Review: Delightful & Sexy Start to a New Series
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 28, 2013
Erin Nicholas has written a wonderfully delightful yet sexy start to what promises to be an entertaining series with She's the One.  With its fast paced interactions and witty, rapid fire dialogue this story kept me fully immersed in its ragtag collection of friends and family butting heads while falling in and out of love.  Ryan and Amanda are just two of this colorful cast of characters and it was a fun yet emotional journey for them to reach their HEA.Amanda reminded me of myself in that she's the glue holding her family together.  After a brief indiscretion in her youth she's now become a serious and dependable woman that plans every move in her life and has set aside her happiness until her siblings find theirs.  Along with her brother, Amanda is constantly on duty keeping her sisters from getting too out of control with their partying tendencies.  Whenever they need help they know they can call her anytime day or night and she'll come help them.  She's not completely happy with her life and jealous of her sister Emma, her carefree ways, and the night of sexiness she got to share with the hunk of Amanda's (and every other girl's) dreams-Ryan.  A bet from her sisters, and a little white lie she told about her and Ryan, leads to a sexy night that doesn't goes as planned but opens their eyes to each other's hidden facets.  Amanda soon discovers that Ryan is more than just a sex god and that he's been hiding deeper emotions behind a carefree facade.  She soon not only wants to be his lover but also his friend, but it will take a lot of work for her to convince him that she wants more and that he's worth the wait.Ryan was brought up in a hippie lifestyle that valued peace and quiet above all else.  When relationships got complicated you walked away.  Ryan has always enjoyed his flings and has remained friends with the women but never truly let them know him as his mother taught him.  He's the fun loving and dependable guy known for his calm demeanor.  He doesn't like chaos but Amanda and her family are nothing but chaos.  His first time out with Amanda, which is based on a bet, doesn't end quite the way he wants but it does leave him completely intrigued and wanting more.  He's never had to work to get a woman before but he knows Amanda's worth it and sets out to woo her in the best way possible.....by showing her how to have fun and taking away some of the burdens her family places on her.  It's not an easy journey to HEA as doubts and fears weigh on them both in an emotional roller-coaster ride full of sexual tension, steamy sexual encounters, and continuing family squabbles.Amanda and Ryan are a wonderful couple whose banter is ripe with sexual tension and leads to non-stop verbal foreplay.  When they do come together the interludes are HOT and nicely spaced throughout the story.  There's a slew of secondary characters, almost too many at times, that makes for one big happy (yet sometimes unhappy) family.  Each lends an intriguing facet to the group and I look forward to each and every one of them getting their HEA.  Ms. Nicholas has created a delightfully sexy romp with immensely likable characters and I look forward to reading future installments of this series.