Title: What Happens at the Lake
Author: Vi Keeland
Genre: Standalone Contemporary Romance
Trope: Grumpy-Sunshine
Release Date: January 15, 2024
When life took an unexpected turn, I decided to get out of New York for a while. What better place to go than the idyllic small town my father spoke about so fondly when I was growing up? Laurel Lake held the title America’s Friendliest Town for seventeen years running, and friendly was just what I needed right now.
Unfortunately, friendly wasn’t the welcome I got when I arrived.
Instead, I got Fox Cassidy. My tall, dark, and burly neighbor, who grunted at me instead of saying hello.
Okay, so I might’ve had his mailbox in my hands the first time we met. And it might’ve been a little crushed after removing it from under my tire. And I might’ve needed his help breaking into the place I was staying in after the key broke off in the lock. But still…he didn’t have to be so grumpy.
As time went on though, I started to notice things about Fox other than his glares. Like how he watched me when he thought I wasn’t looking, or how fire ignited in his eyes whenever we bickered. Though I was in Laurel Lake to escape my problems, not create new ones. And getting involved with a man like Fox screamed trouble, even if he was gorgeous and unlike any man I’d ever met.
But alas, problem seemed to be my middle name this year. So why not have some fun while I was here for the summer? It seemed like a good plan. At least until it was time to go home…
They say what happens at the lake, stays at the lake. But it’s not so easy to walk away when what stays behind…is your heart.
4 Stars
Are you ready for a small town, everyone knows your business before you do, grumpy sunshine romance full of wit and chemistry.
Josie is looking for a break from her hectic career and life in New York as she heading to Laurel Lake to fix up the house she inherited. Knowing a little work needed to be done to it, not at all ready for the house of shambles she arrives to. Or for Mr Paul Bunyan the hot grumpy neighbor that she can't keep her eyes off.
Fox has learned that life will give you it's kicks when you least expect it. Former hockey player turned to construction. Fox has been living life through the motions but keeping everyone at arms length since the loss of his fiance. Maybe it's time for him to put his ghosts to rest and truly move on and live life to the fullest.
Can Josie be the push Fox needs to step out of the pattern and try?
Cozy up by the fire and enjoy the sun and adventure in Laurel Lake.
*** Advanced copy provided in exchange for an honest review. ***
Vi Keeland is a #1 New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author. With millions of books sold, her titles are currently translated in twenty-seven languages and have appeared on bestseller lists in the US, Germany, Brazil, Bulgaria, Israel, and Hungary. Three of her short stories have been turned into films by Passionflix, and two of her books are currently optioned for movies. She resides in New York with her husband and their three children where she is living out her own happily ever after with the boy she met at age six.
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