While you wait for Our Perfect Storm
While you wait for Our Perfect Storm
We can keep you happily reading while you wait for a copy of Carley Fortune's latest summer romance Our Perfect Storm. Fortune is known for strong characters, water settings (lake or ocean) and of course romance. Here's a peek and her latest novel followed by swoon-worthy read alikes.
On the eve of Frankie’s wedding, she's wondering if her best friend George will show up to stand by her side as her best man. They’ve always clashed but their friendship has never been tested quite like this. To Frankie’s relief George arrives to enjoy the rehearsal night festivities. However, when morning comes Frankie finds a note from her fiancé ending their relationship.
Frankie is ready to wallow in her sadness at her family’s home, but George has a different idea. He suggests they go on Frankie’s honeymoon together. One week together to fix their friendship and repair Frankie’s broken heart. Of course, things aren’t that simple.
While you wait to get your hands on Our Perfect Storm, Carley Fortune’s most recent release, grab one of these other novels that explore matrimony, or lack thereof, honeymoon destinations and captivating friends to lovers romance.
Anywhere With You by Ellie Palmer
Newly divorced Charley is just coming to terms with the fact that all romantic relationships have flaws. She’s certain she’s got it all figured out now and some good karma is headed her way.
Then she finds out Charley’s younger sister Laurel is planning to elope with her on-again-off-again childhood boyfriend. Charley knows she needs to stop her sister from making a huge, life-changing mistake.
Luckily, Charley’s best friend Ethan has a spare seat in his camper van and he's willing to help her chase after Laurel. As Charley and Ethan journey through the northern woods of Minnesota Charley realizes there’s still a spark between them, one that she’s spent years trying to bury. She can’t possibly fall for her best friend, right?
Fans of the opposites attract and friends to lovers tropes are sure to fall in love with this novel.
"Tender-hearted but hilarious with razor-sharp banter, Anywhere With You is a reminder that it's okay to course correct your dreams." -–Meredith Schorr, author of RoomMating
Would You Rather? by Ashley Allison
The path to marriage in this friend-to-lovers novel doesn’t follow the traditional trajectory. The sweet, slow burn romance that eventually develops is certain to have you laughing, crying and swooning late into the night.
Noah’s life is going great. He has a job he loves and a promotion is on the horizon. Mia, his best friend, is facing a much different reality. Mia’s life is on standby as she waits for a kidney transplant.
Mia gets an opportunity to go back to school and pursue her dream, but there’s a big hitch. Even though she’s not happy in her dead-end job, she can’t quit because she relies on the health insurance.
Noah’s has been watching everything unfold from the sidelines and proposes a plan. He suggests they get married, in name only, for two years so Mia can be on his health insurance and pursue schooling full time. Noah is also secretly hoping this is finally his chance to prove they are meant to be.
Unexpected complications test Noah’s plan, but with both hearts and health on the line, Mia and Noah must find a way forward and let go of all that’s been holding them back.
The Four Engagement Rings of Sybil Rain by Hannah Brown
Sybil can’t wait for her all-expenses-paid trip to the Starling Ranch Inn resort in Hawaii, a true paradise on Earth. Never mind the fact that it was supposed to be her honeymoon destination with ex-fiance, Jamie.
Not willing to let the trip go to waste, Sybil decides to embrace having some alone time by treating herself to spa treatments and plenty of Mai Tais. The universe has a different plan though because Jamie is at the resort too, alongside a "colleague" from his family's business.
Sybil can’t admit she’s at the resort alone. She tells Jamie her new boyfriend is there with her. Thankfully Sebastian, Sybil’s ex-fiancé from her second engagement, is ready to stop by the resort and fill the role temporarily.
What Sybil doesn’t expect is for Jamie to boil with jealousy and turn her solo trip into a reality check. She is forced to contend with her three past engagements and finally decide whether she is truly ready to make room for a fourth and final chance at love.
If you are drawn to this novel from Brown, you may also want to check out her first novel Mistakes We Never Made where the sparks in a previous situationship may not have fully fizzled out.
The Love Wager by Lynn Painter
After belly crawling out of a hotel room following a one-night stand, Hallie knows it’s time to get herself together. Step one includes becoming a full adult complete with a new apartment, haircut and wardrobe.
When Hallie decides to take on love, she hops on a dating app only to find Jack, the man whose hotel room she snuck out of. The pair decide despite their history, there is no lingering attraction between them. Instead of continuing their own relationship, they become one another’s wingperson on the journey to find The One.
After many lackluster dates, the pair take things to the next level, making a wager to see who can find true love first. Things change between Hallie and Jack when they agree to be one another’s fake date to a wedding. As lines begin to blur, they begins to wonder what was holding them back at the start. Is The One right in front of them.
"Painter follows up Mr. Wrong Number with an equally cute friends to lovers romance...Their equally filthy sense of humor makes their connection feel real and their game of constant one-upmanship is a lot of fun." - Publishers Weekly
