Friday, May 18, 2018

MUST LOVE MOMMY by Melissa Storm


Title:  MUST LOVE MOMMY


Series:  Alaskan Sunrise #5
Author:  Melissa Storm
Publish Date:   06.29.2016
Publisher:  Partridge & Pear Press
Category /Genre:  Contemporary Romance, short-story
Recommended for:  18+ due to sexual content
Grammar/editing:  book received as an unedited ARC / errors excused
Received from:  Melissa Storm (as an ARC gifted copy)
Goodreads link: Must Love Mommy
Date completed: 05.17.2018

Description from the publisher:
Will their pasts get in the way of their future?

Luke Ward was New York City’s best and brightest young physician until a freak accident changed everything. Now he’s taken a position as the staff doctor at a large retirement village in Abeline where he plans to live out the rest of his days hiding from the painful truth he’s traveled so far to escape.

When the father of her unborn baby walks out on her, Mandy Rockwell decides to swear off men for good. She refuses to give up either her baby or her dream of opening her own bakery, so naturally she doesn’t have much space in her life for anything else, especially not yet another broken relationship.

They both have everything to lose, but somehow Luke and Mandy can’t ignore the spark that ignites between them. Will they be able to make a future together, and what will happen when their pasts come calling?
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MUST LOVE MOMMY is the fifth book in the Alaskan Sunrise series.  These can be read in any order.  Previously released as SHE WILL BE LOVED, Cupid’s Bow, Third Generation #3.

I can’t say how much I loved this short sweet story.  I couldn’t put it down.  Lucky for me it was a vacation day for me and I didn’t have to.  I stayed in bed late and read, read, read, and I was smiling almost the whole way through.  I say ‘almost,’ because what author doesn’t put us through the wringer a little bit. 

The path to HEA is never smooth, but it is worth it!  Luke and Mandy have brought a lot of (emotional) baggage with them to Abilene, TX when they meet each other.  These are the rocks in their path.  When they open up to one another, they learn to crush those rocks into smaller pebbles.

Sweet Mandy is the little sister of Charlie from MUST LOVE MUTTS and she feels like everything she touches fails or falls short.  I relate to that - never good enough to make anyone else happy.  Her path smooths when she learns to accept herself.  Luke is just the man all of us good girls want – sexy and sweet with just enough flaws to be perfect.

This may be a short story, but it is very well developed and filled with heart, hope, and laughter.  Again, I say, I can’t describe how much I loved it, though I’ve tried.

Note:  while I was given this book as a gifted ARC, my opinions are my own and are given freely.

Alaska Sunrise / Cupid’s Bow, 3rd Generation:
3.      Must Love Mistletoe / I’ll Be Home for Christmas
5.      Must Love Mommy / She Will Be Loved
Also from Melissa Storm:
·         A Colorful Life
·         A Cowboy Kind of Love
·         A Texas Kind of Love
·         A Wedding Miracle
Church Dogs of Charleston:
1.      Little Loves
2.      Mini Miracles
3.      Tiny Treasures
Cupid’s Bow, 1st Generation:
1.      When I Fall in Love
2.      My Heart Belongs Only to You
3.      I’ll Never Stop Loving You
4.      You Make Me Feel So Young
Cupid’s Bow, 2nd Generation:
1.      Total Eclipse of the Heart
2.      Tainted Love
3.      I Want to Dance with Somebody
4.      Take My Breath Away
5.      Eternal Flame
Finding Mr. Happily Ever After Serial:
1.      Nathan
2.      Chase
3.      Xavier
4.      Edwin
5.      The Finale
First Street Church Romances:
1.      Love’s Prayer
2.      Love’s Promise
3.      Love’s Prophet
4.      Love’s Vow
5.      Love’s Trial
6.      Love’s Treasure
7.      Love’s Testament
8.      Love’s Gift
The Pearl Makers Series:
Angels in Our Lives
Diving for Pearls, (10 parts)
Sled Dog Series:
1.      Let There Be Love
2.      Let There Be Light
3.      Let There Be Life

 















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