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.
Published Date: 21 February 2023
My Review
Allie is a travel editor and stay truthful with her story. However this doesn’t go down well with her bosses. Now, she need to write a story that is good enough to save her job. So she decided to visit her best friend Sofia at Crescent Island. She find herself attracted to the quiet small town and its community. She found herself to be increasingly attracted to Ryan, Sofia’s brother. Ryan works in his family restaurant and Ryan is content with his life. He have his family around him and his focus is on his family business. He is not looking for love but meeting Allie seem to change his view.
It is a romcom story about 2 individual meets and fell in love when they least expected it to be. Allie is a pessimistic person who only think of negative perspectives and i love to see how this change in Allie as the story developed. Their chemistry were there from the time they meet and it grow as the story develop. Overall it is a feel good and delightful read to me.
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