Small Town Love

5 Girls visit with each other every summer in Florida. As adults they continue their friendship and sadly one passes away suddenly, bringing the 4 ladies remaining together to mourn and reconnent. There are 4 books, written by 4 different authors. Each one interconnecting about the remaining friends. This is the last book in this series Evie's book. I have to say really enjoyed getting to know this ladies and their men. This little seaside town and especially these authors. In Small Town Love we get one of the most dramatic stories of the 4. Evie is forced to abandon her career because of her con artist father. Oh yes yet again. She has to go into hiding and what better place than Paradise Key. Her friends are here and she knows the town will rally around her and not let any strangers in to get to her. Things would have been just perfect expect that con came a looking for a place to hide himself. JERK. Well you have heard the saying there are 3 sides to every story... His side, Her side and the true in the middle. Yes well this book has that thrown in there. Besides Evie we have the Mayor McHottie and his cute daughter Sam. No really his name is Pax and he is the mayor of the town and also flips homes and rents homes as well. Think Property Brother but only one of them but 100 X the heat. Evie and Pax have more in common than they realize and she also has a lot in common with his daughter who has lost her mom. All in all this is one of those books that once I picked it up... I did not put it down. I had quite a reading day.

I really enjoyed reading Summer to Love by Susan Meier, book four in The Paradise Key series. I loved seeing Pax and Evie grow closer as Evie saw the trials and tribulations facing a single dad of a teen daughter in a new light and helped Pax’s daughter learn the tricks of using make-up, dressing appropriately, and hair styles fitting for her. When Evie’s dad turns up in Paradise Key it threatens to send her into hiding again and ruin her budding relationship with Pax. Pax knew exactly how to help Evie and her dad make peace as well as help her find a happy ever after with him and not losing who she is. This was a fun book to read and easy to visualize the story as it occurred. I totally loved these characters and didn’t want to put this book down. Ms. Meier did a fantastic job creating her characters, keeping the story interesting, making me forget the world around me and not letting me go until I turned the last page, wanting more. I highly recommend this book to other reader and am sorry that this series has now ended. I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book.

Even though this is book 4 in the series, it reads as a standalone. I haven't read the first three yet but after reading Evie and Pax's story, I'm definitely adding them to my TBR! Evie is in Paradise Key seeking refuge from the bad press from her father's insider trading scandal. She's laying low until she can return to Philadelphia and her talk show. Pax is the mayor of Paradise Key, leading the quiet life and doing his best to raise his 12-year-old daughter. Pax and Evie seem to be opposites but the more they get to know each other, and the more time Evie spends with Pax's daughter, the more they realize that they are not so opposite. Their experiences bonded them and their chemistry was palpable. I can't wait to go back and read the first three books!! *This is my voluntary review of an advanced reader copy*