This is cute, light-hearted, not too steamy (although a little more would not have been unwelcome), and has a nice ending.

Happy Singles Day was down right adorable. After being burned by her ex, Paige is done changing her life for what he wants. After creating a successful business Paige decided to go on a vacation to a cozy B & B on an island in North Carolina. Hot B & B owner Lucas is still devastated over the loss of a past love and has no time or need for romance. He only has time for his young daughter. When Paige arrives unknown to Lucas the two do not get off on the right foot with there very different personalities clashing. But through the week Lucas gets Paige to start relaxing a little bit and enjoying her life more, while Paige gets Lucas to open up and see life again. Secret looks and bedtime fantasies start to change this duo’s feelings about each other. But with only a week on the island do all of these new feelings really have a place to lead to a future?

I raced through Happy Singles Day. I loved the hate to love relationship between Lucas and Paige. Both had so many amazing moments together. For me Lucas’s daughter Maddie was the page stealer for me. She was adorable and the perfect addition to the story.

My only complaint and why I’m not giving it 5 stars is because of the lack of follow through in the steam department. For me there was so build up between the characters that would lead to some hot moments, but it never really happens. Both characters went into detail about how they wanted those moments but use readers didn’t get to experience it. Some may not find it a bit deal but I like a little follow through.

Overall this was such a sweet romance that I got lost it. I loved it and would highly recommend it. Thanks NetGalley and the Publisher for this ARC.

I needed this book in my life, It was exactly what I needed to read this week, I couldn't put it down!

This one was a bit of a letdown for me. I was really intrigued by the premise because I love anything to do with B & B’s. It just seemed like the perfect setting. I also was looking forward to how the author would spin the whole singles day thing. It just seemed like a really interesting read. Unfortunately, there was a lot of disconnect when it came to the characters and the plot.

To me, this book should have been a bit longer to flesh things out. Everything happens so quickly and we move from one plot twist to the next like rapid fire. There isn’t ever much character development either besides learning that Lucas’s family all have tragic endings. I just didn’t feel for him or even Paige.

Their relationship is also quite quick and their thoughts about one another are pretty heavy. I just didn’t feel the chemistry.

The plot is hallmark movie-worthy. Guy is down in the dumps, needs money, and his sister nudges everything right along. It’s a classic plot. It’s lighthearted and there isn’t much thinking involved. It wasn’t bad and I’m sure I would have liked it more if it was just fleshed out more.

Another issue I had was the epilogue. It switches from present to past and then back to present quickly. I was getting whiplash. It just felt disconnected and I would have liked seperate chapters for each.

Overall, it was okay. There would good moments and I liked the dogs. I just wish it was longer so that maybe it would have been easier to connect with.

Professional organizer Paige’s assistant practically pushes her out the door to take a vacation. She settles on a beachside B&B in North Carolina. But she’s shocked to discover that the real inn looks nothing like the quaint website photos. It’s rundown and cluttered, neglected. Something is clearly wrong here.

Widower Lucas has his hands full just raising his four-year-old daughter and putting one foot in front of the other, let alone running the business he started with his late wife. But his sister takes matters into her own hands when she books a guest without telling him. Enter Paige.

At first, these opposites can’t stand each other. But circumstances keep pushing them together, from winter storms to puppies in peril. Soon Paige is tempted to start organizing the much-too-handsome innkeeper’s life. But is he ready?

This was an emotional read. There’s grief and loss on both sides. I did feel like their relationship moved rather quickly, considering Lucas’s circumstances. But overall it was enjoyable.

Thanks to Netgalley, the publisher, and the author for the ARC to review.

In this slightly-less-chaste-than-Hallmark-movies, professional organizer Paige goes on a spontaneous February vacation to the Outer Banks of North Carolina. However, the charming B&B she has reserved is less charming and more hot mess-- but the owner is hot, too. And his four-year-old is adorable. And so Hot Mess and Organization Queen fall in love. But she lives in Chicago... what are they going to do?

Things I didn't like about this book:
- All the adjusting of his crotch that Lucas does. Seriously, is that necessary??
- And then to not have a steamy scene?! Come on!
- Paige says she doesn't want to be in a relationship where the guy makes all the decisions and she just goes along with them, but then that's what happens: Lucas proposes without them seeming to discuss it beforehand, and then he just purchases a house for them without them picking it out together. Ugh.
- Paige's reasoning for visiting NC to run her second office only during the summer so that she can help people organize their second homes on the beach doesn't make any sense. People wouldn't want to miss any opportunities to rent out their beach homes during the busy season. Ergo, they wouldn't want her services during the summer; they'd want them during the off-season. I know this is supposed to be some sort of compromise so that Maddie and Lucas can go back to Aurora when Maddie's not in school, but it's dumb. The excuse should have just been to help Sophie out with the B&B during the busy season; that would have made way more sense.
- The epilogue is a hot mess of chronology. We jump forward to the wedding, and then it jumps back to when Lucas proposes. Just no.
- Despite the fact that Paige is overwhelmed with work because she is a workaholic, she has way too much casual knowledge about the inner workings of the romance publishing industry. The author's self is peaking through, and this is /not/ authentic characterization.
- It's too Hallmark-y. If you like Hallmark romances, then you'll probably like this story, but I don't, and it's just too cheesy for me.

On the chaste-to-steamy scale, I'd give it a 2. There is much description of Lucas adjusting his manhood, but there is no actual sex on the page.

I have enjoyed this book so far. I would rate it as good as some of the Nicholas Sparks'books I have read. This book has all the feels of a Hallmark Channel Movie. Hint.....Hallmark Channel.....

Forced proximity trope in a beautiful house on a charming island in North Carolina during stormy weather - just the perfect settings for major tension buildup between the innkeeper, Lucas and the only guest, Paige. Lucas’ daughter Maddie is beyond adorable and cutely mature for a five year old. With all the chemistry between Lucas and Paige right from the first day, I thought it was going to be a steamy romance but it wasn’t steamy.

It is a heartwarming and an adorable read.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced reader copy.

Ultimately, this was a fun and quick read. It was a slow start for me and I considered not finishing it within the first three chapters but I stuck with it and once I was emotionally connected to the characters I enjoyed the story.

I enjoyed the evolution for both main characters and felt their friends and family added to the richness of the plot. Though their transition to lovers felt a bit abrupt, I understood their connection and how it lead there.

I wish this book had more overt steaminess rather than the nods to sex scenes but I expected that may be the case with the tongue in cheek jokes in the beginning of the book.

I found several typos which is always distracting for me and takes me out of the story a bit.

This book had a solid premise and there wasn't anything wrong that I truly didn't like in the story. This one landed a little flat for me, probably because Lucas seemed EXTRA surly and broodier than I've come to expect from characters like him. This gave me a lot of Nicholas Sparks Nights in Rodanthe vibes without all the crushing grief and heartbreak.

This book was a decent read! I did enjoy reading it! It wasn't my all time favorite but still worth reading! It was funny but still delt with some heavy hearted topics! I would definitely recommend reading it! Thank you NetGalley and the publishers for sharing this book with me!

I wish I had enjoyed this more! It felt a bit like insta-love, which is not something that I'm a fan of. The daughter was also waaaay more advanced than a child that age is, which is a pet peeve of mine as well. As a former teacher of little ones, I know just how insightful children can be! That being said, I do get frustrated when they're portrayed as having adult minds. It's a sweet, simple book.

Oh my gosh. This story had me hooked form the very first page and I was there for the ride until the very end. The whole tale is flipping adorable.

I am not familiar the the work of Ann Marie Walker but I can tell you now that she is not a must read for me. For fans of Sally Thorne, Lindsay Kelk and the like.

I really enjoyed this one, it is a bit of an easy escape read.

I received this book from Netgalley in return for my honest opinions.

Super cute story about Paige and her single life. While's she content with being single, she needs a vacation. After taking an online quiz to see where she should go, Paige decides to book a week at the Copper Lantern Inn. Here she meets the caretaker of the Inn, Lucas- who's also content with being single. If only the fates didn't have other plans for them.

***Thanks to the publishers and Netgalley for providing me with a copy of this ebook in exchange for an honest review***

Great premise, but somewhat lacking in chemistry and character development. Things felt forced.

Another Tuesday, another super cute read! Though, this isn’t just any Tuesday…as I write this, I have been blogging about my favorite reads with you for ONE WHOLE YEAR! Thank you to everyone who gives these reviews a gander, any publisher who has provided me with excellent reading material…and here’s to many more blog-birthdays. 🙂

Now back to business! Happy Singles Day is heckin’ cute, y’all! I was lucky enough to be one of the 50 people chosen to read this ARC and I am so. Dang. Grateful. I knew from the second I saw this gem that it was right up my alley, and up my alley it was.

Paige is a chronic workaholic – a type A professional organizer, who threw her whole self into her work after a terrible heartbreak. With much prodding from her best friend and assistant, she books herself a week’s vacation on a whim to a bed and breakfast on an island in North Carolina…

…and that very bed and breakfast is owned by Lucas, single dad and widower, who hasn’t opened its doors in years since the death of his wife. But thanks to his little sister’s shenanigans, the Copper Lantern Inn is open again…and so is Lucas’ heart.

Again, people, with the children. If a mama dog and her four puppies rescued from a rainstorm didn’t get me, little Maddie would’ve sold me. It very clearly takes children to soften some people, and after the rocky start Paige and Lucas get, Maddie’s antics were needed! Lucas’ five year old daughter was a much loved surprise about this book.

I loved the premise of this sweet little story. The setting got me, but I wish even more effort had been put in to emphasizing it’s charm. The little inn by the shore is the trope we’re all here for, and I didn’t get nearly enough of it! (BRB…going on vacation to the NC area??).

I also related far too much to Paige (ie., I’m in this picture and I don’t like it). Minus the heartbreak in her past, I felt for her. Paige is a workaholic who lives for her job, but because it’s her passion. The vacation she takes to Lucas’ inn is the first one she’s taken in three years. Her job is organizing, for pete’s sake. It’s ME. I’m Paige!!


That aside, I really did think the characters were cute and genuine. It felt a bit like *insta love* but in that wholesome way I can occasionally stand, ‘ya know? My only complaint was that I wish I had more time with these characters, and more time to get to know them. You fall deeper into the story, the more you feel like the characters are long-time friends. I wish I’d had that here.

That said, highly recommend. I’m starting to think I’m either highly unqualified to be rating books, or literally all the books are good lately.

Happy Singles Day will be released January 19th, 2021. A copy was provided to me by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. I can’t wait for you all to read it. ❤

Paige Parker is perfectly happy with her life just as it is. She has the perfect apartment, perfect job, perfect everything - and she certainly doesn’t need a man screwing it all up. But even women with perfect lives deserve a little me-time, so she books a Singles Day celebration vacation at a quiet little b&b. Only, the b&b isn’t quite what she was expecting - and neither is the moody, brooding, sinfully attractive inn keeper, Lucas Croft. Looks like this Singles Day celebration just got a whole lot less single.

I devoured this book in one solid sitting, and while I wouldn’t go so far as to say it’s my favorite rom-com read of the year, it’s definitely in the top five. Paige is strong yet vulnerable, feisty yet caring, and she’s so much fun to read. And romance readers couldn’t ask for a better male lead than Lucas, who’s dark and broody while at the same time the best dad and so in touch with his feelings. (And, of course, sexy as can be.) All told, this is a great read for fans of Talia Hibbert, Olivia Dade, and Jasmine Guillory.

Thank you to Sourcebooks and Netgalley for a gifted copy of this book. All opinions are my own.

This book doesn't come out for a while but it looks too cute not to start ASAP! It's a quick read filled with chemistry. Based on the build up, I thought it would be open door but it's not - it's not a bad thing but if you were looking for an open door steamy romance, this one is not for you. Instead, it's a fun opposites attract, forced proximity romance. It's about two characters getting over their painful pasts to find love again. I think my favorite character is Paige's assistant Samuel - he reminded me a lot of TJ from the Coffee Girl series by Sophie Sinclair.

This was my first book by Ann Marie Walker and I'm a fan! Definitely interested in reading more in the future.