Natalie Kaleta will do anything for the artists at her gallery, including risk life, limb and the effect of humidity on her naturally curly hair. Braving a downpour to check on reclusive Ronan Mitchell, Natalie gets stranded by a mudslide at his mountain home, where the brooding glass artist reveals his playful side, sending her inconvenient crush from under-the-radar to over-the-top.

I really enjoyed reading this book. The characters were relatable and the plot was good. Natalie and Ronan together just make sense!

I received an eARC from NETGALLEY

This is the third book in the Happily Inc. series by Susan Mallery, but I am not caught up on all the backlist books in this series. This story once again shared the story of one of the Mitchell brothers, this time, Ronan. Ronan found out that the woman that he thought was his mother, was not his birth mother and it tore him apart. He fled to Happily Inc. where he became a recluse. He is a talented artist, and Natalie Kaleta, who works at the gallery, is concerned about him. She heads up to his secluded home to check on him in a storm, and gets stranded by a mudslide. She had a crush on the handsome artist, and spending time with him pushes that crush into something more. Although Ronan is attracted to the cheerful, sweet, Natalie, he refuses to act on those feelings as he doesn't want to bring his darkness into her life. Natalie is not about to give up and pushes him to talk about his feelings and forgive his mother for something that was really nothing more than doing what she did for love.

I really like Natalie's character. She is also an artist who works with paper, but is so busy working at the gallery, she doesn't have much time to work on her own art. She works hard to make ends meet, and struggles. Ronan sees her talent and tries to encourage her, as well as her friends. It was great to see her blossom, and become more confident in her artistic skills. Ronan is a stubborn artist, more like his father than he cares to admit. I was not happy with the way he treated Elaine, his mom, but Natalie and his brothers wouldn't let him get away with it. The secondary characters are all wonderful. I enjoy seeing the characters that have been in the previous books and finding out what has happened in their lives. The small town atmosphere and the wedding planning are also very enjoyable. This book has a lot of laughs, which helped to balance some of the angst. Of course this book and series are romances, so there is the inevitable relationship building, hurdles to get over, baggage that must be shared and dumped with some angst. There will be a happily ever after, and I enjoyed the journey to get to that point. The Happily Inc. series is very fun, enjoyable and at times a bit steamy, but always entertains me.

This was excellent! I thoroughly enjoyed Ronan and Natalie's story! This series is so much fun! I'm really enjoying the intersection of all the various friendship relationships and growing "found family" concept that is so present in the books.

I forget how easy it is to fall into a Susan Mallery story! I missed these characters and so happy to read angsty Ronan’s story. I loved the emotion and the togetherness you get from this series. Well done! I can’t wait to pick up the next book in this series!

I really REALLY liked this story. I've been looking forward to hearing Ronan's story for awhile now, and Mallery doesn't disappoint. The whole male artist angle is super interesting, and his personal baggage is super compelling. I really like too how the heroine is such a perfect emotional foil for him.

*I received a review copy from the publisher/author via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.*

3 stars
This was a cute and light read, with some definite highlights, but overall nothing memorable. Mallery creates very tight series where she creates whole towns that are all interconnected, and her Happily Inc one is tied to popular Fool's Gold series. She does all this very well and reading these books makes me want to abandon my love of big cities and move to a small town lol.

The first three books in this series feature three brothers who all grew up in Fool's Gold (my favorite is the second one, Second Chance Girl ). This book is about Ronan, the quiet-tortured-grouchy brother. I was excited to read his story, because I like that kind of hero and we've seen him in both of the two previous books, so have seen how full-on grouchy and isolated he is. I loved his pairing with Nathalie, who is a positive and outgoing character; they're a good balance and it's a good match (in theory) ... The reality ended up being a bit different.

There was a total lack of chemistry; I felt no spark and their relationship ended up coming off very bland and flat. Also, Nathalie really got on my nerves—it felt like she had this savior complex: from both of their perspectives, it was always about what she was bringing to the relationship and what she was adding to his life; it seemed like the only things that Nathalie appreciated from Ronan, out loud or in her head, was his rockin' hot bod and how rich he was. (To be clear though, she did NOT come off as a gold-digger in any way; that's not what I'm saying). Nathalie was too glorified, while Ronan was too ... not vilified, that's too strong a word, but something along those lines; he was the problem that needed to be fixed.

I also really, really disliked her ranting and raving at Ronan, especially in one scene, that he needed to stop feeling sorry for himself because of what happened with his family (see below on those details). She lists all these other horrible things that could be happening in his life, trying to show how what he's gone through hasn't been bad. I abhor this "pain olympics" that often happens in society, and strongly believe that people have a right to be upset and deeply affected by whatever happens to them—there will ALWAYS be people worse off, there will ALWAYS be people going through supreme dire circumstances, but that in no way lessens that person's pain or its validity. (I'm probably heavily influenced by this because of my experience with mental illness, and the reaction and criticism, along these very same lines, that people suffering from these issues have to deal with). To me, it really felt like Nathalie minimizing and invalidating Ronan's feelings; there were far more supportive ways for her to try and help him see his situation in a different light and finally confront it.

This whole back story of Ronan's was one of the reason's I found him so compelling and was excited about his story. Such a huge twist and how on earth would someone deal with a situation like that, especially given the existing family dynamics and characters? There was a lot of potential for character development and emotional depth with a setup like this. So what happened? A little before Book 1, Ronan's father (who is a supreme egotistical asshole) reveals to him and his four brothers that Elaine, his wife and their mother, is actually not Ronan's mother; he grew up thinking that he and Mathias were fraternal twins, but it turns out their father had an affair and the woman gave birth a few weeks within Elaine giving birth (to Mathias), so when Elaine took Ronan in, she created the story that they were fraternal twins. This has been a shock through Ronan's life and made him feel completely alienated and isolated—and understandably, especially given his father's character (or lack thereof)!!

BOTTOM LINE. Sadly, I have to say that I wouldn't recommend it. I would steer you to Book 2 instead (read my review).

*This review is of an ARC provided by NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Some changes and/or edits may be made to the final published version.

I choose Susan Mallery books because I typically fall in love with her small town settings, and Happily, Inc is a character unto itself in Why Not Tonight. It's a frenemies to lovers story filled with family and trust issues. I appreciated the depth of the primary couple, and Ms Mallery's ability to let them grow throughout the story. This novel can be read as a standalone or as part of the Happily Inc series with no difficulty. I would say 3.5 on the strength of the story and I definitely would round up to 4 on the overall entertainment value.
I received my copy through NetGalley under no obligation.

I’m a huge S Mallery fan so it is no surprise that I loved this book. I think I’ve read everything she has written usually more than once. She comes across as being friends with her characters and wants you to be friends with them as well. Great characters, editing, and plot development. A MUST-READ!

WHY NOT TONIGHT
(Happily Inc: #3)
Written by Susan Mallery
(Narrated by Tanya Eby)
2018; HQN Books (384 Pages)
(Audio length: 7 hours and 52 minutes)
Genre: fiction, series, romance, contemporary, small town, weddings

Rating: 3.5 STARS

Book three features Natalie, who works at the art gallery in town and is an artist herself (paper) and Ronan Mitchell, an artist in glass. Ronan has been brooding over a family secret and has escaped to his home in the mountain. When Natalie goes to check on him she trapped there due to a mudslide. The whole story is not about being trapped together so it flowed a bit better. I liked the chemistry between Natalie and Ronan and the story line of family secrets coming to a bit of an ending. I am definitely enjoying these on audio.

***I received an eARC from NETGALLEY***

Ronan! The most elusive of the Mitchell brothers. So mysterious and angry and talented. An amazing artist that has all the talent inherited from his father, who he hates. Ronan learned as an adult that he is a product of an affair of his father's. Ronan's mother raised her as his own and Ronan can't seem to accept the deceit.

Natalie, a starving artist, who works at the gallery finds herself checking on Ronan who has not been heard from in quite a while. She gets stuck in his cabin due to bad weather, which is of course the perfect recipe for romance. Natalie didn't grow up with a stable family, so her community has become her family.

Why Not Tonight is a story of two people coming from totally different perspectives. One with no family and one with a family he's disconnecting from. In the process of developing their relationship, they both find themselves in a better place with family as the centerpiece.

Noted glass artist Ronan Mitchell is dealing with a major emotional problem, having discovered that he really isn't a twin to Mathias. This has caused him to have a real self-identity problem, causing him to satabatoge a relationship with Natalie Kaleva, herself an artist. The two of them are like night and day; he's brooding, dark and withdrawn, she's always looking on the bright side.

After a week of no one hearing from him, Natalie drives up to his mountainside home to check on him. She gets caught in a mudslide outside of his house, her car is swept down the mountainside, and she and Ronan end up on much friendlier terms. She's certainly good for Ronan, yet she doesn’t hesitate to give him a piece of her mind when he needs it, or call him a “stupid butthead" when he needs to hear it.

Susan Mallery takes the two artists -- Ronan being the dark and Natalie being the light -- and lets them work out their issues and let the goodness that is Happily Inc prevail yet again.

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Oh Susan! You have done it again!

Susan Mallery is *THE* author that I always turn to when I want to read a contemporary romance. Happily Inc is a branch off of Fool’s Gold and this is the 3rd in the series. Fool’s Gold was always my dream (novel) vacation spot. And Happily Inc is really starting to be where I want to visit after Fool’s Gold.

Mallery is great at drawing you in with the very first few pages. We have met Ronan in the first two of this series and not it is his turn at love. Ronan may be my favorite of the Mitchell brothers because of his broody personality and it was great to see him bloom.

Never a disappointment!

Disclaimer:
I received a complimentary copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.

This has been quite a cute series and one that I think I will continue to read in the future.
Why Not Tonight features an enjoyable 'will they / won't they' romance, as well as continual development on characters and relationships from the previous novels. I liked the art aspect, with both Ronan and Natalie being artists, plus I was glad to get another peek at one of the unique weddings put on by Weddings Out of the Box (Batman and Robin themed!!). A fun, light, contemporary read.

Why Not Tonight is a wonderful addition to the Happily Inc series and a story of rediscovering your heart’s passion and love for life. Ronan Mitchell moved to Happily Inc after finding out he was the illegitimate son of his father’s affair and needed to strike out on his own. He and his brothers share a studio next to a gallery along with mix media artist Natalie Katela. Natalie is worried that Ronan has lost his passion for his art and wants to help find it again. Ever optimistic Natalie finds herself stranded for a few days after a savage rainstorm wipes out the roads and her car. Tentatively they tiptoe around each other and find their easy banter a way to relax for Ronan to think about his art again.

It’s a story of family; the one we are born with and the one we create for ourselves, and how those ties are fragile. Natalie has no blood family of her own but she has created one with the friends she’s made in town. They support her and show her the love as good friends. What she longs for is a family of her own with a husband and children. Ronan isn’t exactly Mr. Forever but he can be Mr. Right Now, until the right one comes along. What started out as casual slowly turned into caring and she fell in love with him. Ronan had a difficult childhood and after discovering his illegitimacy his world turned upside and he left his family behind. He had a hard time reconciling his place with them and how his mother Elaine could lie to him all these years. Natalie didn’t understand how he could be so adamant opposed about his mother’s feelings and actions when she would die to have someone care that much. It took a long time for Ronan to reconcile his feelings for Elaine and it took Natalie leaving him to figure it out.

I love a story when it shows a deeper quality beyond a couple’s path to romance. Not only did Ronan have to find his passion again for his art but to figure out how to live with the family again. Natalie was an easy character to fall in love with because of her great attitude and look on life. She had an epiphany herself when she had a scare to make her realize that she needs to be more responsible for her health and well-being. Overall it was a great read and Ms. Mallery has done it again. She’s created a memorable story with depth, humor, poignancy and romance.

This is the third installment in the Happily Inc., series. This is Natalie and Ronan's story. Natalie stayed in Happily Inc when her fiance cancelled their destination wedding with a few hours notice. She found a job and an apartment and paid off all the businesses that were involved in her non wedding. Now happy and working for an art gallery she is stranded with artist Ronan in his mountain retreat due to severe storm. This story focuses on family forgiveness and love. Can be read as a stand alone but I've enjoyed all three of the sweet love stories. I received a copy of this ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review.

Although this story, and the entire Happily Inc. series so far, are definitely contemporary romances, this entry in particular has every bit as much to do with family as it does with romance.

Not that hero Ronan Mitchell doesn’t need his family to find his HEA. Because he’s cut himself off from his brothers and his parents, and without them he can’t seem to find the inspiration he needs – and he does need it. Ronan, just like his brothers Nick and Mathias (and their piece of work father) is an internationally acclaimed artist.

Cutting himself off from the people who care about him – and who he’s currently unwilling to admit that he cares about as well, is also cutting him off from the wellspring that lets him create.

Natalie Kaleta crashes into his solitude and changes, well, everything. For the better. Not that it doesn’t take Ronan a while, a long while, to admit it.

Natalie, the office manager of the gallery where Ronan and his two artistic brothers all display their work, is also an artist herself. And she’s one of those people who cares deeply about the people in her life.

Unlike Ronan, Natalie has no surviving family-of-birth. Her father died before she was born and her mother raised her alone. They were two against the world until her mother died of cancer. But Natalie is not alone, finding herself stranded in Happily Inc. she found herself a job that gives her time to create and created a family-of-choice that sustains her.

She envies Ronan for his close-knit family, and thinks he’s a fool and an idiot for turning his back on them. And she tells him so when she gets stuck in his mountain house during a storm.

He still has a chance to mend fences with his family, fences that he tore down. His struggle is not unreasonable, but his continuing to be a butt-head about it certainly is.

Their forced proximity during the storm gives the sparks between them a chance to rise to the surface, so even though Ronan claims not to want a relationship with anyone, and Natalie is interested in finding commitment, they make a mutual decision to have fun while whatever they have lasts.

When Natalie figures out that she wants more – Ronan does what he does best these days and retreats to his castle, pulling up the figurative drawbridge behind him.

It takes some brotherly intervention to crowbar Ronan’s head out of his ass. But when he finally does, his new perspective lets him figure out what’s been right in front of him all along.

Escape Rating B: I returned to Happily Inc, in order to be taken away to a special little town populated with quirky people, based on an equally quirky PR stunt. There was no wagon train, there were no stranded brides – at least not in the 19th century.

Natalie, however, was a stranded bride in the 21st century – one who decided to make a life for herself in this little wedding destination town. She’s found a family-of-choice and a job that lets her focus on her art.

Ronan, on the other hand, came to Happily Inc. to hide away from his family in Fools’ Gold after a family mess came to light. Ronan’s father, the famous glass artist Ceallach Mitchell, revealed that Ronan was his biological son by someone other than his wife. That means that the four brothers that Ronan believed were his full brothers are only half brothers. That the brother he thought was his fraternal twin isn’t. And that the woman he believed was his mother has been lying to him all these years.

Ronan’s response is to run, hide and brood in Happily Inc. Two of his brothers, Nick and Mathias, follow him there. Their stories are marvelously told in You Say It First (Nick) and Second Chance Girl (Mathias). (As an aside, both of those titles make complete sense in the context of their stories. this one doesn’t and it’s driving me crazy.)

When Natalie gate crashes his solitude, he finally starts to realize that he needs people. She is well aware of it, but his head is too far up his fundament to see the light – figuratively and literally.

For this reader it felt like the romance took a back seat to the family drama – and that felt right. Ronan has to figure out his place in the world again, mend his fences with his family, and most importantly learn to trust himself and others again before he can even like himself enough to love someone else. Even someone has completely awesome and totally right for him as Natalie.

It’s an important part of the story that Natalie doesn’t try to “fix” Ronan, because you can’t really fix someone else’s problems. She does provide him opportunities to fix things for himself, and she does create situations where he can work on fixing things if he wants to try, but she doesn’t mend his fences for him – and she isn’t willing to settle for someone who always has one foot out the door.

And she repeatedly calls him on his bullshit – because it needs to be called.

In the end, Why Not Tonight was a heartwarming story about family, where the romantic happily ever after was the reward for the journey and not the central point of the book. I really like these people and especially this place and can’t wait to go back with Not Quite Over You.

The only happiness that I felt from this story was when I had gotten to the last word on the last page. What a long and tedious road that I had to travel to get the last page. It took me quite awhile to finish this book which is not a good sign. I actually took a break after reading this book because this book did not inspire me at all. Well I guess I should give you a blurb, so here it goes.

We have an art gallery office manager named Natalie and broody, glass artist named Ronan who ignorantly pursue a sexual relationship after getting trapped in his house in the mountains. To be completely honest with you, I thought this was a mountain man story, but I was sadly mistaken. Anyways, Natalie works in the art gallery that sells his work and his brothers' work as well. Ronan has been M.I.A for a couple of weeks and Natalie is sent to check up on him at the house on the hill or the mountain. A huge storm hits and she becomes trapped and has to stay a couple of nights with Ronan and his broodiness. A relationship develops and we are left wondering who will admit their feelings first. Now let's get to hard part.


This is a 3 star for me. The reason for this is because the characters were not interesting and I have discovered that I am not really into an artist as a hero. Ronan was broody with daddy and mommy issues who wanted to belong and I completely felt that while reading, but I just could no connect with this story and its characters. There was not a lot of tension in this story and Natalie had nothing to offer. While the author was describing the art pieces, I was totally lost and it really pulled me out of the story.

So you may be asking, "Why did you give it 3 stars"? The first part of this book where they are trapped in the cabin is what pulled me in and I genuinely enjoyed this part of the book and I also like when Ronan had a major breakthrough with his family. It was touching and raw with a small dash of intensity.


All in all, this story was okay and there was nothing special about it. And, oh yeah, this is part of a series. If you are like me then you did not read the previous books and I wished I would have known that bit of information. I really hate reading a book that has about 5 book before it because I feel lost and I hate feeling lost. It drives me bonkers.!! Anyway, I don't really recommend this book, but it wasn't bad either. Just go for it if you like a broody artist with parent issues.

Susan’s Mallery’s series Fool’s Gold is one of my favorite series out there, with The Happily Inc. series coming in close second. I enjoy how Ms. Mallery blends the characters without taking away from each series.

Natalie is a talented, kind, caring heroine that I felt needed her own HEA. Natalie has had a bad run with the male species but taking on Roman Mitchell is turning out to be harder than she thought. Natalie sets out to give Roman a piece of her mind; but on the way Natalie has her own near-death experience. When she finally reaches his front door on foot she was ready for a showdown.

Roman youngest of the Mitchell Clan and a brilliant artist. He proves so far that he is the most challenging of the boys to get to know. Roman discovered his life was based on a lie, a secret that came to life and changed everything for him and his family. Moving from Fool’s Gold to Happily Inc has its challenges that is for sure, but the biggest challenge for Roman is coming head to head with the feisty Natalie.

Roman and Natalie have been working together as artist for over a year. Roman is moody and dark where Natalie is smiles and light. An Oil & Water mix if I ever saw one. So, what draws them to each other? Passion & Desire, perhaps the need to feel close to someone. Is it possible to carve out a relationship with two people who have different lifestyles? Read Why Not Tonight to see. I need Natalie’s work station @ Romans enough said…lol

It was nice to see how the supporting characters help Roman and Natalie without out over shadowing them. I enjoyed visiting with everyone again. I for one can’t wait to see what comes next for Happily Inc.
Susan Mallery draws readers in with her strong, sexy, lovable, yet flawed characters, town folk who in truth are as much a part of the family’s as the family’s themselves, that is what makes a wonderful book for me.

Rated 5 Stilettos and a Recommended Read by Deb!

Happily Inc is such a quirky little town with its own charm but it was nice to get away from the town and get to know Ronan. Ronan is the last brother in the Mitchell family not to settle down with a partner and also happens to be the one most impacted by his parent's secret about his paternity. His story has intrigued me since this story was introduced back in the Fool Gold series. I was not at all disappointed and was surprised to find he was not the brooding recluse at heart that he appeared from the outside. I loved watching the story develop as Natalie helped bring out the old Ronan and how they worked together to mend the broken relationships he had with his family.

For readers who enjoy Susan Mallery, and particularly those who have read other titles in this author's series, Why Not Tonight is a great recommendation. As always, we get a super-relatable main female character, and a flawed but basically good male love interest. This book does not break new ground, but it doesn't disappoint! Enjoyed it very much and will recommend it to Mallery readers, as well as readers of Elin Hilderbrand.