The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory – Review & Giveaway

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Description:
When someone asks you to spend your life with him, it shouldn’t come as a surprise–or happen in front of 45,000 people.

When freelance writer Nikole Paterson goes to a Dodgers game with her actor boyfriend, his man bun, and his bros, the last thing she expects is a scoreboard proposal. Saying no isn’t the hard part–they’ve only been dating for five months, and he can’t even spell her name correctly. The hard part is having to face a stadium full of disappointed fans…

At the game with his sister, Carlos Ibarra comes to Nik’s rescue and rushes her away from a camera crew. He’s even there for her when the video goes viral and Nik’s social media blows up–in a bad way. Nik knows that in the wilds of LA, a handsome doctor like Carlos can’t be looking for anything serious, so she embarks on an epic rebound with him, filled with food, fun, and fantastic sex. But when their glorified hookups start breaking the rules, one of them has to be smart enough to put on the brakes…

Review:

The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory is a standalone novel. Having read and enjoyed Guillory’s debut novel, The Wedding Date, I looked forward to reading this book.

Nikole (Nik) Paterson, our heroine, is sitting at a Dodger baseball game with her boyfriend and his friends, when she sees herself on the huge scoreboard.  When she looks down, her boyfriend of 5 months is proposing to her in front of the huge crowd, Nik is totally shocked, and speechless.  She never expected this, and with the pressure of everyone watching, she does not accept the proposal, which then angers her boyfriend, and the media is now ready to crash in.

Carlos Ibarra and his sister are also at the game, and only two rows behind the shell shocked Nik.  Knowing she is going to be bombarded, they come to her rescue pretending to be friends, and pull her away from the media to safety.  Not having a ride, Carlos and Angela will take her to a bar, where Nik’s best friends were waiting for  her, and they all talk about what happened, and get to know each other. 

Carlos and Nik become fast friends, but both are not interested in any relationship.  Nik is swearing off men (ok to be friends) and Carlos does not believe in true love or getting into a serious relationship.  They have fun together as friends, but in a short time their attraction to each other will heat up; but they are both determined to enjoy the benefits without anything more.  Each has their own baggage, as Nik knowing Carlos is a doctor, and her other relationship that failed was with a doctor who cheated on her;  Carlos takes care of his family, and because of his father leaving them, he doesn’t believe in love.

This turns out to be a very nice, sweet, engaging romance between two very likable people.  This is also a multicultural romance, with some great diverse secondary characters.  Guillory does this so well.  We have Nik, a beautiful black woman; Carlos is latino; his best friend is Korean and her best friends are gay or white.   It was a fun group.

 What follows is a difficult journey for both of them, with each falling in love with each other, but having to get past their own baggage.  You will have to read the book to find out if they open their hearts to their true feelings and allow love to lead the way.   The Proposal was a sweet fun read.

Reviewed by Barb

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