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Charm Me by Samantha Chase
Release Date: May 23, 2023
Series: The Donovans #4
Pages: 292
Genres: Romance, Contemporary
There isn’t anyone in Laurel Bay he hasn’t been able to charm.
But charming a baby is a whole different story.
Life has never been better for Jamie Donovan. Always has been. And now that it’s his turn to take charge of the family pub, he truly feels like everything in his life is just the way it’s supposed to be. Or it was until an early morning knock on his door ended with a baby on his doorstep. The man who can normally charm his way out of any situation doesn’t know the first thing about taking care of a baby and running a business. And so he turns to his siblings for help.
And once they tell him their solution, he wishes he’d never asked for help.
Fallon Murphy has always prided herself on being good with people. In all her life, she’s only met one person she hasn’t been able to get along with. Unfortunately, their parents are best friends and avoiding him just wasn’t a choice. When his sister calls stating an emergency, the last thing Fallon expects is to find an abandoned baby – one that belong to Jamie. As much as she’d love nothing more than to see Jamie fail at something, she would never put an innocent child at risk.
They’re rivals.
Sworn enemies.
And now…roommates.
Can one small baby help turn adversaries into lovers? Or maybe even…a family?
My Review:
For Jamie, being the laid-back Donovan comes with an easy going personality and flirtatious qualities that always seem to attract women everywhere he goes. This doesn’t always help when it comes to his family, who thinks that he doesn’t take things seriously. Jaime is used to people underestimating him, so when his parents leave town with their best friends for a short vacation, he is put in charge of his family’s pub. As everyone watches him, Jamie is ready to prove that he can be responsible and make the pub a success.
But just as things were starting to look good for him, life gives him another test and this one came in as a baby on his doorstep. With no idea what to do with the baby, Jamie enlists the help of his siblings, only they brought someone else to help as well. His childhood nemesis, Fallon Murphy. They can’t be near each other other without trying to outdo one another. With her knowledge, Fallon is more than capable of taking care of the baby, so Jamie finds himself begging her to help take care of his son. No matter how much it pained him to ask her for help, Jamie has to make things work with Fallon. Yet, the more time they spend together, the more he starts to develop feelings for her.
With her last job not working out, Fallon Murphy is ready to move back to her childhood home of Laurel Bay. After working really hard in her studies, Fallon suddenly finds herself questioning what her next career move is going to be. So when her parents leave town, Fallon moves back home for a while until she decides what she is going to do with her life. Moving back to Laurel Bay brings her so many memories and she is quickly reminded of her childhood nemesis, Jamie Donovan, the minute she bumps into him. While their families are close, they grew up not liking one another. There is something about Jamie that irritates her to no end. The last thing Fallon wants to do is help him, but when it comes to watching over a a baby, she is ready to give it a second thought. While she would love to see Jamie fail, Fallon soon starts to see a different side of him that ultimately brings them closer. She just hopes he doesn’t brake her heart in the process.
I throughly enjoyed reading this slow burn romance between Jamie and Fallon. Chase did a great job developing the characters, making them relatable to read. The story itself is charming and cute. We get to know each character separately and how they slowly develop feelings for one another. There are ups and downs that they need to go through and we see them lean on each other as well. Overall, the ending was sweet and truly worked out for them. I would highly recommend checking out this story! :)
***I received an advanced copy from the publisher. All opinions are my own.***
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Meet Samantha
Samantha Chase is a New York Times and USA Today bestseller of contemporary romance that's hotter than sweet, sweeter than hot. She released her debut novel in 2011 and currently has more than seventy titles under her belt - including THE CHRISTMAS COTTAGE which was a Hallmark Christmas movie in 2017! She's a Disney enthusiast who still happily listens to 80's rock. When she's not working on a new story, she spends her time reading romances, playing way too many games of Solitaire on Facebook, wearing a tiara while playing with her sassy pug Maylene...oh, and spending time with her husband of 30 years and their two sons in Wake Forest, North Carolina.
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