Review: Fix Her Up by Tessa Bailey

My review: 4 ⭐

This book #1 of 3 in the Hot & Hammered Series

Oh sweet baby girl, this was super cute!
Grumpy Travis was getting on my nerves at the beginning, like he was really mean sometimes, but eventually I warmed up to him.

I’ve read many of both fake dating and brother’s best friend/best friends sister stories and this was typical, however it has it’s own Tessa flair of sweet and steamy rom-com goodness. I really enjoyed all of the characters and I’m happy we get to know a little bit about the side characters before they get their own book.

Travis has a bad reputation of hittin it and quittin it and is having a tough time after an injury takes him out of his MLB career. He didn’t have the best childhood, so he needs a little nudge in the right direction to being positive.

Sweet, inexperienced Georgie has been in love with her brother’s best friend, Travis, since she hit puberty years ago. When Georgie tries to knock some sense into him to get his life back on track, Travis is totally taken by surprise. It takes him a while, but finally he figures out he can have it all again, if he lets himself.

This was a super fun read and I can’t wait to read Rosie and Dominic’s story next.

Book blurb:

After an injury ends Travis Ford’s major league baseball career, he returns home to start over. He just wants to hammer out his frustrations at his new construction gig and forget all about his glory days. But he can’t even walk through town without someone recapping his greatest hits. Or making a joke about his… bat. And then there’s Georgie, his buddy’s little sister, who is definitely not a kid anymore.

Georgette Castle has crushed on her older brother’s best friend for years. The grumpy, bear of a man working for her family’s house flipping business is a far cry from the charming sports star she used to know. But a moody scowl doesn’t scare her and Georgie’s determined to show Travis he’s more than a pretty face and a batting average, even if it means putting her feelings aside to be “just friends.”

Travis wants to brood in peace. But the girl he used to tease is now a funny, full-of-life woman who makes him feel whole again. And he wants her. So damn bad. Except Georgie’s off limits and he knows he can’t give her what she deserves. But she’s becoming the air he breathes and Travis can’t stay away, no matter how hard he tries…

New York Times bestseller Tessa Bailey launches a super sexy new series featuring the blue collar men who work for a HGTV-esq house flipping business.