Synopsis:
When a workaholic hotel manager and a Marine with big dreams collide, will she check him off her to-do list before he opens her heart to new possibilities?
Delaware single-mom Carrie Waller can’t seem to be enough. She juggles custody issues and never-ending parental demands while working at her ex-in-laws’ hotel, determined to deliver another flawless wedding even though her own love life is more neglected than a VHS rental card. The people-pleasing divorcee is so used to putting fun on the back burner that it takes crashing headfirst into a handsome guest to awaken all her dormant desires.
With retirement looming, Marine Ryan Duran is in desperate need of stability. Stress nips at the reserved thirty-seven-year-old’s heels when he attends his best friend’s wedding across the country, and he welcomes the distraction of the cute, quirky hotel manager. But when he gets back to California and his grandad offers to fund his dream business—if he’ll settle down with a wife—Ryan can’t shake the memory of near-kisses with the East Coast beauty.
When a new job gives Carrie a chance to tackle her freshly written to-do list for fun—and reconnect with the fling that got away—she breaks the safe confines of her planner and takes it. She knows their passion is temporary because her loyalty will always lie with her daughters. But as the weeks pass, Ryan becomes harder to let go. And while Ryan can’t help falling, he needs to lock down his future with a woman who’ll fulfill his meddling grandfather’s stipulations to secure funding for the veterans’ fitness center.
My Review:
Carrie has one mission: to give her best friend the perfect wedding. It seems simple if you ignore the nightmare ex-husband, his even worse parents, and the fact that her personal life is nonexistent.
She’s playing it safe, keeping her world small and manageable until she literally crashes into one of the groomsmen, which throws that plan out the window.
Enter Ryan, a Marine fitness instructor and the embodiment of San Diego sunshine, temporarily stuck in snowy Delaware. He’s there to support his friend and keep everything running smoothly. That’s the plan, right up until Carrie collides with him, making “smooth” no longer possible.
These two fight it. Hard. The tension is ridiculous. The slow burn feels almost torturous. It’s the kind of drawn-out, will-they-won’t-they drama that makes you want to yell at the pages.
But when they finally give in, it’s worth every moment.🤩
Completely worth it. This is exactly what a romance reader lives for
When a workaholic hotel manager and a Marine with big dreams collide, will she check him off her to-do list before he opens her heart to new possibilities?
Delaware single-mom Carrie Waller can’t seem to be enough. She juggles custody issues and never-ending parental demands while working at her ex-in-laws’ hotel, determined to deliver another flawless wedding even though her own love life is more neglected than a VHS rental card. The people-pleasing divorcee is so used to putting fun on the back burner that it takes crashing headfirst into a handsome guest to awaken all her dormant desires.
With retirement looming, Marine Ryan Duran is in desperate need of stability. Stress nips at the reserved thirty-seven-year-old’s heels when he attends his best friend’s wedding across the country, and he welcomes the distraction of the cute, quirky hotel manager. But when he gets back to California and his grandad offers to fund his dream business—if he’ll settle down with a wife—Ryan can’t shake the memory of near-kisses with the East Coast beauty.
When a new job gives Carrie a chance to tackle her freshly written to-do list for fun—and reconnect with the fling that got away—she breaks the safe confines of her planner and takes it. She knows their passion is temporary because her loyalty will always lie with her daughters. But as the weeks pass, Ryan becomes harder to let go. And while Ryan can’t help falling, he needs to lock down his future with a woman who’ll fulfill his meddling grandfather’s stipulations to secure funding for the veterans’ fitness center.
My Review:
Carrie has one mission: to give her best friend the perfect wedding. It seems simple if you ignore the nightmare ex-husband, his even worse parents, and the fact that her personal life is nonexistent.
She’s playing it safe, keeping her world small and manageable until she literally crashes into one of the groomsmen, which throws that plan out the window.
Enter Ryan, a Marine fitness instructor and the embodiment of San Diego sunshine, temporarily stuck in snowy Delaware. He’s there to support his friend and keep everything running smoothly. That’s the plan, right up until Carrie collides with him, making “smooth” no longer possible.
These two fight it. Hard. The tension is ridiculous. The slow burn feels almost torturous. It’s the kind of drawn-out, will-they-won’t-they drama that makes you want to yell at the pages.
But when they finally give in, it’s worth every moment.🤩
Completely worth it. This is exactly what a romance reader lives for
4.5 ⭐
