Opposites attract but don’t get along. Can a dusty box of old love letters change everything?Sensible librarian Gemma Valentine helps close her family’s antique store and enjoy Cupid’s Corners’ Valentine’s Day festival celebrating romance and weddings—even if she doesn’t believe in love. But when she’s tricked into briefly reviving the town paper’s Dear Cupid advice column, with her best friend’s … her best friend’s too handsome brother as part of the deal, she’s miffed. Why does he have to disturb her nice, tidy life?
Architect and hometown football hero Sean McCleary’s promotion hinges on renovating Gemma’s building into a sleek, trendy retail space fast. He’s willing to do anything to finish this project even provide a man’s perspective for the lovelorn column. Why not? Gemma might be annoying, but she’s funny and adorable and he enjoys their spirited banter. Soon Sean sees Gemma in a new light and wonders if he can convince her to give him a chance.
Can two Cupid columnists take their own advice on falling in love?
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This is a sweet story about friends since childhood being reunited years later and how they have changed. Some changes weren’t realized until this reunion.
Honestly it was one of the few books I’ve read where I would say it was too detailed. The book spent a lot of time setting scenes and giving details that it forgot to add much action. It got boring. You wanted the story to go somewhere but first you had to wait for the heroine to have breakfast. The details dragged the story down, by the time something happened I found myself getting annoyed. I read 20 pages for that? kind of thing. If the novel was chopped down by half it would have been a far better story.
Gemma comes home to help her family. She finds that since Sean’s Dad retired and sold his accounting business her Grandparents have not trusted anyone else to do their books. They are having to borrow money from their savings and possibly their retirement funds. Gemma does everything by a plan and charts and things. She likes to have everything neat and laid out for her.
Her Grandparents nor her parents are planners, they like to do things spur of the moment. While Sean and Gemma were going through some boxes in the store they find some cardboard boxes with letters addressed to Dear Cupid. Not sure how long they have been on the shelves her Grandmother decides with Valentine’s Day coming up, Gemma and Sean can answer some of them offering advice.
Really enjoyed the book and think you will too.
Laurie LeClair’s Dear Cupid is perfect for Valentine’s. With a gorgeous cover and sweet, fun romance, Dear Cupid has me ready for all the red, pink, and hearts of Valentine’s Day. I enjoyed reading Gemma and Sean’s story. I can’t help but want to visit Cupid’s Corner for more romance.
I could not put down Gemma and Sean’s love story in Dear Cupid by Laurie LeClair, book one in her Cupid’s Corner series. This is a wonderful, emotional, and heartwarming story, featuring a magical town. Gemma Valentine has taken a leave from her librarian job to sadly help with the closing of her family’s antique store as well as enjoy Cupid’s Corners’ Valentine’s Day festivities. Although seeing love all around her, Gemma doesn’t believe in love. Architect Sean McCleary, the big brother of Gemma’s best friend, is in Cupid’s Corner to create a plan to renovate the Valentine’s building into a trendy retail space; which would hopefully provide him with a promotion. Visiting the antique store Sean and Gemma are tricked into reviving the town paper’s Dear Cupid’s advice Cupid, working together on answers to the questions posed by the lovelorn. Working with Sean disrupts Gemma’s neat and tidy life while Sean realizes how funny and adorable Gemma is. Sean decides he enjoys spending time with Gemma, providing a male’s perspective for their column, and wonders if he can convince her to give him, and them, a chance. Maybe it’s the magic of the town, the antique store, or a matchmaking grandmother that will give these two a chance at love.
Ms. LeClair wrote a wonderful, sweet, and heartwarming story that is definitely not to be missed. She provided a tale rich with sexual chemistry, amusing banter, and endearing characters giving Gemma and Sean a chance to take their own advice on falling love. I highly recommend Dear Cupid to other readers.
I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book.
Dear Cupid is book number one in the Cupid’s Corner series by Laurie LeClair. This is Gemma Valentine and Sean McCleary’s story.
A very sweet and perfect romance story for Valentine’s Day. Gemma and Sean are sweet characters that end up spending time together working on a Valentine project orchestrated by Gram, Gemma’s grandmother. Gemma’s Gram was a mess. It was a fun and sweet read watching Gemma and Sean fall in love.
I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.
Oh this has to be one of my favorite Valentine romances I have read. It touches the heart in so many ways and it had me picturing this amazing little town of Cupid Corners and I want more from this town please. In this book we get to know so much about this town and so many of the founding families. But the main focus is on Gemma and Sean. These 2 grew up together and then both left town. Situations have brought them back to the town and it is so much fun to watch these two batter back and forth. This book was like watching life in action and i think that is what made it one of my favorite books to read this year so far.
The perfect romance for Valentine’s Day with a little “Cupid” magic thrown in for good measure.