothers, seeing them all grown up.

Now I NEED Luke's book, stat!

Fun enemies to lovers romance, with a great through line about learning to love yourself for who you are now, not who you used to be.

Some of the beats with the kink club were a little awkward - the interactions felt forced to drive the conflict for the MC’s instead of moving it along naturally.

I loved Milkshake, and it was a blast getting to see the rest of the Fletcher gang!

This book is easily a 4.5 ⭐️ read for me. It had everything I love in a book, enemies to lovers, good banter, a badass FMC, and so much more! Calder and Dakota are so hot together and seriously the cutest. Nothing like a man awakening a woman’s sexual prowess and making her see herself as more than just beautiful but making her realize the only opinion of herself that matters is that of her own! You’ll laugh, you’ll tear up but all and all you’ll have the best time with this. Amy Daws’ writing is just magnificent and I can’t wait for Luke’s book next!

Thanks @HarperCollin and @Netgslley for giving me the chance to review @AmyDaws latest release. I have been reading her since book 2 of the wait with me series. This story is brothers wife best friend enemies to lovers kind of a story. And now that spinoff Mountain men series is on the second brother Calder I couldn’t wait to read it.Calder is the youngest fletcher brother who had the carefree idgaf attitude but is also a people pleaser .he is also a cat daddy. Dakota is Cozy’s best friend who recently divorced want to explore her sexy side so Calder agrees to help. Their love hate relationship is explored in the book. The story was good but not my favorite from Amy and that because I’m not into enemies to lovers.

So I listened and read this book at the same time. I adore Dakota and Calder’s story! I knew there were reasons as to why they were enemies and the story was told in a way to see it from both sides to the story. I don’t want to spoil anything but their HEA in the end is well worth it. I love that Calder’s family meddles in all the brother’s love lives especially Everly.

Teddy Hamilton and Erin Mallon are two of my favorite narrators that I listen to and I’m so glad that they narrated this story. From the hilarious moments to the emotional stories, they make this story complete. Amy’s books make me cry and laugh out loud and I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Some tropes include enemies to lovers, small town, s*x bucket list, vacation (one bed), meddling family, found family and mountain man. Some TWs could be cheating (not between the MCs), loss of a parent, mention of divorced parents, divorce and more. Definitely keep these in mind when you start this book.

Oops…I read this whole book in a single day. I could NOT put it down. Calder is my new favorite book boyfriend. I am OBSESSED. And Dakota!!! I cannot say enough about how beautiful her journey was through this book.

The character development is fantastic. The pacing is absolutely perfect. And the spice! Oh I never wanted it to end. The chemistry between the main characters is UNREAL. Add in the most hilarious cast of characters and this incredible found family vibe, and you have one of my favorite reads of the year.

I only have two complaints. One: I needed their first time in the workshop on page. Please release it as a bonus scene! Two: the third act breakup was BRUTAL. Actually gut wrenching. (But I also sort of loved the angst?)

This is actually my first Amy Daws book (I know! Don’t worry I’m writing this from the bookstore parking lot!) and will not be my last. It’s so refreshing to read about two adult characters with adult problems and a real adult relationship. The individual growth and the romantic arc are both fantastic. This is a knockout book!

(ARC)
Secs clubs as a trope in romance books usually mean a darker theme. But can it work in a romcom? One of Christina Lauren’s Beautiful series (top shelf spicy romance, walk don’t run if you haven’t read) has a lighter book where the FMC and MMC go clubbin’—I’ll admit I was skeptical if it would work here.

Dakota is a divorced thirty something who is trying to find herself after a relationship where she lost her confidence in herself, her appearance, and her life. Calder is a playboy mountain man with tattoos who doesn’t date, he just uses dating apps for hook ups. They run into each other in said club, but have already met before when he ruined her wedding dress when he was her contractor. Enemies then must share a room at his brothers wedding…. And many pages later they become friends with benefits… and you can see where this is going.

Pros: I have strong feelings about the age of my FMC and Dakota got the thirties FMC right. She wasn’t too much of a mess, and she reclaims herself. The spice was spicing.
Cons: This was too long. Too many tropes. Could’ve been funny and sexy with many parts cut.

Didn’t hate it though, and it made me want to read the first in this series (which can be read as standalones, as I did).

𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁:

Wow this was a spicy adventure I didn’t know I needed. 🌶️ Who doesn’t love a mountain man, cat dad who meets his match with the black cat divorced tshirt store owner. 🐈‍⬛ This one has so many OMG moments and all the meddling family vibes. I can’t get over the spicy lessons PowerPoint plan! 😱 I loved the duet narration, I did immersion reading and all I can say is YES: instant add to TBR!

𝐒𝐲𝐧𝐨𝐩𝐬𝐢𝐬:

Calder is a mountain man who works in his families construction company and lives on the secluded mountain with his brothers. He has hookups (not with locals) and he’s finding out his kinks (visiting sex clubs). His brothers make fun of him for being a cat daddy but that’s ok, he loves his cat Milkshake. He’s looking for a date to bring to his brother’s wedding in Mexico but he realized someone hacked his dating apps sabotaging him, so he’s now going solo.

Dakota is recently divorced and is trying to find her spark again. She owns a successful shirt store down in Boulder, CO that she started 10years ago. Her bestie just invited her to Mexico for the week and she hopped on the opportunity. But now she’s forced to share a Palapa with her enemy, Calder and it only has one bed! They have bad blood due to a wedding dress/construction mishap a few years back.

But we all know what one bed, forced proximity and two single adults leads to.. a night of steamy fun. Then an awkward flight home CO. Knowing they are going to have to interact again they decided to make a temporary pact, to be enemies with benefits.

Check out this steamy read when it comes out on June 17th! Be sure to add to TBR now as we all need a mountain man.

𝙁𝙖𝙫 𝙌𝙪𝙤𝙩𝙚:

“As it turns out, true love is my kink. And I’ve never loved anyone the way I love you.”

𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒀𝒐𝒖’𝒍𝒍 𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒅:

* Enemies w/ Benefits to Lovers
* She is His Sister in Law’s Bestie
* Forced to Share a Palapa in Mexico for a Week
* Cat Daddy to Milkshake
* She Lost Her Spark & Recruiting Him to Help
* Sex PowerPoint Checklist
* He Makes Furniture & It’s His Hidden Passion
* Meddling Family
* Small Town in CO : Secluded Fletcher Mountain
* Dual POV & Spicy! 🌶️

🩷🏔️🧡🔥🐈‍⬛ 🩷🏔️🧡🔥🐈‍⬛ 🩷

I loved this one! I did not read the first in the series (although now I will) but I didn't feel like I was missing much context for this particular story. Calder and Dakota have incredible banter and seem to, at the beginning, genuinely hate each other! I loved that Dakota's divorce led her to advocate for herself and I also loved that Calder was so communicative with her about the boundaries and rules for their little FWB deal.

I will say - I found this 3rd act miscommunication to be especially frustrating since I think it could have been handled differently to provide some drama/angst without so much...melodrama? But I liked where it ultimately got and I think that both characters were true to themselves, as flawed as they may be.

This is a really fun read and I am looking forward to checking out more from the author. 4 stars. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.

Seven Year Itch was a fun and flirty enemies-to-lovers romance with stunning emotional depth that had me deep in my feels. Calder and Dakota clashed from the start, their animosity growing over the years—until they’re forced together, and their latent attraction ignites. As they spend more time together, they uncover hidden layers to their relationship, turning tension into something undeniable.

Both Dakota and Calder are compelling characters on a journey of self-discovery. With each other, they begin to truly understand themselves and find the courage to chase what they want. Their passionate and snarky dynamic is filled with humor, heat, and chemistry that practically leaps off the page. And let’s talk about the spice—because wow, it is absolutely spicing in this one!

Erin Mallon and Teddy Hamilton deliver a stellar duet narration in the audiobook, immersing every scene in raw emotion and captivating storytelling. Their performance pulls you in, making the humor and heart even more vivid.

I absolutely LOVED Seven Year Itch! It’s the perfect mix of high heat, heartfelt emotion, and laugh-out-loud moments. Calder and Dakota’s bumpy journey hits all the right spots, leaving you grinning, swooning, and maybe even fanning yourself a little.

I loved Nine Month Contract by Amy Daws, and I was really looking forward to the second round of tales involving the flannel-wearing Fletcher men. Seven Year Itch did not disappoint! If you like smoldering men, spicy and sometimes laughable scenes, and family, this book is a must-read for you. While it can stand alone, it's best enjoyed after Nine Month Contract.  I appreciate NetGalley and the publisher for providing the ARC ebook that I read and reviewed. All opinions are my own.

I have been waiting for this book! I loved Nine Month Contract and couldn't wait for Calder and Dakota's story. I love these spicy, enemies to lovers, mountain men stories. Seven Year Itch is funny and heartwarming. I can't wait for the next in the series!

Dakota and Calder were such a fun, bickering pair. I loved how well they played off each other, first aggressively and then romantically. I also loved how they were “focusing” on getting Dakotas sparkle back after her divorce. I also love how all the family is still
Involved and how you got to see them throughout the story, since the family is so close it made sense but also didn’t take the focus away from the main couple. I can’t wait for the next book to see what else this family gets up to and involved in.

Calder and Dakota can’t stand each other—thanks to a home renovation disaster—but now they’re stuck sharing a room at a destination wedding. Oh, and they just happened to spot each other at a sex club right before the trip. What could possibly go wrong…
I loved this follow-up to Nine Month Contract! Amy Daws has a way of pulling off the most outrageous storylines and still making them feel totally believable in her world. The chemistry, the banter, the ridiculous (but hilarious) situations—it all works. I couldn’t stop listening.
Tropes I adore: vacation romance, one room/forced proximity, enemies to lovers, and yes… a sex club encounter. Chapter 15 kicks off the spice and it only gets hotter from there.
I did a tandem read because I literally couldn’t put this down. Teddy Hamilton and Erin Mallon are perfection. Teddy just gets it every time.
Can’t wait for the next in this series!

Loved the story and the narrators! The story was so cute, I loved their enemies to lovers dynamic! Great follow up to The 9 Month Contract. I really enjoyed seeing all the brothers and Everly again! The tropical setting and one bed trope were fun and the spice was great. I loved Calder's attachment to his kitty! Dakota was a successful business woman who was trying to regain her confidence after a bad marriage. My only complaint is that I felt her anger and grudge against Calder were a little immature and that Calder's insecurities in the family business and screw up status felt a bit forced. It was a great spicy rom-com, highly recommend!