Title: Not A Side Chick
Series: Don't Date Him #3
Author: Lani Lynn Vale
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Tropes: Grumpy (Her) / Sunshine (Him)
Forced Proximity, Who Hurt You, Small Town
Release Date: March 10, 2026
BLURB
Edith “Eddy” Wheeler was having a bad day.
A no good, very bad day.
It’s understandable, really. I mean, there didn’t seem to be anything worse than walking in on your elderly parents doing things no child should ever see. Add into that their proclivities, and Eddy is disgusted and disturbed.
So of course, after seeing the atrocious things her parents—the pastor and pastor’s wife that are supposed to be holy and a teacher of faith—are into, she makes it her life goal to expose them to their masses. The cult-like following her father has will see him for the man he is—an abuser who gets a sick thrill at seeing his girls suffer.
She will no longer allow the people of Sawtooth, Montana, to think that they’re safe when they’re anything but.
That’s where Weaver Grant comes in.
A sexy lineman who climbs poles for a living, has forearms that can break a woman in mind, body, and soul, and a smile that does things deep inside of her that she refuses to acknowledge just yet.
She has a plan.
A really good one, too.
But that plan dies a thousand deaths when she’s attacked by a bear on a hike that she was using to cleanse her soul. She thought she was supposed to be afraid of men, but that rabid bear showed her a new side of herself.
She spends weeks in the hospital, and a certain hot lineman takes it upon himself to see her healthy again. He never leaves her side. He solves all her problems. And he shows her how a real man treats a woman.
But once she’s healed and her world is once again righted, will he have a reason to stay since she no longer needs saving?
REVIEW
Reviewer: Heidi
Rating: 5 Groupie Stars
This is book 3 in the series and each one has been brilliant so far ! It’s as if with each book the series just gets better but I think it’s because with each book you get more invested with characters you’ve met before and they’ve now become family and friend #imweirdthatway#ππ
So Eddy walks in on her pastoral parents and company doing despicable things and she’s sick and shocked to her core but she does the right thing and heads straight to Sheriff Black with her evidence but clamping down on them and bringing them to justice isn’t going been clean cut and he calls on Apollo , Weaver and the Dixie Wardens MC to help him ….
Our introduction to Weaver and his sister Pippa was heartbreaking and nerve wracking to say the least and it ends up with a dead federal agent , a family torn apart and an innocent man serving life for a crime he didn’t commit and Apollo makes his appearance and gives him a fresh start in Montana along with the Dixie Wardens and company ….
Eddy and Weaver start off as “ crime fighters “ but there’s chemistry from the start and when she survives a bear attack Eddy has Weaver as her carer and he’s so good at it I feel like looking for a bear of my own πππ΅π«
Eddy and her twin Nettie are soccer stars but only nettie went pro because injuries ended Eddy’s career but she still coaches at the local high school and her players adore her and their bond is something special and I wish more kids had this ….
There was so much to keep me busy in this book , the disgusting parentals and their company being brought to justice , Pippa and Weaver reuniting albeit short lived ( she’s got a battle of her own to fight ) Boston getting to live with her dad and I must admit the 3 of them ( Eddy, Weaver , Boston ) make for a special family unit π₯°
I didn’t want this to end but knowing there’s more to follow placated me and believe you me when I tell you I’ve started the countdown for 14 April when book #4 release I just have to know what happens between Boone and Nettie because these 2 are off the charts with their love/ hate relationship π
So Eddy walks in on her pastoral parents and company doing despicable things and she’s sick and shocked to her core but she does the right thing and heads straight to Sheriff Black with her evidence but clamping down on them and bringing them to justice isn’t going been clean cut and he calls on Apollo , Weaver and the Dixie Wardens MC to help him ….
Our introduction to Weaver and his sister Pippa was heartbreaking and nerve wracking to say the least and it ends up with a dead federal agent , a family torn apart and an innocent man serving life for a crime he didn’t commit and Apollo makes his appearance and gives him a fresh start in Montana along with the Dixie Wardens and company ….
Eddy and Weaver start off as “ crime fighters “ but there’s chemistry from the start and when she survives a bear attack Eddy has Weaver as her carer and he’s so good at it I feel like looking for a bear of my own πππ΅π«
Eddy and her twin Nettie are soccer stars but only nettie went pro because injuries ended Eddy’s career but she still coaches at the local high school and her players adore her and their bond is something special and I wish more kids had this ….
There was so much to keep me busy in this book , the disgusting parentals and their company being brought to justice , Pippa and Weaver reuniting albeit short lived ( she’s got a battle of her own to fight ) Boston getting to live with her dad and I must admit the 3 of them ( Eddy, Weaver , Boston ) make for a special family unit π₯°
I didn’t want this to end but knowing there’s more to follow placated me and believe you me when I tell you I’ve started the countdown for 14 April when book #4 release I just have to know what happens between Boone and Nettie because these 2 are off the charts with their love/ hate relationship π
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