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Special Feature/Excerpt: The Summer Getaway by Susan Mallery

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The second I saw this blue green water, I knew I needed this book in my beach bag! It’s that time of year when it’s cold and rainy still in the Pac NW and I find myself longing for some where warm and sunny with white sandy beaches. My husband and I traveled to Aruba during spring break a few years ago when it was pouring rain here in Oregon and we spent a week in paradise. When we came back I had never been so depressed! After that I decided to stick with reading about warm sunny places during the long cold wet months of February and March in stead of traveling there!

Every spring I start getting excited for all the beach reads. I love to vacation to these places from my armchair and dream about the warm days ahead. Susan Mallery’s books has been a longstanding staple in my beach bag. She has a wronger story telling style and always seems to craft interesting reads with fun main characters and romances. This book takes us to sunny California and we are treated to some romance and a story with heart. I am reading this one now and I cannot wait to share it with you guys soon! It’s a great read so far and if you love contempo romances with realistic characters this is the book for you!

Today though I have an excerpt for you guys and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did and that it entices you to check the whole book out! If you love Susan Mallery, then not doubt this will be on your radar. If you are new to her books, this is a great place to start. She is one of the big queens of beach reads and such a prolific writer. You will not be disappointed in any choice of books by her! Be watching for my review here soon!

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Review: The Summer Getaway by Susan Mallery

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It’s that time of year when we have had the ‘false spring’ week in Oregon and have then settled into 6 more weeks of winter. We had this absolutely beautiful week where it was sunny and 60-65 degrees—spring was in the air—until it wasn’t. Suddenly we were back to 40 degree temps with constant rain (like torrential down pour) and like many Oregonians we are all left longing for sunshine and warmer temps! So what is a surefire way to cure the longing in our hearts? A book set in a sunny location that offers a little bit of escapism and a whole lot of sunshine!

Enter this lovely new release from Susan Mallery! I love early spring releases. It’s when I am DYING to read them the absolute most because of the long rainy season here. I literally load up my iPad and TBR list with all the great new summer, beach-y reads in early February that carries me through to the end of April until spring actually arrives here!

Susan Mallery has been a favorite author of mine as she has written numerous series and books over the years and has a massive fan base! I have read a couple of her holiday themed books and have enjoyed them quite a bit so when this one came up for review, I couldn’t help but move it to the top of my beach reading TBR list for early spring!

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Review: The Lady Tempts an Heir (The Gilded Age Heiresses #3) by Harper St George

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I fell in love with Harper St George’s series the second I opened the first book! Not only are the covers stunning with gorgeous dresses but the stories are sensual, romantic, and all around great reads. I actually kind of thought that the series would end after the second book since it’s the Gilded Age Heiresses series and there were only two sisters, but I was thrilled to see this book was coming out even if this book featured the brother of the two previous heiresses.

I instantly jumped at the chance to review this one—in fact I had in on pre order for months as soon as I saw it coming out! Since St George is such a great writer I couldn’t pass it up! If you love Bridgerton and other historical romances, you cannot miss this series. It’s full of all the things that are beloved in historical romances, swoon worthy heroes, steamy romantic scenes, the glitz and glamour of the period—-I just love it! Just add it to your TBR already!

While this latest book is the third in a series, I don’t think you need to read the other books first to enjoy this one. I felt the same with the second book, I could easily have jumped in to that one without having read the first one and not been lost at all. But I will ask you this—why would you want to miss out on all the fun romance of the entire series? The answer is you don’t so not only read this book but read the series too!

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Review: If You Ask Me by Libby Hubscher

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I don’t know what drew me to this book first, the hot fireman or the protagonist having a massive public meltdown! It’s like my dream some times to just have a complete meltdown where I give zero f*cks and just go off and still be able to keep my job and relationship but yet I have something to laugh about later. Am I right people? Basically I wish my life was a movie or a story some times where I could get away with that. Like go full on Waiting to Exhale and burn my ex’s stuff and still find love—that’s exactly what this book promises—literally!

I was instantly drawn to this one for that very reason. I felt like I could live vicariously through Violet’s life and get a few laughs. I had this one on my radar very early on. I couldn’t wait to check it out and read a fun little romantic comedy. This one sounded like a fun little rom com and that it would be just what I needed going into the early spring.

The cover promises such a cute little story and that alone made it seem like it was going to be a great romantic comedy with a neat little HEA in the works. What I was not prepared for was how much this book would get me in the feels! I wasn’t prepared for the more serious content in this one. Sure it had it’s romantic parts and it’s own little HEA but there was a lot of emotion in this one too. So if you are looking for romantic fluff this one isn’t that, it has more substance to it than I originally anticipated.

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Special Feature: A Brush with Love by Mazey Eddings

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I think most of us can agree that going to the dentist does not top anyones list of favorite things to do! I hate going to the dentist but I might be more inclined to go if it involved a swoon worthy dentist! When I saw this one come up for review I was intrigued by the idea of a dental romance. When I think dentist I don’t immediately think romance, but when I hear hospital/ER I DO think romance so I was excited to see how this one would play out! One can find hospital romances (books and shows) in abundance but I literally cannot think of a single work place romance that involves a dentist and root canals! This is seriously the thing that stood out above all else when I saw this book come across my desk for review!

When this book came across my desk, the setting and premise was what really hooked me and wanted to make me read it. Sadly I couldn’t fit it into my review schedule for spring but there is so much in the summary that makes me really want to read it! I have also been seeing some amazing reviews about it! One of the reviews I saw noted how well developed the main character was, along with some serious chemistry between the main characters! I am always on the hunt for interesting characters and hot romances, but this one really stood out as the ‘random dental romance’ for me. The setting intrigued me that much! I am so excited to see how the setting plays into this one along with the sizzling chemistry and fun characters!

It appears that this book is the beginning of a potential series and the author, Mazey Eddings, has one other romance under her belt that I am not sure if part of this particular potential series, but it does show that she is an established writer with a firm fan base so I have high expectations for this particular book! If you love a good romance and one that promises an interesting setting and enough sweetness for a cavity, then I think this book will be for you!

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