The Perfect Hope by Nora Roberts

Hope Beaumont was introduced to the series in book one, The Next Always, when she joined the Boonsboro in as the innkeeper. When she and Ryder Montgomery saw each other for the first time, a bolt of lightning hit each. Then they took an instant dislike, each assuming the other was some sort of snooty or snotty. So of course, we the readers knew they were some day going to fall in love. 

It's a good, steady Roberts story with a little bit of the supernatural thrown in. In this book, we get to find out about Lizzie and her lover and they get their happy ending as well (it's a romance, this is not a spoiler.)

Three and a half stars

This book came out November 1st, 2011

Follows The Last Boyfriend

Borrowed as ebook from Libby

Opinions are my own

The Last Boyfriend by Nora Roberts

 This is definitely my favorite of the Inn Boonsboro series.

Avery MacTavish runs a very successful pizza parlor and is happy with her life. Just because she's had a crush on middle brother Owen Montgomery since she was six and he gave her a bubble gum ring doesn't mean she's actually going to act on it. Except that he suddenly seems to have noticed that she's a woman. They decide that they're mature enough to handle a relationship, even if it might go south. I liked the discussion that they had with not too much beating around the bush, they decide they can handle a relationship and they go for it.

Also, I really liked Owen. He's organized, clear-headed and goes after Avery but is still concerned about her feelings.

Avery is a spitfire who is in charge of her own destiny. She does get a little shaken up when her past comes back but that is cleared up fairly quickly, not drawn out and made into some Big Misunderstanding.

Four stars

This book came out May 1st, 2012

Follows The Next Always

Followed by The Perfect Hope

Borrowed as ebook from Libby

Opinions are my own

The Next Always by Nora Roberts

Beckett Montgomery is working with his two brothers and mother to restore a historic in in downtown Boonsboro which is just down the street from  Clare Brewster's bookstore. Beckett's had a crush on her since high school. Unfortunately, Clare only had eyes for Clint, the man she married and then had three sons with. But then her soldier husband died in the war and Clare moved back to Boonsboro where Beckett began mooning over her again. Okay, just keeping an eye on her.

But he's finally worked up the courage to ask her out.

I am really enjoying this series. The secondary characters (Clare's sons and friends, Beckett's family) are rich and well-developed. Clare's relationship with her sons is awesome, we get to see both the joys and the frustrations of being a parent. We also get to see the beginning of Beckett's relationships as he navigates the murky waters of dating a single parent.

Four stars

This book came out November 1st, 2011

Followed by The Last Boyfriend

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