4 Stars
Nolan Hammerstein is in the market for a contractor to
renovate his new house.
Harley Jameson runs her own contractor business. Sounds like
a perfect match until you meet Nolan and Harley…or Nolan and Harley meet each
other.
They are complete opposites in the reverse gender stereotype
roles. Harley is a tomboy raised by her dad and three brothers. Nolan is used
to the good life, raised by his rich, old-fashioned misogynist father. While Harley loves the hockey team Nolan’s
father owns, there isn’t love at first sight when Harley and Nolan initially
interact.
“‘Do you call all your clients ‘dick?’”
“‘Only when they’re being one.’”
“‘With the way you act, I’m surprised you even know what a dick is.’”
Despite their lack of professional maturity, the pair
surprisingly comes to have a relationship with a great deal of maturity. This
isn’t a story filled with unnecessary misunderstandings or knee-jerk reactions. I
really liked that about their romance; it’s something you don’t see nearly
often enough.
“‘You know, it was kinda hot, you getting all defensive of me. I may’ve even gotten a semi from it.’”
As the title suggests, there’s plenty of….um….hammering and
nailing to keep it sexy as the seemingly mismatched pair drive
each other “up a wall.”
It’s a light-hearted romance with just the right amount of
conflict. While the alternating first
person POV narration could benefit from a little variety in sentience structure
(there’s a lot of consecutive sentences that start “I….”), the story is still
fun and an enjoyable read. And while
there were a few places that Harley was a little over the top, I still
appreciated how she was depicted as a confident, independent female. (There’s
no insecure, crying, weak girl here).
There’s a great epilogue (I really liked the end). This is a standalone
story, but I definitely see potential for a series as Harley’s brothers would be fun
to read about too!
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