Work in Progress: A House Flipping Single Mom Neighbors Romance

BJ Harvey

May 2019 · BJ Harvey

About this ebook

Jamie Cook is a work-in-progress. He’s always wanted what his parents have: a good marriage, lots of kids, and financial security. He thought he’d have the first two with his ex-girlfriend while the third would come once he got his house-flipping business off the ground. When his ex doesn’t subscribe to his five-year plan, he makes Cook Brothers Construction his sole focus. 

Then he moves next door to April Williams, a sassy single mom he can’t stop riling up. Throw in her matchmaking mother-in-law, who’s set her sights on Jamie being April’s knight in a leather tool belt, and a house threatening Jamie’s sanity, and it should be a recipe for disaster, but Jamie wants this three-month project to last forever. That’s if he can stop being the neighbor from hell and prove to April he’s not just flipping a house—he wants to flip her heart.

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Work In Progress is a full-length, neighbors to lovers house flipping romantic comedy that can be read as a complete standalone and is book 1 in the Cook County series. 

Ratings and reviews

Having a truly hard time getting into this book. I am not a fan of Jamie and his mannerisms, attitude, and the way he acts. The son seems like a manipulative brat. April seems too wishy washy. In all, the characters are boring to me. A book this short I would have normally flown through....i have been trying to read it for a couple days and I feel like opening Google Play Books to read this feels more like a punishment than a relaxing break. I will finish it because that is how I am, but at this point I am not enjoying it AT ALL. :-(

This book is for young adults. It's a saccharine novel with an easy read and not much else in the way of any challenges or upheavals in the story of the two lovers. If you want a book that has no obstacles and is smooth sailing from start to finish with a bit of sex oozing out now and then, then this is the book for you. It doesn't inspire me to read any of the other books in the series, as I assume it will all have the same moderate appeal. Don't get me wrong, the writing was good, but it needs more oomph.

Work in Progress is definitely the kind of home improvement I can get behind. I'm a klutz, an accident waiting to happen so it's in my best interest to keep power tools, nails, and hammers (oh my!) far, far away from me. This DIY flipper and his new neighbor have chemistry oozing from them. Add in a smile inducing, rambunctious six year old to the mix, it's kryptonite to any romantic. With sass and spunk, our heroine had me at hello- even if it took forever to "learn" her name. Work in Progress had me smiling, snickering, and wishing I had started reading BJ Harvey a long time ago! No time like the present to catch up!

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