4⭐
Genre ~ contemporary romance
Series ~ The Donovans: Sweetbriar Ridge, #1
Setting ~ Virginia
Publication date ~ September 19, 2023
Page Count ~ 290 (15 chapters + e)
Audio length ~ 8 hours 20 minutes
Narrator ~ Carly Robins
POV ~ dual 3rd
Featuring ~ small business owner, single mom, small town, friends with benefits, friends to lovers, no steamage
Levi & Jade
Jade is trying to make a nice life for her and 8 year old son, Silas, by opening her own business. Books and Beans is a bookstore/coffee shop combo in their quaint town of Sweetbriar Ridge. There were some early snafu’s, but the business took off with a little help from some friends.
Levi is back in his hometown and he’s not too thrilled about it. He loves the hustle and bustle of big city life, and this town doesn’t even have food delivery, gasp, can you believe it? As he spends more time with Jade he starts to think that maybe he’s found someone that can change his tune.
I felt like they clicked and were sweet together. He was so good to Silas right from day 1, too, which was so cute. Hated the 3rd act breakup, as usual. I could have went without the whole saga with Levi’s mom, too.
Overall, it was pretty delightful and I’m looking forward to each of Levi’s 3 sisters finding their happily ever after.
Series notes:
Samantha likes to give us small town romance series and this one will follow a whole new branch of Donovans. I like that some characters from The Donovans: Laurel Bay series make an appearance and are referenced as to how their lives are coming along. I like to be kept up to date on previous characters I fell in love with. With that said if you have time read that series first, if not I suppose it’s not a big deal if you don’t.
I was lucky enough to have an ebook and an audio copy.
Narration notes:
Carly did a fine job as always, but I’ve said it many times that I wish there was a male narrator too.
*Thanks to the author, Valentine PR and NetGalley for the ARC and audio copy. I am voluntarily leaving my honest review*
Loving You by Samantha Chase is now live!
He was never planning on staying in Sweetbriar Ridge.
Then the perfect woman fell into his arms.
Not everyone in Sweetbriar Ridge is as sweet as the town name would suggest. But single mom Jade Mackenzie is up to the challenge of winning over the town if that’s what it takes to make her new shop a success. After all, this is just the latest in a long string of battles she’s had to face. Since she’s given up on men-all of them except for her son-she can throw all her energy into the new business. Or so she thought until the most charming and too-good-looking-for-his-own-good man walked into her shop. And she literally falls into his arms.
Levi Donovan knows how to charm his way through life; winning people over is just what he does. But no amount of charm can save him when he’s at the center of a scandal that costs him his position at a prestigious ad agency. With no other choice, he’s forced to return home to Sweetbriar Ridge, the small town he left behind the first chance he got. When he meets the owner of the new coffeehouse, he starts to think that small towns aren’t so bad. And when he finds out Jade needs a little help promoting her new business, Levi makes it his mission to help her make the shop a success. That’s just what a good friend does.
No matter how hard she tries to resist, Jade can’t help but be swept away by Levi’s good looks and the sweet way he interacts with her son. But Levi isn’t staying, and getting attached would be a mistake. Levi always swore he would never settle in Sweetbriar Ridge, but could loving Jade be reason enough to stay?
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Samantha Chase is a New York Times and USA Today bestseller of contemporary romance that’s hotter than sweet, sweeter than hot. She released her debut novel in 2011 and currently has more than seventy titles under her belt – including THE CHRISTMAS COTTAGE which was a Hallmark Christmas movie in 2017! She’s a Disney enthusiast who still happily listens to 80’s rock. When she’s not working on a new story, she spends her time reading romances, playing way too many games of Solitaire on Facebook, wearing a tiara while playing with her sassy pug Maylene…oh, and spending time with her husband of 30 years and their two sons in Wake Forest, North Carolina.
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