3.5⭐️

This was a fun mountain man romance! I listened to the audiobook and the narrators did an amazing job.

I liked the characters but wasn’t overly attached to them and I’ll probably won’t think about this book again now that I’ve finished it - hence the 3.5 star rating.

If you’re thinking about reading it I highly recommend the audiobook!

Thank you so much to Harlequin Audio and Harlequin Trade Publishing for the eARC and ALC of Seven Year Itch via NetGalley! These are my honest thoughts.

THIS WAS *JUST AS FUN* as Nine Year Contract. You know what I love about Amy Daws? She writes funny (sometimes hilarious) scenes mixed into absolutely real and heartbreaking life. This story had so much of that! Calder is the mountain man in this book, and he's THEE CAT DADDY. Dakota is someone who has been in Calder's life for over seven years, a recent divorcee with a douche canoe for an ex-husband. These two... and Calder's meddling matchmaking family... end up on quite the adventure for (spoiler alert) book 1's characters' wedding in Mexico!

Teddy Hamilton and Erin Mallon were FANTASTIC on audio. I was cackling, I was *ahem* inspired... I ate this audiobook RIGHT UP.

Read if you love:
- Tattooed mountain men
- Cat Daddy MMC x Black Cat FMC
- Enemies to lovers
- Forced proximity
- Vacation rom-com
- Enemies with benefits
- Discovery + a bucket list *iykyk*
- Love after divorce
- Small business owners
- Colorado
- Meddling, matchmaking family members

Solid. Really fun. I liked book one more, but I think that was a me thing :)

*Audio Review*

Seven Year Itch is a fantastic follow up to book 1 in the series! In this book Caulder and Dakota start off as enemies until they start hooking up. Dakota, recently divorced, wants more sexual experience and Caulder is in the right place at the right time. Their chemistry is super spicy and it isn't long before they start catching feelings. I thoroughly enjoyed the squabbling, banter, family interactions and sexy times. Holy heck did Amy bring the spice with this one! It may be her spiciest one yet! It's also worth mentioning that Caulder is a cat daddy!

Teddy Hamilton and Erin Mallon are back to narrate in duet and slay as always! Teddy says a line in chapter 22 that had me needing a cold shower. Job well done!

Thank you Amy Daws and NetGalley for the ALC. All thoughts are my own.

Audio Narration: Absolutely loved the male narrator he was great. The female narrator was not it, the extension at the end of every sentence made this a difficult listen for me. I also felt her voices for other characters were entirely too similar to her own and it was had to determine who was who, at times. This is one I would recommend reading via print. I think the female narrator really detracts from the reading experience.

Spicy, fun romp, with great mid-size rep.

I do love these mountain men - Nine Month Contract was a silly good time and this was no different.

What’s to love…
- spectacular mid-size rep, it felt real, relatable and it was wonderful to see her journey
- Spice was fabulous.
- A+ tension
- 10/10 banter
- cat-dad + furniture building mountain man MMC
- playboy turned total simp for the FMC
- divorced mid-30s FMC

What’s not to love…
- these are fun & sexy, but if you’re looking for a ton of emotional depth this probably isn’t the right read for you.

Overall enjoyed, narrators were great, but one major complaint. In the epilouge when the family goes to look at Caulder's furniture in Denver. They change a baby's diaper on the table. PLEASE NO. Someone is going to eat on that table, and in the middle of the store?! That's literally my only complaint.

Teddy Hamilton is an audiobook gem. Both narrators were wonderful. Learned a little heavy on the word "musk" in the first half of the book, but once we got past that, I thought the story was really well done. Can't wait to read the next one!

This was my first book by Amy and I’m hooked! Especially to this series! I will most definitely be reading/listening the first one to this!! This is the cutest family duo ever haha! And the women they get push the walls they have built up and I’m here for it 😂💚

You’re telling me THIS is how I’m introduced to Teddy Hamilton?! Ugh, Teddy and Erin Mallon were elite in this duet narration of Seven Year Itch by Amy Daws 🥵

I am SO happy to be back on Fletcher Mountain 🏔️

If you loved Nine Month Contract with its witty banter, grumpy MMC’s, overbearing family, and its rural mountain town vibes, then you need to pick this up and complete the series!

Don’t mind me, just still swooning over Calder 🤭 I can’t decide which Fletcher brother I like more.. but there’s something about a rugged and tatted mountain man that does me in - add on that he’s a cat daddy, and I am SOLD.

And Dakota? She’s our fresh divorcee that’s looking to spice up her life. Her work ethic really drew me to her character and her being a hard ass just made her character even more fun. Plus, she can handle her own when faced with a grumpy mountain man that’s on his knees for her.. literally.

They say there’s a fine line between love and hate, and let’s just say, after seven years of tension, someone is bound to break, especially when you’re forced to share a room together.

If you’re into an enemies to lovers romance, cat daddy MMC and an even blacker cat FMC, then you need this on your TBR 🫶🏼

Thank you, NetGalley and The Hive, for the chance to read and review before its debut 🐈‍⬛ 🌴

Rating - 4 stars
Spice - 2 peppers

This was so so so cute!! I adored the plot and the characters were so fun! It’s such an easy read and the audio was fantastic!

I didn’t think I would love this book more than the first one but I was wrong! Calder Fletcher could make any woman feel better about themselves. Plus he is a great cat dad who carries Milkshake around in a cat carrier! Dakota and Calder’s banter kept me laughing!

The Mastermind, Everly, is at it again when the Fletcher’s head to Mexico for Wyatt and Trista’s destination wedding. Calder and Dakota are forced together when they arrive at the house. Dakota hates Calder after he ruined her wedding dress seven years before, but that won’t ruin her trip. She wants to have fun after her divorce is finally done and Calder wants to help bring her out of her shell.

Also Teddy Hamilton and Erin Mallon did a great job narrating this book! It made me love these characters even more!

I had the BEST time reading this book, and the audiobook was AMAZING! Both Nine Month Contract and Seven Year Itch had me laughing out loud, and panting with the heat Amy Daws brings to life! I highly recommend if you love Meghan Quinn rom-com and spicy reads.
As for the audiobook- Teddy Hamilton and Erin Mallon did a fabulous job bringing Seven Year Itch to life.
A huge thank you to HTP and The Hive for the chance to read this in advance.

This is my first book by Amy Daws and it certainly won’t be the last! I had such a fun time listening to this book and I can’t wait to read book 1!

Seven Year Itch follows Dakota - recent divorcee, and tattooed Mountain man cat-dad, Calder.
In true enemies to lovers fashion, Dakota and Calder can’t stand each other. When a destination wedding hotel mishap brings them together, things start to unfold and the hate somehow deepens. We get such fun, sarcastic banter between the two. The beginning of this book had them with such high tension and animosity. I was really wondering how they would end up together. 👀

I love the contrast between the two despite them both being headstrong characters. Dakota who is trying to find her confidence again post-divorce, while also exploring her sexuality and k!nks. Calder who’s forced into a weird spot in his family - feeling like he is stuck doing grunt work for the rest of his life and self-proclaimed playboy not looking for anything serious. The two of them have so much chemistry and I think the high tension built into their hate for each other only intensified that.

Tropes/themes:
♥️Enemies to lovers
🌲Forced Proximity
♥️Small Town romance
🌲$ex club adventures
♥️$exy PowerPoint? 😏
🌲wild phrases like “emotionally distant genit@l masseuse”
♥️ Sarcastic banter
🌲Cat daddy

𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑫 𝑰𝑭 𝒀𝑶𝑼 𝑳𝑰𝑲𝑬:
♡ enemies to lovers
♡ small town/mountain romance
♡ forced proximity
♡ SASSY fmcs
♡ friends with benefits

𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑻𝑯𝑶𝑼𝑮𝑯𝑻𝑺:
I really really enjoyed this one! First off, the narrators did an AMAZING job. They really made these characters come to life. And I loved the duet narration! Highly recommend the audio for this one.

I was so eager for Calder’s book after NMC, especially after he adopted Milkshake the cat and became a hardcore cat daddy lol. We got to see him became more of himself not only professionally, but personally as well. I think he had some great character building, even if a bit was done kicking and screaming!

Dakota was a bomb a$$ FMC who wanted nothing more than to find herself after her divorce and she did an amazing job. I won’t spoil it, but the opening scene where she stands up for herself had me cackling!

Their romance was driven by meddlesome side characters and despite their initial hatred for each other, it developed into a perfect romance for the two of them. And those spicy scenes??? 10/10, no notes. Their banter was also top tier and you can tell they’ll never lose the sass, no matter how long they’re together.

Amy Daws wrote gold with this book and I can’t wait for the next one!!

Tall, tattooed, bearded, rugged mountain man, looking for someone to giggle and make soup with...

We are back at Fletcher Mountain. This book follows Calder, the cat dad, and Dakota, who is newly divorced. After seven years of hate and banter between them, things take a turn when they are forced to share a room for a few days. This book was a really fun and spicy read. I do think Nine Month Contract was funnier, but this book has its own great qualities. I had a good time with this one. I loved the audio, and the narrators did a fantastic job.

4/5 ⭐️
2.5/5 🌶️

Read this book if you like:
- enemies to lovers
- Small town romance
- Vacation romance
- sister-in-law’s best friend
- burly muscular mountain man
- cat daddy
- Post divorce sex lessons

Thanks to Amy, her publisher, and NetGalley for the opportunity to review an advance audio copy of this book.

Amy Daws, queen of banter and spice, strikes gold again with Seven Year Itch! Calder and Dakota’s enemies-to-lovers slow burn had me in a chokehold. From the moment they’re stuck sharing a room in paradise, sparks fly—and not the safe kind. Think: sweaty volleyball, late-night truth bombs, cat drama, and a past grudge that turns very physical. 🤭⁠ Calder is every kind of fantasy wrapped in flannel and tattoos—a big, bearded cat daddy with soft eyes and a DIRTY mouth. Dakota is fierce, freshly divorced, and ready to reclaim her life (and her sex drive). Their tension? Off the charts. Their bickering? A foreplay masterclass. Their hookup? Enough to fog your glasses.⁠ And let’s not forget matchmaker-in-chief Everly, who’s out here engineering the best romantic chaos. This book has it all—laughs, heart, heat, and that special Amy Daws magic where the MMC falls hard and softens beautifully. I laughed, I blushed, I swooned—and I wanted to move to this wild little mountain town.⁠ 💘Spice level: High. Emotional payoff: Even higher. Calder and Dakota might start off as enemies, but watching them fall for each other was pure gold.💘⁠
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🎧 Audiobook Thoughts:⁠ Erin Mallon and Teddy Hamilton = unstoppable narration duo. Erin brings Dakota’s sass and strength to life, while Teddy’s gravelly, teasing delivery is PEAK Calder. 🔥 I’m still recovering. Do yourself a favor and listen to this one. Trust me.

Calder Fletcher has always been annoyed by Dakota, but after sharing a room at a destination wedding, she asks him to be her "wingman" to get her confidence back post divorce. They have a bit of a jaded history, but Calder is up for a good time and Dakota maybe isn't as bad as she seems..? They make a list of things (spicy things...) they want to do together, but the lines are blurry and when feelings creep in, they aren't sure if the other wants them. Is Calder ready to settle down? And is Dakota ready to let someone else in?

The duet narration is always my preferred style of audiobook, and this one has a great performance! Full of spice, vacation vibes, loyal (and meddling...) family, and an FMC who is learning to feel beautiful and confident in her own skin. I loved the enemies to lovers tension, and their banter was top notch. The slice outweighed the plot for me at times, but they definitely had excellent chemistry! Dakota was inspirational as a business owner, and I think Calder changed for the better because of her.

This story was so fun! I loved seeing their matchmaker and watching their story play out. I loved learning about their history and seeing how they both relearned some of their past.

I loved the narrators and listening to them bring the story to life. They each did such an amazing job and made me feel all of the emotions of the story.

Thank you for the ARC copy, all opinions are my own.

I think this story is much cuter/steamier than the first in this series. The set-up is far more believable than the brother who wanted a surrogate. There is something to be said about romance that stems from those who are so frustrated with each other, the only way to solve it is through a physical relationship. I loved the humor, desire and plot of this book. It was cute, sexy, relatable and funny!

I received an arc of this title from NetGalley for an honest review. A spicy enemies-to-lovers read—lots of spice and laugh-out-loud moments.