Ex Marks the Spot by Hazel JamesMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
I was provided an ARC of this book via the author and Smartypants Romance, all opinions are my own.
This was so fun. I'm not a big reality TV show watcher, but I can see myself watching something like the Amazing Race or in this case Xtreme Quest where teams fly all over the world to solve puzzles and compete in challenges to get to their next clue. The first team across the finish line during the final leg wins a huge prize. Our main characters are not only a team, but they are exes with unresolved feelings from their bad breakup 6 years ago. Hartley and Court went to the same college, and the theme for this season is college teams. Each team went to the same college and while most of the teams are friends or knew each other, some are strangers. Court didn't know Hartley was going to be his partner, but they both need the prize money and it is about time they come clean about what really happened when they broke up.
As our main characters run all over the world, we get to experience some really cool places and get to know so pretty interesting characters. The other contestants aside all made for great side characters to support the storyline. Not only are the puzzles and challenges interesting and action packed, they force our characters to interact and finally talk about what happened and clear the air. It is clear from the beginning that they still care about each other, even when they didn't like each other making for a really fun second chance romance.
I really loved this. The characters went to some places I've always wanted to go, so I got to live vicariously through them for a little while during their adventure. Their chemistry was good and things get pretty spicy once Hartley and Court figure out that they still have something special between them. This is a great addition to the Teacher's Lounge series, but it is a complete standalone and can be read without having read the prior books in the series.
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