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Next Door Nightmare

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Nora is on her own in the real world, with a plan to call in a favour and get married to escape her parents.
Fritz has been hurt before by someone only wanting him for his money, so he hides who he really is from Nora, to keep her at a distance. Bit what will happen when she finds out the truth?
A great read.

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Anthony Carter, you go by Fritz is asked by his mother who has left the country to pick up an old friend whom he has not seen in many years from the airport. Nora Attwood has been sent away by her parents at the age of 22 to learn who to become an adult. Well that would be okay but after many years of not teaching her anything themselves who will teach her how to survive.
Once Anthony picks her up from the airport he realizes she does not recognize him. He then stays with the name Fritz because he wants to know how to get ahold of Anthony who owes her a favor from when they were younger and he wrecked her father’s 1956 Ferri, yet she took the blame. Now she wants to call in the favor that he owes her and have him marry her so she can access her trust fund. Not wanting to be part of that because of a relationship from a year ago where a woman just wanted him for his money he carries on the charade.
Nora’s character stays true throughout the book, yet Fritz actually changes and becomes the person that he does like yet he still can’t tell her who he really is.
I found myself in Nora’s corner as a parent, and father of daughters. It is our responsibility to give our children skills to survive, and I feel her parents did not. For all of the good Anthony did in helping her and teaching her to survive we all know it will end when she finds the truth yet you find him changing as well. Though this story is only told from Anthony’s it is a good story and my one complaint is that it would have been nice to have had her side at times. Overall a good book with good characters.

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I loved this book! Let's face it, we all know how it's going to end, that's why we read these types of books, because we want the happy ending, but the journey to get there was lovely. It was interesting seeing Nora's journey into adulthood, and how Fritz, reluctantly at first, helped her. I also really appreciated having a heroine who wasn't either a Disney Princess, or Barbie clone.

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A cute romance a quirky heroine and dishonest hero . The characters were fun to read and the story was sweet and had a happy ending even though the hero lied .

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Nora and Fritz's story. Fun story, and liked watching Nora learn how to be an adult. Liked these two as a couple, and enjoyed the banter. Found the video campaign a bit odd though, and didn't see the need for the soft porn about it, but that might just be me. Would recommend this book and author, and while it is part of a series it can be read alone.

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The cover was eye catchy and I was intrigued by the title. A first by this author and book three in a series. I did not read the first two but it was not necessary for full reading pleasure.

What did I like? This book started out really annoying…. Nora was an annoying eccentric main character. Her parents had basically suppressed her natural growth as a person to the point that she could not function as an adult. Fritz had to help her do everything because she was unable to grocery shop, cook, or find anything on her own. It’s a rude wake up call for Nora and one she badly needs. Towards the end she becomes more likable and down to earth. The HEA though was worth it.

Would I recommend or buy? You really have to get through fifty percent of the book before you start liking the characters. Fritz does lie about his name but he literally does enough to earn Nora’s trust back. I enjoyed it and I would definitely read more by this author. Four stars!

I received a complimentary copy to read and voluntarily left a review!

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This is book 3 in the series but I easily read as a stand alone with no issues.

At first, Nora Atwood appears to be your typical spoiled, clueless rich girl. Her parent's have sent her to work for the Carter Foundation to get some "real world" experience and have withheld her funds until she's completed that task or marries. She's got Carter son, Anthony, in her sites - he owes her a favor from the past she's ready to claim. However, she meets "Fritz" (aka Anthony, that's his nickname) and things start changing. Fritz has been burned in the past, so he's leery of marriage. Nora has a great idea for a greenhouse cooperative and soon Fritz finds himself drawn in to her plans and ends up making plans of his own.

It's a fun story, a quick read with great characters.

Thank you to NetGalley, the author and publisher for a temporary, digital ARC in return for my review.

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I struggled to finish this book. After the first few chapters, I knew I wasn't going to love this book. It was not what I was hoping for.

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I really tried but this book isn’t for me. Nora is so unreal even for a rich kid, and Fritz was just so annoying, by not telling her who he was, grow up and be the alpha male we expected. Only managed partway through so if it got better I couldn’t say. Sorry.

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For the first 30% of this book I wished that I was someone who could bail on a book. I did not find Nora charming at all and the beginning signs of Fritz's attraction to her were baffling and irritating unless he had some sort of hero complex and got off on always needing to rescue her from things like microwaves and grocery shopping. I did find my footing with the book as Nora began to grow and her quirks became less showy. I never warmed up to Fritz and a huge part of that is my aversion to plots that center around one character lying to another regardless of their rationalization. Still there were some really sweet scenes as Fritz takes Nora out on excursions designed to please her which also end up expanding Fritz's world as well. I also feel less strange about insisting on naming all of my plants.

I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

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