'Fix Her Up' by Tessa Bailey is a steamy romantic comedy that follows the story of Georgie Castle, a professional clown who is tired of not being taken seriously by her family and her town. When Travis Ford, a washed-up baseball player, returns home after an injury ends his career, Georgie decides to help him get back on track. The two enter into a fake dating agreement to change Travis's public image and convince Georgie's family that she is more than just the baby of the family. As their fake relationship turns into real feelings, they navigate through witty dialogue, steamy scenes, and a whirlwind romance that challenges their perceptions of themselves and each other.
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Sensitive Topics/Content Warnings
The book includes content related to themes of depression, toxic family dynamics, and sexual experiences that may not be suitable for all readers.
Has Romance?
Romance plays a central and significant role throughout the narrative, with a strong focus on the development of the relationship between the main characters.
From The Publisher:
"Fix Her Up ticks all my romance boxes. Not only is it hilarious, it's sweet, endearing, heartwarming and downright sexy. It's a recipe for the perfect love story." - Helena Hunting, New York Times bestselling author of Meet Cute
A steamy, hilarious new romantic comedy from New York Times bestselling author Tessa Bailey, perfect for fans of Christina Lauren and Sally Thorne!
Georgette Castle's family runs the best home renovation business in town, but she picked balloons instead of blueprints and they haven't taken her seriously since. Frankly, she's over it. Georgie loves planning children's birthday parties and making people laugh, just not at her own expense. She's determined to fix herself up into a Woman of the World... whatever that means.
Phase one: new framework for her business (a website from this decade, perhaps?)
Phase two: a gut-reno on her wardrobe (fyi, leggings are pants.)
Phase three: updates to her exterior (do people still wax?)
Phase four: put herself on the market (and stop crushing on Travis Ford!)
Living her best life means facing the truth: Georgie hasn't been on a date since, well, ever. Nobody's asking the town clown out for a night of hot sex, that's for sure. Maybe if people think she's having a steamy love affair, they'll acknowledge she's not just the "little sister" who paints faces for a living. And who better to help demolish that image than the resident sports star and tabloid favorite?
Travis Ford was major league baseball's hottest rookie when an injury ended his career. Now he's flipping houses to keep busy and trying to forget his glory days. But he can't even cross the street without someone recapping his greatest hits. Or making a joke about his… bat. And then there's Georgie, his best friend's sister, who is not a kid anymore. When she proposes a wild scheme-that they pretend to date, to shock her family and help him land a new job-he agrees. What's the harm? It's not like it's real. But the girl Travis used to tease is now a funny, full-of-life woman and there's nothing fake about how much he wants her...
"Her voice feels as fresh and contemporary as a Netflix rom-com." -Entertainment Weekly
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4 comment(s)
I think I saw a recommendation for this book on Twitter, but I can’t remember for sure. Fix Her Up is a sort of surprising combination of sweet, lighthearted romance and raunchy sex, and I’m glad I checked it out.
I think calling it a romantic comedy is a little bit of a stretch because it wasn’t necessarily funny, but it was silly and occasionally absurd, so I’ll give it points for effort.
I liked the characters and enjoyed the push-and-pull of their relationship, formulaic as it might have been. The sex scenes were pretty hot for a cute will-they-or-won’t-they between a party clown and a former baseball player.
That said, I winced every time the male lead said the word “babygirl,” but I guess that sort of thing works for some people. I’m also not sure I bought the happily ever after ending, if only because the book feels like it happens over the course of two or three weeks, tops, but I’m assuming that the romance genre has some required tropes, so there you go.
Fix Her Up and Tools of Engagement were my favorite if the three, although I related to issues in all three. The interesting thing about Bailey’s books, and a major thing I enjoy about them, is that the women are the most dynamic part of the story with the male characters being more flat and less developed. It’s the opposite of most stories so it’s refreshing to see. I wish that Bailey would write more in the series because I really enjoyed the concept of the Just Us League for women and the stories that could come out of that.
Trite and predictable.
Loved the main characters. Cute, funny story. Some steam and HEA.
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