If you want to know how to win a Branford’s heart you do it with a plate full of food. However, don’t think of trying to come between a Bradford and his food for you might lose a finger or get a spanking.
She’s his tenant and he’s her landlord. He pretended she didn’t matter to him. She thought he was the neighbor from hell when he was a actually her landlord.
Trevor Bradford owns the apartment house she rents. She a good tenant following the rules. When she loses her job he suggests she wo...

If you want to know how to win a Branford’s heart you do it with a plate full of food. However, don’t think of trying to come between a Bradford and his food for you might lose a finger or get a spanking.
She’s his tenant and he’s her landlord. He pretended she didn’t matter to him. She thought he was the neighbor from hell when he was a actually her landlord.
Trevor Bradford owns the apartment house she rents. She a good tenant following the rules. When she loses her job he suggests she work for him and his uncle. Trevor viewed her as a tenant and employee. As they spent more time together Trevor saw her curvy plump body as something he craved. She wasn’t like the typical women paraded around with perfect bodies. He’s a handsome guy with a huge appetite.
Zoe is strong woman always speaking her mind trying piss Trevor off for fun. Zoe is insecure having body issues. Catching the eye of a guy like Trevor would be a dream come true. Zoe wedges herself into his life with her easy going attitude.

This is a feel good story that will have readers rooting for both Trevor and Zoe. RL Mathewson impressed me with her writing skills using the power of reverse psychology to convince a guy like Trevor that Zoe is perfect in all her curvy goodness. This is one of the best rom-com contemporary romances I’ve read in awhile, I enjoyed his little antics and her sassy mouth. This had funny banter and quick witted comebacks.

R.L. Mathewson is a New York Times Bestselling author. She’s known for her humor and quick wit. Perfection is book 2 in the Neighbors from Hell series.
Perfection includes an epilogue which ties up this cute fun romance. I immensely enjoyed revisiting Perfection with audiobook narrator Fran Jules. Fran is well known for her performance in the romance and erotica category. Fran was the solo performer in Perfection. I listened at 1.9x speed using the audible app. This was an unabridged audiobook. I enjoyed following along with my ebook.

4-4.5 stars

This was a really good story. I really liked Zoe and Trevor and enjoyed their story. It was a really fun and entertaining story that I was drawn in to from the beginning.

Zoe is a good woman but hasn't had a good life. She grew up in foster care (she was moved around a lot with a total of 153 foster parents over the years) and has done her best to make a life for herself. She hasn't had much luck with men and has no current relationships. Zoe’s job situation went from sad to...

4-4.5 stars

This was a really good story. I really liked Zoe and Trevor and enjoyed their story. It was a really fun and entertaining story that I was drawn in to from the beginning.

Zoe is a good woman but hasn't had a good life. She grew up in foster care (she was moved around a lot with a total of 153 foster parents over the years) and has done her best to make a life for herself. She hasn't had much luck with men and has no current relationships. Zoe’s job situation went from sad to none when she ended up getting fired from her job for the travesty of finding out a partner’s wife was stealing from the company.

Trevor is a lovable jerk. He is one of those guys that isn't really a bad guy but is very uncaring about others at times. He tends to be self-centered and doesn't pay attention to things that don’t directly affect him or cause him an issue. He has an idea of his “perfect woman” and isn't willing to look at any woman that doesn't live up to his high standards.

Zoe is having a very bad day (having just gotten fired from her job for finding the theft) and gets home, only to have it get worse due to Trevor. Zoe lives in a duplex and Trevor lives on the other side from her. She doesn't realize he owns the building but instead thinks he’s just the nephew of the owner but even though he’s a pain in her butt, she doesn't complain about him because she figures it’ll do no good. That night however, Trevor does multiple things to piss her off and the straw that breaks the camel’s back is when Trevor steals her pizza delivery order. They fight and Trevor makes some really jerky comments that upsets Zoe and makes Trevor feel guilty for saying them. Due to his guilt, Trevor decides to make an effort with Zoe and find out what caused her bad day. When he finds out that Zoe lost her job, he lets her know that his uncle needs a secretary for his construction business and offers to help her get the job. He also offers her some extra money in exchange for running errands and cleaning his place for him in her spare time. Zoe gets the job and gets the full Bradford experience since there are multiple members of the family work for the company. This included Jason & Haley, from book #1, Playing for Keeps, since they’re both working for the construction company for some extra cash over summer break. Over the next few months, Zoe gets settled in to her new job(s) and things start going better. Zoe and Trevor don’t socialize much but they do have some interactions, the most interesting is the fact that Trevor got Zoe to start reading to him (the Twilight trilogy) at night before bed…through the walls since they’re so thin they can hear each other easily.

Trevor and Zoe continue on for a few months as friendly acquaintances/co-workers. Zoe decides to diet and ends up losing around 30 pounds and starts feeling better about her body. Trevor finds himself more and more attracted to Zoe, noticing himself checking her out without realizing what he’s doing. He tries to keep their interactions platonic but that comes to a halt when Trevor sees Zoe in a bar and looking to pick up a guy. Trevor decides that he’s unwilling to let her jump in to bed with a stranger and (after chasing off a few guys trying to pick her up) ends up taking her home (against her wishes but she’s pretty drunk by then so it’s for the best). Trevor and Zoe talk the next day and come to an agreement to become sex-buddies (but just sex, no emotions outside of friendship). As they start their arrangement, things go pretty well. Trevor is happy with the sex and finding Zoe to be a good companion. Zoe enjoys the arrangement as well but tries to be careful not to let herself feel any emotions for Trevor so she doesn't end up with a broken heart. Their arrangement continues this way for a few months and at first they do pretty well at keeping things light but they soon start to realize that they’re enjoying their togetherness a little too much. As Trevor starts feeling more for Zoe, he realizes he might not be able to work Zoe out of his system and maybe he wants her to be with him more permanently. Zoe would like something more as well but can’t bring herself to believe that Trevor would ever fall for her when she’s surprised that their sex-only relationship lasted as long as it has up to this point. Trevor ends up deciding to tell Zoe he wants to change their relationship but he doesn't do very well at it and instead he just pisses Zoe off. This causes some problems and Zoe tries to push Trevor away in an effort to safeguard her heart. Thankfully, this doesn't work very well but Trevor does have some work to do to get her to believe in him and his feeling for her. Thankfully (with some work) Trevor and Zoe end up happily together and starting their HEA.

This was a really good story. Zoe and Trevor were really good together and I was rooting for them to get their acts together and realize just how good they could be together. I just wish that Zoe hadn't had such a low self-opinion but was glad she finally got past it. I’m looking forward to the next book in the series. I’d recommend this book. Thumbs up. :D

* note - I listened to the audio version and the narrator did a very good job.