Book Review - How Can I Resist You? by Jeevani Charika

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Title: How Can I Resist You?

Author: Jeevani Charika

Format reviewed: Ebook

Source: Netgalley

Publisher: HQ

Publication Date: 6th November 2025

Rating: 5 Stars

Vidya isn’t in Waterloo Bay for a holiday. Officially, she’s visiting the beautiful, quirky seaside town for work – but unofficially, she’s on a mission. One of her colleagues hooked up with her sister at a party, and now her sister is pregnant. As the sensible one in the family, it’s Vidya's job to find out who he is.

But there’s a catch: all she has to go on is a vague description of a chest tattoo. Vidya has just two weeks to glimpse her colleagues shirtless without getting fired, but crazy hotel guests, malicious seagulls and her pesky day job keep getting in the way.

And then there’s Leo, the most frustrating, patronising, handsome man she’s ever met…

Perfect for fans of:

💗 Forced proximity

💗 Office romance

💗 Small town

Vidya is on an seemingly impossible mission with her new work assignment. Not only  does she have to work with Leo who no one in the company seems to want to work with, and Chase, she also has to try to work out just who impregnated her younger sister with a one night stand and Vidya's works's Valentine's party. 

But Udeni can't really remember much about the man she slept with, other than a tattoo and some vague personality markers, and which work team he was part of. 

So Vidya needs to find out all about Chase without giving away the real reason as they are fairly sure it can't be Leo, and another friend is doing the same with Piotr who is the other possible father. 

What doesn't help is they have a mountain of work to do, and Vidya is very quickly realising she might be a teeny tiny bit interested in Leo,  but she needs info on Chase.  And it all gets rather confusing for them as no one seems to be able to articulate themselves. 

I really fell for Leo myself, he can be slightly awkward at times, but he is adorable with it, and I really enjoyed seeing how everything played out. 

What was really lovely to see is just how strong the relationship is between Vidya and her sister.  And the more I got to know both ladies, the more I liked them. 

I love this author's writing style and found this was a really fast book to read. Another fabulous story from her.  

Thank you to HQ and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.