A gym nemesis pushes a fitness influencer to the max in Amy Lea’s steamy debut romantic comedy.
Curvy fitness influencer Crystal Chen built her career shattering gym stereotypes and mostly ignoring the trolls. After her recent breakup, she has little stamina left for men, instead finding solace in the gym – her place of power and positivity.
Enter firefighter Scott Ritchie, the smug new gym patron who routinely steals her favorite squat rack. Sparks fly as these ultra-competitive foes battle for gym domination. But after a series of escalating jabs, the last thing they expect is to run into each other at their grandparents' engagement party.
In the lead up to their grandparents' wedding, Crystal discovers there’s a soft heart under Scott’s muscled exterior. Bonding over family, fitness, and cheesy pick-up lines, she just might have found her swolemate. But when a photo of them goes viral, savage internet trolls put their budding relationship to the ultimate test of strength.
Christy's Review:
This was such a fun debut novel! I love a good enemies to lovers romance and Scott and Crystal's story was great.
Crystal is a personal trainer and fitness influencer. She spends a lot of time in the gym and as a curvy woman sometimes she gets some pushback, especially on-line. When a new guy blatantly takes her spot at the gym, naturally she's peeved. This is how she meets Scott. He steals her window spot. You can feel the tension between these two from the start.
Fast forward a few weeks and more run ins later, Crystal is at her wits end. Then she finds out she knows Scott another way. Her grandmother is marrying Scott's grandpa. She starts giving him a chance after that, as friends of course. But their friendship turns into so much more. Of course there are a few bumps along the way, but that's per the course.
I loved Crystal as a character. She was strong and self reflective. She had a great attitude but real struggles she had to deal with as well. Scott was one of those characters that really had to grow on me. I can't say it was love at first sight, but by the half way mark I adored him. This was a fantastic debut romance and I'm excited to read more from this author in the future.
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