{"id":311058,"date":"2025-11-22T11:30:04","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T11:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/start-us-up-by-lexi-blake\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T11:30:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T11:30:04","slug":"start-us-up-by-lexi-blake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=311058","title":{"rendered":"Start Us Up by Lexi Blake"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Start Us Up (The Park Avenue Promise, Book 1) by Lexi Blake<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Narrated by Kitty Bang<\/strong><\/h3>\n

First standalone in an interconnected series. Women\u2019s Fiction\/Romance.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

I received Start Us Up by Lexi Blake<\/strong><\/em><\/a> in a swag bag at a book con last year and finally got around to reading it after getting it signed at another book con in Montana this year. To me, Lexi Blake is synonymous with the Masters and Mercenaries series<\/a> that\u2019s all sexy alpha males. Start Us Up<\/em> is not that. It\u2019s a unique, smart romance featuring strong, capable women and a Golden Retriever\u2013type hero.<\/p>\n

Ivy Jenson has returned home after her successful start-up collapsed because of a huge mistake made by her ex, which he pinned on her. Her once-promising career tanked while his star rose. She\u2019s a coder and works in tech, but her real strength is taking start-ups to market and securing investment. Start Us Up focuses on female friendships and business as much as the romance, and I genuinely enjoyed that.<\/p>\n

Ivy\u2019s two best friends give her tough love, but they\u2019re truly supportive. One of them introduces her to Heath, who\u2019s building an app and needs guidance. Heath is working on an AI matchmaking app modeled after his grandmother\u2019s real-life matchmaking business. Heath\u2019s grandmother, Ivy\u2019s difficult mother, and Ivy\u2019s wild, wealthy mentor all add to the fun cast of characters and the layered relationships explored alongside the romance.<\/p>\n

After years in the industry and the worst betrayal by her ex, Ivy is jaded AF and refuses to get involved with a colleague ever again. But Heath is everything. He\u2019s supportive, steady, and refuses to let her push him away no matter how hard she tries.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI realize I\u2019ve spent the last year so focused on getting back to the top that I haven\u2019t let myself want anything else. I want him. I want everything he can give me.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The story is told only from Ivy\u2019s POV (first person), and it\u2019s as much a journey of personal growth and her relationships with the women in her life as it is a love story.<\/p>\n

Likes:<\/strong><\/h3>\n