Winning my Best Friend's Girl

4 STARS Winning My Best Friend’s Girl is Book #8 in Piper Rayne’s Bailey Series. Stella and Kingston’s story is one I have been anticipating from the start of the series. In previous books very few details about Kingston are revealed so I was eager to start this and learn all about him. Kingston is a firefighter, smoke jumper, and is always looking for his next adrenaline fix. He has been deemed as the town playboy (nicknamed Romeo) but has only ever loved one woman. Stella Harrison. She was forbidden in their teen years because she was dating Kingston’s best friend Owen. Stella and Kingston became the best of friends when they were young. They shared an emotional connection right from the beginning but when things got messy in their teens Stella left town. Now that she is back Kingston is determined to win over her heart this time. After 8 years apart Stella and Kingston finally have a chance to be together or so we think and then Piper Rayne throws a wrench at us and almost makes history repeat itself. I appreciate a book with tension, drama and angst but this one was a lot and it took away from the overall love story between Kingston and Stella at times. There is a lot of heart and emotion within this story. More than I expected. The lost love of Stella and Kingston broke my heart more than once and I was eagerly flipping the pages until the end to see how everything would turn out. As usual Piper Rayne did not disappoint and this is one beautifully written second chance story that you will adore if you have been following the series thus far. As always the Bailey crew makes their appearances in this book and as always they show up when they need to and offer their unwavering support and unconditional love. I can hardly believe that there is only one book remaining in the Bailey Series. I don’t want this series to end! This family and the town of Lake Starlight have been imbedded deep in my heart from the beginning of the series and I am excited and sad all at once to get to Sedona’s story next. *ARC received in exchange of an honest review.

I love me some Kingston. I wasn’t too sure about Stella at first. Her reasoning for doing what she did wasn’t enough for me and took a little longer to win me over. However she finally gets it together and I couldn’t have been happier for Kingston. Add in more family drama/excitement and this was a great read! Sedona next!

I love this series, but Stella is among the very few characters I don't like, along with Savannah and Phoenix. Kingston, Liam, and Griffin were all such swoonworthy characters and deserved better than their self-absorbed partners, in my opinion. Also, the lack of attention to detail regarding the ages of the characters, particularly Kingston and Stella, is a bit irritating.