Playing With Trouble

Written by Joya Ryan

Narrated by Kristin Watson Heintz

She's all snark. He's sexy as sin. And there's nothing like a little competition to turn up the heat…

Laura Baughman is taking her life back. After a decade away, she's returning to the small town she couldn't wait to leave after graduation—to take over her late mother's beloved flower shop. Yet once she arrives, Laura discovers the store has been neglected and her father has partnered in construction with Jake Lock. The once-scrawny high school band geek is now successful—and irresistibly sexy—and set to inherit her family's business. That is, unless Laura can prove in the next thirty days that she has what it takes to run the company.

Despite the heat between Jake and Laura, romance is out of the question. After her last disastrous relationship, Laura has sworn off men—especially one bent on crushing her dreams. That's just fine with Jake, who thinks the gorgeous blonde is a pain in the neck…though admittedly one he'd like to put his lips all over.

Jake has a proposal to mix business with pleasure. But when a deal goes south, Laura is ready to pack up and skip town all over again. Does he have what it takes to convince her to stay?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Brilliance Audio
• Release date: Mar 21, 2017
• ISBN: 9781536615180

Joya Ryan

National and international bestselling author Joya Ryan is the author of more than a dozen adult and new-adult romance novels. Passionate about both cooking and dancing (despite not being too skilled at the latter), she loves traveling and seeking out new adventures. Visit her online at www.joyaryan.com.

Reviews for Playing With Trouble

[mypennameonly · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I won a KINDLE copy of this book through a giveaway the publisher had for it on GoodReads and the following is my honest opinion.Going home had been something Laura Baughman never had in her mind, especially since she couldn’t wait to graduate high school to leave Yachats, Oregon for the outside world in order to start living. But being able to release herself from a horrendous marriage with a divorce, Laura desperately needed to start taking her own life back, and what better she felt would be able to help her do this, than return back to her roots and the town she’d left.If you’ve ever gone back to your hometown after being away for a few years, then you can easily remember how she must have felt doing it. On the downside she now had to take over her late mother’s flower shop which found to be in shambles due to years of neglect. This happened, as she found out, because her father had formed a construction partnership with Jake Lock, who had been a former high school nerd and ex-lover of Laura; but who is now an undeniably sexy hunk and quite successful in business; even though there’s some seriousness going on in their relationship, like oil and water, any romance between Laura and Jake can easily be ruled out. And why not, she’s has now sworn off men due to the disastrous marriage she’s just ended with a divorce.The clock is ticking away as Laura only has a month to prove she’s capable of making her mother’s flower shop a successful enterprise. But after the failure of a possible busy deal with Jake, Laura’s seriously thinking about leaving again, possibly for good this time. The only thing which might prevent this from happening is depended upon Jake’s ability in convincing her to stay.While this story has some very good points in its favor, I feel it lacking a certain level of depth which would have made it great. Still as a contemporary romance novel, I find this endeavor by the author to be an enjoyable reading experience which is why I’ve given it 4 STARS.