Fluffy by Julia Kent
Series: Do-Over #1
Published by Prosaic Press Inc. on April 30, 2019
Genres: Contemporary Romance, Romance, Romantic Comedy
Pages: 282
Format: eBook
Source: Purchased
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It all started with the wrong Help Wanted ad. Of course it did.

I’m a professional fluffer. It’s NOT what you think. I stage homes for a living. Real estate agents love me, and my work stands on its own merits.

Sigh. Get your mind out of the gutter. Go ahead. Laugh. I’ll wait.

See? That’s the problem. My career has used the term “fluffer” for decades. I didn’t even know there was a more… lascivious definition of the term.

Until it was too late.

The ad for a “professional fluffer” on Craigslist seemed like divine intervention. My last unemployment check was in the bank. I was desperate. Rent was due. The ad said cash paid at the end of the day. The perfect job!

Staging homes means showing your best angle. The same principle applies in making a certain kind of movie. Turns out a “fluffer” doesn’t arrange decorative pillows on a couch.

They arrange other soft, round-ish objects.

The job isn’t hard. Er, I mean, it is — it’s about being hard. Or, well… helping other people to be hard.

Oh, man…

And that’s the other problem. A man. No, not one of the stars on the movie set. Will Lotham – my high school crush. The owner of the house where we’re filming. Illegally. In a vacation rental.

By the time the cops show up, what I thought was just a great house staging gig turned into a nightmare involving pictures of me with an undressed star, Will rescuing me from an arrest, and a humiliating lesson in my own naivete.

My job turned out to be so much harder than I expected. But you know what’s easier than I ever imagined?

Having all my dreams come true.

Ok, so… the synopsis of Fluffy really didn’t sound like it was going to be my kind of book. LOL. I mean, like the heroine, I had no idea what a fluffer was until one of my friends told me. I was worried Fluffy would be too much blushing for me, but this same friend told me that it really has nothing to do with fluffers and what fluffers do. The synopsis sounded funny otherwise (what a hilarious mistake to make!) and I’d seen some really great reviews, so I downloaded the free prequel novella (Little Miss Perfect), and thought I’d give this series a try! I was so sucked in by that novella that I read it in one sitting and immediately grabbed Fluffy to continue the story. I’m so glad I did, because this book was really, really fun!

Fluffy is hilarious. The texts between her and the guy who was hiring a fluffer on craigslist had me actually laughing, because I could see this happening to myself. Mallory is very smart and well put together, but she’s lacking in the street smarts. She shows up to the job, expecting to stage a home for some kind of film production and… walks into something that has her a bit mortified. Yes. It’s THAT kind of film. Her internal monologues were just so perfect! Mal’s childhood crush, Will, has been renting his family home out for various events and had no idea what was happening at his house until he showed up and found Mal. He shuts everything down and the police are called, and he saves Mal from even more embarrassment by vouching for her and confirming that there was no possible way she was lying about not knowing what she’d agreed to. It’s one of the most awkward and hilarious scenes I’ve ever read in romance, and set the stage for a very fun story. Mallory is still in desperate need of money, so she and Will enter into an agreement where, if she can sell his home, he will pay her a commission on the selling price. Flirting and feelings happen, and I just love these two together. Will is so dreamy and Mallory is just so sweet. They’re adorable together. Mallory’s two friends are also great, and they each get their own book in this series! I can’t wait to read it. I’m so excited I’ve discovered Julia Kent! I love her writing style and humor. Highly recommended!