Thursday, January 18, 2024

Book review: LOVING ROMEO, by Laura Pavlov


Magnolia Fields #1

Romeo & Demi

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I’m so glad I found this author because I love her small town stories!  The first series I read by this author was Cottonwood Cove and I loved each story, and was looking forward to this connected new series, Magnolia Falls.

Romeo is the bad boy from the wrong side of the tracks, Demi is the good girl from the richest family in town.  Since Demi is very independent, she used her trust fund and purchased a building downtown and started her own coffee shop, called Magnolia Beans.  Romeo is the owner of the gym next door, and so far has rejected all her neighborly offers of free drink.  When her shop is assaulted, he jumps in to help her and thus starts their friendship, mostly initiated and forced by Demi.


Romeo is training for a big fight with an obnoxious boxer who constantly harasses him in public media, his workouts are killing him, and Demi offers to make him nutritious shakes to help him with his nutritional needs.  We know there are other needs she wants to address but her approach is useful and innovative!  When he finds how the shakes are helping him, he offers her self-defense classes with one of his boxers.  And now he can’t kick her out of his sphere!


I loved the mix of angst, suspense, and passion in this story!  Demi is sweet, Romeo is broody, his sister Tia is everything fun in a young adult, Romeo’s half-brother and sister-in-law are close and supportive.  Lincoln and Brinkley are from the Cottonwood Cove series, and we learn about Romeo and Tia in On The Shore, #3 in the series.  Romeo has four close friends who are his ride or die and they all have to tattoos to prove it: Nash, River, Hayes, and Kingston.  I’m sure the next books will be about these guys and I can’t wait!  Nash has a little boy, Cutler, six years going on twenty; he has more swagger than all his uncles together, dresses very cool, and offers to marry Demi if Romeo doesn’t act fast.  He’s super cute and a sweet aspect in the story!  There’s also suspense coming from dark forces around Demi and Romeo who want to derail Romeo’s success and their budding romance.  It made the story so much more delicious and the spice is very yummy too!



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About the author


 

Laura Pavlov writes sweet and sexy contemporary romance that will make you both laugh and cry. She is happily married to her college sweetheart, mom to two awesome almost-grown kids, and dog-whisperer to one temperamental yorkie and one wild bernedoodle. Laura resides in Las Vegas where she is living her own happily ever after. Be sure to sign up for updates on new releases. Laura loves to hear from readers!

 

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