P.S. Not If You Were The Last Man On Earth (Cupid in the City Book 2)

Thrust Together By Their Best Friends, Neither Is Pleased About The Circumstances. Their Banter Soon Turns Steamy, But There Are A Lot Of Stops & Starts In This Slow Burn. Don’t Forget To Download The Free Bonus Chapter Via The Link At The Back Of The Book!ABOUT THE CUPID IN THE CITY SERIES:This is book two in the Cupid in the City series. As of now, it follows the stories of four girlfriends living in New York City in pursuit of their dreams.Book one is Marcia’s story. In P.S. Never in a Million Years, she and her bestie Susie move to NYC from Orlando and fall into financial hardship as they struggle to find jobs in the expensive city.This is book two, P.S. Not If You Were the Last Man on Earth, which is best friend Susie’s story.P.S. Lose This Number follows in book three. It is Lilian’s book. She is one of the two friends that Marcia and Susie make in book one.Book four is P.S. You Would Be So Lucky. It follows Shantal, who is introduced in book one. She and Marcia become fast friends.FROM P.S. NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS, BOOK ONE:Marcia Lucas, twenty-five, is pursuing her dream in NYC. The Puerto Rican and Irish beauty turns heads, but she doesn’t seem to take much notice. She likes to ignore her problems – wishful ignorance works well for her. Her ditzy personality combined with her feisty attitude make her a force to be reconned with – and very unpredictable. She has a good sense of humor and a knack for sarcasm that ensures life is never boring.Although Marcia generally has a positive outlook, that is not the case when it comes to exceedingly handsome and arrogant men. She has had a string of bad luck, falling for men who seem to take their good looks to their heads. Marcia isn’t in a good state of mind when it comes to the idea of dating, especially if the man in question is too handsome and confident. Those men tend to cheat, and that hasn’t done Marcia any favors with her self-esteem.NYC is her chance for a fresh start, and an opportunity to finally pursue her dreams.Unfortunately, the move from Orlando to the big city has proven to be a bigger challenge than she had anticipated, and her dreams must be put on hold. She and her bestie Susie arrived six months ago, and their savings are nearly exhausted. Becoming an indie documentary filmmaker won’t work if she and Susie are evicted. Marcia is horrible with financial matters, but Susie has run the numbers and their time is running out. Marcia had graduated from a small Florida college with a degree in art history, which didn’t give her many marketable skills, but she decided to shoot high and hope for the best.The ad for a president of marketing at Winchester Enterprises is sure to have a hefty paycheck, so Marcia doesn’t hesitate to apply despite her lack of all requisite skills. She might even have embellished a bit of her resume, but she figures she can learn what she needs to on the job. Her resumé doesn’t pass the test, but she does luck out with landing a temp position at the company. With any luck, it will lead to a permanent job down the road. She cannot afford to turn down anything at this point, as the days in her apartment are numbered.When she and Susie go out for drinks to celebrate, she finds herself the object of a handsome man’s attention. His confidence and persistence are a turn-off, and she has no problem repeatedly dissing him. He claims to have never been turned down before and seems to enjoy the challenge. His green eyes are captivating, but not nearly tempting enough. She and Green Eyes cross paths again, as fate seems to have its own mind. They enjoy plenty of banter, and Marcia’s lack of a filter leads to some very entertaining exchanges. Just when she begins to consider getting out of her comfort zone and giving the mysterious Green Eyes a chance, fate brings another twist to her story.Finneus Augustus Winchester, thirty-five, is the CEO of Winchester Enterprises and has a reputation for being a difficult man to work for. When Marcia gets assigned to his office, she worries that her new job has a very limited lifespan. With so much riding on her paycheck, she has to hope that she can muddle through her assignments and keep her big mouth closed.Marcia finds herself challenged in unexpected ways. As she tries to find balance in her new life, she and Susie make new friends with Lilian and Shantal. The girls all offer her support as she contemplates dating once again. Marcia eventually finds a happy ending.IN THIS BOOK:This book opens as book one closes. Finn is taking Marcia on a camping trip to Yosemite to hike Half Dome, and he wants to make her comfortable by inviting her best friend Susie along. His best friend from college, Brody, has just been traded to the New York Yankees and is temporarily staying with him. He neglects to mention that Brody will be accompanying them on the long weekend getaway as well.Susie Benedict, about twenty-five, agreed to move to New York with her bestie Marcia over six months ago. It hadn’t been an easy transition, and until Marcia lucked out with her new job, their financial situation looked dire. Everything soon seemed to fall into place for Marcia when her new billionaire CEO boss fell madly in love with her. While Susie is happy for her friend, it means that Marcia will eventually be moving out. Susie feels unsettled because she hasn’t even found a job yet. She had been hoping for a teaching job but is getting a little desperate. Beyond that, she is a little jealous of Marcia, who has with Finn the kind of love that Susie wants one day.Brody Wainwright, about thirty-five, is one of the best pitchers in the MLB. Named an MVP last year, he has just been traded to the New York Yankees. That works out well for him since his best friend from college, Finn Winchester, lives in the city, too. The pair had met as walk-ons for college baseball and have been best friends ever since. Finn knows Brody better than anyone – he knows the real man beneath the façade. But even Finn doesn’t know everything. He doesn’t know about the pain and the guilt that drive Brody to be the baseball superstar, jokester, and player that define him today.Brody hails from northern Pennsylvania; his brother Michael and his parents still live there today. He doesn’t speak to them much, though. He had spent summers on his grandparents’ farm in Kentucky, where he has both good and bad memories. But Brody chooses to live in the present. He doesn’t like to think about his family or the nerdy teenager he had once been. Brody has accepted his lot. Love and a happy ending are not in the cards for him. And he would prefer it if his friend Finn hadn’t fallen into that trap either. Finn claims Brody will fall hard when the time comes, but that won’t be happening.When Brody and Susie end up not only on a camping trip together with their best friends but also sharing a tent, neither is too pleased. Brody is a player and refuses to be serious about anything, and Susie doesn’t have much tolerance for arrogant jerks. Their friends expect them to get along, but that seems to be an impossible challenge. If they cannot get their acts together, they risk damaging their friendships.Brody wouldn’t mind sleeping with Susie, but he hasn’t forgotten Finn’s strict warnings and cannot afford to lose that friendship. Susie claims she won’t sleep with Brody if he were the last man on earth, but it doesn’t stop his banter. To be fair, Susie does her fair share of egging him on. Despite his arrogance and frequent rude remarks, Susie begins to sense that there is a man worth knowing underneath the bluster, and sees hints of the man beneath the mask. When her questions about his family seem to trigger the worst in him, her suspicions deepen. But Brody’s brokenness is no excuse for his cruelty. Her first responsibility is to her own heart. The couple has some battles ahead, but they soon find a happy for now ending.Don’t forget to download the free bonus chapter via the link at the back of the book!Brody and Susie are thrust together on a camping trip that leaves them little choice but to try to get along despite their clashing personalities. They behave like children, and neither is willing to admit that there might be a few sparks behind all the heated exchanges. Susie is intelligent, and combined with her caring personality, she instinctively knows that Brody is pushing her away to hide something from her. It is the source of her patience with his otherwise unacceptable behavior. Honestly, she puts up with quite a bit.Brody feels inexplicably safe around Susie, and there just might be something to Finn’s prediction. But as he begins to open up to her, the memories begin to resurface. Brody spent his adult life building walls and creating a persona, and as he sees those walls beginning to crumble, he lashes out like an injured animal. His story is not easy, and he does his best to cause damage along the way. The healing will take much longer than the six or so days it takes to come to grips with his feelings for Susie, but it is nice to see change begin.Brody and Susie’s enemies-to-lovers romance is a rocky ride. Brody is an MLB pitcher who enjoys a huge following of willing women. Susie is strong and confident, but she is struggling as she starts out in New York. Thrust together by their best friends, neither is pleased about the circumstances. Their banter soon turns steamy, but there are a lot of stops and starts in this slow burn. The plot is fairly simple. Brody’s character is complex. The story is told in first person. Note that book one was told entirely in Marcia’s POV, but here the POV alternates between Brody and Susie. Because so much of this story belongs to Brody, it would have been hard to imagine it entirely in Susie’s POV. I rate this book four stars.I received an advance copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.

What a boring book and a waste of my time. I only leave 5 stars for the ranking so it won’t harm the author. But, boy, the terrible writing here. The Hero and Heroine are dumb asfog. The dialogues, I thought I was reading an interaction of a 14 and 15 year old teens playing with s☝🏻x because this couple lack of charm and even brains. What a waste of my time. Ewwww.

P.S. Not If You Were The Last Man on Earth is the second book in a fun and delightful entertaining story of Susie and Brody.Now that Marcie found the love of her life in Finn, Susie is out of a roommate, and still needs to find a job and at this point will take what she can get. Brody is a Finn's best friend and an obnoxious playboy. When all four go camping, Susie gets stuck with Brody in a tent which makes for a long weekend.This is a great story with a lot of fire, passion and heat. Susie is able to break down Brody's wall and discover what he is hiding under the playboy facade.I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.

Brody lived with guilt for a long time. To mask the hurt and guilt, he used sex as a coping mechanism and was known as a womanizer. He appeared always happy to others. He tried to use the same tactics on Susie but it didn't work. He started to feel comfortable talking to her because she wanted to know the real Brody but it was hard for him to be himself and was afraid others would judge him.The only thing I didn't like about this story, it read like all the characters were very young adults instead of being 29 and 30.

I know many books like the plot where the bad boy playboy finally meets the love of his life and he changes for her. He’s usually broken in some way - betrayed or hurt by a prior relationship, or bad parents, etc - and not open to love at first. I’ve seen this plot many times and the right author can make it work. But one key ingredient is that you can’t make the guy too dislikable to start with. And you have to like and sympathize with the girl and want her to get the man she’s falling for. I found both MCs pretty dislikable for the first at least half of the book and there was no way for a reader to believe that they would actually fall for each other based on their interactions during the camping trip. He’s obnoxiously rude and his incessant come-ons and disrespectful dialogue was off-putting. It went on and on without stopping, even when his own friend asked him to stop repeatedly. Susie was annoyed by him and bad tempered virtually the whole time. Where’s the attraction? We never really find out much about Susie. No background at all. She’s merely Marcia’s BF. How is Susie the MC when we know nothing about her or what would attract her to Brody and look beyond his outer image? Very disappointed in this book. Sorry. Cooper can and has done a lot better.

This book literally takes place in the span of days-week tops. The h goes from hating to making out to hating again in the blink of an eye and sometimes it just didn't make sense. There was on part where she was naked and then it goes into detail about him pulling her panties off. It just didn't make the book flow very well. I probably won't be reading anymore if they are all like this book.

Brody is such a bragger so when he goes with his best friend Finn and Finns girlfriend he figured he could have fun with her friend Susie but Susie isn’t putting up with him especially since her friend dragged her camping and hiking. Brody and Susie’s interaction is hysterical and I loved how she didn’t let his good looks get to her. The way the author tells the story makes you feel like you are witnessing the whole conversation. I hope to hear more from them in books that follow because this was funny.

This is an awesome book that I loved reading! It is full of humor and great characters. I enjoyed the bickering between Susan and Brody and would love to read more about them and their friends. Can not wait to get my hands on Lilians book

This storyline is nothing like the first book, in the sense that it isn't as lighthearted and humorous.Having said that, it's another excellent read.As well as being encompassing, this made me reflect on my own life and the people I've known over the years.We have all met that someone who acts like a jerk but you know they're using it to cover something, whether we realise it at the time or not.Maybe we've even done a similar thing ourselves, but over much smaller issues.It reminded me of the old saying "hindsight is much easier than foresight" and maybe 'explains' some of the people I've come across in my life.So, yet another excellent book by this author which gently covers a mental health issue and yet finishes in my favourite way...... a HEA.

I absolutely loved this book the banter between Brody and Susie was brilliant a good enemies to lovers romance especially the hike scene it made me smile sometimes I can’t wait for the next book x x

Interweaving stories

This started off so well and was becoming an enjoyable read. Right up until the breakfast.However then it suddenly took a complete nosedive and became boring.The time span at the end was too quick to make the ending good. It was totally unbelievable and needed more thought put into it.The change from running with an axe to a tree showed lack of thought. I think the author got bored of writing and just wanted to stop.

This book is like if Hallmark made a workplace training video and then they made a book for it. There’s no plot, the characters are stiff and seemingly have revelations that make absolutely no sense in context, and this all supposedly takes place in the span of a week.This book kept trying to get to that deeper level exploring themes like intimacy, toxic masculinity, and found families, but continuously fell flat on delivering. I pushed myself to finish because the entire development was like watching a circus, or like Michael Scott trying to run a murder mystery but forgetting to assign the actual murderer. It is ONLY because I had a really good laugh at the many WTAF moments in this book that it’s getting 2 stars.There are so many tropes that are shoved into this that I get a sense of what the author was trying to achieve but almost like they couldn’t quite figure out how to deliver or land them and make them effective.If you’re into the above style then this is your book, but if you want something with some substance and coherent flow of tropes, I suggest passing on this one.