Title: Whoa
Series: Westbrook Elite #6
Author: Cambria Hebert
Genre: Contemporary Sport Romance
Tropes: Friends to Lovers/Fake Engagement
Release Date: December 8, 2023
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Most people think I'm a moron. In actuality, I'm a man with a plan.
It's one of those three-year plans that takes longer than three years.
Still, I've been making it happen. Checking off those to-dos and turning them into to-dones.
Everything is almost lined up.
And then my phone rings.
By the time I get to Jess, she's unconscious and bleeding.
My carefully crafted plan blows up in my face.
I tell the hospital we're engaged. We aren't, but apparently, in that place, you need a permission slip to see your most important, so I do what has to be done.
I toss together an epic apology salad for when she opens her eyes, and when she does…
She asks me who I am.
I'm willing to overlook the insult since, you know, head injury, but then Nurszilla spills the beans on our pending nuptials.
And just like that, my friend turns into my fiancé, and I'm not even mad at it.
How could I be? Her curves fit in my arms perfectly. Kissing her is like whoa and makes me forget I'm living a lie.
I know I have to come clean, but someone dirtier than me is stalking my final girl, and until she remembers who, it's on me to keep her safe.
The closer we get, the guiltier I feel.
When all this is over, will she forgive me? Or will everything I've done cost me everything I've always wanted?
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AUTHOR BIO
Cambria Hebert is a bestselling novelist of more than fifty titles. She went to college for a bachelor's degree, couldn't pick a major, and ended up with a degree in cosmetology. So rest assured her characters will always have good hair.
Besides writing, Cambria loves a pumpkin spice latte, staying up late, sleeping in, and watching K drama until her eyes won't stay open. She considers math human torture and has an irrational fear of chickens (yes, chickens). You can often find her running on the treadmill (she'd rather be eating a donut), painting her toenails (because she bites her fingernails), or walking her chihuahuas (the real bosses of the house).
Cambria has written in many genres, including new adult, sports romance, male/male romance, sci-fi, thriller, suspense, contemporary romance, and young adult. Many of her titles have been translated into foreign languages and have been the recipients of multiple awards.
Awards Cambria has received include:
Author of the Year 2016 (UtopiaCon2016)
The Hashtag Series: Best Contemporary Series of 2015 (UtopiaCon 2015)
#Nerd: Best Contemporary Book Cover of 2015 (UtopiaCon 2015)
Romeo from the Hashtag Series: Best Contemporary Lead (UtopiaCon 2015)
#Nerd: Top 50 Summer Reads (Buzzfeed.com 2015)
The Hashtag Series: Best Contemporary Series of 2016 (UtopiaCon 2016)
#NERD Book Trailer: Best Book Trailer of 2016 (UtopiaCon 2016)
#Nerd Book Trailer: Top 50 Most Cinematic Book Trailers of All Time (film-14.com)
#Nerd: Book Most Wanted to be Adapted to Screen: (2018)
Amnesia: Mystery Book of the Year (2018)
Cambria Hebert owns and operates Cambria Hebert Books, LLC.
You can find out more about Cambria and her titles by visiting her website:
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[I received a digital arc for an honest review]
Whoa by Cambria Hebert is the 6th stand alone in her Westbrook Elite series. However, every book in this series is golden, so you should probably read them all...just saying.
Jessica has been in love with her best friend Ben since they were in middle school and vice verse. They never made it out of the friend zone because she thought she wasn't good enough for him and he was waiting for the moment that he could fully support them on his own without his trust fund. When Jess gets attacked for seeing something she wasn't meant to, it completely changes everything. Ben realizes he could have lost her before ever having her. Jess unfortunately wakes up with amnesia. Ben claims they're engaged in order to be allowed to remain at her side in the hospital. When Jess regains her memory and discovers his lies with it destroy their friendship and their future. Will it even matter if the person who hurt Jess succeeds the next time.
My heart clenched. God, I loved her. For so damn long. I always planned to make her mine. And now she was. But it was a lie.
I loved this one just as much as the first two M/F books of the series! Ben is just *swoon* with his possessiveness, over protectiveness and the way he absolutely cherishes her. Jess is such a sweetheart and when we get to her know her in the first half of the book we see her as an opening caring person. Also, totally enamored with Ben even when she wakes up without her memory, It's hard to believe she was able to keep her feelings at bay before. The two of them had me sighing, swooning , and just 100% invested in their outcome. Their chemistry is tangible from the moment he discovers that Jess is in trouble. His instincts and protectiveness goes into over drive. As she heals he tries to be a gentleman but she can't ignore the chemistry between them. The steam between them is hot damn and well written , Cambria Hebert writes a mean sex scene.
"You're mine," I rumbled, finding the hem of her shirt so I could get to skin. "Mine."
I can't review a Westbrook Elite series without mentioning the rest of the swim crew. Who are probably my favorite found family ever, or at least top 5. Ever past MC brings a smile to my face, their group chat gave me life lol Special shout out to Prism who is Ben's ride or die and a brother to Jess. He made me heart swell and I can't wait for him to find someone to cherish him .
Overall, Whoa was a fantastic romance that had all the drama and dangers that come with being the love of a Westbrook Elite swimmer ( ya'll these boy's girls have the worst luck) . A best friends to lovers romance with a found family swim team, memory loss, fake engagement, high steam, trauma coffee, piggyback rides, a touch her and die MMC, a FMC with final girl energy, and satisfying HEA.
---Written by Amanda---
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