{"id":77901,"date":"2025-02-04T08:00:07","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T13:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=77901"},"modified":"2025-02-04T08:56:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T13:56:00","slug":"release-arc-review-in-a-rush-friendship-rhode-island-2-by-kate-canterbary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=77901","title":{"rendered":"Release & ARC Review: In a Rush (Friendship, Rhode Island, #2) by Kate Canterbary"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In a Rush by Kate Canterbary is live!<\/strong><\/h4>\n

A friends-to-lovers, not-so-fake relationship romance, this is a sweet, fun and sexy read<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Amazon\u00a0<\/a> |\u00a0<\/strong> Paperback<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n

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Blurb<\/b><\/h4>\n

What\u2019s better than a revenge date?
\nA revenge husband.<\/p>\n

Pro quarterback Ryan Ralston has always known two things.
\nFirst, he\u2019s desperately in love with his best friend Emme Ahlborg.
\nSecond\u2013and most importantly\u2013he still has no idea how to tell her.<\/p>\n

The marriage pact they made in their senior yearbook was the closest he ever came.
\nYears passed and Emme forgot about their promise.
\nRyan never did, especially not on his thirtieth birthday.<\/p>\n

Emme can\u2019t catch a break. Always unlucky in love, her cheating ex is a groomsman in her best friend\u2019s wedding\u2014and there\u2019s no way she\u2019s showing up alone.<\/p>\n

Ryan offers her the one thing better than a wedding date: a revenge husband. And he\u2019s not just any fake husband but the NFL\u2019s brightest star\u2026and in need of serious reputation rehab.<\/p>\n

Playing the part of the happy couple comes easy and soon enough, the lines between real and fake blur. They disappear altogether when there\u2019s just one bed.<\/p>\n

All Ryan has to do is save Emme from her ex, find her step-sister an internship, and get his wife to fall in love with him\u2014or fumble the one thing he\u2019s ever wanted: her heart.<\/p>\n

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Review<\/b><\/h4>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always been real for us.\u201d <\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

4 stars!<\/strong><\/p>\n

A friends-to-lovers, not-so-fake relationship romance, this is a sweet, fun and sexy read, and I really enjoyed it.<\/p>\n

Note – this is the third book in the Friendship, Rhode Island<\/i> series. There is some character crossover (Emme is friends with Shay from In a Jam<\/a>), but you can easily read this book as a standalone.<\/p>\n

Emme and Ryan met in high school and became the best of friends. They were each other\u2019s person<\/i> and leant on each other for everything, but for Ryan, it meant so much more. He loved Emme fiercely, but nothing ever happened between them, though they did make a pact to marry at 30 if they were both still single.<\/p>\n

Well, 30 has arrived, Emme has jus discovered her long time boyfriend cheating on her, and Ryan \u2013 now a NFL quarterback \u2013 needs to show he\u2019s a family man for an upcoming business deal. They may not be as up-in-each-other\u2019s-lives as they once were, but they\u2019re still there for each other in all the ways, so they agree to help each other out.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to be married, I want to be settled, and I want to stop feeling like I\u2019m living in the in-between I want to stop looking for someone to love me.\u201d
\nWhen I was finished heaving my sob story into his lap, he met my eyes with a dark, even gaze and said, \u201cYou can.\u201d <\/i>… \u201cStop looking. Marry me.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course, Ryan has an ulterior motive. He is still desperately in love with his best friend, and OMG, he\u2019s so beautiful about it! He may be grumpy with everybody else in his life, but I love how smitten he is, and how completely unashamed he is about it, and he dives on into the marriage, embracing everything about it, and he\u2019s determined to win Emme\u2019s heart.<\/p>\n

\u201cRyan Ralston has a heart,\u201d he said. \u201cI haven\u2019t seen it until now because you left it with her.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s my favorite thing in the world.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It\u2019s a fun set-up, and such a great ride. There\u2019s lots of flirting and touching, lots of \u201cwifey\u201d moments, and it\u2019s so, so hot! These two are wild for each other, their chemistry is insane, and when they give in to it, the sexy time is seriously steamy. The emotion is there too \u2013 mostly from Ryan who unashamedly cares for and loves on his wife at every opportunity, and he\u2019s so beautifully swoony!<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to last, Em.\u201d I laced my fingers with hers, held them to my chest. \u201cI\u2019m not going anywhere. There\u2019s no world where I exist without you and I don\u2019t want there to be one.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It\u2019s more of a slow burn for Emme. I enjoyed watching her fall for Ryan, but her doubts and confusion over his intentions became frustrating. I\u2019m not sure what else Ryan could have said to convince her that he was in it for the long haul, but he\u2019s a very determined man, I enjoyed the build-up to the big romantic realisation, and seeing them come together was really gorgeous.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love you \u2026 I\u2019ve always loved you but <\/i>I love you and I had to-to-\u201c
\n\u201cI know, Emme. I love you too.\u201d
\n\u201cLike I\u2019m your wife?\u201d I asked. \u201cIs that how you love me?\u201d
\n\u201cYou <\/i>are my wife,\u201d he said, his voice like sandpaper. \u201cAnd that\u2019s the only way I ever want to love you.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There\u2019s a great group of friends who are with them along the way. From Ryan\u2019s football buds to Emme\u2019s girl circle and her best friend\u2019s upcoming wedding (which just so happens to be held at Shay\u2019s tulip farm), there\u2019s plenty going on around them, and there\u2019s lots of fun moments as the different friend groups collide \u2013 special shout out to Ryan\u2019s epic smackdown moment, Gennie, and Ryan meeting Noah, absolute gold!<\/p>\n

I really enjoyed this book. It\u2019s an easy read with a gorgeous romance, and I loved it.<\/p>\n

4 stars.<\/p>\n

An Advanced Review Copy was generously provided by the author for an honest review.<\/i><\/p>\n

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Friendship, Rhode Island<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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In a Jam<\/strong> (Noah & Shay)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

In A Rush (#2)<\/strong> (Ryan & Emme)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

In a Second (#3)<\/strong> (Jude & Audrey)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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About the Author<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\"\"USA Today Bestseller Kate Canterbary writes smart, steamy contemporary romances loaded with heat, heart, and happy ever afters. Kate lives on the New England coast with her husband and daughter.<\/span><\/p>\n

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