REVIEW & GIVEAWAY: In The Mix (The GEGs #2) - Jacquelyn Ayres ~ The Mercurial Reader

Title: In The Mix
Series: The GEGs #2

Author: Jacquelyn Ayres

Genre: Erotic/Romance/Humor

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*** This book contains the GEGs! For those of you who don't understand that warning:

GEGs= strong language. gut-busting LOL moments caused by best friends who check their maturity at the door when they're together, and impromptu Kegel exercises. This book does not come with batteries.

Though it can be read as a standalone, I highly recommend reading the series in order since all books will have a continuation of EVERYONE'S story. Enjoy! ***

CiCi O’Brien has a weapon of mass destruction—her mouth. It’s always loaded and ready to strike, whether the situation calls for laughter or a professional smartass. It’s been her strongest defence against unwanted feelings over the past fifteen years. If she acts like she doesn’t care, then she won’t, right?

Yeah . . . keep telling yourself that, Ceese!

Luckily for CiCi, she’s surrounded by friends and family who can easily see through her façade. They (and the furballs she takes care of at work) are who enrich her life, have been the ones she’s needed. That is, until the day her life changed—when she grabbed it by the balls.

No, seriously . . . she grabbed him by the balls. Not kidding.

Kyle Cooper has it all. He’s smart, handsome, and a ninja (not really, but that’s what Mitch likes to call him). As vice president of Colton Technologies, he travels around the world with Mitch, bringing companies the latest innovations in automobile technology. At home, he’s a force to be reckoned with, always hanging out with his parents and sister or . . . working.

Oh.

Kyle Cooper does not have it all, and he’s ready for a change. He just isn’t sure where to begin. That is, until CiCi O’Brien walks into his office and grabs this bull by the . . . horns (wink), which causes a spark to ignite in both of them. Kyle embraces it. CiCi does everything, short of calling the fire department, to put it out. Who will prevail? And what will that win truly mean?

4 Tastes Like Peaches Stars

Review copy received from Bare Naked Words for an honest review

"Life is made up of all these events that happen. I think of them as ingredients. Everything we go through: joy, sadness, what have you; they're all ingredients. They get thrown in the mix. That batter, with all those ingredients, makes up who we are and who we end up being."

Goodness gracious! Has it been that long since I've read and reviewed Under Contract? How can I have forgotten how much Jacquelyn Ayres' words can make me laugh out loud? I remember cracking up when I read the first book but feeling that feeling again? Oh, fun times!!!

In The Mix can totally be read as a standalone, but if you've read the first book, you have met Cici already. CiCi is Charlie's (from book 1) crazy, carefree, hilarious sister. And then there's the slightly serious but can be equally as crazy as CiCi, Kyle. Kyle is Mitch's (Charlie's other half) best friend.

How do you write a review for a book that managed to make you laugh, chuckle, smile, giggle and smirk for 90% and then have tears rolling down your cheeks before you knew it? In The Mix lived up to its title, everything that has happened and how CiCi and Kyle are is a mix of their past and a mix of what they will be in the future.

I didn't expect to cry. With my experience of Under Contract, crying was the last thing on my mind when I started with In The Mix. But even though I was caught off guard with the tear-stained experienced, it was a good mix into their story. It wasn't all laughter and uber steamy scenes, it was also about hurt and healing and finally opening up all the way for love to take place 101% in.

"I have found the keeper of my balls, Mitch. I'm ready to hand them over."

If you haven't read The GEGs series yet, there is never a dull moment with Jacquelyn Ayres and her stories! Start reading this now and be swallowed up whole into the GEGs crazy-filled world! You will forget your problems. ;)

Stars: 4 stars

Recommended to: Readers who love some humor and laughter in their romance reads. This is right on target.

Series: Yes. Interconnecting characters.

POV: First person. Dual POV.

Extra Comment: I'm all up for the next GEG ;)

I am a domestic engineer (born and raised in NJ) whose sole responsibility is to guide three young, impressionable kids into becoming phenomenal adults. This challenging yet rewarding work requires a lot of love (coffee), patience (wine), and determination (periodic exorcisms). I work this magic from the beautiful state of New Hampshire. Before becoming a domestic goddess (not really), I spent over a decade in the medical field, where I wore more hats than the Queen. I have loved the written word and the great escape it provides since I was a little girl. When I wasn't reading about people and the places they lived, I was creating my own characters and adventures. Finding myself again through my writing in The Lost & Found Series, The One, and The GEG Series has been nothing short of a dream come true. Also, it makes people feel better when I laugh randomly or talk to myself, knowing it's my characters and not "the voices" . . . that would be creepy.

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