Title: The Bangover
Author: Lili Valente
Genre: Red Hot Romantic Comedy
Release Date: October 3, 2019

Blurb

Dear Self—Do not pass Go, do not bang your oldest friend in the limo on the way to the swanky Vegas hotel. Just get back on the plane, fly home, and forget you almost had co-ed naked best buddy time with the one man who is completely off limits.

I give myself very good advice. 
Too bad I suck at taking it.

Not that Colin Donovan, my bad boy rock star best friend, is any help. Walking around looking ridiculously sexy, telling me I’m beautiful and fun and perfect the way I am and somehow making me believe it. 

If only we hadn’t drunk so much whiskey that first night, if only I’d kept that red bikini in my suitcase, if only his evil ex-girlfriend hadn’t come sniffing around making me feel all territorial and protective.

And if only I hadn’t been secretly in love with Colin for years before this Friends with Bennies Vacation got started.

Who knows? Maybe the high will be worth the fall. 
Either way, there’s no way I’m leaving Vegas without one heck of a Bangover.

The Bangover is a red-hot, laugh out loud rom-com featuring two best friends on a collision course with Vegas-flavored disaster—and each other. It stands alone. No cheating or cliffhangers.

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My Review 
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

I’m beginning to think that Colin and Kirby's vacay to Vegas is a bad idea. Apparently “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas" doesn’t apply to a rock star and best seller horror writer who are friends deciding to explore benefits. This started out sweet and humorous, took a turn past a comedy of errors and then ran headlong into all kinds of mystery, intrigue and suspense. It snuck in from left field and latched on to my throat, never turning me loose so that I read it in one sitting, in spite of being ill. 

Kirby and Colin’s story is one part what happens when friends amend their treaty to include benefits and two parts what happens when exes don’t get the “It’s over" memo. I can’t begin to tell you all the crazy shenanigans that transpire, but if you’ve read Valente's work in the past, you have some idea. Yes, there's ample chuckling, snickering, guffawing and laughing out loud, with the banging good time we’ve come to expect, but then you'll see a bunch of unanticipated, “Wait, what?!!” and “Oh no she didn'ts!” cropping up, as well. If you think you know what to expect, think again. 

This one will keep your attention and keep you in stitches, whiplashing you from one emotion to another, giving you that same elated, satisfied feeling when the roller coaster car pulls back into the passenger loading area. You’ll be ready to jump out, run around to the front of the line and ride The Bangover again and again! 

Get your copy of this wild, crazy ride using the links below, then scroll down for author information and to connect with her on social media.  Until next time, dear reader

Much love between the covers,

BookAddict

*See my other reviews here.
AMAZON TOP 500 REVIEWER 

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Author Bio

Author of over forty novels, USA Today Bestseller Lili Valente writes everything from steamy suspense to laugh-out-loud romantic comedies. A die-hard romantic and optimist at heart, she can’t resist a story where love wins big. Because love should always win.

When she’s not writing, Lili enjoys adventuring with her two sons, climbing on rocks, swimming too far from shore, and asking “why” an incorrigible number of times per day. A former yoga teacher, actor, and dancer, she is also very bendy and good at pretending innocence when caught investigating off-limits places.

You can currently find Lili in the mid-South, valiantly trying to resist the lure of all the places left to explore.

Lili also writes super naughty books as L. Valente.


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