The Brightwater Series from Lia Riley keeps getting better and better. Right Wrong Guy is the second story in this series and it features Eddie and Archer, a fantastic romantic duo that will make for a great romantic read! Check out more about the book and the author, Tina’s Thoughts, read an excerpt, and make sure to enter the giveaway for your chance to win a copy of Last First Kiss, the first book in the Brightwater series!
RIGHT WRONG GUY
heiress running away from her blackmailing fiancé…the morning of her wedding.
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It is no secret that I love Lia’s writing and this book is no exception. Right Wrong Guy is the perfect city girl meets country boy love story! It has a little bit of drama and a whole lot of romantic swooning, a perfect combination for any romance lover. Right Wrong Guy takes us back to Brightwater, a place I want to visit, and takes us deep into the workings of a small town, one in which family is everything and rumors run rampant. Eddie and Archer’s story will bring a smile to your face and draw a sigh from your lips!
If you have read the first book in this series (Last First Kiss) then you will know a little about Eddie and Archer. However this book spans and interconnects in such a way that we go back before the first book and see how things began, then to the present to see how they connected in both stories, and then to where the future is headed. Eddie is a runaway bride, trying to find a way to escape her horrible fiancé, a man she trusted and cared for who intended to use her for his nefarious advantage. Eddie is such a great character. She is kind, soft spoken, smart, and sweet. I loved watching her transform into someone who was confident and inspiring. She chose to leave the world she knew behind in hopes of finding herself and her place in the world. She never expected to end up in Brightwater, but the fit is perfect and her dreams are realized. I loved her personality, her love of baking, and her desire to start fresh.
Archer is the perfect bad boy cowboy. He is sexy, rugged, and irresistible. His humor is great and his love of family is heartwarming. I loved watching him fall in love with Eddie, for him to realize that there is more than his life of chasing girls and one night stands. When he meets Eddie it is an instant attraction that baffles him, which in turn spurs him onto something great. He finds himself in a way that is inspiring and learns to fight for what he wants. It was a transformational story for both Eddie and Archer, which allowed us to fall deeper into the tale and love them even more.
The themes woven in this story are top notch. I loved how family was important. Archer and his Grandma are big parts of this story and I loved seeing them interact. Grandma Kane is a hoot and I loved seeing more of her. Her character was expanded to include the grouchy old lady but also the heartbroken woman who lost her husband too soon. I loved seeing more about the Kane family and their past. It added a thread of resigned sadness and beauty to the story! Another theme I loved was Eddie’s love for all things food! Her love for baking was profound and I loved reading about what she created and what she wanted to eat. It made me hungry and I totally ended up baking some recipes from the series that Lia said were inspirations. I wouldn’t mind having a place in town to buy those delicious treats from.
Right Wrong Guy is a story of love but it is so much more. This story shows two people who fight for what they want in the ways they know. They grow to be people who are strong and ready for anything the world throws at them. There is family, community, and friendship that creates a world you want to be in. This love story is a story of finding who you are and loving that person, while allowing others to love you in turn!
Whatever. Archer had it good, made great tips as a wrangler at a dude ranch. His middle brother took life seriously enough and he hadn’t seen his oldest one in years. Wilder worked as a smoke jumper in Montana. Sometimes Archer wondered what would happen if he cruised to Big Sky Country and paid him a surprise visit—maybe he had multiple sister wives or was a secret war lord.Growing up after their parents died in a freak house fire, they all slipped into roles. Wilder withdrew, brooding and angry, Sawyer became Mr. Nice Guy, always the teacher’s pet or offering to do chores. Archer rounded things out by going for laughs and practical jokes and causing trouble because someone had to remind everyone else not to take life so seriously. None of them were getting out alive.
He kept marching down the flights of stairs, tucking in his shirt. Grandma’s words played on a loop in his mind. “Using women like disposable silverware.”
Lord knew—those women used him right back. It was fun, didn’t mean anything.
Meaningless.
He ground his jaw so tight his teeth hurt. Casual sex on pool tables, washing machines, countertops, and lawn chairs filled his physical needs, but these random hookups were starting to make him feel more and more alone.
On the ground floor, he slammed open the stairwell door. There were two corridors ahead. He turned left for no reason other than that’s the hand he favored. Seemed like he chose wisely because a side entrance gave him a quick exit. He walked out, wincing at the morning sun even as he gulped fresh air, fresh for the Vegas Strip, but a far cry from the Eastern Sierras’s clean mountain breeze. His heart stirred. He’d have some breakfast and hit the road. As much as he liked leaving Brightwater, he always missed home.
Archer reached to adjust his hat and grabbed a handful of wet hair instead. Twelve stories above, a stripping magician had found herself a mighty fine Stetson.
He stepped onto the street, jumping back on the curb when a city bus turned, the side plastered with a shoe ad sporting the slogan, “Can You Run Forever?”
Hell, he’d been running from accountability, stability, and boring routines his whole life.
Another thought crept in and sank its roots deep. Was he really running from those things, or was he letting his fears of commitment and responsibility run him instead?
To celebrate the release of Right Wrong Guy, Lia Riley and Avon Impulse are giving away something great! Enter this Rafflecopter giveaway for your chance to win one of 10 digital copies of the Last First Kiss, first book in the Brightwater series! This series is fantastic so far and this is a book you will want to grab. Make sure to enter for your chance and don’t miss out! Good luck!
