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Sharkbait (The Natural History Series Book 3) Kindle Edition

by Erin Mallon (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 64 ratings
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My name is Louise and I’m a serial-monogamist marine biologist.

Try saying that five times fast.

Fresh out of an awful relationship and tired of always doing the right thing, this girl is finally saying “screw it” and having herself a meaningless fling.

Here’s the thing about flings though: they only work if you keep feelings out of the equation.

Well, that won’t be a problem for a sensible scientist like me… that is, until a one night stand with a hot single dad rocks my world and blows my plans completely out of the water.

If I’ve learned anything from the ocean world, it’s that those with the hardest shells have the most to fear. And something tells me this guy is going to crack mine wide the hell open.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0B5K7QZTY
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (September 27, 2022)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 27, 2022
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3461 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1736925849
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 64 ratings

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Erin Mallon

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Erin Mallon's debut romantic comedy novel, Flirtasaurus releases in July 2020. She is an award-winning narrator of over 500 books and an accomplished playwright and producer in New York City. She has written over 40 plays, which have been produced Off-Broadway and all over the country, including These Walls Can Talk, a raucous theatrical love letter to the romance audiobook community. She lives in a little yellow house on the outskirts of NYC with her husband and Three J's. http://www.erinmallon.com

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4.4 out of 5
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In recovery at the aquarium
This is my first book by Erin Mallon and what a great and fun book it was.The main characters both odd quirks and great friends and some live in the same circles and never new about till one chance meeting that changes the course of everything.So get read for some game show fun, painting with sea lions and the innocence only a child can bring to the table.I have voluntarily left this review.
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JanfromNJ
5.0 out of 5 stars a sweet, funny romcom with so much heart…. I loved every page.
Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2022
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This is my favorite in “The Natural History Series” and Erin gives us laugh out loud inappropriate moments as well as all the feels as Louise struggles with accepting a positive, romantic, good man in her world. That would be James. Louise has been the stoic, calm, helpful friend in this series, but in this book, we see her childhood history, her current struggles, and how scared she is of letting her walls down for James. And James? He’s every woman’s full on dreamy bartender/businessman.

All of the characters/friends from the previous 2 books are back and it’s all entertaining, great fun. Louise is a marine biologist, an accomplished artist, works at an aquarium, and her bonding with an injured sea lion is priceless. There are friend adventures and good times where you’ll laugh so hard. And James trying to show Louise they are more than “a fling” is totally charming.

I truly enjoyed this series. Thank you Erin for great reads.
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Lisa X
4.0 out of 5 stars The bartender and the biologist
Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2023
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This is a great story of the bartender and the biologist. I loved them working to get together. They both are cute and they have ups and downs and a little help from their friends.

We see a the characters from the last two books. At times I really felt they were over the top almost I to the annoying stage. I don't remember them being that way in their books but maybe I need a relisten. Mabel is the worst offender. I did still enjoy the men they hooked up with. I will say the praying mantis’ were so funny.

I did listen to this on audio. Erin Mallon and Teddy Hamilton did the narration. They both were enjoyable to listen to.
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Stacey
5.0 out of 5 stars What a fabulous RomCom!
Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2022
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Erin’s experience as a narrator and playwright comes through in her novel writing. Her stories have this wonderful flow and the character interactions are so conversational with fabulous comedic and/or poignant timing. It seems with each book of the series, the main characters dealt with bigger issues and more complicated situations. With the way the friend group evolved in the books, you just knew they would have the support needed. I love this crew! They are silly, kind, caring, hilarious, and perfect!

Erin writes smart, fun, flawed women that are very easy to relate to. You can see yourself in each of them. Louise was no exception. She writes supportive men who help lift up their women, fall head over heels, and keep the heroine in check when needed. I love this, and I loved James!

Something about this story tugged at me. I couldn’t get enough. This was everything I want in a modern RomCom. The perfect balance of sass, humor, growth, silly, swoon, and love. What a perfect story to close out this series!
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Eric Austin
3.0 out of 5 stars Book is falling apart
Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2022
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Binding is coming apart in book as soon as it was taken out of package
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3.0 out of 5 stars Book is falling apart
Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2022
Binding is coming apart in book as soon as it was taken out of package
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Lisa M. Mandina
5.0 out of 5 stars ROFLOLLMAO funny!! LOVED IT!
Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2022
I loved this final full length novel of the Natural History series. Erin Mallon’s humor in these books is perfection! Or at least it is my perfectly matched to my own sense of humor! I loved getting to be back with Calliope from Flirtasaurus and Mabel from Lovebug. And oh my gosh was Mabel definitely #unchained or whatever different craziness she was about at the time!

This book had the same crazy out there wackiness of the situations the characters found themselves in or how they reacted to people or events around them. And while the first book will always be my favorite, because, dinosaurs, this one came pretty close to being better than the first two in that I LOVED getting both sides of the story as it alternated between Louise and James. While the love interests in the first two books, Ralph (snort-laugh) and Wally, definitely had their personalities shine through with Mallon’s writing, James getting his own voice in this story just made everything even better!

Now the family issues in this one were definitely deep for Louise, Cold Brew as James nicknamed her, they made sense and I liked how they were all wrapped up in the end. I feel like it was done realistically. The single dad bit as well, what a unique situation James had that led to his daughter Iris, and it was perfect how he dealt with her and even with dating. I totally got Louise’s points about a father should put his daughter/child first. It was based on her lack of that with her own parents. But even with my own good experience with divorced and remarried parents, I have always felt that is important too.

So many things to mention that stuck out for me. One, just like one of the characters mentioned, I also always have to think when I’m trying to spell the word jeopardy. You didn’t see it of course, but I had to pause and think as I typed it for that last sentence. A line thrown in about how the rhythm is going to get you just randomly, but hilarious if you caught it. AND THEN! OH MY GOSH! The bedroom scene where one of Mabel’s praying mantises makes a guest appearance had me laughing so hard and later on googling just what or if a praying mantis might actually be able to lift anything like in this scene. A sarcastic reply to Louise from James asking if she was “inviting him into her oven”. So so good. Love love love! I think with Teddy Hamilton narrating, I’ll have to buy this on audio to listen to as well. Another hit from Erin Mallon, and I was so pleased to see she’s got some short stories coming out that will fill in some details and add some fun scenes for these characters.
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StephanieSays
4.0 out of 5 stars Really good
Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2022
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I love this entire series. This story was set up a bit different than the first two but it was refreshing, funny (as always), and heart warming.
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Pamela Waddell
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 28, 2022
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Sharkbait is book 3 in Erin Mallon's Natural History series. The whole series is hilarious. There are so many laugh out loud & tea spitting moments.
Sharkbait starts with Louise throwing caution to the wind with a one night stand with a hot as hell barman. Just one night no names, no connection, no feelings! A quickie, there is no time in her life for a relationship.
Louise's upbringing was dysfunctional at best. Her dad left and her mum became a serial 'monogamiser', neither seemed to remember they had 2 kids. Louise worries she becoming her mum, so decides some alone time would be best. Feelings have a habit of being caught when you least expect it.

There is a slightly different feel to this story but it is exactly right for Louise's story. Louise has a different view of the world than the lady leads in book 1 & 2 and that is reflected this book. I think that's also what makes them besties.

James is much more open to catching all the feels, he's been mightily successful in dealing with his demons. He's ready for his next chapter. He is a really decent guy, with so much love to share.

In case you're wondering the audio is on point a well. Erin narrates with Teddy Hamilton bring a further dimension to this is a laugh out loud, sexy story.
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