Given his well-earned bad boy reputation, Eric is having a tough time scoring.. When single Jean moves to town, she seems heaven sent by the sex gods. Only problem is, she not only wants nothing to do with him, but it turns out that she’s pregnant.

Starting over in a small town, Jean is determined to turn her wild lifestyle around and be the kind of mother she always wished she’d had. Since local bar owner and all round hottie, Eric Collins, is now determined to steer clear of her pregnant self, it should be easy. When she goes into labour during a snow storm and her car slides on some ice, it’s Eric who comes to the rescue.

There seems to be a bond between them now, but is it enough? And can Eric give up his manwhore ways to be the man Jean needs?

Series:

Dive Bar

Book 3

Can be read as a standalone

Book Type:

Contemporary Romance

Review: Chaser

It’s Eric’s turn in Kylie Scott’s third installment in the Dive Bar series. Eric’s womanizing, bad boy reputation comes to a head when he realizes just what everyone thinks of him, and most importantly, when he meets Jean, a pregnant newcomer who catches his interest. He’s caught up in a storm of self-doubt, trying to figure out who he is and who he wants to be.

Jean strikes his fancy from the very beginning, but finding out she’s pregnant is a punch to the gut.  That’s a no-go for a guy like him, but unlike him, he can’t seem to stay away from her. And once the baby is born, he finds himself a new happy place with her and her baby girl.

But Jean and Eric are just friends, and despite feelings deepening every moment they spend together, it’s a much more complicated situation that it seems. He doesn’t want to ruin what they have with taking it further. When an unexpected conversation changes the game, however, they wade into uncharted waters, putting it all on the line.

This is a friends-to-lovers story that’s both sweet and refreshing. The narrative has a sort of redemptive quality to it, with Eric finding his way, his happy, where and with whom he least expects. I would have loved to hear Jean’s point-of-view to deepen our understanding of who they were as individuals, and who they are (and hoped to be) together, but overall, with a fast pace and so many sweet moments, it was such a fun book in which to escape.

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