No More Mr. Nice Guy (Naughty or Nice #1)

4-4.5 stars

This was a really good story. I liked both Mack and Josie very much. Their story was pretty much what you’d expect based off the book description but is was well written enough that it was still interesting enough to keep me engaged. This is the first book I’ve read by this author and I liked it well enough that I’ll probably read more of her work in the future.

Josie is a counselor who’s currently between jobs. Josie grew up with a single mother that was constantly falling in love with the next guy until he broke her heart and then she’d fall in love with the next guy. Because of this, when Josie met a nice guy while in college she stayed with him for 5 years…until she couldn’t take staying in a “nice” relationship any more. She felt guilty for doing it but broke up with him rather than drag it out any further.

Mack is a vet and works in a practice with his sister, Sol. Sol happens to be Josie’s BFF and they grew up together. Because of the friendship between Sol and Josie, Josie and Mack have always been friends as well but nothing further has ever come up between them. Mack just got divorced 6 months ago after his wife cheated on him because he was “too nice”.

Josie is staying with Mack and Sol for a short time but has decided to travel a bit before she settles down. She’s staying with Mack and Sol until she leaves for London (her first stop on her travels) where she’ll stay with her mother for a while (her mother finally having found “the one” and is living with him happily in London). Sol and Josie were having a drunken girls night the night before the story begins and when Josie wakes up she’s confronted with Mack teasing her about the drunken night. Mack soon finds out that Sol is trying to push Josie in to rebound sex (something she’s also been trying to push Mack in to). They even studied the Kama Sutra and made a list of sexually adventurous exploits that in the light of day has Josie blushing badly (and she’s a redhead so it really shows). Mack teases her about it but also starts to notice that he’s seeing Josie as attractive in a womanly way…something he’s never felt for her before. Josie is starting to notice that Mack is sexier than she’d thought but still sees him as a “Nice Guy” and is determined that any nice guy will only do the missionary position and be boring in bed (she does have a lot to learn).

In her annoyance over Mack teasing her about her list, Josie decides to go to a bar and see about picking someone up. Thankfully, Josie realizes that maybe this wasn’t the best option but still ends up getting herself in a bit of trouble that Mack saves her from. The attraction between them spikes and things get hot and spin out of control. Once the door between them is open, both Josie and Mack have a hard time resisting each other. They know they can’t have anything permanent but figure they can spend the next 2 weeks having rebound sex with each other and then go back to being just friends when she leaves for London. The things is, with their previous friendship it’s hard for them just to keep things at straight sex and soon both of them are wishing they wouldn’t be split up at the end of the 2 weeks. Things don’t go smoothly and there is a bit of drama to deal with. Thankfully they both come to their senses and the story ends with Josie and Mack together and planning out their HEA.

This was a really enjoyable story. I really liked Josie and Mack and couldn’t help rooting for them from the beginning. The story was well written with some good emotional points as well as hot sex scenes. Overall it was a really good story and I have no real complaints about it. I’d recommend this story. Thumbs up. 😀