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This was a sweet & swoony rivals to lovers romance.
I am such a sucker for books that take place in Alaska, and this one was so fun.
Montana is such a sweet & smart woman, she feels emotions strongly, and isn’t afraid to work for what she wants.
I absolutely love the dynamic between Montana & Miles, they are both going against their norm, but they have fantastic chemistry, and both have to adapt and fight for their own happiness.
I can’t wait for the next book, it’s going to be full of sass for sure.

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No one fills my heart up quite like Laura Pavlov- and I am always so giddy when I get to jump into a new Laura world. Blushing is my new favorite destination- and this swoony, charming, banterific love story was delicious and oh so dreamy. This chemistry-packed, character rich, heartwarming love story more than filled my cup. SWOON, someone sweep me away to Blushing Alaska, because I’m already obsessed with this whole world. Montana and Myles love story is yet another endearing and heartfelt escape from the endlessly talented Laura Pavlov.

The audio by Cicely Meadows and Troy Duran was so bingeable. I’d never listened to Cicely before and she charms as Montana. And Troy is always delicious. Laura’s audios are always so consumable and wonderfully performed- and I can’t wait for more Blushing world fun!

What to expect:
💕Small Town Alaska
💕Billionaire x Wedding Planner
💕Enemies to Lovers
💕One Night Stand/No Strings Fling
💕Banter for days
💕Nicknames
💕Lovable side characters

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Audiobook Review

5 Blushing stars!!!
I love a good enemies to lovers full of spice and banter and this audiobook delivered it in spades. Myles and Montana, the wildlife, Montana’s friends, Myles family and his assistant they were all an integral part of this brilliant story narrated by the amazing Troy Duran and Cicely Meadows. Their voices really added to my enjoyment of Montana and Myles’ path to HEA.

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Brb, I’m moving to a fictional small town in Alaska! Jk, I could not cope with that much sunlight, lol.

You, Me and Forever is such a cutesy addition to the Pavlov-verse and is a new favouriote Laura book for sure. It is packed with that signature Pavlov passion, heart and heat that I love, the chemisty between Montana and Myles was so hot, but the banter had me smiling so hard my face was hurting.

Their meet cute was actually ridiculously hilarious and the way their relationship devleoped from witty enemies to friends to lovers was the perfect pace for me. I loved both the emotional depth to Montana and Myles, and how connected to her small town Montana felt too.

The audio was 10/10, Troy Duran narrates such a good cocky billionaire and Cicely Meadows was amazingly fiesty for Montana. I truly loved the side characters and cannot be any more excited for book 2 because laura writes my favourite trope, IYKYK 😏

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4⭐️ my first Laura Pavlov book & I get the hype yall. The writing was easy & flowed so well. The setting was picturesque, & the characters were real. I think I’ll be reading many more from her in the future!

Montana is a small town wedding planner in Alaska & Myles recently bought the historical inn to demo & renovate. They’re immediately enemies but had a spicy night together so the tension is steamy. I love their banter & how they were friends first (excluding their ONS). They had moments of bonding, lots of chemistry, & funny small town moments with silly animals.

THE GRAND GESTURE🫠🫠

🎧the audiobook, narrated by my fav cicely meadows and Troy Duran was good. This was my first cicely book, & I always love finding a new narrator to enjoy! 4/5🎙️

Thank you to the author, valentine pr, & blush audiobooks for the gifted alc!

𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕚𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖
💒wedding planner fmc
🏘️small town Alaska
🫎funny side characters (animals included!)
💸cute nicknames
😬dislike to lovers

𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗘::
Spice chapters— 3, 14, 16
Mild language

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💗You, Me and Forever by @laurapavlovauthor is now live !

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Myles St. James is tearing my world apart.

Wish I’d known that before I slept with him.

It was supposed to be a one-night stand.

My 5⭐️ review: Love this new series from Laura. The tropes are some of my favorite - enemies to lovers, small town, billionaire, and found family.

Laura’s humor shines through with amazing dialogues, banter and push/pull between these two.

Myles is a determined, broody businessman who doesn’t let emotions get in his way….until Montana.

Montana is amazing, fiesty, strong, determined and a great business woman. She knows what she wants and will stop at nothing or let anyone get in her way.

Montana and Miles relationship blossoms and evolves so beautifully. They have amazing banter, chemistry and become fiercely protective of one another.

Troy Duran and Cicely Meadows deliver a beautiful performance. They give each of the characters perfect, voice, personality and emotion. I love how narrators take authors words and create a whole new experience to enjoy the story.

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You, Me and Forever is Book 1 in the Blushing Series. It's an enemies to lovers story set in the small town of Blushing, Alaska. Montana owns a wedding planning business with her best friend. She's about to lose her favorite venue to a developer from New York. The Seaside Inn is her second home and ever since a famous singer got married there, people want to get married at that venue. What she didn't expect was the guy she had a fling with turns out to be the real estate guy named Miles.

I loved the small town of Blushing. It's definitely a place I would visit. I loved Montana and Miles together. They were adorable! Montana was very sentimental and a go getter. Miles was a fun guy. He could read people so easily. He was a very interesting character. I thought Miles and Montana had great chemistry. Their first encounter was hilarious. As the story progressed I enjoyed seeing their relationship progress naturally.

As for the audiobook it's fantastic! Performed in dual by Cicely Meadows and Troy Duran. They were amazing! Cicely is a new to me narrator. I loved her voice! She brought so much warmth and energy to Montana. Troy conveyed Miles with a deep, gravelly tone. He captured Troy's charm and personable attitude. Their character transitions were seamless and it was easy to follow along.

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•Storyline: Fun, Engaging, Enjoyed it
Narration: Good narration
Spice:🌶🌶
Swoony melt: 🫠🫠🫠🫠
Emotions: 🥺🥺
Laugh level: 😂😂😂

•Platform: Audiobook

•Tropes:
🤍 Billionaire Romance
✨️ Enimies to lovers
🤍 Close proximity
✨️ Small town Alaska

• THOUGHTS:
This was so cute. I really loved that this was based in Alaska. The author captured the scenery perfectly. I loved the profession each od the MC's had. Not only that, how Montana and Miles met had me cackling! One night stand turns to oh shiizz the next day. it was very entertaining for me. This is a happy feel good book that makes you happy you read it. its such a good book to switch up, especially if you are coming off a really heavy book. I definitely recommend and cannot wait for book 2.

NARRATOR THOUGHTS:
•Narrators: Cicely Meadows and Troy Duran
•Dual Narration
•Listening at a 1.5 speed.
Cicely is a new to me narrator.i enjoyed her voice. Her male voice did take a second to get used to. Once I did I didn't mind it at all. I felt she captured Montana very well. Troy Duran did a good job. he definitely has that billionaire vibe down with a male character that is sarcastic, playboy vibes with a huge heart. both narrators did a good job. I would recommend the audio hands down. enjoy friends.

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I was an ARC reader for this book. Thank you to author Laura Pavlov and NetGalley for the opportunity.

I love a good enemies to lovers small town romance and this book did not disappoint!

I fell in love with Myles and Montana. The banter they have is unhinged, especially with the nicknames they give each other. The fling they have is a little more than what they bargained for and it pulled on my heartstrings to the very end. From supportive moments, to hard truths, to digging deep and finding what truly matters, this will hold you in your seat until the very end.

This was my second book by Laura Pavlov and I can't wait to read more!

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✨ ALC Review ✨

Tropes:
Billionaire
Small town
Enemies to FWB lovers
Grumpy x sunshine

5⭐️
3🌶️

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You, Me, and Forever is a sweet, small-town romance set in Alaska. I just love the way Laura Pavlov writes small town romance, and she is an auto-buy author for me.

Montana owns a wedding planning business with her friend, and she is in need of some fun after her ex gets engaged only 6 months after they split. She has a one-night stand with a sexy stranger and is shocked to learn the stranger is actually the billionaire who just bought the seaside inn, Myles St. James. She immediately hates him because he is planning on tearing down the inn she loves to build a bigger hotel. Luckily, they get over this quickly and become friends. Things lead to more, but they know they can only have a fling since Myles will be leaving in a few months back to New York.

I loved the banter and chemistry between Myles and Montana. There were some really sweet moments, and Myles was super swoony.

🎧 Audiobook Review 🎧
The audiobook was narrated by Troy Duran and Cicely Meadows. They did an amazing job bringing the characters to life. I listened to this audiobook in one sitting. Laura Pavlov always has the best audiobooks!

Thank you to Valentine PR and NetGalley for providing the ALC.

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What a start to a new series. This is book 1 in the Blushing series, and it will leave you begging for more. Myles comes to this quaint Alaska town to buy a hotel, a hotel that Montana has a lot of her weddings at. Let’s just say Montana has a little dislike for Myles. But one night changes that all, or starts to change it all. I loved the chemistry from the beginning, literally chapter three. Typically third act break ups don’t bother me much, but this one did. Don’t worry of course there is a HEA. I had the pleasure of listening to the audiobook. Narrated by Troy Duran and Cicely Meadiws. This was a perfect pick for these characters. Troy nailed Myles growly grumpiness. And Cicely, I could listen to her all day. Can’t wait to continue this series.

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Narrated By Troy Duran and Cicely Meadows

Someone take me to Alaska!
I always enjoy a one night stand romance, add in the love/hate sexual chemistry and I’m all in. I went into You, Me & Forever completely blind, knowing that it was a Laura Pavlov book and I always love her writing, I was once again not disappointed. Narrated in dual by Troy Duran and Cicely Meadows they both did a great job bringing Myles and Montana to life. Expressing more than the chemistry these two clearly had but all the little details that went into making it a sweet story. Girls nights, one night stands, love/hate banter, can’t keep our hands off each other, sh*tty ex’s, cool Alaskan animals, epic friends & family, long distance trips, sassy boss babe, determined billionaire, nicknames that make you laugh, heartfelt conversations, secrets and genuine kindness, my heart was absolutely swooning over this story. You also know it’s good when you have re-listened over and over again.

Listen to Myles & Montana’s story today!

Thank You Valentine for the opportunity to listen and review.

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What a PERFECT Alaska romance!!! I live IN Alaska, so I was incredibly excited to read this book and Laura delivered with a story that felt so homey to me! She brought Alaska to LIFE in this small town of Blushing, from the description of the landscape with the mountains, to all the animals including moose and porcupine and of course the midnight sun that is out late in summer! This small town romance is SO cute, fun, heartwarming, and swoony but also truly captures the feeling of living in a small town in Alaska!!!

Small Town IN ALASKA
One Night Stand
Billionaire
Wedding Planner
Enemies to Friends to Lovers

From their very first meeting in a bar, I already loved Myles and Montana! There are fake names and jobs with ALL the back and forth banter, which made this story so entertaining from start! Then is turns into a sexy one night stand but when Montana finds out that the billionaire, Myles is the one in town that plans to tear down the inn to build a hotel, he becomes the enemy. Montana has grown up in this town and has a wedding planning business with a lot of her weddings at that inn. However, these two have a pull towards each other and can’t stay away…

This is a new favorite story from Laura for me!!! This book had everything from a billionaire in a small town which is my favorite combination, to the setting is in ALASKA (need I say more), a story that is packed with chemistry between Myles and Montana, all the amazing texting conversations, top notch banter and a romance that developed so naturally but was also so swoony and fun!!! I’ve already read this book twice and it has been easily added to my list of comfort reads!!!!

AUDIO REVIEW:
This audiobook brought this small town Alaska romance to life!! It’s a dual narration by Cicely Meadows & Troy Duran and each of their voices fit their characters so well!! Cicely has a light, upbeat tone to her voice that showcased Montana’s independence and sassiness while Troy’s deep tone was exactly what you’d imagine for this sexy billionaire. Overall, these two completely capture the palpable chemistry between Montana & Myles in this audio while bringing out their fun friendship and heartwarming romance!!

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I will forever be a Laura Pavlov fan! There is just something about the way she writes small-town romances that I fall in love with. You, Me, and Forever is book one in a new, small-town romance series set in Alaska. This book features a wedding planner heroine who meets a man at a bar and has a one-night stand before learning that the man she hooked up with is the new billionaire owner of the Inn with plans to tear it down.
Montana and Myles were such fun characters, and I loved the small-town Alaska setting. Myles and Montana’s relationship is fast-paced, and they quickly become friends with benefits while he is in town. Myles has some family baggage that leads him to not believe in relationships or love. Between that and him leaving to go home to NYC after he gets things settled with the Inn, the two know that their relationship has an end date.
The audiobook was so well done, as always! Laura picks the best narrators for her characters. I’m so excited for the next book after the teaser at the end of this one!

Thank you, Laura, for the ALC!

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This was such a sweet story, and I adore Myles and Montana. The first time they met, I couldn’t stop laughing! Myles sense of humor had me swooning as he played along perfectly and had a charm to him. I knew right away this was going to be a fun and entertaining read and I was all in!
 
When Myles arrived in Alaska, he knew he was going to be the enemy. He was taking a place the town loved, and changing it. But, despite his wealth and vision, he had a big heart, and was incredibly  humble. The chemistry, tension and pull between him and Montana was simply mesmerizing and I was falling right along with them.
 
Montana had the patience of a saint, and knew how to handle any situation with grace. And when she needed to, she could hold her own. She cared immensely for those around her and and could not help but hide how she felt. She was the type of person you are naturally drawn to because they of the bright spot she was, and I know why Myles couldn’t resist her.
 
The narration by Cicely Meadows and Troy Duran was on point and captivating! They bring the emotions and tension of this story to life. If you love a good billionaire, small town romance with plenty of spice, banter, small town animals with hilarious names, look no further!

I appreciate the opportunity to have received an early copy and my review is honest and voluntary.

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You, Me, and Forever is another great romance from Laura Pavlov. This story takes place in a small town in Alaska, and it was a fun time.

Montana is out ot move on from her ex. It’s been months, so she goes out with her friends to meet someone. There, she meets Myles. Myles and Montana have a fun meet-cute, but things change the next day when she discovers who Myles really is. The man who’s destroying her business. Okay, that may be a little melodramatic, but it feels like he is to her.

Myles bought the Seaside Inn- the Inn that Montana hosts most of her weddings (she’s a wedding planner), and he’s planning on knocking it down and making it a bigger resort. And it’s making her life more challenging than she hoped. At first, Montana wants nothing to do with Myles, but with time, he wears her down.

These two become great friends, and it turns into so much more. I loved the two of them together. Amazing banter, such romance… sigh. Myles is the kind of guy who doesn’t do relationships, and Montana is a relationship girly, so it takes some time to make them work, but by the end, it’s magic. I’m not sure if this will be a series or a stand-alone, but either way, I adored it!

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“This woman was so far under my skin and I couldn’t figure it out.”

5⭐️ 3🌶️

- one night stand
- enemies to lovers
- small town romance
- billionaire romance
- Narrated by: Cecily Meadows & Troy Duran

“When you leave, I can’t do halfway with you. So let’s call this….you, me, and right now.”

Montana and her business partner, Violet, are struggling to figure out how to expand their wedding planning business since the owners of a local inn are deciding to sell and retire. She decides to go out for a night to blow off some steam, and ends up having a one night stand with a gentleman that she met. But she doesn’t yet realize exactly WHO it is that she hooked up with.

Myles has decided to invest his money in Blushing, Alaska on a piece of property that is partially undeveloped, and also houses the local Inn…….which happens to be the same Inn that Montana happens to be interested in for her business. As they spend more time together, their relationship begins to grow, yet they both fear the upcoming “end date” of when he heads back to NY, since he’s currently here to just “oversee” some of the renovations. Yet “Mr. Moneybags” hasn’t forgotten that “honey badger” (omg, I love a nickname!!!) also has a personal relationship with the Inn, and surprises Montana with having the crew make thoughtful renovations to save her memories.

Will Myles open up allow himself to love Montana and maybe move back to Alaska to be with her? or will their relationship truly end when he heads back to New York?

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A quick and fun bingeable summer read. This new town of Blushing is quite the dream. Set in Alaska with town locals who are animals with hilarious names. What started off as a one night stand quickly turned into this is the real deal.

Small town. ONS. Workplace. Fun text messages.

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10 HB and MB Stars!

When Myles landed in Blushing, Alaska, he had no idea how much his life was about to change. He’s there overseeing the demolition of the Inn that Montana, Violet and Blakely use as their wedding venue as part of their wedding planning business. Needless to say, none of them were fans of this interloper who’s come to their hometown and, in their eyes, destroy a building that has so much meaning.

This is what this entire book is about and each and every moment that I was listening to Cicely Meadows and Troy Duran bring to life this marvelous story written by Ms. Pavlov. From their first meeting at the local bar that included so much chemistry it was impossible to ignore, to their face-off when Montana realizes who this man really is and what an impact he’ll have on her life in so many ways.

I was captivated by this book from beginning to end. I laughed, swooned and got a little testy just like Montana as they not only become lovers but best friends. Myles isn’t a man that believes in happily ever after given his family dynamics so he does everything he can to keep is feelings on the surface… here’s a hint, that doesn’t go well for him and especially not for Montana.

What I loved so much about the audiobook is that Ms. Meadows and Mr. Duran really embodied all the characters and I could truly feel the strength of the connection between Myles and Montana. And their moments of laughter had me rolling thanks to very friendly Moose and porcupine. I could actually envision Myles’ face when he encountered them IYKYK!

Seeing Myles change thanks to Montana and her love was a wonderful experience and I’m not yet ready to leave Blushing, Alaska so I’m very confident I’ll be listening and/or reading this book again in the very near future.

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