Hot Aussie Night (De Luca Sisters #2)
by Lexxie Couper
Blurb:
Life-long anxiety
isn’t going to stop Elisa De Luca from enjoying her sister’s Christmas
engagement party. She’s got a process, and as long as things don’t get too
chaotic she’ll be okay. And then, she suddenly finds herself engaged to a hot,
hot, hot Aussie—five minutes after meeting him—and chaos is the word of the
day.
Super-chef Angus
Daniels doesn’t do relationships, but the second he meets Elisa De Luca he’s drawn
to her. Big time. When the shy American inexplicably saves him from a sharkish
TV producer hellbent on making him the titular star on a bachelor show, Angus
begins to question everything he thought he wanted.
A fake engagement
requires a fake relationship, but it doesn’t take long for Elisa and Angus to
realise there’s nothing fake about what’s happening between them. But when
reality feeds baggage, and anxiety nibbles at certainty, love at first sight
might not be enough for a happy Christmas. Or a Happy Ever After, full stop.
Themes: Contemporary,
Holiday
Rating: 3.75 stars
Heat Rating: 
Review:
So
who’s up for some hot, smexy, holiday fun in the heat of an Australian
Christmas? The De Luca Sisters are back
in a big way as another of the triplets finds her instant love-at-first sight
connection with another sexy Aussie and as luck would have it he turns out to
not be a total stranger in the end. Lexxie Couper continues this fun series
which began with a fun Halloween story as she takes the two remaining single
sisters to Sydney for the Bria and Owen’s engagement party right before Christmas
this time. But Elisa is so not prepared
for the life-changing moment when she tries to do a good deed and comes face to
face with the hottest stranger to ever cross her path, but when her anxiety
kicks in she runs for the hills. Angus Daniels is still kicking his own ass a
few hours later for not getting the sexy little American’s phone number when
she suddenly walks into his restraint, obviously one of his best mate Owen’s
future in-laws and suddenly his day is looking much brighter. The plot thickens when they suddenly find
themselves pretending to be engaged in order to keep him from being forced onto
an idiotic bachelor TV show, but spending time together is no hardship for
either Elisa or Angus. When things get
hot and heavy REALLY fast, Elisa and Angus will have to decide if another De
Luca triplet has found her forever love at first sight, or if they will part
ways in the morning with only their hot memories to keep them warm in the
future. Elisa and Angus both have some serious baggage that has kept them
single, but you could tell they were both people with a lot of love to give and
the connection was definitely there from the first second they clapped eyes on
one another. Elisa’s past relationship has
left her wary of men in a big way, but worse it made her anxiety in all
situations nearly unbearable, but despite all of that she finds peace and calm
in the arms of this near stranger and is unwilling to give up on that emotion
without exploring it. The description
that Angus has for her on first impression “fragile strength” was truly insightful
because like a delicate spider’s web she was in many ways delicate and easily
broken if not handled with care, but in other ways one of the strongest
characters I’ve read recently. I really
loved seeing her overcome her fears and embrace her chance at a great love,
despite any of the obstacles that were in their way and the uncertainties of
their future. Angus is the kind of man that was deeply affected by the
childhood traumas that he keeps deeply buried from all of those that didn’t live
them with him. He is determined to never
hurt the woman he comes to love and therefore pushes them away to prevent any
chance at a connection, but one look into Elisa’s eyes and he was sunk. He is smart, savvy, sexy, and sweet in so
many ways, making Elisa truly feel like the center of his world even though
they barely knew one another. The heat
that these two put out is enough to start an out of control fire, but the
beauty is that the fire is one I can see lasting all their days, despite only
witnessing one day of it. For those that don’t believe in instant-love or true
love at first sight, this story—and really this series—sadly won’t hit the mark
for you, but for the rest of us that continue to hold out hope for that kind of
connection for ourselves, this story rocked!
Lexxie continues to astonish me with her ability to pack so much emotion
and passion into such a short time span and make me wish my life was as
exciting as her characters; another hit for sure and leaves me DYING for Zeta’s
story.
*eARC provided by author for the
purpose of an honest and unbiased review.
No compensation was provided.
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