Bright Lights and Summer Nights: Illustrated Cover Edition

Out of the three books in this series, this is by far my favorite. Kat Singleton really went out on top at the end of this series. Our FMC's quarter-life crisis is so relatable and I loved everything about this book.Qᴜɪᴄᴋ ꜱᴜᴍᴍᴀʀʏ: ᴇᴍᴍᴀ ɪꜱ ɪɴ ᴀ Qᴜᴀʀᴛᴇʀ-ʟɪꜰᴇ ᴄʀɪꜱɪꜱ. ꜱʜᴇ'ꜱ ᴜɴᴇᴍᴘʟᴏʏᴇᴅ, ꜱɪɴɢʟᴇ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴛᴇʟʟ ᴀɴʏᴏɴᴇ ꜱʜᴇ'ꜱ ᴀɴ ᴀʟʟ-ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴍᴇꜱꜱ. ꜱʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴄɪᴅᴇꜱ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴘᴇɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴜᴍᴍᴇʀ ᴀᴛ ʜᴇʀ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅ'ꜱ ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴀᴍᴘᴛᴏɴꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴅɪꜱᴄᴏᴠᴇʀ ʜᴇʀꜱᴇʟꜰ ᴀɴᴅ ꜰɪɴᴅ ʜᴇʀ ᴘᴀᴛʜ. ᴏɴ ʜᴇʀ ꜰɪʀꜱᴛ ɴɪɢʜᴛ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ, ꜱʜᴇ ꜱɴᴇᴀᴋꜱ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴀ ᴘᴀʀᴛʏ ꜰᴏʀ ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ꜰᴜɴ. ᴡʜᴀᴛ ꜱʜᴇ ᴅᴏᴇꜱɴ'ᴛ ᴇxᴘᴇᴄᴛ ɪꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴇᴇᴛ ᴘʀᴇꜱᴛᴏɴ ʀʜᴏᴅᴇꜱ, ᴛʜᴇ ɴꜰʟ ꜱᴛᴀʀ Qʙ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀɴʜᴀᴛᴛᴀɴ ᴍᴀᴍʙᴀꜱ, ʙɪʟʟɪᴏɴᴀɪʀᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴏɴᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏꜱᴛ ꜱᴇxɪᴇꜱᴛ ʙᴀᴄʜᴇʟᴏʀꜱ, ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʜɪᴍ ᴄʟᴀɪᴍ ʜᴇʀ ᴀꜱ ʜɪꜱ "ɢɪʀʟꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅ". ꜱʜᴇ ʀᴇʟᴜᴄᴛᴀɴᴛʟʏ ᴀɢʀᴇᴇꜱ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ʜɪꜱ ꜰᴀᴋᴇ "ɢɪʀʟꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅ" ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴇᴇᴋ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴇᴅᴅɪɴɢ ʙᴜᴛ ᴀꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴇᴇᴋ ɢᴏᴇꜱ ᴏɴ, ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ꜰᴀᴋᴇ ʀᴇʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴꜱʜɪᴘ ꜱᴛᴀʀᴛꜱ ᴛᴏ ꜰᴇᴇʟ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ʀᴇᴀʟ. ꜱᴏᴏɴ ᴇɴᴏᴜɢʜ, ᴇᴍᴍᴀ ꜱᴛᴀʀᴛꜱ ᴛᴏ ꜰᴏʀɢᴇᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴀʟ ʀᴇᴀꜱᴏɴ ᴡʜʏ ꜱʜᴇ ᴄᴀᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴀᴍᴘᴛᴏɴꜱ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇɢɪɴ ᴡɪᴛʜ...Preston might be a bit of a grump and a man of few words but the words he chooses are ones that any woman would want to hear. He was drawn to Emma instantly and that possessiveness he felt towards her made him that alpha MMC I just love. He was swoon-worthy and just the perfect contrast to Emma's sunshine and extrovert behavior that it made their chemistry pure fire on the page. I loved everything about him, especially his patience and understanding.Emma is so relatable and absolutely loved her story. I adored her playful nature, especially with Preston. Their banter was so fun and led to some great spice. Her journey to find herself and choose herself is something I thought was written wonderfully and powerful. I appreciated the time jumps too.I can't forget to mention Grams, Preston's grandmother, who provides levity and just some very touching moments. Overall, this was one of my favorite billionaire reads that I've read in a long time.Tropes & Elements:🏈 Pro Football Player MMC💖 Influencer FMC💸 Billionaire➶ Age Gap✨ Fake Dating☀️ Grumpy x Sunshine🏡 Forced Proximity🌶️ SPICY✌🏻 Dual POVMy rating: 4.75 out of 5 ⭐️

This was another book I didn't want to end and when it did I teared up 🥲Honestly how I'm surviving these books is beyond me. I'm tired of crying so much over these characters.There are parts of me that wanted to connect to Emma so badly, because I thought I related to her in the last books she was in, but this book with her as the FMC confirmed that she and I are nothing alike aside from our wish to be swept off our feet by a billionaire. And the difference being she actually was 😭I had a bit of trouble reading certain parts but overall? OVERALL, Kat really did the damn thing and ended this series with the perfect couple.I can't really say much else without spoiling it, but I absolutely love Preston aka "Sports Guy" and his absolute love and adoration for Emma is OUTMATCHED.A stellar book boyfriend to add to my collection!This story was amazing and every time I say "there's no way Kat can do better than this book", she proves me wrong. So I absolutely know she's going to crush the next book!But I swear if we don't get hints at Emma and Preston (and the rest of the gang) in future books, I WILL RIOT.As always I 100% recommend this book and any of Kat's books, this series has a special place in my heart and I hope everyone takes the time to read it! 🩷And btw, the spice in this book is 3/5 🔥🥵

Adored this book! Final book in the black tie billionaire series. Grandma was hilarious and I love a good fake dating story!

Such a beautiful, sexy and cute story!