The Ex Files: Ocean View, Book 1

Cassandra Reynolds is the owner of The Ex Files, a matchmaking service where she goes on dates with men to spot their red flags, sees what they're all about. she goes on these dates with men to make sure they match with her clients, making the process as transparent and pain free as possible from the usuals of dating for her clients. Luke Dawson is a mechanic who is perfectly content with the life he has but when his sisters sign him up for a matchmaking service (guess who's), he realizes maybe he doesn't need a partner, but he definitely wants one. one problem: after one meeting, he doesn't want to get matched he wants the matchmaker 🤭she broke all her rules and lost herself in this man. she fell hard.. but he fell even HARDER! from the first date, this man knew she was the one."I know you can handle yourself; you've done it for long enough. But now I'm here. Three weeks, three years, or aN eternity, right now you're mine. You got that? You being mine means I take care of you."he is the blueprint and if your standards are already high, trust me when i say this man will raise them even higher!!! once he had his eyes set on her, nothing else mattered.my favorite quote because name a more whipped man: "I am so enamored and wrapped up in her in a way I don't want to come up."at some points i disliked cassie based on her mindset and actions but with parents like hers... how can you blame her/not feel for her? cassie's father made me want to rage hellfire. the absolute atrocities that came out of that man's mouth just to demean her was horrible... and then her mother?? like ma'am, STAND UP! that man don't belong to you, never did!!cassie deserved better parents, no wonder she had no self esteem and MAJOR trust issues. but Luke said don't worry im a patient man 🫶🏼.

Smut was very nice, a good level of naughty for these style contemporary romances. However there are so many errors in this ebook which is a little frustrating as it trips me up each time I read one.

What a sweet, heart full and amazing story! I love the fact that this time it was the women who had a hard time with commitment. Cassie and Luke will forever me my favorite couple now! I think I just might reread this book right now!

Such a fun story and I love Luke! I think Cassie is a boss and I love the ending so very much. This is sweet and spicy! An all around feel good read.

I found this author on tiktok and have already read two of her books. This book was wonderfully written with the adorable rom-com feel that makes you laugh and cry. Plus I also thought it was adorable that the author’s husband is a mechanic and the main character is a mechanic. Just adorable. My only complaint is that the book was MISSING PAGES. Like chapters ending without punctuation and sentences incompleted. It’s very difficult to have resolved and I don’t just want a replacement because I’ve already read it. Just do better amazon.

This book was like a 3.75 for me because it was good but I wasn’t sure but after the ending it’s more than that. I do wish she didn’t just say okay but it’s whatever. I loved Luke. He is too five book boyfriend for sure. I hated the little inner librarian metaphor thing because I just do but whatever. I truly think if it wasn’t in there I could overlook everything else and give it 5 stars. But I save that for when I love every thing which I was close with this book but not completely. I hated her family but luke was absolutely amazing and put them in their place. I just loved this couple so much. I especially loved the ending and how he went through all of their important moments. Absolutely made the book for me. Would recommend 100%. I’m going to give it a .5 star becuase it was that good but not completely there which is saying soemthing as I only have one book i thought was 5 stars or close to. 4.5/5

This was so so soooo good!! The only thing I was screaming while reading it was... "WHAT ABOUT DESTROYING HIM?? HE WILL HURT TOO!!!"

The Lord blessed me when this book popped in my KU recommendations, because LUKE M’FN DAWSON could get it! This man is utterly delicious!The premise of this book was cute, and not one I’ve read before. Cassie is a matchmaker. Luke’s meddling, lovable sisters, are tired of him being alone and convince him to sign up for Cassie’s services. Low and behold, he falls for the matchmaker.Cassie, where to start? Not gonna like, she annoyed the ever loving h3II out of me until the epilogue. She had an ok childhood and then once she was legally an adult, things went in the crapper in her family. I realize this molded her, and made it hard for her to trust, but she still annoyed me. It is what it is.Now Luke? Blue collar, dirty talking, sweet, I’d get on my dang knees for him, Luke Dawson? He is hands down one of the best MMC I’ve come across. He broke down every wall Cassie through at him, and made me swoon until the last page.This book would undoubtedly be 5 stars had Cassie not irked me so bad, but Lucas carried every one of these 4 stars on his back, and I’m here for it! The side characters definitely have my interest peaked and I can’t wait to continue the series!

2.75 ⭐️This book was a quick and easy read. First for me by this author, I would be happy to read others I’m not running to Amazon or anything but I’d definitely like to check out others.- Dual POV- Grumpy/sunshine in reverse- Small town romance- ‘She’s the one’Our two leads are Luke and Cassie, she is a bad@SS lady boss and he is a dirty talking machine.Cassie dates for a living, she started her own business from her dorm room and now she is a successful businesswoman who helps others find love. Ween out the creeps and the weirdos for those looking for a serious relationship. Though for a woman who can easily believe that love is out there for everyone, she doesn’t believe it for herself. She has a troubled past with her family and it’s made her jaded. Doesn’t help that due to her family she has many insecurities that she can’t get over.So when she goes on a date and Luke decides he’s playing for keeps, he wants her not a set up with someone else. How will she react? Will she let her walls down or will she build them so high even his dirty talking can’t break them.Luke comes from a beautiful family, they come from money but more than that, they have been the picture perfect HEA. When he sees this sassy, quick mouthed woman on the side of the road he knows he wants more of her, no way to find her and then BAM the dating company his sister made him use throws her right in front of him again. He isn’t going to waste this chance, two dates will never be enough.Is he determined enough to smash down her walls or will he mess it up before it even gets started?Can he make her see how beautiful she really is?One thing I was really made at the book for is the two weeks we missed, we missed them dating more than the ‘3 dates’ we missed them typically falling in love and it’s such a shame cause I think that would have been great to see. It definitely effected my rating here.All in all it was a cute, slightly hot, quick read.

Cassies and Lukes chemistry from when they met at the restaurant was definitely love at first sight. I loved how luke kept trying to bring her out of her shell. She made some awesome friends thanks to him. I loved when cassie finally realised shes worth a lot more then she gave herself credit for.

Cute story, but very hard to read due to formatting and grammar issues. Dialogue is confusing and doesn't flow right as the author doesn't reliably use speaker tags or clearly imply who's speaking. Also, a couple times the POV character changed in the middle of a page with no warning

Very sweet book, cute romance, honestly a perfect hallmark movie. Loved how Luke the MMC just decided nope this girl is for me, and spent the rest of the book working through her walls. We all need a man with as many green flags as that

It's not every day you see a man fight this hard for a woman. They were perfect for each other.