The Drawback of Single Dads
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4.5 • 161 Ratings
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- $4.99
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- $4.99
Publisher Description
He’s the father of my child and my best friend.
When Hudson and I met, somehow things just clicked between us. We had the same sense of humor and the same carefree attitude about our lives and goals. Neither of us wanted to lay down roots, we wanted to explore the world.
Then one night, too much alcohol and uncontrolled hormones led to the line blurring, and we fell into bed together only to discover a month later that we were more careless than we thought.
Like the upstanding guy he is, Hudson followed me back to my hometown of Lake Starlight, Alaska, where you can’t throw a penny and not hit one of my family members. We gave them the news that yes, we were having a baby but there would be no wedding. We loved each other but we weren’t in love.
Fast forward three years and we live side by side to make co-parenting our daughter easy. I’m a writer, and he’s a ski instructor. We’ve worked out all the rough edges. Life is good.
Until out of nowhere, things start to change. He has a girlfriend, we’re arguing more than ever, and it feels as if someone has come along and popped our perfect bubble. I’m not sure we’re ever going to fit back inside it now because things are developing. Things like feelings.
Customer Reviews
Fun enemies to lovers romance
This is the fourth book in the Baileys of Lake Starlight spinoff series featuring the children of the original Bailey clan. Four years ago, Palmer Ferguson (mom is Sedona Bailey), had a drunken night with her best friend Hudson which resulted in their now three year old daughter. They decided to co-parent their daughter back in Palmer’s hometown Lake Starlight. They live next door to each other, and are still best friends. Things start to change when Hudson starts to seriously date local school teacher Theresa. Palmer starts to realize that perhaps her feelings are more than platonic. Overall I really enjoyed catching up with the Baileys, and enjoyed Great grandmother Dori’s meddling from the grave. What kept this from being a five star rating? First, the reason that Palmer is fearful of committing is a bit ridiculous (I won’t tell you what it is, but every time they mentioned it, I rolled my eyes). Also, I loved Hudson, but the whole relationship with Theresa was perplexing. Theresa was super annoying and unlikable. Why Hudson stayed with her, especially when he stated that the physical aspect of their relationship was just mediocre, made him seem a bit whimpy. Overall, this is a fun read. I received an arc of this book from the author for my honest review.
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Love the series
Loved Palmer and Hudson
TDOSD, is the 4th book in The Lake Starlight series, but can be read as a standalone. As always I loved diving back into Lake Starlight.
This one was a little bit more packed in my opinion. We have 2 best friends, a drunken one night stand, a surprise pregnancy, and a co parenting situation. They live next door to each other, they are scared to ruin their friendship so they hid their feelings. We watch then go on this roller coaster of emotions and realizations. I love how Palmer is introduced to the family cabin. (It’s holds all the magic). Piper Rayne did an fabulous job of writing a story within a story. Palmer is a romance writer and is currently trying to make a deadline. When their lives start to change and other people are thrown in the mix, ee see them start to realize that they are more than just friends. This slow burn, is slightly angsty, and has it moments of comedic relief (the retirement home book club meeting) was hilarious but all and all full of banter. Once these two figured it out it was full steam ahead. Little Adley was just the cutest. I loved seeing some of the previous characters continued through out this storyline. Also, kudos to Piper Rayne for writing a heroine who has cochlear implants. Great read.