Before their wedding was called off, Athena used up her savings and bought her husband-to-be Johnny the 10-foot-wide "spite house" next to his home, with plans of combining the row houses into a larger place for the newlyweds. But then Johnny's older brother Matthew convinced him to call off the engagement just days after Athena closed on the house. With her old condo sold and no more job, Athena has no choice to live in the spite house, which shares a wall with her ex-fiancé and is a narrow alleyway across from the jerk who convinced him to jilt her. With windows facing Matthew's, Athena decides she may as well make the spite house live up to its name and torment the guy who made his brother dump her...even if said guy is nicer than she initially suspected.
This is the fourth romance I've read by Dade, and perhaps it's because this isn't part of the Spoiler Alert series (which is steamy AND full of geek culture), but this one wasn't quite as good as the others. Athena is a great heroine and I appreciate her growth, and the secondary characters are fantastic (especially the fantasy/erotica book club, which is hilarious), but the brothers are a bit unbelievable to me. That said, it's still a fun read, and I'll definitely check out more of Dade's books in the world of Harlot's Bay (yes, that's the name of the town where all this takes place).
This book will be published Feb. 13, 2024.
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