Just Say Yes

By: Lena Hendrix

Narrated by: CJ Bloom, Ryan Hudson

Getting tangled up with an Olympic rugby player seems like the perfect way to forget about how my life is falling apart. Until I discover he’s my ex-boyfriend’s best friend.

Logan Brown walked into my small town with a charming grin and mischief in his eyes. He’s a world-class flirt and his confident masculinity is almost as distracting as those rugby thighs.

Given my inexperienced history, I’m no match for our undeniable chemistry. I vow to keep him at arm’s length. But with Logan, every lingering stare—every forbidden touch—awakens something inside of me I thought I had buried for good.

We both know we shouldn’t cross that line, but I have spent my entire life being a good girl, and suddenly I’m tempted to be very, very bad.

Especially when Logan tells me to just say yes.

©2025 Lena Hendrix (P)2025 Lena Hendrix

beautiful conclusion to the series

JULEP MY BABY GORLLLLLLL!! from book one of the sullivans family- i have adored my girl MJ, she is the absolute gem of this world. her shattering through her own view of herself being the funny side character and just the little sister was so so beautiful & well deserved. mr mustache was a hilarious and charismatic consent king, who is seriously the perfect match to light our girl MJ up!
i am going to miss the world of outtatowner so much, this universe has nestled its way into my heart and will never be dislodged!!

cj bloom and ryan hudson were swoon worthy choices for this narration, couldnt ask for any better!

tropes: exboyfriends best friend, rugby mmc, sports romance, small town romance, inexperienced fmc, he falls first, found family
vibes: hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content
Moderate: Violence, Death of parent
Minor: Toxic relationship, Medical content, Dementia

Just Say Yes Thoughts

⭐️ 3.5 ⭐️

I was super excited to finally get MJ’s story and see her get her long awaited happy ending. However, something about her and Logan’s story just didn’t hit right for me. Unfortunately, it felt a bit thrown together randomly to finish the entire series. I wish the MMC had been a character we got crumbs of throw out the entire series. In my opinion, that dynamic would have been more fun.

Tropes:
- ex’s best friend
- rugby player MMC
- frenemies to lovers
- forbidden
- small town

LOVED THIS BOOK!

I loved the whole series but this one might be my favorite. Story keeps you engaged

Ryan Hudson & CJ Bloom

Both voices are good in this one, although Ryan Hudson's delivery often seemed a little lacking in emotional depth. On the other side, CJ Bloom often seems a little over the top with her emotional expressing of the dialog - but overall I'd give them both a B+ for this narration.

MJ King and Logan Brown meet when he is visiting his grandfather at the assisted living facility where MJ works as a nurse. Logan gets the WRONG idea when he finds her having dinner with Arthur, and gets sent back out to apologize to her.

MJ is pretty inexperienced, considering she's 29 years old. And the one guy she did have experience with was a grade A jerk. And also, Logan's best friend.

Logan's entire adult life has revolved around rugby. He's getting up there in age, for an athlete in a sport this physical, with no idea what he would do if he wasn't playing.

He's a good guy, and soon realizes that there's more than just attraction between him and MJ - there's the glimmer of what a future without his sport could look like.

There's a little bit of the classic miscommunication between them - mostly him sending texts that are vague at best, when clarity would have shortened the story (haha).

But overall, it was an enjoyable read, and always good to get to see what our favorite citizens from Outtatowner are up to now.

Sweet Scale: 4/5
Spicy Scale: 3.5/5

hot damn

I have to say that I love MJ's story it's surprised me because well I just as a character I really wasn't invested in her like I was some of the other things but I really loved her story it's a story where the woman feels very insecure from past things that have happened and how she matures it's it's a great story and the male oh boy Mr Logan Brown he is hot like no other he is the perfect man I don't in athlete well built polite kind considerate and I think he's my new book boyfriend the way he's described in the story and presented in the story is just woo hot and I will say that the male narrator someone that I haven't really and not overly familiar with so he's newer to me he played him perfect like absolutely perfect he did an astounding job I just was very impressed with his narration well and I as far as the female CJ blue I love CJ boom she can do no wrong I've always loved her performances she does so well always elevates the story but it was really the male character the male narrator for me who just put the story over the top he did such a good job I can tell you I highly highly recommend the story even if you don't do any of the other kings this story could easily be done all by itself and is worth listening to trust me

Just Say There is More...

This is part 5 of an interconnected series (Just this Once, Just My Luck, Just Between Us, and Just Like That) that also intertwines with (One Look, One Touch, One Night and One Taste). Both story lines take place in a small town that continues to deliver to the swoon, mystery and of course a guaranteed happy ending.

I thoroughly enjoyed the main character MJ and was so glad to see that she too got her own book. This storyline did not disappoint and was the slow burn romance that I didn't know I needed. MJ and Logan's meet cute was laugh out loud funny and which drove their banter throughout the whole book.

You can read this as a standalone but highly recommend reading the rest of the series first!

Tropes:
Inexperienced FMC
Self Discovery
Frenemies to Lovers
Possessive MMC
Ex's Best Friend

Also, I absolutely loved the narrators! CJ Bloom is my absolute favorite female narrator and paired very well with Ryan Hudson!

BORING

10 hours of a book that could have been completed in and hour, and that’s being generous.

Really nothing to this storyline. Rey banks and the peak of the story is MJ hosing down her ex.

A bit of a letdown after the previous stories.