Release Blitz ~ Book Review: Save Me by Samantha Chase

Genre ~ romance

Featuring ~ meddling mother, fake dating, opposites attract, small town, no steamage

POV ~ dual 3rd person

Series ~ The Donovans ~ book 3

Others in the series ~ Dare Me, Tempt Me

Release date ~ January 31, 2023

Page count ~ 323

Audio length ~ 7 hours 3 minutes

My rating ~ 4.5⭐

My review:

Book 3 in The Donovans series ~ yes a standalone, but best to read in order because the whole Donovan clan is heavily involved. This is my favorite of the series thus far. We really had the set up for these two since book 1 and I’ve been patiently waiting.

Ryleigh & Ryker
Meddling mother, Kate, is back and setting Ryleigh up on dates, which leads Ryleigh to begin fake dating Ryker. Kate is a little more tolerable in this one, still a bit of a pill though.

Ryleigh has been declining dates from Ryker for months because he wasn’t her type, but he’s thrilled to finally be able to have a chance to show her who he really is. She totally was judging a book by it’s cover, but as they begin spending more time with each other she sees him in a whole different light. He was the sweetest ‘bad boy’ you’ll ever meet.

I was lucky enough to have a kindle and audio copy. Narrated by Carly Robins for 7 hours and 3 minutes. She did a fine job, but, as always, I wish there was a male narrator.

Overall, a delightful quick read with a sweet ending. I believe we have our set up for the next book in the series and I’m ready for it.

*Thanks to Samantha Chase, Valentine PR, Dreamscape Media and NetGalley for my ARC and audio copy. I am voluntarily leaving my honest review*

Save Me by Samantha Chase is now live!

Pretending to date the town’s bad boy seemed like a good idea.
But who knew that being bad could feel so good…

A small town, fake dating, opposites attract standalone romance from NY Times Bestselling Author Samantha Chase

Ryleigh Donovan has been unsuccessfully dodging her mother’s matchmaking attempts for far too long. In an act of desperation, she finds the one guy in her small town who is guaranteed to shock everyone to be her fake boyfriend. It doesn’t need to be for long, she just needs to buy herself enough time to recover from her mother’s last disastrous fix-up. It’s really a fool-proof plan. But when a few staged kisses lead to some very real feelings, she realizes she might be in over her head.
Ryker Masella has been patiently waiting for the perfect opportunity to get Ryleigh to take him—and his numerous attempts at asking her out—seriously. When she grabs him and kisses him in front of her family to prove a point, he’s more than on board. But when she proposes a fake—and temporary—relationship, he’s 100% on board. After all, she might be all about pretending, but he sees it as a way for Ryleigh to truly see the real him.
Fake flirting and orchestrated dates quickly bring on real feelings. For Ryker, they’ve always been there and he’ll be as patient as he needs to be. She might have asked him to save her from her family, but what he wants is to save her from herself.

*Each book in the Donovans series can be read as a standalone*

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Narrated by: Carly Robins

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Meet Samantha

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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