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The Cocktail Girls #2

His Old Fashioned

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A mountain man and an innocent virgin ... a match made in heaven!

“She wants to be a virgin on her wedding night? Then it’s time I make this pretty little thing my wife.”

Levi may be a mountain man, but this weekend he’s stuck in the city of sin.
He might as well have fun while he’s here and innocent little Lucy is the perfect cocktail waitress to show him a good time.
But she’s a virgin who won’t spread her knees until she’s walked down the aisle.
He better be ready to pop the question if he wants to pop her cherry, because this old fashioned girl won’t lose her virtue to just anyone.
She wants him—bad.
But matter how thick his beard is and how sexy his growl—if he wants this curvy ingénue, he needs to drop to one knee.
Then she promises to drop to hers.

100 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 29, 2018

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Frankie Love

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Frankie Love writes filthy-sweet stories about bad boys and mountain men. As a thirty-something mom to six who is ridiculously in love with her own bearded hottie, she believes in love-at-first-sight and happily-ever-afters. She also believes in the power of a quickie.

❤️ Get ready to fall in love ... you deserve it! ❤️

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Profile Image for Carol.
1,390 reviews265 followers
May 31, 2019
2.5 stars.
This is the second book that I have read in The Cocktail Girls series and I absolutely loved the first by Jamie Schlosser.
A little disappointed here with this one. Frankie Love's story just didn't seem very original. It felt like she simply inserted her "standard formulaic" recipe of smutty, mountain man into this novella.
I really wanted something more and also different from this author.
It did not work for me on many levels, as I particularly didn't care for the scene in the strip club either. I like naughty, smutty and alpha-males but that truly offended the feminist in me. Way too degrading!! He practically called her a slut or maybe he did, I don't quite remember as I read this late last night.
Oh well, on to the next one.
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620 reviews615 followers
June 13, 2018
I was excited to read The Cocktail Girls series and it's my first book. I was enjoying it until I reached the part I didn't like . Maybe I'm in the minority but to be honest, if it's not a short story, it would be a dnf for me. I kept telling myself to go on and finish it.

The story is about Levi and Lucy.

He's in Vegas for his brother's bachelor party. She's working two jobs in order to take care of her Granny. She's one of the cocktail girls at the Little Black Dress and she's their waitress.

The attraction was instant but she has rules and she's saving herself for marriage.

It has an epilogue.


SAFETY:
Profile Image for ♡Tonya♡.
2,062 reviews568 followers
June 22, 2018
Hot and sweet!

Cute little safe read. Sweet with a side of steam. It was just the right length for a lunch break need. It definitely would have had a higher rating without the stripper scene. That brought it down tremendously for me personally.

-no cheating
-no ow/om drama
-no violence of a sexual nature
-minimal secondary characters but the guys he was with were real tools (including his brothee)
-ok epilogue 1 year out
Profile Image for Katerina.
799 reviews323 followers
June 4, 2018
I respected her stance of no sex before marriage. It’s different and valuable. But within an hour, this girl was caving and ticking off her bases: first kiss, first blow job, first time being fingered, having oral sex. It was immature and stupid. Felt like he married her 2.5 seconds later so he could have sex. Degrading is all. Not going to read the entire series, I think certain books will be winners just because a certain author will write it.
Profile Image for Jenny.
3,162 reviews560 followers
January 27, 2021
Levi and Lucy meet when he's in Vegas for his brother's bachelor party. She's working two jobs in order to take care of her Granny. They both want each other but she has rules and she's saving herself for marriage. She is pure and innocent but she is a stripper. Hero is furious when he finds out! He marries her, they have sex and HEA!

A fun and entertaining read!
Profile Image for QuinnReads.
3,742 reviews212 followers
August 20, 2020
Perfectly Growly

Levi is a perfectly growly mountain man who ends up in Vegas for a few days. Immediately, he locks eyes on Lucy. She's sweet and innocent, even if she has a job that may not convey that image. Together they sparkle and sizzle! Such a great quick read!
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1,521 reviews98 followers
December 28, 2018
This book felt like a person buying a dress five sizes too small and still thinking, "I'll make it fit."
In this story, there were many mentions of "old-fashioned" and the rest just didn't work. The man was a jerk and misogynist. And he was depicted as a savior (that raised my hackles up) and on top of it all, the couple had zero chemistry. The heroine had more chemistry with a slot machine.
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50k reviews129 followers
August 24, 2018
💝FREE on Amazon today (8/24/2018)!💝

Blurb:
Levi may be a mountain man, but this weekend he's stuck in the city of sin.
He might as well have fun while he's here and innocent little Lucy is the perfect cocktail waitress to show him a good time.
But she's an old fashioned girl who won't do the deed until she's walked down the aisle.
He better be ready to pop the question, because she won't lose her virtue to just anyone.
She wants him--bad.
But matter how thick his beard is and how deep his growl--if he wants this ingénue, he needs to drop to one knee.

It's time to get drunk on love!
The Cocktail Girls is a shared world between 14 of your favorite romance authors!
Each novella is a stand-alone story set in the city of sin.
1,774 reviews9 followers
May 28, 2018
This was such a fun read. Loved the characters and the whole balance between sweet and innocent and plain naughty.
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882 reviews
June 10, 2018
I give this book 5 stars. The storyline between Lucy and Levi was well written and a good read. I voluntarily reviewed this Advanced Readers Copy of this book.
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422 reviews7 followers
February 1, 2019
3.5/5 Stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
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2,234 reviews16 followers
September 12, 2019
Phenomenal book!!!

I love Frankie’s books, she is one of my favourite authors.

I loved this book from start to finish.

I love the characters and the story.
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Author 288 books623 followers
May 31, 2018
Levi and Lucy were amazing! I loved this book. It was an old-fashioned romance of sorts but didn't skimp on the sexy times of the Frankie Love insta I have come to love! A must read!
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1,156 reviews47 followers
September 14, 2018
Cupcake porn, sexy quick read

Cupcake porn because it's a quick treat, not a horribly involved time commitment or chapter after chapter of dry character development. Nope. They meet, they're attracted to each other, sexy talk, lust, and HEA. Plus a distractingly ripped guy on the cover.

This is a series of short stories that pack a lot of heat into each, if the first one I just finished is any indication. It's a nice way to sample each author's style and see who you'd like to read more from. Because it's a short story, it feels like a lot is crammed in - there's actually more character background than I'd expect for the length of the story, but it goes quickly.

Written in a dual POV with plenty of suspension of disbelief needed, this is still a fun, sexy read complete with a mountain man alpha male and hard working, sexy female. I'd look for more from this author. An example of the writing, which drops f-bombs like punctuation and has graphic sex:

"She asks if I'd like the crepe of the day. I scowl and order eggs, scrambled. Toast, white. Ask 'em to throw in some breakfast potatoes with a side of ketchup. No need to class this act up. I'm a man, straight up, and as I roll up my flannel shirtsleeves and dig in to the breakfast, I'm reminded that bending my ideals for anyone isn't something that'll likely ever happen."
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213 reviews18 followers
September 19, 2018
Quick and sweet

This first book in the cocktail girls series is a sweet novella about Levi and lucy. Levi is in Vegas for his brother's bachelor party to make sure his brother's college friends don't get him in too much trouble. As a mountain man Vegas is not levi's preferred place to be. however Just as he enters his hotel he sees a beauty that he can't stop thinking about, hours later that same lady (lucy) happens to be a waitress at a bar he and the bachelor party are attending and with some flirting over his order Levi is hooked. Levi soon learns that lucy has some rules she never breaks, she is saving herself for marriage and with that bombshell which normally has her previous dates running what will levi's reaction be and how will the bachelor get away end.
This was a sweet read i enjoyed the characters i love mountain men books so it was my kind of read, I would recommend it to those who just want to relax with a quick fun adult read as trust me it may be sweet but it's naughty too.
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1,012 reviews65 followers
May 31, 2018
Frankie Love is my go to author for short quick romance reads. She is terrific at creating great characters who have a lot of chemistry combined with believable insta-love stories. Levi and Lucy's story is a sweet, steamy mountain man in the city insta-love story. Lucy is unwilling to compromise herself and her values even though she feels a strong attraction to Levi. For me, I really enjoy how this author writes her male characters. They are usually strong, alpha males who fall fast and hard but never try to change anything about his love. This is the case in this story as well. Levi falls for Lucy without even knowing her name and as he gets to know here, no matter how much he would like to seduce her, he respects her decisions and ultimately all ends well.

If you are looking for a quick easy romance read filled with strong, sassy, sweet, vulnerable heroines and the alpha males/mountain men who love them, I would recommend this author. I have never read a story that I haven't enjoyed. I voluntarily read an advanced reader copy provided to me by the author.
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2,767 reviews56 followers
May 31, 2018
Marie's Tempting Reads ARC Review:

His Old Fashioned is my first book I have read by Frankie Love and WHAT A STORY! Its a quick, SMEXY, UNDENIABLY GOOD INSTA-LOVE NOVELLA THAT IS OH SO TEMPTING!

I LOVED His Old Fashioned! This is a fast-paced story with characters most readers will like. The plot and storyline was so good and sweet. The chemistry was SIZZZZZZLING HOT and the way Miss Love wrote this novella, it will leave you happy, content, and wanting more. Very well done and I can't wait to read the rest of these Cocktail Girls novellas!

His Old Fashioned gets a MIGHTY DELICIOUS FIVE SHOOTING STARS!
Profile Image for Yesenia Gonzalez.
539 reviews18 followers
June 1, 2018
His old Fashioned by Frankie love
I liked it fast and easy. This novella was instant but you still got to see the love form. Levi might have gone to Vegas to have fun with his brother but this is where he meets Lucy and finds a reason to get her attention. Lucy is the good girl she might work in sin city to get money but she is focused on staying a virgin for her future husband, but as soon as meeting Levi she doesn't know what she feels. You will definitely get drunk on this story and make you wanting more.

I volunteered to read this story in exchange for my honest opinion.
Profile Image for Melissa.
1,676 reviews111 followers
June 8, 2018
Good

4.5 Stars
This was a thoroughly enjoyable read. This was the story of Levi and Lucy! The two are instantly and immediately drawn to one another. The chemistry between the two was explosive! Levi desperately wants Lucy but she has a set of moral rules she lives by hat usually scare men away. Levi is no ordinary man though, he accepts Lucy's rules and sets of to win her heart. This was a quick, sexy and sweet Insta love story!
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727 reviews
July 24, 2018
Insta love at its finest! Love reading Frankie's books!
1,337 reviews4 followers
August 29, 2018
Yikes!

Really corny, proofreading glitches, felt like a novice slapped this together. Needs work! No cheating, no cliffhanger and a happy ending.
487 reviews2 followers
August 31, 2018
This is a really great short story. The plot is well formed and it kept me interested all the way through in fact I was surprised by the ending and how totally cool it was. These two people had so many things alike but one was just trying to survive in a city that could be cruel.

Levi is in Vegas to celebrate his bachelor party. He doesn’t like being in the city he would rather be in his cabin up in the mountains but Luke is his little brother and they are all the family they have left. Luke has is college friends with him and they could get into all sorts of trouble, that is one reason Levi is there to be the voice of reason. While the guys are talking Levi see’s a beautiful young lady in a skirt and pink sweater with long blond hair that went all the way down her back. She didn’t look like she belonged in a place like this casino he tried to follow her with his eyes but lost her. Before they start their night the guys decide to go to The Little Black Dress the bar in the casino. The name of the casino bar is just what it is all of the waitresses wear little black dresses for their uniforms. Levi is shocked and surprised to see the young lady from the lobby was working in the bar.

Lucy is working at The Little Blake dress but she would rather be any where else but this just happens to be one of the few places that she can make enough money to afford the shared apartment with three of the other girls. It still wasn’t enough though she had her granny to take care of whom she had to put into a nursing home to get health care. Her grandparents had raised her on a farm outside of Vegas but her grandfather had become ill and died, soon after her grandmother started having health problems and they had to sell the farm. Unfortunately the nursing home though it was not even close to being the best ate up that money quickly. So she took on a second job during the night to cover those cost. Lucy had never been with a man before once she told them that she was not going to be with anyone until she was married they would quickly disappear.

Levi and Lucy were attracted with one another. After she had finished her shift at the LBD they met afterwards and talked. She had to leave for her second job though she didn’t tell him what it was but he did know that she was saving herself for marriage and respected her for that. They were both falling for one another but what is going to happen when Levi finds out what she does for her second job. Will it be the end of their budding relationship?
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2,325 reviews229 followers
October 7, 2025
"You're so... fit." "I'm more than fit, I'm strong and virile." 🙄🙄🙄

0.5✯

-dual POV
-insta love/lust
-experienced hero
-no ow/om drama
-virgin heroine (22)
-no separation
-arrogant horny H
-dumb horny heroine
-the hero told the h in detail how he likes to fuck 😒 the h was so horny for him though that she didn't care, personally I wish he hadn't been so explicit:
-no cheating
-according to the blurb the h is a cocktail waitress but it failed to mention that she's also a stripper, she gets completely naked on stage and touches herself as part of her act (when the H saw her he acted like a douche and made her cry)
-epilogue: 1 year later -married with a baby
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6,131 reviews57 followers
June 6, 2018
His old fashioned is a part of a series of standalone novella’s called the cocktail girls. After reading this story, I cannot wait to read more books from this collection. This story is short, fast paced and sweet. I read this book in one sitting and was satisfied throughout. I really liked Levi and his reaction when he first saw Lucy. He wanted her to be his from the moment he saw her. I was amused at how he acted when he discovered she was a cocktail waitress. I liked Lucy. I liked that she worked two jobs in order to take care of her Granny. Lucy had some sass and I liked that she directed it at Levi.
The chemistry between Levi and Lucy was clear to see and I really liked them as a couple. I liked that Levi respected the rules that Lucy set. He didn’t try and push her to drop them.
I liked the entire story but the ending was my favourite. I liked that Lucy and Levi took Lucy’s granny with them for a fresh start. They didn’t forget about her.
The storyline for this book is easy to follow and an enjoyable read.
178 reviews2 followers
April 16, 2019
A Lunch Time Quickie. 2 Star's

If your looking for a quick lunch time or late evening insta-love, for the more matured audience read, then this may just wet your appetite.
An Alpha mountain man and an innocent cocktail waitress/stripper both find exactly what they're looking for in the city of sin.
However, I personally didn't connect with either of the main characters, and felt detached for some reason, hence the 2 stars.
It wasn't a bad story, it just didn't hold my full attention throughout.
I downloaded this and other Cocktail Girls books for free as their blurbs sounded good, so hopefully I'll enjoy the next one more.
I also have to say, that I've read other books written by Ms Frankie Love, and found them most enjoyable.
I recommend you read this yourself and make your own judgement, as just because it wasn't quite to my liking, doesn't mean it won't be yours.
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1,013 reviews48 followers
September 16, 2025
Kindle Unlimited: No
Stand-alone: Yes***
Author: Frankie Love
Rating: 3/5 ⭐️
Spiciness Rating: 2.5/5 🌶
POV: First Person Dual Perspective
Main Couple: Lucy and Levi
Trope(s): Age-Gap, Insta-Everything

I downloaded this book as a freebie. It is part of the Little Black Dress Series. Stories written by different authors in this collection. This is a quick, easy, insta-all the things read. If you need a little fluff and go in your life, this book will hit the mark.

Lexi is a twenty two year old virgin, living in Las Vegas working hard to help support her grandmother who raised her. She is saving herself for marriage- old fashioned that way.

Levi is in Vegas for his brother’s bachelor party and once he lays eyes on Lexi is blown away. When she turns out to be their server, he doesn’t hold back on the flirting.

What happens in Vegas is a whole lotta fallen in love fast.
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437 reviews8 followers
May 25, 2018
Books are our one great escape. A chance to disappear into someone else’s life for just a little while and Frankie Love knows how to pull you in and make you feel like you are actually there.

Levi is not only a mountain man but he is 100% alpha. He falls in love with Lucy before he even knows her name.
When they finally actually meet Levi is stunned at what she does for a living but when he finds out why.

Levi likes his woman and his drink to be the same, old fashioned and Lucy is definitely that since he was the first man to kiss her. The chemistry is steamy between these two but she is of the mind that she will hold onto her most precious possession until her wedding night. So what does Levi do? You will need to grab yourself a copy of this book and find out.
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806 reviews13 followers
June 4, 2018
This is a book in the Cocktail Series by various authors. I will be honest that I have not read the series, but if they are anything like this latest from Frankie Love, then I need to get the whole darn thing! I loved this. It was short and to the point without losing any of that over the top instalove that we we always get and love from Frankie. I loved this book and could have kept on reading! I voluntarily reviewed an advanced copy of this book.
Hero, Levi = 5/5
Heroine, Lucy = 5/5
Chemistry, = 5/5
Sex, = 5/5
Plot = 4/5
Mystery = 1/5
Action = 1/5
Darkness = 1/5
Humor = 2/5
POV = Dual
Would I recommend this book = yes
Would I re-read this book = yes
Would I read future books by this author = yes
Profile Image for Hazel Harkins.
437 reviews8 followers
June 9, 2018
Books are our one great escape. A chance to disappear into someone else’s life for just a little while and Frankie Love knows how to pull you in and make you feel like you are actually there.

Levi is not only a mountain man but he is 100% alpha. He falls in love with Lucy before he even knows her name.
When they finally actually meet Levi is stunned at what she does for a living but when he finds out why.

Levi likes his woman and his drink to be the same, old fashioned and Lucy is definitely that since he was the first man to kiss her. The chemistry is steamy between these two but she is of the mind that she will hold onto her most precious possession until her wedding night. So what does Levi do? You will need to grab yourself a copy of this book and find out.










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