Reviewed by Anna Lynn

TITLE:  Dirty Trick

SERIES:  Palm Island

AUTHOR:  K.M. Neuhold

PUBLISHER:  Self-Published

RELEASE DATE:  October 14, 2022

LENGTH:  283 pages

BLURB:

Can you be friends with benefits with a guy who hates you? What about enemies with benefits instead?

My plan to lick every cupcake Boston wants until he realizes I’m his only option might actually work out…

Was pretending to sleep with tons of men to keep my crush from hooking up with them a Dirty Trick? Sure. Do I regret it? Not one bit.

Telling Boston I have a thing for him would’ve been the logical thing to do. Unfortunately, logic hasn’t always been my strong suit. I decided to go the—“get under his skin until hostility turns into affection”– route instead, and I think it’s finally working.

But once he’s worked off all his annoyance with me, will there be real feelings underneath? I guess only time will tell…

REVIEW:

I love the stories written by Ms. K.M. Neuhold, they are amazing reads and this one is no exception. This is part of the series Palm Island but it can still be read as a standalone. In this instalment we have the story of Boston and Trick.

They met a few years back and had an amazing night together, albeit it was cut short due to Patty’s (a.k.a. Trick in later life) friend’s not being able to hold his liquor. Shortly after, Patty left the island with his friends. But his life was never the same after that, he wanted nothing else but to go back to the island but first he had to make some changes with himself. He became a Fitness Instructor, thus becoming fit (so fit) himself. When a job came through for a Surf Instructor on the island, he readily applied and got the job. When he went to see Boston, who owns the local bar, Boston didn’t recognize him at all. So Trick (not Patty anymore) decided to make an impression this time.

Boston was a lawyer before he came to the island but a short vacation on the island (to attend his crush’s wedding) made him decide to forgo with that life and start fresh, a new life, a new beginning. This time as a bar owner. His family and friends tried to dissuade him but he had made up his mind. Although in all his years owning the bar and hooking up with some of the tourist during the tourist season, there was one night that stood out. He never saw the guy again but he has kept thinking about him through these years. Nowadays however, there is “a pain in the butt” by the name of Trick that he has to compete with when it comes to hookups. Somehow he always gets beaten by Trick when it comes to picking up potential hookups during the season.

Yep, that is the brilliant idea of Trick, to seduce all Boston’s potential hookups away from Boston. He doesn’t want anyone to be with Boston. This way, Boston notices him now, even if it is with annoyance and irritation. Fast forward, four years after Trick went back to the island.

I love the storyline (although four years may have been too long for me) and the supporting characters are amazing. We have met some of them in the previous books and some of them are getting their own stories in the upcoming books (I am keeping my fingers cross on this one),

Trick and Boston had an instant connection when they first met, they are given a second chance to make something out of that connection this time around. The rumored Island Magic was definitely at work this time, although it took longer than usual. The love Patty/Trick has for Boston made him do insane things that sometimes landed him in the hospital or just irritates Boston more, but he is making a helluva impression now.

Ms. K.M. Neuhold is known for her bears and her sweet characters, although physically you might not believe it, but her characters are all amazing. And I cannot wait to read what is coming up next.

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