Tuesday, March 7, 2023

Her Unexpected Match by Lacey Baker Blog tour with Cat's Review #giveaway @XpressoTours @LaceyBakerbook @TTCBooksandmore

Her Unexpected Match
Lacey Baker
Published by: Entangled: Amara
Publication date: February 21st 2023
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

Travel writer Allie Sparks has one goal: to find the story that will save her career. So here she is, visiting her bestie on picturesque Crescent Island—with sun-warmed beaches, the briny smell of the ocean, and rumors of a secret astrologer-matchmaker who guarantees love. Of course, Allie doesn’t believe in any of that stuff. If anything, she’ll prove it’s a total scam.

Ryan Parker believes in love—just not right now. He’s focused on expanding his family’s barbeque business, finding investors, and keeping his too-big Great Dane puppy from jumping on everyone, including his sister’s pretty, whiskey-eyed best friend. Besides, falling for a tourist is definitely not in his astrological forecast.

Allie is doing everything she can to resist the charm of the town and its beauty, not to mention her attraction to Ryan. But there’s a lot more happening on Crescent Island than anyone knows…and when her story goes to print, this tiny, close-knit town might never be the same.

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Cat gives this book 3 Meows...

This is a good beach or vacation read.

The characters are all fun and meddling, and there is a troublesome pooch that makes for the funniest meet cute and pulls the story throughout.

The romance is sweet and I guess kinda insta love as the entire book is over a two week period.

There is some internal conflict through but the real action all comes at the very end.

I do wish the epilogue had been more chapters as it felt thrown together and not even in sequence of events discussed in it.

All in all, the story is a fun, sweet, clean romance with a beautiful setting that makes you want a bite!

Lacey Baker, a Maryland native, lives with her husband, three children, two grandchildren and English Bulldog in what most would call Suburban America–a townhouse development where everybody knows each other and each other’s kids. Family cook-outs, reunion vacations, and growing up in church have all inspired Lacey to work towards her dreams and to write about the endurance of family and the quest to find everlasting love. To date she has written in several genres including small town romance, YA paranormal (as Artist Arthur), a cozy mystery series titled Rumors and adult paranormal (as A.C. Arthur).

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