“Looking for something?” he asked. The rest of the party’s attention had gone back to the bride and groom who were getting ready to cut their cake, and Jamie and Brynn had a rare moment of privacy at a table full of strangers.

“My…” But then she saw his hand, palm up on the table, her lime wedge resting in it. He raised his arm and changed his grip so he was pinching the fruit between his thumb and forefinger, and he reached it toward her mouth.

Her teeth pierced the lime’s flesh, and then she sucked. Jamie’s finger rested on the corner of her mouth, and on the other side, his thumb. She could almost taste his skin if not for the sweet bitterness of the lime. Before he lingered at her lips too long—and really any amount of time was too long—she gripped his wrist and pushed it away as she released his offering from her lips.

“Foggy,” she said, and Jamie’s brow furrowed. “S’foggy in my head,” she explained and hoped he’d be able to translate whatever she was thinking into something that made sense. “You gonna drink that?” she asked, and reached for the full shot sitting on the table in front of him.

With blinding speed he downed the shot himself—completely ignoring the lime.

“You, Sleepy B, have had enough.”

“Jean,” she said.

“Who’s Jean?”

She shook her head. “I’m not Sleepy B, silly.”

Jamie chuckled. “I’m sleepy,” he said, his voice soft and warm, like Brynn could snuggle into it.

“Mmmm…” she said. “I wanna snuggle with your voice.”

Wait. What?

“You’re hammered,” he said, laughing again.

“You’re screwed,” Brynn countered, and then she laughed so hard she snorted. “Do you get it? Hammered and screwed? Now someone just needs to get nailed.”

More snorting ensued as Jamie’s eyes widened. She was hammered. Plastered. Screwed. Nailed. All of it—three sheets to the wind plus a pillowcase and maybe a duvet. She knew because even with her glasses on, Jamie was fuzzy around the edges. She knew because she didn’t normally say things about snuggling with his voice, and she certainly didn’t have a habit of sucking fruit from between his fingers and wanting to devour him in the process.

So this was how it was going to be from here on out? Alcohol working as some sort of truth serum? Well, she was going to do something about that, and by something she apparently meant vomiting out more truth.

“James?” she asked, doing her best to fake composure. Because this was important.

“Sleepy Jean.” He nodded, seeming proud of his ability to overcome his own tipsiness to call her by the correct nickname.

“I think you should know that, mostly against my will, there were a couple of times in the past two days when I maybe, kind of, probably thought you were sexy.”

Good Lord. She was Mr. freaking Darcy.

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REVIEW

** I received an ARC in exchange of an honest review **

I loved it! From cover to cover; I couldn't put it down. The One That Got Away is the first book in The Kingston Ale House series or trilogy -I don't have idea. I loved the cover too, it's so colorful and so beautiful. Anyway, it's written by A.J. Pine, this is the first time I've read a book by her, and it was so good that I'm adding more by her in my to-read list.

I'm always up for a best friend romance, most of the time they end in a happy ending and that's what I like. Fall in love with the person who knows you even better than yourself? I really like this kind of books because they're fun, sweet, and sexys.

It's written in dual POV, so along the book we can know the story between both of them from different POVs. Brynn and James -or Jamie, have been best friends since high school -since a long time. One night, ten years ago, he had the chance of kiss her -and he did it, of course-, something that changed the things between them; so, Jamie has been in love with Brynn since before the kiss, but due to his parents' separation -in the past- he was even more afraid of loss her, so he decided -for both of them- that they'd be just friends. But as I said, things changed -not in a bad way. They've kept their friendship for years, until the day he decided he wants her, and confess his love, what happens? That's the best part! There are other characters, for example, Brynn's younger sister, she was so funny! Every time she was in the scene she made me smile. In general, they were pretty good.

Overall, it was a really good best-friend romance, it's full of so much sweet scenes and interactions. It's a light/adorable read. So I'm looking forward for anything that comes in this series.

Book: +4.5

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

AJ Pine writes stories to break readers’ hearts, but don’t worry—she’ll mend them with a happily ever after. As an English teacher and a librarian, AJ has always surrounded herself with books. All her favorites have one big commonality–romance. Naturally, her books have the same. When she’s not writing, she’s of course reading. Then there’s online shopping (everything from groceries to shoes) and, of course, a tiny bit of TV where she nourishes her undying love of vampires and superheroes. And in the midst of all of this, you’ll also find her hanging with her family in the Chicago burbs.

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