Mickey Chambers Shakes It Up

By Charish Reid

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Publisher: Canary Street Press

Publication Date: June 6,2023

Source: Received an ARC in exchange for a honest review

Rating: 4 Stars

Amazon Indiebound

Description:

“A heartfelt opposites-attract romance…” —Publishers Weekly

Total opposites. Totally irresistible.

Mickey Chambers is an expert at analyzing modern literature. But when it comes to figuring out her own story, she’s feeling a little lost. At thirty-three, she’s an adjunct instructor with a meager summer class schedule and too many medical bills, courtesy of her chronic illness. Picking up a bartending gig seems perfect. Sure, Mickey’s never done this before, but the gorgeous, grumpy bar owner, Diego Acosta, might be the perfect man to teach the teacher…if he wasn’t so stressed.

Diego is worried he’s running his late wife’s bar into the ground. Add the pressures of returning to college part-time at forty-two, and it’s no wonder he’s making rash decisions. Like hiring the sunny, sexy woman who looks more at home in a library than slinging beers to rowdy barflies, and who turns out to be teaching his online writing course, a complication neither was expecting…

It’s not long before Mickey starts reenergizing The Saloon with cocktails, karaoke and an optimism even Diego can’t ignore. They need to fight their feelings if they want to keep things professional, but all it takes is one sip, one kiss, to shake both their worlds forever…

Review:

If you like grumpy/sunshine, Mickey Chambers Shakes It Up is for you! Mickey is an adjunct English professor whose career isn’t paying enough to sustain her. So she gets a job at a local bar, only to be immediately attracted to the owner… who also happens to be in her summer class! So there’s definitely interesting power dynamics going on with Mickey being Diego’s teacher but Diego being her boss. Should they be giving into their attraction with these issues? No… but they do anyway and that makes for a sexy book! Which also checks the emotional boxes. Diego is a widower who is struggling to move passed the lost of his wife five years ago. Mickey has a chronic illness that effects her life, as much as she is able to live with it. Diego is definitely the grump and there is something so enjoyable about Mickey charming him out his shell. The bar employees provide an excellent side cast and offer support and amusement. Overall, a delightful read and a charming story!

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