A cute, fairly standard small town rom-com. I enjoyed reading this, though I had some issues with the pacing and development. It felt like things were moving steadily along, but looking back, it feels like I missed a few chapters. It felt like Pat and Lindy jumped from exes to happily in love without much middle. The Rachel plotline also felt a bit unresolved.

I went into this book completely blind and oh my God what a pleasant surprise this book was. To be honest the title did not intrigue me much but I am a sucker for graphic book covers (so much for don't judge a book by its cover).
I was hooked from the first 10 pages itself. If you loved the shows, Schitt's Creek and Gilmore Girls, then this book is definitely for you. It is a perfect mix of funny, romantic, emotional and cute. Believe me you wont regret reading this book.

Read this one if you like:
-second-chance romance
-marriage of convenience
-small town vibes
- slow burn

Addicting, emotional and unputdownable.

When a book has the ability to make you laugh tears of joy and place a permanent smile on your face while also tugging at your heartstrings and making you feel all of the feels, you know it’s going to be a top favourite read.

I loved the storyline and have become addicted to Emma St. Clair’s beautiful prose. She makes storytelling seem effortless and I can’t get enough of her pen. Emma did a fantastic job with the plot of The Buy-In, and I truly enjoyed the marriage of convenience and second chance romance tropes. Pat and Lindy’s story was very entertaining, and I loved watching their romance unfold from start to finish. It made me laugh, smile, and swoon my heart out, and the ending was perfect and made me so incredibly happy.

The Buy-In was an excellent beginning to The Graham Brothers series, and I absolutely loved Pat and Linda’s second chance love story. It was sweet, funny, emotional, swoon-worthy, and entertaining, and I can’t wait to devour more from this series.

I really enjoyed reading this book! The characters were very compelling and the setting was so vivid! In this book, we follow our main character who is just trying to live her life with her niece and then her past brightest love comes back into her life. She must then decide if she will open her heart again to love. It was a beautiful book and I loved it. I highly recommend it. Lots of sexual tension throughout and just fun main characters. Read it!!!

Thanks to #netgalley and #emmastclair for this ARC. It is available now as it was published on January 25.

There are certain books that you read and you can only hope and pray that the author has any kind of backlist that you get to devour. Emma, well, she has over a dozen plus books on her backlist and I can't wait to explore!

This book itself is a fabulous small-town, second chance, marriage of convenience, slow burn meetup that was just so lovely. I've been reading a fair number of steamier romances lately and so I personally did miss that part of things but the love between Lindy and Pat was not to be denied!

I absolutely love falling in love with a big family and getting to watch each of them fall in love, getting to enjoy those family dynamics along the way. Had some almost #BergmanBrothers type vibes at times. At the end of the epilogue, you're introduced to the next victim of Cupid's arrow and the one he'll fall in love with. Looks like it'll be a fantastic enemies to lovers book that I can't wait to get my hands on.

This book was a little lighter than I typically go for but I couldn't deny it a 4! If you're like me and haven't checked out any of Emma's writing yet, I hope this makes you do so. If you have, suggest me what book I should go for next!

This book was read thanks to NetGalley.

I LOVED THIS BOOK, THE STRONG BUT CRAZY IN LOVE MEN ARE MY FAVORITES AND THIS IS THE CASE WITH HIM AND I LOVED HOW HE PERFECTLY FITS HERE. IT HAS FAKE MARRIAGE TROPE AND I JUST LOVE THIS BOOK. HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT IT HAS LOVE AND LAUGHS AND EVERYTHING

Emma St. Clair does it again! I fell in love with her funny banter with the Love Tropes series, but The Buy-In might be my new favorite book of hers. Marriage of convenience is such a fun trope and I felt like it was done seamlessly in The Buy-In. It was believable, the chemistry was there and I was here for every second of it.

I loved Pat. Like loved him SO MUCH! Despite his manly and muscular football appearance, he is a true hopeless romantic at heart. While his brothers find his life of restlessness annoying and impulsive, I loved that he was all-in as soon as he stepped foot in Sheet Cake. Pat is gentle and caring, especially when it comes to Lindy and Jo and I loved seeing a hero that was not only a dreamer, but also emotional. His acts of love had me swooning. The ADHD rep was spot on with his character.

Goodness, I just wanted to give Lindy a hug. Her backstory is incredibly heartbreaking. Poor girl has the world on her shoulders and is doing the best she can. Her fight to maintain custody of her niece Jo had me in my emotions throughout the entire book. Despite having the odds stacked against her, Lindy is such a fierce heroine, but has high defenses and hardened walls. Yet she makes Pat want to settle down and plant roots, even though she has a fear of being left (again).

Sweet, precocious Jo had my heart from her first appearance. Her character brought the comic relief, but also the heart of the story. Add to it the supporting cast of the residents of Sheet Cake and I cannot wait to see where this story goes next. St. Clair did an amazing job of world building and I can already tell that the next book is going to be just as good as this one.

The Buy-In is a marriage of convenience, second chance close door romance that brings witty humor packed full of emotions in between. The pop culture references were spot on and had me laughing the entire book. A huge thanks to the author for an advanced copy!

Excellent! Characters are flawed, funny, and relatable. Loved all the scrapes they got into -- the situations were hilarious, but somehow still totally believable. Great chemistry between Pat and Lindy, I was definitely rooting for them! In the last third of the book, the internal monologues got to be a little much for my personal preferences, but still very enjoyable.

In this new novel by Emma St. Clair, we see Theodore "Think Tank" Graham, retired football player buy a town in Texas to make over with his grown children, including former NFL player, Pat Graham. But this isn't just any town. It's Sheet Cake, Texas, home of the Annual Sheet Cake Festival, and Pat's former flame, Lindy. Pat is determined to win her back--and convince his brothers and sister to help transform the town.

While this novel requires an immense suspension of disbelief, its whacky antics and unexpected turns made me laugh out loud at times, and the book was a joy to read from start to finish. It sucked me in from the very first page and was immensely binge-able. With equally interesting side characters, I am already looking forward to the next book in this new spin-off series!

Thanks to the author for my eARC. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

5 stars - 9/10

#thebuyin #netgalley

Emma St. Clair is a master at romantic comedies! She does it again with The Buy In, I loved reading this fresh storyline. It was fun, witty, silly, and of course full of romance.

my first emma st clair book and oh my gosh im in love. i loved the story and the ADHD rep. i wish it wasnt as strung out and repetitive as it was but it is so good!!!

"Dad, you can't just Schitt's Creek a town."

It all picks up with Sheet Cake, Texas. And a romance that had an abrupt end 5 years earlier. Dreams died and were made smaller. Tragedy struck Lindy's mom and her sister Rachel skipped out on her responsibilities.

This story was cute and sweet, stressful and frustrating. At times it felt a little repetitive and strung out. Lindy has abandonment and trust issues, and Pat has terrible timing. But together they equal more than when they are apart.

What got to me was the capital words to emphasize them. It's SUPER annoying. I should have started counting at the VERY BEGINNING! I took off an ENTIRE star because of it.

Point made. But cute book. I'll even give the next one a read if I'm lucky enough to score an ARC.

Thanks to Netgalley for this ARC. The above review is my own.

I absolutely loved this book! This was my first Emma St. Clair book and it definitely won’t be the last. This book is definitely a rom com and a second chance at love. With depth and some quiet characters. It had me cracking up all the way through especially during the grill incident lmao. I loved Pat and his family and their relationship with each other. Especially with his dad Tank! I also loved Pat and Lindy’s relationship. I am so happy for the happy ending! Can’t wait to read the second book of the series. Thank you NetGalley and Emma St. Clair for giving me a chance to read this book!

I am obsessed with anything this author writes. This romcom did not disappoint! In fact it’s now one of my favs of hers. Loved the main characters, the small town feel and the comedy.

I am a sucker for romcoms and this was no exception. Someone please sign me up for the next flight to sheet cake, texas!

From the main couple’s storyline to the added commentary of the people of sheet cake, this was such a fun read. I haven’t read that many small town romances so this was something new and I found myself loving it!

You have a second chance romance, marriage of convenience and the best side characters ever.. how can you not be in love with this book?

so excited to see the stories of the future characters expanded!

𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙝𝙚’𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙣𝙞𝙥. 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙗𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙—𝙢𝙖𝙣-𝙣𝙞𝙥? 𝙀𝙬. 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙤𝙤 𝙣𝙞𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙮.

★ ★ ★ ★.5

I adore this book. It’s one of the funniest books I’ve read in a long time. I had a huge, giddy smile on my face the majority of the time I was reading this.

Pat is now my new book boyfriend and it’s going to take a lot to knock him off that top spot. He is honestly perfect.

Firstly, Pat loves romance shows. Need I say more? He also does the most adorable giggle (well, it’s adorable in my head) when he’s nervous. It makes we want to reach through the book and squeeze him.

I’d say Lindy’s character was fine. There wasn’t anything particularly special about her. However, I did appreciate how strong she was. She had a lot of things she was dealing with and she handled it all so well.

My favourite thing about this book was the mental health representation - Pat had ADHD. I feel like the author handled it so respectfully. It wasn’t done just to tick a box but rather it actually played a part in the story. It also taught me a lot about the condition aswell which makes me really respect the author. As a mental health sufferer myself I always think it’s important to raise more awareness around mental health conditions.

I was addicted to this book from the very first chapter and if I didn’t have to face the real world (essays…you suck) then I would have finished this in a day. I highly recommended you go read this book right now.

✦ Tropes included: second-chance romance, single parent, marriage of convenience

3.5/5 stars

This book is very sweet small town romance just as the cover suggests! I had no idea it was a closed door romance, but it is!

This is my first time reading a book by this author and the first thing I noticed is how much voice there is throughout the book. Does that make sense? Like I can picture the tones of their voices and stuff based on the writing. Anyways, the dialogue was my favourite part of the book, the banter was really fun! I've been enjoying small town romances more lately too.

I'm beginning to see a pattern of my preferences, and it's that I'm not a fan of stubborn characters. Lindy is a very independent character that is in need of help, but doesn't ask for it. With a marriage of convenience to Pat, her ex-boyfriend that she never got over, she still has trouble accepting his help. I get that, but to a certain extent. It took a long time getting into this book fir her to finally let her guard down and let Pat in. Again, this is totally a me thing!!

Either way, I am very intrigued to read about Winnie and James in the next book. James is a grumpy grump and Winnie's boss, and I'm very here for it!😍

Thank you to NetGalley and the author for the earc in return for an honest review.

I absolutely adored this book. I fell in love with the characters and their friends and family. I'm so excited this is a series because I can't wait to read more. I found this book laugh out loud funny and I was rooting for the main characters the whole way through. This book is a must-read for Romance readers!

Have you ever read a story that you wish you could live in? Yeah that was this book for me, I didn't want it to end but at the same time I couldn't put it down. It was such a light, fun read for me; I enjoyed every second of this adorable story. This story is a dual-POV following Lindy's very comlpicated life and Pat's, the ex football player that broke Lindy's heart. To both of their surprises Pat's father, Tank, buys the town that Lindy lives in. After Pat makes an alarming visit into Lindy's life she is unsure of what to do, proceed and follow her heart or keep her walls up because she now not only has to protect her own heart but also her niece's, Jo. This book is by far one of the best rom-coms I have read, I cried, I laughed, and most importantly I fell in love. I cannot wait to read the next book to know about Pat's brother, James.

Initially, I got hooked with the book's synopsis (esp the mention of Schitt's Creek) and I must say consider me surprised for really liking it!

We have sweet, second chance romance. Romantic comedy. Marriage of convenience. Small town with a nosy internet community. Redeeming hero. What else could I ask for?

Pat's father bought a small-town named Sheet Cake. Coincidentally, it is also the town where his college beau, Lindy, is from. Upon seeing her again, Pat is set to win her back, Sheeters be damned.

I love the fact that our couple dealt with their issues of the past earlier in the story. While there's still doubts, especially from the heroine, her issues were written in a way the reader is able to relate with her. Their romance was so sweet, it didn't need to have any steamy scenes to make it better.

*I received an eARC of this book in exchange of an honest review.Thank you NetGalley for the oppurtunity.