~**~ Blog Tour for Play Smart (Work For It #5) by Aly Stiles w/ Excerpt & Review ~**~

Blog Tour for Play Smart (Work For It #5) by Aly Stiles w/ Excerpt & Review

Play Smart, an all-new enemies to lovers rockstar romcom from Aly Stiles, is now available in Kindle Unlimited!

Nash Ellis knows music. Producing, performing, writing—if it involves the creative process he’s there for it. He knows nothing about copy machines. Or financial reports. Or anything related to the stuck-up business world his best friends have been chasing since they were kids. But Nash also needs money, so when his roommate gets him a paid internship at Reedweather Media, he reluctantly agrees. At least his know-it-all intern competitor is kind of cute in a nerdy-librarian sort of way—especially when she’s being tormented by an angsty rocker she can’t stand.

The only thing Paige Andrews hates more than failure? Nash Ellis. She has little patience for incompetence and zero tolerance for indifference. He clearly doesn’t belong in their corporate world, so why does he insist on ruining her dream job? And the worst part—he’s not what he seems. In fact, it’s all the things he’s hiding behind those electric blue eyes that make him straight-up captivating in an ironic-slacker sort of way.

But their smoldering friction bursts into open flames when the feuding interns are forced into a high-stakes mission that requires intimate knowledge of the music industry. Yep, what could go wrong when the least-qualified candidate to ever walk the halls of a major corporation becomes their only hope of success?

'Play Smart' is a full-length contemporary romance and can be read as a standalone. Book #5 in the Work For It series, Educated Romance World, Penny Reid Book Universe.

***4 Stars ***

This book has my head spinning, not in a bad way, but it’s still coming down from all that happened. There were some great, heartstring pulling moments and then there were some just absolutely ridiculous ones ~ if you know, you know ~ Add in some angst and a great crew of friends, and you have a book, that while somewhat headache inducing, was a great read.

Nash and Paige. It was hard for me to not love these two. They are both stubborn, determined and see and feel more than most people think. They are witty and snarky and can be a bit impetuous when the situation calls for it, but they love hard and will fight for those they care about most. Their journey was all kinds of push/pull, sometimes aggravating, but also heart melting as they figure out that what they see on the outside is a very, very small percentage of what is underneath and that what’s underneath is something they both never knew they needed.

Despite the head spinning, this was a fun read overall. Loved catching up with Marcos and Eva, as well as Nate, who I loved in Street Smart, as well as a couple other characters from the Pennyverse and Val was just a sweetheart. There is a situation that could be triggering to some, but it is handled well and is important for character development. And then there is Mer-Nut man…IYKYK…I just don’t know about him and his enabler, but they are definitely unique and keep things interesting.

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Excerpt

Turning around, he stops in his tracks when he sees me. His face falls, and I don’t know how to read the mix of emotions that filters over him. He clearly doesn’t know what to do next, so I close the gap and grab his wrist.

“Let’s dance,” I say.

“What?”

“Dancing.” I wave behind me at the sea of bodies demonstrating this ancient ritual.

“You… wait. You want to dance with me? You’ve been turning me down all night.”

I nod. “Yes. Because I don’t dance.”

“But you do now?”

“No.”

“I don’t understand. What’s changed?”

“My internal—and a few external—organs.”

“Huh?”

His brow scrunches, and I notice for the first time how much I like the image of his silver piercing when he does that. I reach up and brush my finger near it, then let my touch drift down the side of his face. My gaze settles on his lips and a sharp wave of desire surges through me.

“I turned you down because you’re extremely attractive tonight,” I explain. “Dangerously so.”

“Wait, you’ve been turning me down because you wanted me too much?”

I nod again, forcing my attention back to his entrancing gaze. “Yes, and since we agreed we can’t have what we want, it felt like a terrible idea to indulge in a sample of the forbidden fruit.”

His confusion morphs into amusement. “Do you always have to say stuff in the weirdest way possible?”

I narrow my eyes at him. “Do you always have to be a jerk when I’m trying to be nice?”

“This is you being nice?”