From the Stacks: Falling for the Wingman by Crista McHugh

For the final From the Stacks post for the day, we have the newest release by Crista McHugh, set to hit shelves March 3rd. I was given the privilege of reading it early thanks to NetGalley, and I can say that I am very much looking forward to the rest of the series. So, the third book in the Kelly Brothers series is Falling for the Wingman, which follows third brother Caleb.

Air Force pilot Caleb Kelly has come back home with one mission in mind-to propose to the woman whose letters and lucky charm helped him survive his deployment in Afghanistan. But when he finds their apartment empty with a note saying she's left him, he arrives at her mother's house in rural Alabama less than a week before Kourtney is about to marry another man. Now he's out to win her heart again and gets some unexpected assistance from her younger sister, Alex. 

Alex Leadbetter has always thought Caleb was too good for her manipulative, social-climbing sister. She had assumed Kourtney's identity to write letters to him and keep his spirits up until he returned home to the hard truth, never expecting to fall in love with him along the way. After he shows up in town, she convinces him that the best way to get Kourtney back is to make her think he's fallen for someone new - her. But when a fake romance becomes all too real, her deception may leave them both grounded.

Overall Rating: 5/5

Plot: Okay, so these are extremely quick reads. I read Ben's book and Caleb's book in about three hours, and that was with working at the same time. This major chunk of this story probably takes place in a shorter time than the others, about a week or so, but it is so adorable and makes you feel good reading it. This is a fun story where guy thinks he's in love with one sister, when he doesn't even realize that he's been conversing with the other the whole time. It's also fun to see how two people pretending to have a relationship can actually turn into a real relationship. Oh, and we get to see further progression of Adam and Lia's relationship.

Characters: Alex is the best leading lady so far in the series. I relate to her so much more than I have Lia or Hailey. You honestly can't help but fall for Alex, so it's no wonder that Caleb does. She is smart, sincere, laid-back, and just everything Caleb needs in his life, even as he basically pines for Kourtney who is the complete opposite of her sister. It was also great to watch as Caleb starts to realize that first he is having a physical attraction to Alex and then that he is slowly starting to fall for the girl who he has been treating as his wingman to win back her sister. Ben and Hailey may have had the most emotional story so far, but Caleb and Alex have the cutest and most simplistic. It was simply adorable. Now I have to wait until this summer to really dig into the story of Dan, who is apparently a huge geek. I so look forward to that.

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