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javalenciaph's review against another edition
5.0
Note: An advanced reader copy (ARC) was provided by the author.
Le sigh. This is what a contemporary romance novel should read like! I already know that Melissa Foster is more than adept when it comes writing fictional love stories that touch upon the importance of family and friends, but I admit that some resonate with more than others. One of those books just happens to be this new release of hers. I loved the back stories that Beau and Charlotte had, making it easy for me to become invested in their becoming a couple. My heart went out to both, but more so with Beau because of the heartache that he still carries with him after the loss that he endured. These two had really strong chemistry, and this may sound weird, but I actually liked that there were complexities interspersed with them getting to their happily-ever-after. After all, the things that often matter most are the ones that you really have to work for, as was the case for these two. Foster did a truly fantastic job weaving this beautiful love story against such a picturesque backdrop, and with a strong cast of supporting characters to back them, Beau and Charlotte's tale in Anything for Love easily gets five out of five stars. ♥
Le sigh. This is what a contemporary romance novel should read like! I already know that Melissa Foster is more than adept when it comes writing fictional love stories that touch upon the importance of family and friends, but I admit that some resonate with more than others. One of those books just happens to be this new release of hers. I loved the back stories that Beau and Charlotte had, making it easy for me to become invested in their becoming a couple. My heart went out to both, but more so with Beau because of the heartache that he still carries with him after the loss that he endured. These two had really strong chemistry, and this may sound weird, but I actually liked that there were complexities interspersed with them getting to their happily-ever-after. After all, the things that often matter most are the ones that you really have to work for, as was the case for these two. Foster did a truly fantastic job weaving this beautiful love story against such a picturesque backdrop, and with a strong cast of supporting characters to back them, Beau and Charlotte's tale in Anything for Love easily gets five out of five stars. ♥
emmascr's review against another edition
5.0
This review was originally posted on Star Crossed Reviews I received this book for free for a Blog Tour in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
Thank you to Lisa for letting me take part in this tour. As I am sure you know I have been in love with the Braden's for years s I couldn't turn this one down. Both of these characters have popped up in Melissa's previous books briefly but if you haven't read anything by Melissa before then that's not a problem at all.
Charlotte Sterling is an erotic romance writer. She's released 4 books that have made her a best seller but now Charlotte has writers block and she's way behind on her deadline. Despite writing erotic Charlotte's love life is non existent. Charlotte want's the fairy-tale and nothing less. I loved Charlotte. She is brave, strong and determined. Charlotte has lost so much in her life but she managed to turn her grief into something positive. I also loved the little bits of herself that Melissa put into Charlotte's character.
If any man was going to bring Charlotte a fairy-tale it was going to be a Braden man. Braden men are fiercely loyal, passionate, family men. Beau Braden is punishing himself for his past. He believes it's his fault his firs girlfriend was killed and he doesn't deserve to be happy because of it. Beau has about a billion walls that are taller than a castle but Charlotte manages to scale them. Beau captured my heart with the things he does for Charlotte. He was so dreamy.
As always Melissa had me reeling through the emotions on this one. There were some sad scenes that had me in tears but also some very sweet scenes that equally had me in tears, albeit happy ones. I was so glad to see these two overcome their issues and have their HEA.
Thank you to Lisa for letting me take part in this tour. As I am sure you know I have been in love with the Braden's for years s I couldn't turn this one down. Both of these characters have popped up in Melissa's previous books briefly but if you haven't read anything by Melissa before then that's not a problem at all.
Charlotte Sterling is an erotic romance writer. She's released 4 books that have made her a best seller but now Charlotte has writers block and she's way behind on her deadline. Despite writing erotic Charlotte's love life is non existent. Charlotte want's the fairy-tale and nothing less. I loved Charlotte. She is brave, strong and determined. Charlotte has lost so much in her life but she managed to turn her grief into something positive. I also loved the little bits of herself that Melissa put into Charlotte's character.
If any man was going to bring Charlotte a fairy-tale it was going to be a Braden man. Braden men are fiercely loyal, passionate, family men. Beau Braden is punishing himself for his past. He believes it's his fault his firs girlfriend was killed and he doesn't deserve to be happy because of it. Beau has about a billion walls that are taller than a castle but Charlotte manages to scale them. Beau captured my heart with the things he does for Charlotte. He was so dreamy.
As always Melissa had me reeling through the emotions on this one. There were some sad scenes that had me in tears but also some very sweet scenes that equally had me in tears, albeit happy ones. I was so glad to see these two overcome their issues and have their HEA.
niniwags's review against another edition
5.0
This book was excellent. I absolutely loved the fact that neither Beau or Charlotte tried to change each other. They fell in love with exactly who each person was, embracing and enjoying all of each other's quirks. They support each other in all that they do and love unconditionally.
Charlotte releases Beau from his self imposed "prison of guilt" and he helps her come back to life from her solitary existence after losing her family.
They show you what a true Happily Ever After should be about.
Melissa Foster's writing is amazing; her character interactions are down to earth and believable; her love scenes are incredibly hot and the overall story just makes you believe in love and fairy tales. I can't wait for the next book!
Charlotte releases Beau from his self imposed "prison of guilt" and he helps her come back to life from her solitary existence after losing her family.
They show you what a true Happily Ever After should be about.
Melissa Foster's writing is amazing; her character interactions are down to earth and believable; her love scenes are incredibly hot and the overall story just makes you believe in love and fairy tales. I can't wait for the next book!
chrissy3562's review against another edition
5.0
I loved Beau & Charlotte's story. Charlotte was super quirky and I couldn't help but smile when I was reading her story. Beau blamed himself for the death of his first love and as a result, isolated himself from those who loved him. Charlotte & her quirks were the perfect combination to heal him. Not only was Beau able to heal, he was a romantic to the point where I want to find a man willing to do the things he did for Charlotte and don't want to settle for anything less. Charlotte's love of fairy tales is similar to my own and I was really able to relate to her. This story was a fun read that had me laughing out loud at times and grinning like a fool at others. I absolutely adored it and really can't recommend it enough.
nicki_theoverflowingbookcase's review against another edition
4.0
Beau thinks he is getting away to help fix up a friends Inn, little does he know that Charlotte, an erotica book writer, not only owns the property but is in the middle of a writers block that hand cuffs and blow up dolls cannot help with. But once the two realize that they have a spark, and Charlotte breaks through her writers block, can they find happiness with each other? Or will the baggage that each brings to the table end the relationship before it gets past the hot sex? With great characters and a heartwarming storyline that proves that love can conquer all, this was a wonderful read. I am looking forward to more from this author.
cassire's review against another edition
4.0
I had a blast reading this book. There is a wacky heroine, who writes romance novels and barely leaves her property and a brooding, hunky hero trying to run away from his past. The hero is a contractor in charge of fixing up the heroine’s family inn. This book has laughs, Chickendales, Insta love,
blowup dolls, and heart.
I voluntarily read an early copy.
blowup dolls, and heart.
I voluntarily read an early copy.
ladystephm's review against another edition
4.0
Beau has always tried to escape his feelings of loss and guilt and has accepted a job to fix up the Sterling House inn, this is where he meets the elusive Charlotte. Charlotte has gone through her own loss and found therapy in writing her erotic romance novels. The only place you’ll find Charlotte is in her Inn, writing and completing hands-on research as best she can.
Neither Beau nor Charlotte know what they signed up for when Beau arrives to complete numerous repairs. Charlotte finds herself intrigued by Beau, and him distracted by Charlotte. The more repairs he gets done, the more he wants to know about Charlotte and the more he slowly opens up to her.
Seclusion, a hardworking and hard-bodied man, a creative erotic writer, all a recipe for a hot romance. Once again Foster does not disappoint and has you longing for just a fraction of the romance this pair experiences
Disclosure: At my request, I have received an advance copy of this book for review purposes from Beck Valley Books Book Tours. I am not being financially compensated for this post, all opinions expressed are my own honest opinion.
*An advance copy of this book was provided to me, at my request, for review purposes only, all opinions expressed are my own*
Neither Beau nor Charlotte know what they signed up for when Beau arrives to complete numerous repairs. Charlotte finds herself intrigued by Beau, and him distracted by Charlotte. The more repairs he gets done, the more he wants to know about Charlotte and the more he slowly opens up to her.
Seclusion, a hardworking and hard-bodied man, a creative erotic writer, all a recipe for a hot romance. Once again Foster does not disappoint and has you longing for just a fraction of the romance this pair experiences
Disclosure: At my request, I have received an advance copy of this book for review purposes from Beck Valley Books Book Tours. I am not being financially compensated for this post, all opinions expressed are my own honest opinion.
*An advance copy of this book was provided to me, at my request, for review purposes only, all opinions expressed are my own*
sandylovesbooks's review against another edition
4.0
First I want to say that I was going to not finish this book. I had a lot of problems with things happening at the beginning that I was having a hard time reading. But, I guess, halfway through, things turned around and I found myself liking it more and more. And then before I knew it I was falling in love with the book. I still have problems with the issues in the beginning but I can deal with it.
I received this book as an ARC through Jill Shalvis' bookaholics. Jill Shalvis is in a new group Ladies Who Write and I was given the opportunity to read this book. Anytime someone says "hey, here's a free book" I'm all over that.
One of my pet peeves is does the cover match the people in the book. Well, I do not see Charlotte with dark hair (that may be my mistake) nor do I see her with long nails. She is a flighty silly person who can only find time to write and run after her chickens. I do not see how she would take the time to do her nails. Then, Beau is described as having "tree trunk legs". Which is, to me, a horrible affliction to have and the guy on the cover does not seem to have this problem. But, it is one of my pet peeves so others may like the hero with huge legs.
I think Bandit the klepto dog should have been in the book more. I think it would have added so much to the antics going on.
OK, now on to the notes I wrote down while reading this book:
As you may know e-readers don't have page numbers on a lot of their books. It's either percentage or location. In this book it is done with location.
Loc 129 chapter one - Beau's description. Charlotte writes erotic romance and her fictional characters and Beau rivaled those characters. He is described as darkly handsome with "mile-wide shoulders, tree trunk legs, and arms that could probably crush a man". Yeah, tree trunk legs, not a good visual for me. If it was said that he had muscular legs, I could definitely get behind that.
Loc 135 chapter one - Beau is so much bigger than Charlotte so she sees herself as small and feminine. "Submissive". She would like to write a submissive character. That would be a no for me. I think a lot of women are wanting to read, now, about strong women who take no shit. And don't do shit to others.
Loc 220 chapter two - Charlotte is described as "a pixie". I am a short person and I think big things come in small packages but why does it have to be the big burly man with a pixie?
Loc 231 chapter two - Beau is about to sign a contract to be the host of a reality tv show called Shack to Chic. Is that the thing now? I think this is the 3rd book with that premise.
Loc 314 chapter two - OK here is where my problem comes in. Sexual harassment much? Charlotte is "researching" for her erotic book and is practically setting herself up for a harassment lawsuit. In today's environment this is not a good way for a heroine to act towards a stranger. She is treating Beau as a research prop and thinking nothing will happen because she knows some of his family. And Beau is ok with the treatment and then a short time later they get their sexy time going. I didn't like Charlotte at all at first. She would get Beau all hot and bothered and then run off to write because of the inspiration. Her choice of tools before Beau were blow up dolls who she named after sexy male stars. I was seriously thinking of not finishing the book at this point.
Loc 379 chapter three - Shortcake. Ok I like the nickname.
Loc 661 chapter five - "She was the sexiest woman he'd ever met". She is "a pixie, probably existed on air", and was in "ten directions at once". She went out wearing her underwear and a big sweater chasing chickens. So a starved, skinny, batty, flighty girl is sexy? I guess I now know why I don't have a boyfriend. I'm none of those.
Loc 667 chapter five - Ok this is funny. She calls her chickens chickendales. It took me a while to figure that one out. Chickendales - Chippendales.
Loc 838 chapter six - Charlotte answers Beau's phone while he is in the shower. She then walks into the bathroom continuing to talk on the phone with Beau in the shower. I would have pitched a fit. You don't answer someone's phone and/or walk into the bathroom while they take a shower.
Loc 1711 chapter nine - She's upset because Beau is shutting her out. "I realize we barely know each other, but it still hurts to be shut out." What? And I've seen this before in other books. Someone is supposed to spill their guts as soon as they meet someone else.
Loc 1771 chapter ten - "The scents of cedar and love filled her as they stepped inside." What does love smell like?
Loc 2137 chapter eleven - OMG! IT'S ALL HIS FAULT" This is what he was shutting Charlotte out. His girlfriend died in a car accident ten years ago. He was out drinking and didn't see her texts.
Loc 2146 chapter eleven - Beau thinks Charlotte will blame him for a mistake he made as a young man. What mistake?
Loc 2157 chapter eleven - OMG! IT'S ALL HER FAULT". Now it's her turn. She thinks it's her fault that she wasn't home when her grandfather died. He had told her to go to college and she did and he died.
Loc 2193 chapter eleven - My take on this next scene:
"No. blah blah blah. It's all my fault. blah blah blah. No, it's not. blah blah blah. hey, let's do it. oh ok."
Loc 2196 chapter eleven - "Their closeness was like a drug, and she wanted to overdose." Oh god, noooo.
Loc 2252 chapter twelve - Charlotte begins to think Beau is using her for sex. But, lady, who was using whom for sex research? It seems like this thought of Charlotte's was just thrown in and it was never addressed.
Loc 2287 chapter twelve - Morning sex. Great except morning breath and don't they have to pee?
Loc 2304 chapter thirteen - "pantser". I learned new words! Pantser is someone who "flies by the seat of their pants". And "plantser" is a combination of pantser and planner. So it's a little bit of a planner and pantser.
That last note was around 57% and then things changed and I started to like the book more and more and really couldn't find any other issues. I loved that Beau called her shortcake and his family were some of the best supporting characters I've read. I can't wait to read more of her books in this series. This is book two so I need to read the first one. Plus it's a combination of two separate series. So I have a lot of books to read to catch up. I was surprised; this book turned out to be a really good book.
I received this book as an ARC through Jill Shalvis' bookaholics. Jill Shalvis is in a new group Ladies Who Write and I was given the opportunity to read this book. Anytime someone says "hey, here's a free book" I'm all over that.
One of my pet peeves is does the cover match the people in the book. Well, I do not see Charlotte with dark hair (that may be my mistake) nor do I see her with long nails. She is a flighty silly person who can only find time to write and run after her chickens. I do not see how she would take the time to do her nails. Then, Beau is described as having "tree trunk legs". Which is, to me, a horrible affliction to have and the guy on the cover does not seem to have this problem. But, it is one of my pet peeves so others may like the hero with huge legs.
I think Bandit the klepto dog should have been in the book more. I think it would have added so much to the antics going on.
OK, now on to the notes I wrote down while reading this book:
As you may know e-readers don't have page numbers on a lot of their books. It's either percentage or location. In this book it is done with location.
Loc 129 chapter one - Beau's description. Charlotte writes erotic romance and her fictional characters and Beau rivaled those characters. He is described as darkly handsome with "mile-wide shoulders, tree trunk legs, and arms that could probably crush a man". Yeah, tree trunk legs, not a good visual for me. If it was said that he had muscular legs, I could definitely get behind that.
Loc 135 chapter one - Beau is so much bigger than Charlotte so she sees herself as small and feminine. "Submissive". She would like to write a submissive character. That would be a no for me. I think a lot of women are wanting to read, now, about strong women who take no shit. And don't do shit to others.
Loc 220 chapter two - Charlotte is described as "a pixie". I am a short person and I think big things come in small packages but why does it have to be the big burly man with a pixie?
Loc 231 chapter two - Beau is about to sign a contract to be the host of a reality tv show called Shack to Chic. Is that the thing now? I think this is the 3rd book with that premise.
Loc 314 chapter two - OK here is where my problem comes in. Sexual harassment much? Charlotte is "researching" for her erotic book and is practically setting herself up for a harassment lawsuit. In today's environment this is not a good way for a heroine to act towards a stranger. She is treating Beau as a research prop and thinking nothing will happen because she knows some of his family. And Beau is ok with the treatment and then a short time later they get their sexy time going. I didn't like Charlotte at all at first. She would get Beau all hot and bothered and then run off to write because of the inspiration. Her choice of tools before Beau were blow up dolls who she named after sexy male stars. I was seriously thinking of not finishing the book at this point.
Loc 379 chapter three - Shortcake. Ok I like the nickname.
Loc 661 chapter five - "She was the sexiest woman he'd ever met". She is "a pixie, probably existed on air", and was in "ten directions at once". She went out wearing her underwear and a big sweater chasing chickens. So a starved, skinny, batty, flighty girl is sexy? I guess I now know why I don't have a boyfriend. I'm none of those.
Loc 667 chapter five - Ok this is funny. She calls her chickens chickendales. It took me a while to figure that one out. Chickendales - Chippendales.
Loc 838 chapter six - Charlotte answers Beau's phone while he is in the shower. She then walks into the bathroom continuing to talk on the phone with Beau in the shower. I would have pitched a fit. You don't answer someone's phone and/or walk into the bathroom while they take a shower.
Loc 1711 chapter nine - She's upset because Beau is shutting her out. "I realize we barely know each other, but it still hurts to be shut out." What? And I've seen this before in other books. Someone is supposed to spill their guts as soon as they meet someone else.
Loc 1771 chapter ten - "The scents of cedar and love filled her as they stepped inside." What does love smell like?
Loc 2137 chapter eleven - OMG! IT'S ALL HIS FAULT" This is what he was shutting Charlotte out. His girlfriend died in a car accident ten years ago. He was out drinking and didn't see her texts.
Loc 2146 chapter eleven - Beau thinks Charlotte will blame him for a mistake he made as a young man. What mistake?
Loc 2157 chapter eleven - OMG! IT'S ALL HER FAULT". Now it's her turn. She thinks it's her fault that she wasn't home when her grandfather died. He had told her to go to college and she did and he died.
Loc 2193 chapter eleven - My take on this next scene:
"No. blah blah blah. It's all my fault. blah blah blah. No, it's not. blah blah blah. hey, let's do it. oh ok."
Loc 2196 chapter eleven - "Their closeness was like a drug, and she wanted to overdose." Oh god, noooo.
Loc 2252 chapter twelve - Charlotte begins to think Beau is using her for sex. But, lady, who was using whom for sex research? It seems like this thought of Charlotte's was just thrown in and it was never addressed.
Loc 2287 chapter twelve - Morning sex. Great except morning breath and don't they have to pee?
Loc 2304 chapter thirteen - "pantser". I learned new words! Pantser is someone who "flies by the seat of their pants". And "plantser" is a combination of pantser and planner. So it's a little bit of a planner and pantser.
That last note was around 57% and then things changed and I started to like the book more and more and really couldn't find any other issues. I loved that Beau called her shortcake and his family were some of the best supporting characters I've read. I can't wait to read more of her books in this series. This is book two so I need to read the first one. Plus it's a combination of two separate series. So I have a lot of books to read to catch up. I was surprised; this book turned out to be a really good book.
amgibson2's review against another edition
5.0
Beau and Charlotte had quite the love story. They have both loved and lost. Beau moves from project to project to escape his demons. Charlo0tte locks herself in her study to write... erotic romance. Her techniques are quite amusing as she acts out scenes with blow up dolls and has a closet full of toys. At first she seems a little off her rocker, but Beau can't stop but falling for her. As they both open up to one another, we see a beautiful story unfold. Melissa has a way of connecting the reader to the characters and their emotions. I enjoyed this book and can't wait to read more.