700 SENSES OF SUMMER by Maggie Gates is AVAILABLE NOW
Blurb:
He’s a moth to a flame. She’s the inferno.
Aurora Whitlock hit rock bottom.
Broke, single, and mourning her career going up in smoke, she decides to kick-start her new life by renovating the bones of an old beach house hidden along the Carolina coast.
What a cliché—inheriting a fixer-upper from a deceased relative. That kind of thing only happens in books.
But beggars can’t be choosers. The Old Whitlock Place, and all its secrets, is home sweet home for the summer.
Jack Wharton didn’t expect to find a summertimer squatting in the dilapidated mansion next door.
As a career firefighter tasked with protecting Cedar Island, North Carolina, he’s seen a thing or two. But he’s never seen anything quite like her.
Painting walls and fixing floors in the middle of summer shouldn’t be that hard to handle. But the temperature isn’t the only thing that’s hot. Can Jack and Aurora’s sizzling romance stand the heat? Or will the secrets they uncover consume them?
700 Senses of Summer is a fun summer read full of witty banter, the best girl gang you’ll ever meet, mystery, and a scorching romance with a swoony happily ever after! It is book two in the Romantics series but can be read as a standalone.
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars
This story is a charming summer romance between sexy firefighter Jack and spicy black cat Aurora — with a hint of mystery thrown in surrounding the rundown beach house she inherited from her late great aunt.
Aurora is an author in the midst of a dry spell who decides to move to the beach house she inherited and fix it up — hoping that the renovation will also help her fix up her own life. She doesn’t take too kindly at first when her new neighbor, Jack, offers his assistance — but thankfully the guy didn’t give up because Jack was just what Aurora needed in her life and provided her a safe space to land when her life was in chaos. Aurora had no plans to stick around town for longer than the summer… but fate had something else in store for her.
I really enjoyed the banter between these two characters, and the sizzling sexual tension. They worked well together as a couple and I loved the slow build between them, first as friends as they renovated the house, then as their feelings grew. It was a delicious slow burn.
I loved the North Carolina setting; having vacationed many times on the Outer Banks, the scenery was very easy for me to imagine in my mind! There were also some breadcrumbs dropped for additional books set in the same world, which I am interested to read!
I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.
Meet Maggie Gates:
Author Maggie Gates writes raw, relatable, romance novels packed full of heat and humor. Maggie calls North Carolina home. In her spare time she enjoys daydreaming about her characters, jamming to country music, collecting vinyl record, and eating all the barbecue and tacos she can find! Her Kindle is always within reach due to a love of small town romances that borders on obsession.
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