Cocksure Kindle Edition

Shiloh Walker is an author that is not afraid of a provocative title. She has more than one provocative book title. Again, this book is way more than a title. It tackles real issues while dealing with the dubious glamour of a successful actor. Luke has understandable issues. His anchor is Sabrina. When faced with trying ease his mother's concerns, he throws himself into a fake engagement with his personal assistant, Sabrina. Sabrina loves him and understands his motivation, so she agrees. They are thrown into a whirlwind of family, friends, and fans. It is not all good as they draw closer together.I always enjoy this author. She is always worth a read and is still one of my favorites.

This was so much better than I expected it to be. I knew from the title and the recent trademark situation what this author was doing, but I really wasn’t sure what the story was going to be like. I couldn’t have been more thrilled at just how GOOD it was!An incident in Luke’s life when he was young has haunted him throughout the years but with the help of his assistant, Sabrina, he has managed it to some small degree. When he is called home due to a family emergency he finds himself making an outlandish proclamation. What follows results in a truly romantic story as he finds himself falling in love with his best friend.Sabrina has been in love with Luke for years but she’s not a pushover when it comes to him. And yet, when he needs her to stand by him after he makes a crazy statement to his mother, she never really hesitates. She’s living her dreams knowing in the end she’ll have to let them go. But for now, she’s allowing herself to be consumed by Luke and what they have…albeit temporarily.I’ll admit there’s an issue with Luke at the very beginning that I was not a fan of. It’s also one of those things that makes it hard for me to like friends-to-lovers and boss-employee-to lovers tropes. However, I’m a relatively lenient reader so I chose to push that issue aside and just enjoy the rest of this story. As a result, I ended up really enjoying this couple as they work together, trust each other, and share their secrets. Their dynamic was perfection and is the stuff you know exists in real life.This is a lengthier book than I thought it would be but I never once skimmed. It does not repeat itself nor does it get bogged down with a lot of self-introspection. The steam is absolutely scorching and the secondary characters’ main goal was to help the story along rather than steal the limelight or lay foundation for future books.The angst is light up until the last portion when Luke and Sabrina have a major conflict and then it is elevated but not what I would call gut clinching. I especially enjoyed how hard Luke had to work to win his woman – romance readers who love groveling will appreciate this.Unfortunately, it doesn’t have an epilogue which I felt it needed and I desperately wanted. I may pout about that fact for a while because I wanted one so badly. Nevertheless, if you enjoy this trope I highly recommend this one.I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book provided by NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Cocksure is the first in Shiloh Walker's new series, Cochrans of Cocker County, and introduces us to Luke Cochran, cocky playboy both on and off the big screen. His story is a diverse mix of tropes with friends-to-lovers, employer-employee, and fake-relationship all thrown into one book. And then there was an added surprise of some emotional storylines being brought in. All together in made for one very intriguing story.Sabrina and Luke made a cute couple which only helped to keep the book so interesting and it had me eager to flip each page to see what would happen with them. The friends-to-lovers trope usually isn't my favorite but I do have a favorite part of these stories and it's when the characters finally realize that they're perfect together and that their relationship isn't fake. Well in this one I adored that scene and the way Luke handled it, which only solidified my love for them.I do have to say, though, that the ending lost me a bit since I was expecting a lot more to be said or revealed about certain things but they ended up just kind of ending. It made the story feel a little incomplete for me when it came to those things, but the romance between Sabrina and Luke was certainly complete and had a great HEA. Definitely a book I would recommend.Random P.S. It was a little weird to read my own name in a book for a heroine, especially when Luke had the nickname of "Ina" for Sabrina, which isn't a nickname I've ever heard before.