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The Path to Loving Him Series: Almond Bay #3 by Meghan Quinn
on January 7th, 2025
Genres: Adult Contemporary Romance, Adult Sports Romance
Pages: 518
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Format: E-galley
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Also in this series: The Way I Hate Him, The Reason I Married Him
Also by this author: Three Blind Dates , Two Wedding Crashers , Love Sincerely Yours
My Rating:
Blurb:
From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Meghan Quinn comes a new forced proximity, single dad romantic comedy. This steamy, laugh out loud, enemies-to-lovers, small town standalone romance delivers the perfect happily ever after. One-click your copy today!
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What does one do when they completely blow an interview?
If you’re me, you pick up a one-night stand with the most gorgeous man you’ve ever seen..
That’s right, after a lousy interview that could have changed everything for me, I headed over to the local small town bar to sulk when the one man I shouldn’t want walked in. And when my friend convinced me to take him back to my hotel room, I didn’t think about it, I just did it . . . well, I did him.
It was an unforgettable night, but I didn’t stay for breakfast. Instead, I got out of there and tried not to think about him again.
Everything was fine until I received a call from the interviewer saying I got the job as the assistant baseball coach at Almond Bay High. I’d be working directly under the one and only Ryland Rowley–my one-night stand.
Now, I’m not only working with him but renting the apartment above his garage. And I have to deal with the fact that he’s the man I dream about and can’t have while not letting my attraction get in the way of keeping the harmony between us. Sounds easy, doesn’t it?
It should have been, except the plan falls apart when my shower breaks, and night after night I have to slip into his house to use the bathroom only to find him in the kitchen, staring me down with those hungry, single dad eyes.
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My Review
Wow, Ryland was one that hurt my heart so much. It was understandable after all he’d been through that he felt the way he did, and when the one big thing he’d been worried about a relationship making him do actually kinda sorta happened, gah! It made that third act break up so real and so heart wrenching!
I loved being back in Almond Bay. Gabby was such a sweetheart, but also had her own issues, with good reason, for not wanting to start a relationship. She had been a former resident with her brother Bennett, well, they lived outside of town and didn’t get in much due to their own family struggles. So really she got to try the cookies and meet some of the regular town characters for the first time. While she knew who Ryland was because he’d coached her brother, she didn’t really know his family. Which I love the family. Especially little Mac. Her Chewy Chondra and how she played with her Uncle Wyatt was so much fun! So cute and adorable.
Of course in true Meghan Quinn fashion there were so many hilarious moments that had me laughing out loud. Especially when poor Gabby slid down the pole she was painting and got burns on her inner thighs. Which of course led to some sexy moments as Ryland was helping her with that. Of course him getting the paint dumped on him when the ladder fell was funny. When Ryland was playing as Godzilla Plus with Mac, and she nailed him right between the legs, oh that whole scene was so funny.
While our family stories are pretty much wrapped up, especially with how far down the line the epilogue is, I’m hoping for a spinoff for Gabby’s friend Bower and her brother, an older woman romance, I’m all there for that!
Oh yeah, the author redid the covers with this one, and I do love this one!
About the Author
USA Today Bestselling Author, wife, adoptive mother, and peanut butter lover. Author of romantic comedies and contemporary romance, Meghan Quinn brings readers the perfect combination of heart, humor, and heat in every book.
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Good to know this was such a win for you!
Quinn usually does write books that I love!
This sounds pretty good but man, that’s a long romance. Good things long books don’t scare me off. Glad you enjoyed this one so much!
Yeah, this author writes some really long books!! But they are almost always ones that pay off for me in the end, so I keep reading and loving them!
Good to know you liked it. This is definitely on my list.
If you’ve read the others in the series you’ll be happy to get this story!
I don’t read a lot of romance but glad you liked it.
I read mostly romance. None of that in my real life, and since they are always going to have a happy ending, that is nice for my stressful life these days.
I am too much of a cynical realist 🙁 But I will cave for an Emily Henry book or a sometimes a Katherine Center one.
LOL! Yeah, I don’t believe any of it is going to happen in real life, so it is my fantasy world I guess, lol. I do like Katherine Center. I tried one Emily Henry as an audiobook and couldn’t get into it, but I need to give reading her books a chance.
Sounds like a great romance!
I really enjoy this author’s books for sure!
I love when an author can successful pen an emotional book without it being overly dramatic. Sounds like this was a good (and short) series.
I mean, the series is only 3 books, but the books themselves are a little longer than usual romances are!
Great review Lisa! I’m glad that you enjoyed this book.
This is one of my favorite, auto-read/buy authors!
Five stars… I have read this author and enjoyed her. Of course, I would want to start with book one.
Yeah, definitely helps to start with the first one, although they are pretty close to being standalones.
Sounds like the third act breakup scene actually worked and made sense here. And the romance sounds well done and like the whole book was pretty funny too. Let’s hope there will be a spin-off with that couple you’re hoping for.
This author knows how to do things right most of the time! And we tend to see people from past stories show up in future books or even get their own books, so I’m hopeful!