Just for Show

Tawna Fenske

Sep 2022 · Juniper Ridge Romantic Comedies Book 5 · Tawna Fenske

About this ebook

Only in my world does the family screwup have a police record and three Oscars. 

And only a screwup like me would be nuts enough to fall for a cop.

Not just any cop. 

Amy’s the police chief in this small town my family built from scratch.

We’ve got a reality TV spotlight scanning our every move.

No way will the perfect girl next door take a chance on me.

I’ve heard she’s got a brother behind bars, so guys with rap sheets are off limits.

The thing is, I’ve changed. 

My family might hover like I’m ready to flop face-first off the wagon.

But I’m doing great, and I plan to prove it to Amy.

We laugh like crazy together, but there’s more between us. 

I’m sure of it.

Between bedazzled thongs, a hilariously raunchy text mishap, and sexy handcuff games,

I’m determined to break down her walls.

Except the harder I try to show I’m a new man, 

the more I know Chief Lovelin locked up my heart and chucked the key.

One-click this lighthearted, opposites attract rom-com about a reformed bad boy black sheep who falls for the cop intent on keeping his family’s small town safe…and her heart locked away from him.

Ratings and reviews

Cooper is portrayed as an A- list hollywood celebrity, famous and scandalous as the media covers him. He is a recovering alcohol and drug addict trying to stay sober and clean with mental health issues plaguing him his whole life. He is paparazzi shy although his character is what you see of a typical playboy who flirts with women young and old, proposing to them like phony, meaningless lines in a script. He is infatuated with Amy, the beautiful young police chief who have issues of her own. This is a sometimes hilarious and emotional story as they journey through a relationship that was complicated as all get out. What makes it a perfect book in my opinion is that the author did not end their story when they overcame the obstacles to their relationship like many other books do, leaving the reader quite unsatisfied and hanging. The story continues even when things are going great between them giving it more substance and strength and wholeness not common to books nowadays where it ends when things are clearly happy ever after.

A*R*C for honest review with no compensation 4.5 stars Just for Show is book 5 in the Juniper Ridge Romantic Comedies series by Tawna Fenske and a great addition. A funny, light hearted rom-com about Cooper the self proclaimed family screwup and Amy the police chief where attraction abounds but they try to ignore it. Once you start it’s hard to put down as you want to see what happens next…

Since reading “Show Time,” I couldn’t wait to finally read Cooper Judson’s story. While I love all of the characters in this series, he was the one that intrigued me the most. When I found out the release date of this, I could not contain my excitement. I definitely could not put this book down. I rooted for him the whole book, and so many questions about his background were finally answered.

About the author

When Tawna Fenske finished her English lit degree at 22, she celebrated by filling a giant trash bag full of romance novels and dragging it everywhere until she’d read them all. Now she’s a RITA Award finalist, USA Today bestselling author who writes humorous fiction, risqué romance, and heartwarming love stories with a quirky twist. Publishers Weekly has praised Tawna’s offbeat romances with multiple starred reviews and noted, “There’s something wonderfully relaxing about being immersed in a story filled with over-the-top characters in undeniably relatable situations. Heartache and humor go hand in hand.”

Tawna lives in Bend, Oregon, with her husband, step-kids, and a menagerie of ill-behaved pets. She loves hiking, snowshoeing, standup paddleboarding, and inventing excuses to sip wine on her back porch. She can peel a banana with her toes and loses an average of twenty pairs of eyeglasses per year. To find out more about Tawna and her books, visit www.tawnafenske.com.To learn more about all of Tawna’s books, visit www.tawnafenske.com