Heavy Petting by Erin Nicholas is the second book in her Boys of the Bayou Gone Wild series.
Jordan Benoit walked out onto the stage during her boyfriend of eleven years, up and coming country music star Jason Young’s concert expecting to be proposed to. The words that came out of Jason’s mouth were, “Will you marry me, Viv?” OUCH! The fans were shocked. Jordan ran off stage and escaped to her hotel suite.
Meanwhile Fletcher Landry, her BFF was back in Autre, Louisiana sitting in his grandmother’s bar with his whole family watching the whole debacle. Then WHAM! Fletcher is on the first plane he can find to Las Vegas. He’s going to bring Jordan home to her family and friends. When Jordan and Fletcher exit the hotel elevator they are mobbed by the Jason Young fans there with Jason. After making up a story for the crowd to try to salvage Jason’s music career Jordan and Fletcher flee the lobby and escape through a door into… a wedding chapel. And that’s how it all began.
Fletcher Landry has been best friends with Jordan Benoit since they were six years old. It wasn’t until they were fifteen and Jordan began dating Jason Young that Fletcher started to realize he was starting to lose his best friend. Eleven years later the Jordan-Jason arrangement ends. Thank goodness! Fletcher races to the rescue after the public proposal fiasco in Vegas. Things were different now. Jordan was “single.” At first Fletcher thought he would give Jordan some space for now but Fletcher had known for at least three years he was in love with Jordan. Their escape route through the casino wedding chapel was quite fortuitous. And that’s how it all began…
Ms. Nicholas always comes through with an entertaining story. In this case she made me laugh with all the crazy additions to the petting zoo/on its way to being an animal park. I liked reading about the escaped goats herded by Jordan’s border collie puppy, Benny, especially the places Benny herds the goats to. A beauty parlor? This story seemed to be a little more serious than many of Erin Nicholas’ stories I have read. It wasn’t all fun times and had some angst with Fletcher not being sure of himself. Not typical Fletcher Landry. I loved this and all the light-hearted moments as well. Looks like Fletcher’s brother Zeke will be meeting his match in the next book in the series. Can’t wait.
Book Info:
Publication: May 25th 2021 | EN Fiction, Inc. | Boys of the Bayou Gone Wild #2
He’s her best friend.
A reformed bad boy turned hot teacher.
And after one spur-of-the-moment Vegas wedding… her husband.
Jordan Benoit and Fletcher Landry have been best friends since they were six. He’s always been The Guy. When she needed picked up, cheered up, or lifted up — like literally, to see the stage at a concert — Fletcher was the guy.
So when her boyfriend dumps her — on national TV — Fletcher immediately gets on a plane and comes to her rescue.
And when she ends up in a Vegas wedding chapel and needs someone to say, “I do” …yep, Fletcher’s the guy. Of course.
But being The Guy 24/7 is a lot. He just wants everyone to give him a freaking minute to get this marriage thing right. Including his sexy, sweet new wife who he’s wanted for three years. Who is exasperatingly, temptingly all-in from minute one.
Jordan knows what she wants. A life in her hometown. A job with alpacas. And Fletcher. Not necessarily in that order.
They’ve said the vows. They’d told the world. They’ve told their grandmas. Forget taking things slow. Forget just heavy petting. Forget any chance of backing out when things get tough. They’re going to have to go all the way, in every way.
After all, friends becoming lovers should be the easiest thing in the world. Right?
