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Series: Blum's Bees #3
on July 21, 2022
Genres: Adult Romantic Comedy
Pages: 207
Source: the author
Format: E-galley
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Blurb:
Twelve years ago, my first and only love left town and never came back.
How dare he show up now, looking like that.
And he’s running against me for mayor.
It’s unfair, him standing there, too tall and handsome for his own good. It’s audacious that his clothes accentuate every lean, strong curve of his body. It’s universal BS that his smile makes my heart flipflop, and it’s patently un-freaking-believable that my body would betray me when he turns that gorgeous smile on me.
I’ll do whatever it takes to win, and he knows it.
But when he kisses me, all bets are off.
If I win, he leaves.
If he wins, I lose.
And either way, he breaks my heart.
My Review
This was almost a last minute kind of alert about this one coming out and I was lucky enough to get a review copy. I have loved this whole series, For Love Or Honey and On the Honey Side. And I’m sad to see it ending. Even if that means that now the whole cursed family has found their happily ever after. It’s always fun spending time with the characters and couples we met and grew to love in their own tales, and I love how they add to the new story. Finally Poppy got her turn, but she also had to deal with Duke, not only an enemy – running for mayor against her, but he was also her ex, so it was second chance romance as well. But the attraction between the two showed itself in so many ways, everyone around them could see it. Even when they denied it, and claimed it was hate, anyone who knew the two could see the heat between them. Of course that led to a lot of steamy moments, as well as some hilarious banter and missteps for the two of them.
The little extra competitions that Duke found in old bylaws for the town were hilarious. First was the cow roping. Then all the ones they did for fun at the fair, pie eating being one example. Once again Staci Hart has made me laugh and love and cry and feel all the feels with her story. I will miss the people in the small Texas town of Lindenbach, but hope that maybe we get time with these characters in future stories!
I like that this sounds like an impossible resolution. They can’t both win the election, so what happens when it’s over? Terrific review, Lisa.
I know, that was my big thought all the way through, how could they overcome that!