Title: Nun Too Soon
Series: Bad Habit Book Club, #1
Author: Lissa Sharpe
Release Date: 18 April 2024

★★ BLURB ★★

Helen is just your normal, everyday librarian who writes romance novels on the side… except she also happens to be a former nun, new to life outside the order and to the dating scene. Helen isn’t just a virgin in her 30s– she’s never had a boyfriend, never kissed anyone, never even so much as held someone’s hand. Becoming a nun was always her path, until it wasn’t anymore, and trying to forge a new path in life has been…tricky.

What isn’t tricky? Her unrequited crush on the handsome library patron that Helen and her friends have affectionately nicknamed ‘The Red Unicorn’ -- a man who loves to read, looks great in glasses, and has red hair, aka Helen’s dream man. But the idea of dating is still intimidating, so Helen prefers to daydream about Thad from afar, turning him into her perfect romance novel hero.

Thad is far from perfect, not like the smart, sexy librarian he’s been surveilling. Thad is a bounty hunter who’s determined to find Helen’s brother, Dean, and he’s certain Helen is the key to tracking Dean down. Thad never plans to approach Helen or insert himself into her life–until it becomes clear he’s not the only one looking for Dean. The other people after him are bad news, and Helen’s going to get caught in the crossfire if Thad doesn’t intervene.

As Thad and Helen work together to find Dean, they actually get to know each other, soon realizing that the perfect, ideal versions they have of each other couldn’t be more wrong…but that who they are together might actually be just right.

'Nun Too Soon' is a full-length contemporary romance and can be read as a standalone. Book #1 in the Bad Habit Book Club series, Seduction in the City World, Penny Reid Book Universe.

Caroline's Review
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

I couldn’t put this book down!! Totally addicted to it.

"The air between us is charged with an intense electric current, making everything sharper and brighter."

Helen Flanagan, 31, former nun, virgin, librarian, prefers to wear oversized clothes that cover her from the neck down, blushes easily and has no idea that she's a walking thirst trap.

"I don't know how or why she has this power over me, but it feels like I lose control of myself whenever I'm with her, like everything is weighted and meaningful in a way I don't totally understand."

Thaddeus Hughes, roughly the same age, former reality TV star, bounty hunter, loner, unprofessionally attracted to his target, but needs to get close in order to hunt down her rogue brother.

"You're playing with fire, Helen. If you want something from me, you can't trick me into doing it. You have to be the one to say it."

These two had tension for days, certain levels of mistrust due to their own personal hangups and disappointments, and chemistry that thrilled the pants off me! I 'heart' them so much. I loved how Thad just found everything about Helen so adorable. I liked the sensitivity he showed towards her, even though sometimes it annoyed her. Helen was awkward, direct and so blinking cute! I cheered her on as she grew from naive little kitten - tired of people making decisions for her or taking advantage of her to - into a roaring lioness - a woman who knew what she wanted and wasn't shy about it. This story was wonderful, heartfelt, so sexy and funny!