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A Dash of Love

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I loved the story as we returned to Jill Sanders' Pride Realm. This is based on the next generation with Sara (Megan & Todd's daughter). It was nice to hear about some of the original people from the first generation. This story is mostly romance with a bit of suspense thrown in which I personally enjoy reading. I like Parker's character and I hope to see more about this couple in future books. I received a copy of this book from NetGalley and this is my honest and voluntary review.

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Loved the story and returning to this small town of Pride and all its residents. Loved learning how some of the other characters lives had changed - and their families growing. "Pride" really resonates with the entire town and how they take persons in trouble / that really need a "home" and provide the newcomer with the family / love and understanding they need to get them over their problems. Jill really brings the small town love stories to life with their day to day problems - and how they solve them. The is always a sense of mystery about all her characters - something that happened in the past that needs to be resolved before they can accept the love that is right in front of them. There is always a death or almost death that is a key component in Jill's stories that keeps the reader's interest - they want to know how the murder / death happened.

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A Dash of Love by Jill Sanders is a sweet romantic temptation. I found the main characters funny, charming, and three-dimensional. Their lives were lonely, sad, and moving slowly until they met each other. Now, their world has just gotten complicated. A young man who lost his only mother figure is now coming back to make his business thrive. Only, he didn't expect a beautiful minx to tempt him back into relationships. The young woman is working to prove herself. Working hard, determined, and not ready to settle, she soon find a hot tempting carpenter who sparks her insides. 

A Dash of Love has melted my heart. The story was realistic. I can see the characters acting like this in real life. Their banters were fun to follow. I couldn't stop laughing or falling in love with them. The backstories of both Parker and Sarah made me root for them harder. Jill Sanders captured life at both it's weakest and strongest points. I loved reading, A Dash of Love. Overall, I would highly recommend it others.

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So nice to be back in Pride. I love that we still get to check in with the people we fell in love with in the Pride series, but now it’s the next gen’s turns. These new characters are all wonderful and I already know I am going to be just as hooked on their stories. Just like the original series, this story has oodles of charm and romance. It’s a little bit sweet, a little bit sexy and whole lot of entertaining.
Sara is a sweetheart, I just love her. She is Todd & Megan’s daughter and is now her Uncle Iian is giving her the chance to run the Golden Oar. However it needs a lot of updating, so in walks Parker. He is sexy and charming and the carpenter her uncle hires to do the work on the building. I love their back and forth and everything in between. They have fantastic chemistry that carries them so well both in and out of the bedroom. They are fun and sexy together. I love them as a couple and I was rooting for their HEA so hard!
There is a whole lot happening during this renovation besides what is happening between Sara and Parker that makes for a pretty exciting mystery of sorts.
I really enjoyed this whole story from cover to cover!

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This was a well-written, entertaining contemporary romance. Sara is given the chance to run the family restaurant and prove herself. She is not expecting Parker, a gorgeous carpenter hired to remodel the restaurant. Neither of them expects to discover themselves so attracted to each other. Things get dangerous when mysterious accidents start happening at the restaurant, and they team up to figure out what is going on. I enjoyed this book and would recommend it to others.

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This was actually my first book by Jill Sanders and I loved it! It was really a sweet love story about Parker who never really had a traditional family find one in Sara. You hear about the meetcute, I loved theirs. Foreheads colliding, ding dongs flying through the air, Sara responding with some attitude, Parker smiling back at her... so sweet!

There is a bit of suspense where the past comes back at them, but I'm glad it did not tear them apart.. Usually one side will try to do the "right" thing and leave to keep the other safe, but these two stuck it out and was supportive to each other.

I also love stories set in small towns, again normally I'll read how the town does not accept outsiders too quickly, but in this one the town of Pride accepted Parker as their own early on. I loved that!

And finally "To animal lovers"

I received a complimentary copy of "Dash to Love" from Netgalley, all opinions are my own. Thank you Netgalley and publisher.

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I received a complimentary copy of "A Dash of Love" from NetGallery and all opinions expressed in this review are completely my own. Thanks NetGallery!
"A Dash of Love" is a typical small town romance with suspense thrown in. I enjoyed watching Sara and Parker's relationship develop, loved the humorous aspect. Lots of twists and turns as the story unfolds. I definitely recommend it for a quick summer read.

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Once again Jill Sanders delivers a love story you can't wait to stay up all night getting lost in. Loved it.

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"Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for the advance copy of this book, in exchange for an honest review."

Loved this book very much. It had just enough sweet romance and the storyline was great! I highly recommend!

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What an awesome love story and even more awesome H and h...to have lived 5 years in an abusive home, then thrown away but be raised by such a loving grandmother just broke my heart but yet put it back together. And to go threw all of the thing this young couple went thru and still fall madly in love made my heart sing.

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A DASH of LOVE by JILL SANDERS is a small town romance with a sweet ending. Sara and Parker move very quickly into a relationship. Parker's past quickly becomes an issue and interferes with his work & life. Parker also discovers a family member he knew nothing about! There's lots of action and drama in this story!

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I didn't realize until I started the book that the story picks up with the second generation in Pride. It was great to catch up and see how the early couples have fared. Parker and Sara make a great couple and the Jordan family is large and supportive. My only negative comment would revolve around how Parker didn't recognize his father now that he is an adult...other than that the story was well paced and interesting. I received an ARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

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What I liked:
The characters
Part of a series: Pride, Oregon
Standalone
HEA
Epilogue

I look forward to reading the other books in this series.

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Charming, sweet, nostalgic and just down right hilarious...well, the Jordan family that is!
If this is the first book in the Pride, Oregon series then sign me up for the next. I bet Matt's story would be hilarious and charming as well.
Anyway, getting this book off NetGalley was a treat! Loved the chemistry between Parker and Sara. I loved Sara's family and how they rally up around each other and in a way that did balance out Parker's past and it made their story interesting because as a reader you cannot help but ask 'will Parker ever find his home?'
A great read!

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If you loved The Pride Series by Jill Sanders, you will fall in love with this first novel of her new series that revisits all the people you fell in love with. A Dash of Love features Todd and Meghan's middle child Sara and introduces the reader to Parker. Parker had a rough child hood and came upon Pride after setting his grandmother up in a retirement/nursing home near there. He has started a new construction company that is doing renovations on the family restaurant that Sara is a manager at. Awkward first meeting and even more surprised second meeting starts the love story that carries through the book. The mystery of who is vandalizing and scaring both Parker and Sara is the second thread that continues through the book and is one that does not take over or play second fiddle to the love story, but happens right along side. Everyone needs someone to lean on when challenges are faced head on and these two people find that with one another and it is such a beautiful story to witness. I will be rereading this story when the second one comes out and makes me want to go back a generation in this world and reread The Pride Series. This new series from Jill Sanders will be loved just as much as the predecessor although this book can be read without reading The Pride series.

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