Title: Fluffy
Author: Julia Kent
Genre: Romantic Comedy/Contemporary Romance
Release Date: April 30, 2019
Blurb
An all-new STANDALONE from New York Times bestselling author Julia Kent
It all started with the wrong Help Wanted ad. Of course it did.
I’m a professional fluffer. It’s NOT what you think. I stage homes for a
living. Real estate agents love me, and my work stands on its own merits.
Sigh. Get your mind out of the gutter. Go ahead. Laugh. I’ll wait.
See? That’s the problem. My career has used the term “fluffer” for
decades. I didn’t even know there was a more… lascivious definition of the
term.
Until it was too late.
The ad for a “professional fluffer” on Craigslist seemed like divine
intervention. My last unemployment check was in the bank. I was desperate. Rent
was due. The ad said cash paid at the end of the day.
The perfect job!
Staging homes means showing your best angle. The same principle applies
in making a certain kind of movie. Turns out a “fluffer” doesn’t arrange
decorative pillows on a couch.
They arrange other soft, round-ish objects.
The job isn’t hard. Er, I mean, it is — it’s about being hard. Or, well…
helping other people to be hard.
Oh, man…
And that’s the other problem. A man. No, not one of the stars on the
movie set. Will Lotham – my high school crush. The owner of the house where
we’re filming. Illegally. In a vacation rental.
By the time the cops show up, what I thought was just a great house
staging gig turned into a nightmare involving pictures of me with a naked star,
Will rescuing me from an arrest, and a humiliating lesson in my own naivete.
My job turned out to be so much harder than I expected. But you know
what’s easier than I ever imagined?
Having all my dreams come true.
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Excerpt
“I can't
tonight. I have a date,” I blurt out, remembering David. The dating app. The
asshole who isn't an asshole.
Yet. I
haven't met him, so that judgment remains withheld.
“A date?”
Will asks, intrigued.
“Yes. A
date. You know, that thing where you go out with someone who has no intention
of really getting to know you and you spend the entire time eating bread that
doesn’t taste as good as your date claims and trying to decide whether to
initiate rescue-text sequences with your mom.”
“That’s
your idea of a date?”
“That is my
actual experience of every date I’ve had since college.”
“You’re
dating the wrong guys.” He holds my gaze for just a little too long. I look
away.
“I have to
keep fishing in the pond if I ever want to catch a different one.”
“If that’s
the way you talk to your dates, I am beginning to understand why they all turn
out so badly.”
“Hey!”
“What?”
“Don’t
accuse me of being a bad date. I’m a great date! I Google the guy in advance
and read his LinkedIn profile. I make sure I don’t wear super-tall heels in
case he lied about his height on his dating profile. I pretend to care about
all his hobbies and don’t reveal that I’m secretly tallying all the
micro-aggressions he’s sending my way during appetizers and wine. And if he
makes it to dessert, well–” I falter.
“You never make
it to dessert, do you?” Will asks, eyebrows up. He drops them quickly, wincing.
“I–well–it’s
not that I don’t. He doesn’t!”
“He ditches
you?”
“No! No!
It’s just that he always has a thing.”
“A thing?”
“A work
emergency. Or a dog with a twisted bowel. Or a grandma in the ER.”
“How many
guys used the twisted-canine-intestine thing?”
“Three.” I
sit down and sag against his teenage desk, elbows sliding forward, fingers deep
in my hair. “I looked it up. There’s an entire subreddit devoted to inventive
ways to get out of a bad date.”
“And yet
here you are.” He leans against the edge of his desk. “Trying again.”
“I’m a
masochist.”
His eyes
gleam. “Maybe you should start your dates with that line. ‘Hi. I’m Mallory
Monahan. I’m a masochist.’ You’d definitely make it to dessert.”
This book has to be one of my favourite reads from Julia Kent and that’s saying something because she is definitely one of my go to authors. I laughed or should I say snorted out loud so many times thought out this very funny romantic comedy and if you love rom-com’s this is a must read.
Mallory is coming to the end of her thether she has no job not much money in the bank and it looks like it’s time to move home to her doting parents well that is until she see’s a job on Craig’s list for a fluffer, it seems right up her street after all she has chosen to stage houses for a living but is this job for a stager or something else.......
Will was everyone’s high school crush the high school quarterback and the man voted must likely to succeed and Mallory crushed on him from a distance so things get decidedly awkward when it’s Will that comes to her rescue when she finds herself in a very sticky situation at the job she took in all innocence not really understanding what a Fluffer is.......
Quirky characters and lots of laugh out loud moments make this a great read but it’s Mallory and her innocence that really made this story great. This is part of a new series and if Fluffy is anything to go by this will surely be the must read series of 2019. Looking forward to what’s next from this very talented author.
Mallory is coming to the end of her thether she has no job not much money in the bank and it looks like it’s time to move home to her doting parents well that is until she see’s a job on Craig’s list for a fluffer, it seems right up her street after all she has chosen to stage houses for a living but is this job for a stager or something else.......
Will was everyone’s high school crush the high school quarterback and the man voted must likely to succeed and Mallory crushed on him from a distance so things get decidedly awkward when it’s Will that comes to her rescue when she finds herself in a very sticky situation at the job she took in all innocence not really understanding what a Fluffer is.......
Quirky characters and lots of laugh out loud moments make this a great read but it’s Mallory and her innocence that really made this story great. This is part of a new series and if Fluffy is anything to go by this will surely be the must read series of 2019. Looking forward to what’s next from this very talented author.
Wow, what a great book! If I could give this book 10 stars I would. As with previous books I have read by Julia Kent, I was in stitches having laughed so much I cried. That’s right, not only laughing but snort laughing, totally unattractive I assure you.
Julia Kent is one of my go to authors in the romantic comedy genre. There is just something about her style of writing that draws me in and I devour her books almost in one go.
I absolutely loved the premise for Fluffy and could not volunteer fast enough to read and review. This was everything that I hoped it would be and so much more.
I fell hard and fast for Will Lotham, he ticked all my boxes and was totally swoon worthy. I so felt for Mallory (Mal) after she made such an embarrassing mistake, particularly since Will was her high school crush.
Although a hilarious read it is also a story of friends becoming lovers and the romance and love was just as epic as the humour.
The secondary characters, particularly Mallory’s rather crazy friends and family were an absolute hoot.
This is a gem of a book and in my humble opinion Ms.Kent has another winner on her hands.
Julia Kent is one of my go to authors in the romantic comedy genre. There is just something about her style of writing that draws me in and I devour her books almost in one go.
I absolutely loved the premise for Fluffy and could not volunteer fast enough to read and review. This was everything that I hoped it would be and so much more.
I fell hard and fast for Will Lotham, he ticked all my boxes and was totally swoon worthy. I so felt for Mallory (Mal) after she made such an embarrassing mistake, particularly since Will was her high school crush.
Although a hilarious read it is also a story of friends becoming lovers and the romance and love was just as epic as the humour.
The secondary characters, particularly Mallory’s rather crazy friends and family were an absolute hoot.
This is a gem of a book and in my humble opinion Ms.Kent has another winner on her hands.
I really enjoyed this book, my introduction to the author and I laughed a lot. Quirky characters, funny lol moments and an entertaining story that made me want to read more of her work.
When Mallory is searching for new employment, little does she know what she's really applying for. That was absolutely hilarious. Talk about miscommunication or is it? Needless to say when her high school crush comes on the scene the rest of the story becomes so much fun to read about.
I loved Will, he was a character that was charming and made things seem easy to be especially with Mal, however when a high school reunion doesn't go as planned will Will come to the rescue? Are there underlying feelings on his side.
I loved Mal and her funny friends, I just thoroughly enjoyed everything about this book! Looking forward to reading more from this author!
When Mallory is searching for new employment, little does she know what she's really applying for. That was absolutely hilarious. Talk about miscommunication or is it? Needless to say when her high school crush comes on the scene the rest of the story becomes so much fun to read about.
I loved Will, he was a character that was charming and made things seem easy to be especially with Mal, however when a high school reunion doesn't go as planned will Will come to the rescue? Are there underlying feelings on his side.
I loved Mal and her funny friends, I just thoroughly enjoyed everything about this book! Looking forward to reading more from this author!
Author Bio
New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Julia Kent
writes romantic comedy with an edge. From billionaires to BBWs to new adult
rock stars, Julia finds a sensual, goofy joy in every contemporary romance she
writes. Unlike Shannon from Shopping for
a Billionaire, she did not meet her husband after dropping her phone in a
men's room toilet (and he isn't a billionaire). She lives in New England with
her husband and three sons in a household where the toilet seat is never, ever,
down.
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