Jessica is smart and capable, and I like that she leans into the rumours about her cutthroat corporate ways, because it’s a great example of how women sometimes have to do things a little differently to succeed in the workplace. The vulnerability in feeling so deeply, yet without the willingness to give herself permission to do so is conveyed well and my heart broke for her when she found out the truth about her birth family. I liked the balance between Brooklyn’s friendly, laid back self, and her guarded nature after being raised in foster homes and a group home.

The characters are complex, but easily relatable. Brooklyn and Jessica know it’s a bad idea to flirt any further, but the more they run into each other, the less they can help it. It’s only when Brooklyn and Mallory show up to pitch for a huge Foster’s Foods campaign the next day when she finds out that the excellent kisser is none other than Jessica Lennox, head of their biggest rival who’s also vying for the same campaign. Luckily there’s a beautiful woman willing to pay who turns out to be just the right amount of flirty and an excellent kisser. Glass in hand, she’s about to drown her sorrows in a nice white at a trendy wine bar across the street when she remembers her wallet was in her car. Kiss the Girl opens on one of her weirder days, when she gets a speeding ticket, receives a call that her birth mother would like to initiate contact with her, and has her car towed when she parks it illegally while running in to a printer to grab some materials.

Not only is it my favourite book in the series, it’s my favourite of Brayden’s books (and yes, I’ve read them all).īrooklyn Campbell loves to drive fast, has her family of choice in her three best friends, and loves working with them at their small but mighty boutique ad agency, Soho Savvy. Kiss the Girl by Melissa Brayden is the first book in Brayden’s Soho Loft series.