Marabell Fairchild needs to salvage her chances of being hired to teach at a school she loves. If she can convince Nick Fraiser to participate in the Bachelor Auction it will increase her odds.

What happens when a night out to discuss the auction results in a fake engagement makes way for a spicy fun story about sacrifices, challenges, overcoming odds, and a family you'll love to hate. ;).

Don't judge a book by it's cover, believe all the rumors or sacrifice your dreams. The steam is spicy with plenty of banter making this a great book cation.

Thank you for the opportunity to read and review Sweet Southern Trouble. Unfortunately, I was unable to finish this book and won't be rating or reviewing at this time. Should I decide to give it another chance down the road, I will rate and review on my blog, Goodreads and retailers at that time.

Sweet southern trouble
Michelle
Summers


I did like this book. It took me a while to write review this is the 2nd time I tried. I had a hard time at first new to net galley.

5 out of 5 stars!! Under the pretense of getting Nick (Nicholas), the head coach of the North Carolina Cherokees, to allow her access to Nick’s team for her school's planned bachelor auction Marabelle (Tinker Bell/Mary-bell/Thumbelina) agrees to the ruse of being his fiancée. However, every time Nick and Marabelle are together, sparks fly and they quickly find that their relationship is progressing rapidly and into something VERY real. That is if Marabelle can get over her own securities, Nick can get over his past, and if someone from Nick's recent "past" doesn't get in their way....

Wow!! Out of the three novels I've read in Ms. Summers' Harmony Homecomings Series (which have been Books 2, 3, & 4) THIS one is by far my favorite!!! Especially since though it was written from multiple viewpoints (even those other than Nick and Marabelle) the main focus is always about Nick and Marabelle so I never got distracted. YAY! Also, even though I am not a fan of wishy-washy characters, which Marabelle definitely is, the plotline moved on so quickly that I never had time to get annoyed with her because of it, which made me enjoy Marabelle as a character more. Double YAY!!

This is one engaging tale that I had a hard time putting down. It reeled me in with its endearing cast and their outrageous schemes, and then it kept me hooked by getting me to root for main couple. Plus, it didn't hurt that Marabelle is very quirky like my favorite character of Ms. Summers' Lucy (from Book 2), which got my interest even more!

Above all though, it is the way Marabelle and Nick fell for one another, their playful banter, and their charm that I liked the best. As they both charmed me. Though they struggled with their pasts in different ways, I LOVED how they fought for one another to protect each other no matter the cost. They truly make a great couple! One I am thrilled I got to read about!

I HIGHLY recommend this novel and series to those looking for a quirky contemporary romance!

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Loved this fourth installment of the series! I love a friends to lovers trope--and Sweet Southern Trouble was SO much fun. Nick and Marabelle started off like oil and water, but they definitely heated up! Loved how the players became involved--loved that Nick and his inner caveman were tamed. I didn't love how Marabelle allowed herself to be railroaded, but I did love how Nick and the players rallied around her once the truth came out. It was a great, quick summer read and I can't wait to see what Ms. Summers has next up her sleeve.

Sweet and steamy with just the right amount of tension. After all who can resist a sweet but fiesty school teacher and a sexy ex-football star???

Sweet southern romance introduces us to a former quarterback, Nick whom is currently coaching a losing team and Marabella, a teacher's assistant and tennis pro who, inadvertently becomes locked into a fake relationship with each other.Once this happens, all the claws come out and an opposition is mounted against the couple.I fell in love with Nick whom I found to be thoughtful yet humorous while at times I felt exasperated with Marabella for her cluelessness. The author spread a wide net and provided more than bit parts to the supporting characters, which I really enjoyed and found refreshing.This novel shows us that we have to keep an open mind and trust our feelings.This ARC was provided by Netgalley.

I really enjoyed it. This book had me giggling so much. I truly loved the character of Marabelle she was a riot to read. Her explosive personality & take now prisoners when she wanted something was hilarious. She was a great foil to strong, serious Coach Nick. This book moved at different speeds throughout the book but it always moved forward. I'm still seeing the favourite phrase of Marabelle (holy Roger Federer) in my head, it was hugely funny every time she said it. Nick's strength & determination not to get involved with crazy Marabelle was great but it didn't matter how hard he fought, there were too many people trying to get the opposite result. Definitely recommend.

5 stars

Marabelle Fairchild has a smile as innocent as a cherub, but is as tenacious as a turtle that won’t turn loose until it thunders. She wants, needs, Coach Nick Frasier and his ball players to participate in a bachelor’s auction to benefit Trinity Academy. Her independence, pride, and sense of self worth are at stake.

Handsome, wealthy Nick Frasier wants and needs tiny, feisty, tactless, atrocious-dressing Marabelle for his own personal reasons.

Sweet Southern Trouble is one of the best love stories I’ve read in a while. It blooms with captivating characters, humor that is both subtle and blatant, and the hated antagonist named self-doubt nipping at Marabelle relentlessly. Of course, other human antagonists sneak in and make one bristle at their devious ways—page-turning reading.

Michele Summers does an outstanding job. The high quality of her writing is a joy to read. Her unique, humorous expressions that enliven the story and create wonderful mental images add a delightful, extra dimension to the story: such as Marabelle separating her usual clothes from her classy clothes so they won’t breed, made me giggle, as did the mention of gathering celebrates for an auction is like herding cats.

The love scenes are of the WOW quality. They are not overdone or done too often, just enough to add the perfect spice to the unique relationship Nick and Marabelle share.

Marabelle thinks with her heart not her head and warns herself often that she is living in a fairy tale on borrowed time. While Nick thinks with a different part of his anatomy, but there is also a part of him that realizes Marabelle is his sanctuary. Life is different since the multifaceted Marabelle took on the job of his fiancée.

EXCELLENT READING!

Having never read Michele Summers’ books before I wasn't sure what to expect so was pleased to find that ‘Sweet Southern Trouble’ was an easy and enjoyable read. This 4 star read was a fun and easy book to get lost in.


Sometimes when you pick up a book it just connects with you and the mood you are in and that is exactly what I found with this book. Although the story was at times predictable it was an easy, light hearted read for me that I relished reading while relaxing in the garden on a Saturday afternoon. Filled with fun, humour and great characters all round, not just the main couple this book left me wanting more.


The interactions and banter between Nick and Marabelle let you see how compatible these two are. Marabelle is a bit socially awkward and tends to blurt out the obvious and not everyone accepts that but she not only wins the heart of Nick but also the heart of his NFL team players. Beau in particular is a story I wouldn't mind reading.


As I have said this was a light hearted romance that gives you a few hours reading to get lost in.


I was provided with a copy of this book by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I enjoyed this story, it was a light and fun read. Nick, aka Prince Charming, and Marabelle, aka Tinker Bell, are vibrant characters, their antics were hilarious.

Marabelle Fairchild is an assistant elementary school teacher who has been assigned the difficult task of convincing wealthy and famous Nick Frasier to participate with his friends in a bachelor auction. A former NFL star, Nick comes off as a cocky jerk, at first, entitled and rude. I admit that it took me some time to like him. He seems hung up on appearances at first, but he grew on me as the story unfolded. I loved Marabelle’s tenacity, she tends to bulldoze anything in her path, she has guts and a red hot temper. She is a quirky character, and her feistiness captivates Nick. His high profile job of NFL head coach is very demanding, their flirtation and bantering is a welcome distraction in his hectic life, and made for a few laugh-out-loud funny scenes. Nick and Marabelle are an unlikely pairing and yet a perfect match.

Overall, Sweet Southern Charm is a fun, witty and entertaining story, with no unnecessary drama and lots of engaging supporting characters. 3.5 Stars

I received an advanced copy of this book from the publisher, via NetGalley.

Sweet Southern Trouble is an adult sports romance by author Michele Summers. This is the first book I have had the pleasure of reading by Mrs. Summers, but it certainly will not be the last. I loved Sweet Southern Trouble. It was the kind of book that allowed me to totally escape from the real world. I was very absorbed in this book late into the night and even in the morning before I drove to work. I just had to finish it! And I certainly cannot say that about all books I read. It doesn’t look like Sweet Southern Trouble is going to be a series, but I really really wish it would be. I got to know Q and so many of the other football players well enough. I want them to have their own stories! Please, make that happen!

Sweet Southern Trouble is a standalone romance novel told in dual narrative between Marabelle and Nick. Marabelle is like a force of nature. I loved watching her tenacity and pure spirited-ness knock Nick off balance more times than I can count. I loved that Nick was so enamored with her feisty nature. I loved how well rounded Marabelle was too. She is a great cook and a fierce tennis player. I loved that we got to explore so many different sides of Marabelle. She was a really interesting (in a great way!) character.

And Nick. Oh Nick. He is as loyal as they come. Even throughout the whole fake charade fiasco they had going on, Nick was as awesome as can be to Marabelle, or Tinker Bell as he called her. I loved seeing what a great guy he was. By the time I finished this book, I had a major crush on Nick. I want him all for myself.

Bottom line: Sweet Southern Trouble was a funny, heartwarming, and really well done standalone romance novel. I loved getting to know all of the characters, I was totally rooting for the main characters, and the secondary characters were a hoot and a half. I want all of the guys on the football team to get their own story. I just love them! if you are looking for a great romance, check out Sweet Southern Trouble.

I'm sorry; I didn't get a chance to download this before it archived, so I won't be able to review it.

Sweet Southern Trouble by Michele Summers
Source: Netgalley
My Rating: 5/5 stars
My Review:

The title of this one really does tell the whole story!! If there is trouble to be found, Marabelle Fairchild is not only going to find it, she’s going to dive into it with her eyes wide open and her mouth, that has no edit button, open and going a mile a minute.

There is very little that goes through Marabelle’s mind that doesn’t come out her mouth and in her latest episode of verbal diarrhea, she’s gotten herself into one hell of a mess. In order to secure her future at the ultra-posh private school she works for, Marabelle has landed herself in the middle of organizing the school’s yearly fundraiser. She’s been tasked with enlisting the help – OK, the hotness – and financial backing of the Carolina Cherokees, the local pro football team. Everyone assumes Marabelle is going to fail and there are some on the committee who are actively working against Marabelle. Turns out, when you have a mind and a mouth that often run free, you make a few enemies.

Nick Frasier is an ex-pro football player turned pro coach and uncle to a rambunctious kindergartner. That rambunctious kindergartner is part of the reason Nick has been called to Marabelle’s classroom and currently being all but accosted by the feistiest woman he has ever met. On top of telling him his nephew is tiny turd, Marabelle has asked him for help with the school fundraiser. Aside from being blindsided by her request, Nick is pretty much blown away by Marabelle and in the beginning, that blown away is not in a good way. Marabelle is like a tiny tornado with no off switch and determination like Nick has never seen. In fact, once Marabelle has an idea, she’s fairly relentless and isn’t long before she’s introduced herself to a group of Nick’s players and begun wooing them to her cause. It sure doesn’t hurt that Marabelle cooks for the boys 😊

What Marabelle doesn’t know about Nick is that he needs her as much as she needs him. Nick has a great deal of pressure on him from the Cherokee’s management to settle down and improve his public persona. The best way to do that is to strike a deal with Marabelle, the one woman he could never, ever actually fall for. If Marabelle agrees to be his fake fiancé, Nick and the boys will help her pull off the best fundraiser the school has ever seen! As you would expect with such an arrangement, all kinds of shenanigans ensue including a raucous meeting of the parents, a vicious tennis tournament, a heinous ex-girlfriend with nefarious plans, and more than a few words left unspoken.

The Bottom Line: I absolutely fell in love with this read. It has everything a romantic comedy should have: a crazy-awesome girl, a hot southern gentleman, a ridiculous fake engagement, meddling yet well-intentioned friends, and some harpies working against the happy couple. This is a funny, hot mess kind of read populated with a cast of crazies that I just devoured. There are certainly some naughty bits in this read, but they are appropriate to the overall sweet nature of this read. In all, Sweet Southern Trouble is a pretty perfect read and I am sincerely hoping Michele Summers will give the rest of the men on the Carolina Cherokees team their own book and their own HEA!

Sweet Southern Trouble got off to a slow and questionable start with me. It’s difficult when I’m not liking the couple from the start to stick with the story and give them a chance to grow on me. But I’ve learned over the years that is exactly what needs to be done with some books, and some characters. I’m glad that was the attitude I took with this story as Marabelle and Nick do indeed come into their own personalities, and they have quite an endearing story to tell.

The fake relationship story line can work for me with the right people. I want that spark of something to be there that holds out hope for more than the fake down the road. At first Nick comes off as – well, a jerk, an entitled jerk. That is what held me back from liking him as the story began. Marabelle is, let’s call her unique. She’s a spitfire, determined young woman with a lot hidden behind that outer shell. I want to say she grows on you as her past, her present are made known to us. Each has an agenda, each needs something from the other and along the way they’re going to figure out that fake isn’t going to work for them. It’s got to be the real deal or nothing at all.

I enjoyed Sweet Southern Trouble, even though it took some determined reading to get to that point. I believe there are some readers who will stop just short of finding the fun and enjoyment of this couple, and that is honestly a shame. For those readers are going to miss out on a good story, and the realization that not everything has to smack you in the face from the start. Sometimes some slow buildups deliver the best stories.

Would I recommend this one? Yes. Yet I’d also say to give it a chance to touch your reading emotions. Not everything is known at the beginning, and sometimes first impressions have to be re-evaluated. So give Sweet Southern Trouble a chance to work it’s Southern charm on you. It’s well worth the time.

*I received an e-ARC of this novel from the publisher via NetGalley. That does not change what I think of this story. It is my choice to leave a review giving my personal opinion about this book.*

This book started off promising with the two main characters meeting in a hilarious fashion, but unfortunately, the story is far away from sweet. Characters Marabelle and Nick are polar opposites and they both need each other to accomplish something in their lives. Marabelle is Nick's nephew teacher and Nick is a former professional football player and he is now a professional coach. This book started off with a bang with the comedy, the chemistry, and the quirkiness of the female character. Sometime after introducing Nick and him being a jerk, the book turned sour for me. The pacing in this book is so slow and it took a while for their relationship to take off. Nothing was going on throughout the book and the female character needed a back bone. The writing was great, but the male character was very unlikable to me. This book was not for me.

I loved this book, Marabelle was great. I did enjoy Nick as her love interest, but I absolutely loved his team, Beau was awesome, Tyler was good and Rocker. Then we have the others Elizabeth, her friend and her sister. What a fun cast of characters, they all added spice to the story. I truly had fun reading this, and I hated the villain, Ginger, which shows you how good the writing is, when you hate the person you are supposed to hate.. Reading you will not be disappointed.

2 1/2 stars

A bit disappointing to be honest. The bones of the story were good, but the delivery was definitely lacking. Considering the age of the characters (he's 38, she's 30) I found them very immature. The tone and writing was uneven in places as well which didn't help. The supporting characters were fun though and I would be interested in reading their stories if Summers chose to write them.

* ARC provided by NetGalley and the publisher in return for an honest review *

Spotlight, Review, Guest Post & Giveaway: SWEET SOUTHERN TROUBLE by Michele Summers http://wp.me/p3d0RZ-8H7
Publication Date: May 2, 2017
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Reviewed by: Reading in Pajamas/ Donna
Rated 4.5 Stars

I completely enjoyed this story full of southern charm and southern vipers. Marabelle was a lot of fun to read, even though her inferiority complex got a little tiring at spots. Nick was the perfect leading man, taken unawares by the clueless girl. Their friends also made the story enjoyable, the perfect counterpart to the rich snobs engaged in their power-plays. This sweet romance also holds enough heat to spice things up. A fun read.

*Review copy provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

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This was an interesting book about a woman who is working at a private school as a teacher and a tennis coach. She is really forced into heading the event for the year raising money since she is not full- time, and the fact the most eligible bachelor in town and former pro quarterback has a nephew in her kindergarten class. Taking the task by the horns she plows through and when he says no at first she stays driven and gets him to agree to sign footgear since he is the head football coach of the pro team in town. He does call her tinker bell when they first met but when she grabs him he can’t believe how her body feels because she wears baggy clothes and does not really care about appearance. From there he begins to see just how much of a spit fire she is when she shows up at his house un announce because she felt he was backing out of there meeting. This is when things change because some of the players from the team are there and they take a liking to her. When he does meet her for the meeting at a restaurant upset with the way two women are talking about her in front of her he announces that they are engaged. The story takes a turn and the more you get into it he becomes jealous when he finds his players hanging out at her house for a home cooked meal and watching TV. Morgan and Nick each have their own issues and problems they must work them out if they want to actually have a relationship and not a fake relationship. They must not only work between themselves but also others around them. They discover more about each other when he shows up in Atlanta to help her at her parents and after one other set back you are hoping that they can get together. I just have to say reading some of the other reviews people mentioned that they did not liked Nick all that much, but I found it much worse what the other women said about Morgan behind her back and getting her fired, at least he said Tinkerbell to her face and if you the character if she did not like it she would have said something. Far worse backstabbing than what some people thought what his character did. OK I found this to be a great story with many different characters and for what it is a story, a very well written book.