Just Like That (The Kings)

4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars | 2,242 ratings

Price: 4.99

Last update: 01-29-2025


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He’s my sister’s ex, a stubborn jerk, and completely off-limits.

Getting a man to give up custody of a son he didn’t know existed should have been easy. Trouble is, nothing with JP King is ever easy.

Suave, grumpy billionaires aren’t supposed to have strong hands or filthy mouths, and I never expected our snippy banter to be so much fun.

JP regards me as something he scraped off the bottom of his dress shoe, but when this reluctant single dad looks at my nephew, there’s a softness there he struggles to keep hidden.

He may be gruff and uptight, but something simmers beneath his controlled, polished exterior. Sure, I’m wild and reckless, but when we’re forced together as guardians, everything changes.

His cold and calculated exterior melts into hushed conversations and lingering stares. The more we fight, the harder we fall.

I’m scatterbrained, unconventional, and everything he’s been missing. The closer we get, the less we understand why we were ever at odds.

. . . until just like that our lives are turned upside down.

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“With you I feel whole for the first time in my life.”

My eyes flicked to hers. “You make the emptiness go away.”

  • Accidental Single Dad
  • Enemies to Lovers
  • Billionaire MMC
  • Grumpy x Sunshine
  • Forced Proximity
  • Small Town with SPICE

What readers are saying...

  • "JP and Hazel were PERFECT together."
  • "Y'all are not ready for what Lena packed into this one!"
  • "JP KING IS THE SUPERIOR KING BROTHER!"
  • "How am I this obsessed with a fictional man??"

Top reviews from the United States

  • Happy Planner
    5.0 out of 5 stars MY FAVORITE KING YET
    Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2025
    I don’t know how she did it but Lena made me fall HARD for JP King. This book is infinity stars for me
  • Maureen
    5.0 out of 5 stars A new King is in town. ♾️
    Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2025
    I’m genuinely never prepared for how much I love each of Lena’s stories more than the last. Every time I feel like I’ve found my favorite…. I’m proved wrong because they just get better and better. I am ALWAYS such a sucker for the misunderstood grump but I was hesitant to assume I’d love the grumpiest of grumps, JP King. The mysterious brother, the carbon copy of Russell King, the outcasted and stand offish King sibling, for lack of a better way to put it, the total douche canoe. Insert Lena’s innate ability to change your mind ENTIRELY and at this point, I should know better than to doubt her talent to turn the most seemingly irredeemable characters and make you fall head over heels in love with them. I think I’m STILL sobbing over how much I love him and his story. It was the exact HEA I didn’t even know he deserved.

    What brought this Scrooge his fairytale ending? Enter Hazel and Teddy, the child he never knew he may have fathered and his aunt. Hazel is a free spirited wanderer who’s trying to find her place in the world while figuring out how to be an unexpected guardian to Teddy after her late sister wills her to do so. Hazel brings Teddy to Outtatowner to attempt to get to know the father he’s never met and sparks fly instantly between her and JP. We watch them navigate their new found attraction to one another and try to decide whether or not to cross the line and complicate an already confusing situation. The tension is so palpable between the two of them I was audibly cheering for them to get together. And babbyyyyy when that tension snaps, it REALLY SNAPS. The MOUTH on this man was sinful. Lena does a dirty mouth like nobody’s business and boyyyy does JP have one on him. Ate. It. Up. No notes. ????‍????????‍????????‍????????‍???? On top of writing the most deliciously dirty men, my favorite part of Lena’s books are the incredible cast of characters that are so prismatic. They’re the true definition of found family and without all of their appearances in each installment it wouldn’t be the same. Watching them all grow into their own little units while still being bonded to each other as a whole, now as both families together as well, is heartwarming. The twists in this book also surprised me in the best way, the entertainment factor of this series is unmatched. I’ve said it before, I will happily say it again, I love this town, I love these families, I love these characters and I am going to be truly saddened to see it go…. But first…I can’t wait to see how our sweet little MJ closes the series out. You already know this y’all, I am forever a Lena STAN and now I am forever a JP King STAN, ♾️ stars.
  • Amazon Customer
    4.0 out of 5 stars JP & Hazel
    Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2025
    My all time favorite family, the kings and the sullivans just warm my heart every single time! JP King was really up in the air for me. With all the other books and even his own brothers not really knowing whose side he was on vs their dad. But dang being younger than Able and Royal and they both look up to him for help just warmed my heart! My dear boy Teddy was so freaking cute, he had me laughing out loud! And then Hazel, who really just didn’t know what to do with this perfect man in front of her but dropping everything to figure it out for Teddy. Truly heartwarming.
  • Samantha
    5.0 out of 5 stars JP is the KING of redemption arcs!
    Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2025
    Lena has done it again! I didn’t know what JP was all about after seeing him in the previous King family stories, but I’m so glad he got a story because he deserved it.

    JP King has always been the more closed-off King sibling and we never really knew much about him because he didn’t quite bond with his siblings like they all connected with each other. They all thought he was just a carbon copy of his father, but seeing him in this story showed a whole new side to him. Finding out he had a son was a shock to him, but watching him bond with Teddy throughout this story was so sweet. He was so sure that he was just like his own father and couldn’t be a wonderful dad, but once he started to let his guard down around Teddy, he could connect with him in such a beautiful way. As for Hazel, she was a free spirit, but I love that she was ready and willing to quell that for Teddy and what was best for him. He might not have been her biological son, but I love that she treated Teddy like he was more than her nephew, and that she was straight up with him all the time, even though he was young. And Teddy was the sweetest kid ever! He was so much like JP, and it was adorable watching them connect over their similarities.

    Okay, JP King, coming in blazing hot with his f!lthy mouth, too?! It was so perfectly unexpected and I loved every second…and so did Hazel! Seeing Hazel bring out his d!rty side was great because it was great to see JP let loose a little. JP was also hiding a heart of gold behind his walls, but it was amazing watching Hazel and Teddy bring that side of him out, too. Hazel and her free spirited ways were the opposite of JP’s tight-laced control, but that was exactly what he needed in his life to help him open up to everyone more.

    I loved this story so much and it was so fun to see a new side of JP King. Hazel and Teddy brought out such a fun side of him, but he didn’t change his entire personality just for them. I love that Hazel finally found someone who she could slow her life down for…well, 2 someones. This was such a well-deserved story for JP, and I love that he got such a beautiful happy ending in his life after having to tough things out for his family most of his life. While I’ll be so sad that the series is ending, I also can’t wait to see what MJ gets up to in her story!

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