ARC Review of Cocksure by K.I. Lynn

Cocksure is a contemporary romance that is the first book in the series. This book is a standalone romance novel. The Older Brother’s Best Friend read is one of my favorite type of story to sit back and read. This is the forbidden love story of Niko Callahan and Everly Hayes. Everly moves back to Boston after living in California for ten years due to her psycho ex-boyfriend and she is looking for a new start in life. Only complication there is her childhood crush and her brother’s best friend- Niko Callahan. He is a firefighter who works with her brother and yet they spent a night together without him recognizing who she really was. Niko is a player but that doesn’t make him a bad guy, just a guy who doesn’t want to be tied down in any relationships. However, their night together brings in all sorts of complications. Everly just wants to be moved in and settled without herself being in a relationship but things do not work out that way, especially when her past rears its ugly head when her ex starts harassing her. What happens when Niko realizes the truth of who Everly really is and also that there are repercussions to their one night together? Can these two survive what occurred and end up with their own HEA? Or will they let that push them apart?
COCKSURE was a fantastic, sizzling and angsty read that was full of feels. I enjoyed the main characters and also the secondary characters introduced added an element of spice to the story which made me crave their stories as well. Niko and Everly are two people that , at first, you wouldn’t dream of them being together but as the story progresses, you see that they were made for one another and while Everly comes across at times as immature, she does start to grow up and her love is always there and true for Niko. And Niko- at times I wanted to smack him. He was such a man…and I loved how the story showed his progression – cocksure definitely describes him to a T. I am very much in love with this story and am looking forward to Alyson and Cam’s enemies to lovers story next in COCKTAILING!

My Rating: 4.8 stars *****
“I received an advanced copy of this book from the author at no cost to me."