Dakota has created her own concierge business.  He mother and her Aunt are pieces of work.  They are spoiled, rich and selfish.

Max buys Dakota's childhood home and hires Dakota to redo it. Do the sparks fly,  not only between Dakota and max but between Dakota and her family.  

I really liked this book it was a fast, funny end enjoyable read.

Thank you netgally  and Ballantine Books for the opportunity to read for an honest review

I love when the hero chances the heroine.  Max doesn't have to work for much in his life - but working for Dakota he must if they are going to have a chance.

This is a perfect beach book!  Between the Hamptons setting and the romance dance between Dakota and Max, it's just a terrific read.  I liked that this is a more mature romance than some.  Yes there is angst and there are secrets, but these two are grown ups.  It's plot driven but the characters are very good- I found myself really rooting for Dakota, in particular, especially as she deal with her mother (geez!). Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC.  This is a pleasure to read.

This was a light and fun romance set in The Hamptons. I was turned off by the setting at first (more spoiled rich characters? No thanks), but I ended up really liking the story. I'm not sure this kind of whirlwind romance is at all realistic, but as a summer escape read, it was just what I needed. 

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This is one of the books that one can pick to read on a beach, over a weekend. Nice story that will keep you reading until the end.

Making Waves has been a truly pleasurable read from start to finish. Laura Moore has crafted a lovely warm tale about two strong people finding their perfect match despite a cast of characters on both sides who are determined to make their lives miserable.
Dakota had a bit of a cinderella upbringing having been raised by her wealthy trust fund mother, who was far more interested in having fun than caring for her child. Having been shunned by her maternal grandparents, bullied by her aunt and treated like a carpet by her mother, she has learned early in life to stand on her own two feet and is successfully running her own exclusive concierge business when she meets Max.
Max is a successful Wall Street financier who specialises in acquiring struggling companies and turning them around for profit. Until meeting Dakota he's been a casual relationships kind of guy, and having been badly burned by a recent affair he's none too willing to trust the fairer sex. Having purchased Dakota's grandparents house he hires Dakota to redecorate and furnish it. The attraction between these two is instant, yet Dakota keeps crossing the emotional line and Max is forever pushing her away as a result.
There is a lot to like in this story - strong hero and heroine that still have human flaws, a support cast of well developed characters who are easy to imagine as they walk through the pages, a plot with some lovely twists in it, and excellent pacing that kept me reading. All in all, this story is the complete package.

Making waves, what a great title for this book.  Dakota a girl that was left to grow up on her own. She was the adult taking care of her spoiled mother. Dakota wanted to make a life on her own. She never expected  Max.  Max is the self made millionaire that does not do commitment  but he wanted Dakota. This was a great read.  Laura Moore is one of my favorite authors and she hit it out the park with this book.

Excellent book, brilliant writing! The plot is exactly how I like books, a great story, great characters, and a little sex to spice it up. The whole gang of characters were perfect to round up the book, give it the feel of good friends, great community, wealthy people with soul and a couple of witches (with a b) to make it interesting and angsty. Loved the author's writing and will be looking for more of her books!

Dakota Hale, the illegitimate offspring of a wild child mother, was the bane of the Hales, an old-money family for whom the word “dysfunctional” could have been coined. The Hales barely tolerated Dakota, and her mother, Piper, is too immature and self-absorbed to be a nurturing parent. Forced to take on adult responsibilities far too early, Dakota was only in middle school when she began to earn money as a plant-waterer and dog-sitter to establish her independence from her trust-fund socialite mother who is the dramatic center of her self-scripted world. Fifteen years later, Dakota owns Premier Service, a personal concierge service that caters to wealthy East Hampton residents. The business is growing, and Dakota is about to land a plum client.

Max Carr, a successful venture capitalist, has recently purchased Windhaven, the Hales’ family “cottage,” a mere six-bedroom residence, in East Hampton, from Dakota’s uncle for $28,000,000. Max may tell himself that he bought Windhaven to impress his clients, but he knows that his primary reason for buying it was to impress his estranged father, who would never see it. Upon the recommendation of Alex Miller, an associate and friend, Max hires Dakota to redecorate his new home and keep it ready for his use. Dakota’s family sees Dakota’s agreement to work for Max, whom they view as the nouveau riche Midwesterner who purchased the family property, as a betrayal.

The chemistry between Max and Dakota is off the chart from the beginning, but Alex is leery of emotional entanglements. Nevertheless, the two are soon engaged in a no-strings affair, all fun and great sex. It ends abruptly when Dakota recognizes that she has crossed a line and chooses to bid Max farewell before he ends their relationship. But when what Dakota thinks is a virus turns out to be a pregnancy, Max is adamant that marriage is the next step. But with Max’s baggage and enemies on every front, even the love growing between them may not be enough to overcome all the obstacles.    

Making Waves is the first book in Laura Moore’s Beach Lane series. Dakota and Max are complex characters who have responded in very different ways to the blows life handed them while they were still very young. Both are driven to succeed, but Dakota has formed friendships that provide her with emotional connections while Max has isolated himself. Readers will find themselves invested in seeing Dakota bridge Max’s defenses and accept that he can give and receive love. The cast of secondary characters, some of whom readers will love and some of whom they will love to hate, are also interesting. I particularly liked Hendrick Daube, a gay professor of psychiatry, who gives Dakota her first job and becomes a father figure for her. I also loved seeing Gen Monaghan and Alex Miller years into their HEA (In Your Eyes, 2004).

If you like contemporary romance that offers compelling characters and a captivating plot played out against an uber-rich setting, I think you will like this one. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and I will be keeping an eye out for the next book in the series.

4.5 Stars

I really enjoyed reading Making Waves by Laura Moore, it was one of those books you didn't want to put down.
The writing is well done, the characters Dakota and Max were likable, entertaining and I loved watching their relationship unfold.

Making Waves is a beautiful, heartfelt read and I highly recommend it.

What a great start to the Beach Lane series, looking forward to the next book.

Thank you to the publisher via Netgalley for the advance copy.

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Both born into and rejected simultaneously by the old guard of the Hamptons elite, Dakota Hale carved a successful business as a personal concierge. Dakota's unbelievably self involved mother is indifferent at best as she denies Dakota the one thing she craves. 

Wall Street wonder Max Carr was driven, successful, handsome, single, sexy and he was a target. A giant bullseye for blackmail of the women he left behind and an unscrupulous former mentee. Outcast from his family most pele don't understand what drives Max.

Both Max and Dakota become an even bigger anathema to Hampton's power center when Max buys Dakota's historical family homestead and hires Dakota as his concierge. Complication double and animosity triples when Max and Dakota decide to become a couple. The stakes are raised even higher when what they've built in the Hampton's sand threatens to go out with the tide.

This fast paced read with fairly nice, likeable leads was engagingly written and pleasant on its face. However, an unfortunately thin plot padded by far too many petty self-involved secondary characters with too much ink detracted from the soft, heartwarming romance. Foundations for a new series are tricky at best and while not truly on board with the series, I am on board with a fairly new to me author. 
Rating:3.75stars

I loved this book. It kept me engaged throughout. Even tho they both had family issues, the love came out first.
Both were independent and strong. Would have like to have kept reading

Loved this one. Sometimes I forget what it's like to read a story about actual adults. Full review to come.

ARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review

Dakota was always the black sheep of her high-society family and not often welcomed into the family's home.  When her uncle decides to sell the home, a Hampton's outsider buys the place and hires her concierge company to help him with the renovations.  Dakota finds herself immediately attracted to the new owner, Max even though she knows her family will make life even more difficult for her if she pursues a relationship with him. The family dynamics in the story are complex and made for an enjoyable story.  I really liked this book.

Sometimes I just need to read a book full of shivery, lovely goodness all wrapped up in a delightful and well written love story. This was that book for me. 

Dakota and Max were maddening and stubborn and fabulous. The setting was gorgeous, time spent at the beach in a book is always time well spent. The secondary characters were as well written as the hero and heroine and I hope we see more of them in books to come. There were some quirky characters, and a couple I really detested, making for some great angst. This was just an all around beautifully written book and I loved every page.

I highly recommend this one to anyone who loves a steamy, shivery love story, a fabulously delicious beach setting and characters who you come to love and root for. It was a winner for me.

"Making Waves" another wonderful romance from Ms Moore, with engrossing primary characters and supporting characters.
Dakota Hale,,illegitimate daughter of a Hampton.'s socialite Piper Hale is a warm , beautiful, intelligent women the total antithesis of her cold, self absorbed mother. Being raised by such a women and her equally snobbish extended family , Dakota is the exact opposite , she runs fairly successful conceirge service and has many freinds and is well respected so it is to surprising that when her uncle sells the families Hampton home Windhaven to a successful private equity manager and freind of her freinds and clients the Millers that she is recommended to Max Carr as the conceirge service to use.
Max Carr has made millions with Summitt development and being groomed to take over as CEO , handsome, successful playboy bachelor m views Windhaven as another tool that is in his belt, a space to entertain for business and a quick getaway from Manhattan. 
Max sets an appointment to meet with Dakota, unsure of hiring someone from the family whom previously owned Windhaven, until meeting Dakota, stunned by her beauty and was wowed by her business sense , he hires her on the spot, the only problem , he is extremely attracted to her .
Max is used to never having to chase women . Dakota is different , Max is going to have to chase Dakota even though their is obvious chemistry. Both of them carry baggage around from their childhood making this budding relationship a challenge , but one they both soon learn worth the effort and the growth required. 
Such a great story and difficult to put down .
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Dakota was the best kind of heroine to read - strong courageous, and doesn't take nothing from no one. Enter Max, a man completely against her type and somehow just right. I enjoyed watching them figure each other, and themselves, out and figure out a way to live happily ever after.

Dakota was raised  in The Hamptons  though she is part of a upper crust family she is nothing like her family. Dakota is a self made business woman and runs a concierge service for the rich and famous. Her family is dysfunctional and hard to really like. Then she accepts a job to work on her family’s estate Windhaven   for the new owner after it had been sold. Max is an ex football star and is currently a money making machine.  Max is a playboy and likes a variety of woman on his arm. He avoids attachments as he fears run deep. Dakota is the illegitimate daughter of an heiress- Piper- who is focused on being an heiress. Max works hard at his job. Dakota starts working for Max who is the new owner of her family estate and her family causes an uproar. Max’s two attachments are business and money. Max bought the big estate to impress clients and his father. He had the previous owner’s family member to revamp the estate. But Max is also interested in Dakota. Max works for Wall Street, a partner in a private equity firm. Both Max and Dakota had dealt with rejection and heartache. Dakota’s family “had never included or accepted her” as she had been born illegitimate and of an affair. Dakota has never had the desire to follow in her mother’s jet setting ways. Dakota’s ways of calming herself when her life has too much chaos is to go surfing. Piper was crazy, self centered, and Dakota’s mother- if that is what you could call her. Piper had lied about knowing who Dakota’s father was and when she finds out the truth and knows who her father really is she goes looking for him. Dakota’s business is called Premier Services. If her clients want something like for example  their house cleaned or groceries bought she made sure they got it.Dakota was hired to stock, remodel, and refurnish the estate for Max. Max blamed himself for his twin sisters death in a car accident when he was eighteen. Then his mother’s death a year later. His father told Max these deaths were his fault. Dakota teaches Max how to surf but also how to feel again through a kind of friendship than more. Dakota had met Hendrick in middle school he was a psychiatrist and a father figure to  her. Hendrick had given Dakota her first job watering his plants, and raking his leaves and they became friends Hendrick also bought Dakota her first surfboard. Dakota still plays the dutiful daughter and takes care of Piper as much as she can. Then  Max and Dakota became a real couple expecting a child. 
I loved this story all though at times it was a little slow and confusing but got through it and it really didn’t take that much away from the story. I definitely didn’t care for Dakota’s family. I didn’t understand why Dakota kept going back when they didn’t love her in any way or even liked her. I loved Hendrick and how he had and was there for Dakota. I love the plot and the writing. The pace was great most of the time. But the ending was just out there. With Dakota in labor and her water breaking and her walking on the beach. I loved the characters and the twists and turns of this story and I highly recommend this story.