Iris Kelly Doesn't Date by Ashley Herring Blake

I really enjoyed these characters as well as the setting and the larger group around Jordan and Astrid.

This is the second book in the Bright Falls series after Delilah Green Doesn’t Care, but the first book I have read. So Jordan will just keep giving them what they want.

Thankfully, the TV people seem to be enjoying the animosity between the two women. From their disastrous first meeting to Astrid’s designs that will erase the character of the one place Jordan considers “home,” Jordan will have none of it. But that doesn’t mean she’s going to roll over and take whatever Astrid is dishing out. But a coffee mishap on the first day leads to Astrid losing her cool and blowing up at the person who doused her in coffee – and that person turns out to not only be the carpenter on the job, but also a member of the Everwood family. The television coverage alone will help bring in new business. As the two women play the part of a happy couple, lines start to blur, and they’re left wondering who will make the real first move.SummaryĪstrid Parker’s design business is drying up, so she needs this job at the Everwood Inn to work. Iris is shocked, but when she realizes the arrangement might provide her with some much-needed romantic content for her book, she agrees. Desperate to save face in front of her friends, Stevie asks Iris to play along as her girlfriend. To get her mind off everything, Iris tries out for the lead role in a local play, a queer retelling of Much Ado About Nothing, but comes face-to-face with Stefania, whose real name turns out to be Stevie. Perfectly happy to ignore her problems as per usual, Iris goes to a bar in Portland and meets a sexy stranger, Stefania, and a night of dancing and making out turns into the worst one-night stand Iris has had in her life. There’s only one problem-Iris is a romance author facing an imminent deadline for her second book, and she’s completely out of ideas.

Everyone wants to see her settled down, but she holds firmly to her no dating rule. She’ll stick to her commitment-free hookups, thanks very much, except no one in her life will just let her be. Iris doesn’t want any of that-dating, love, romance.

Her best friends are all coupled up, her siblings have partners that are perfect for them, and her parents are still blissfully married. A fake relationship after a horrible one-night stand is anything but an act in this witty and heartfelt new romantic comedy by Ashley Herring Blake.Įveryone around Iris Kelly is in love.

Iris Kelly Doesn't Date by Ashley Herring Blake