Matt is an expert and the Chase is on. Tate doesn’t stand a chance. Book Four In the Chase Brothers Series. Tate Murphy is a girl from the wrong side of the tracks. She grew up a million miles away from the easy life Matt Chase has had. She’s spent her life pulling herself and her siblings up and out of that trailer by the railroad tracks and she hasn’t looked back. Matt Chase is a dream of a guy … Chase is a dream of a guy and she’s certainly not going to turn down a short fling with one of the most handsome men she’s ever seen!
Matt Chase has watched each one of his brothers find love and he knows he’s ready for that too. It’s all a matter of finding the woman who captures his heart. He’s certainly sampled his fair share of them but none has moved him the way Tate Murphy does when he goes to her shop to thank her for some cookies and a thank you note.
But as Matt gets to know Tate and appreciate her strength and unique beauty, he also realizes she’s got some big self esteem issues about her past. To build a future, he’s got to find a way past some big road blocks.
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This title contains the following: explicit sex, graphic language, some violence.
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Absolutely love this series!
Tate has had a rough childhood being from the wrong side of town with an alcoholic father and a mother who slept around. She raised her brother’s and sister and took most of the abuse from their father. She’s had a crush on Matt for years but he’s from the wealthy side of town. Matt is a firefighter and comes to Tate’s rescue when she’s bumped by …
This is the last Chase boys’ love story. But, I think it is by fare my favorite in the series. I may not have grown up like Tate, however, we see ourselves in much the same light. I love how open and honest she is about it. She is real. Liv had her pegged from day one! Matthew handled Tate’s negativity perfectly and with class and love.
I …
I am a late comer to the Chase family. I didn’t realize that this was book four. But numbers don’t matter and this book proves it with the rapidly multiplying family!
Matt Chase is the odd man out. All of his brothers have found “the One”. He’s left hoping for the same until a certain curvy girl catches his eye and his stomach! You know what they …
I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley.com. This is my unbiased and voluntary review.
Tate Murphy has a secret crush on Matt Chase, watching him across the street at the firehouse where he works from her and her sister’s business, Murphy’s Cuts and Curls. Living in the small town of Petal, Georgia and going to the same school, they …
Where do I start….in my opinion if you want to read one thing written by Lauren Dane, make it the Chase series. Yes it is hard to deal with some of the lead females from time to time but overall the 4 Chase men more than make up for this. Matt Chase is the last of the Chase brothers to find the woman he is meant to be with, his soulmate, but once he does all bets are off as we follow along on Matt & Tate’s journey. Matt is a hot, sexy, alpha fireman but also sweet, romantic smooth talker, & there is no shortage of their steamy encounters. It gets hot, hot, hot at times especially when he brings the alpha male out with his commanding bedroom talk, and I am not going to lie, it’s kinda hot in a Kindle-melting way – need ice to cool off way! Definitely Recommend One-Clicking Making Chase but also recommend all one-clicking all four books in the Chase Brothers series. Thank you Lauren Dane and Harlequin Carina Press for re-introducing the Chase Brothers so we can enjoy the four swoon-worthy Chase Brothers!
Making Chase by Lauren Dane is book Four in the Chase Brothers series. This is the story of Tate Murphy and Matt Chase. I have read the previous book but feel this can be a standalone book.
Tate hasn’t had a easy life and as work to bring herself and her siblings out of the life they had. When Tate looks at Matt as someone very hot, exciting but with somewhat easier life than hers and she thinks she is out of his league. Matt has seen his siblings fall in love and how happy they are so he is open to love when it happens….and that seems to be Tate.
Easy hot exciting read!! Please note this is a re-release with a new cover.
Matt chase is the last single one of the Chase Brothers. He knows that’s about to change as soon as he meets Tate Murphy. She’s beautiful, smart, sexy, and everything he’s ever wanted in a woman. Getting the girl is the easy part though. Getting past her low self esteem issues while the small town of Petal does everything to keep her down is the hard part. Matt’s ready to fight for her but is Tate ready to fight for them or will she let narrow minded people keep them apart.
I’ve really enjoyed this entire series and recommend not only this book but all four in the series.
Good entertaining easy read. Matt went from my least favorite Chase Brother to number one with a bullet. Loved the way he was with Tate (and her family.). Sad to say goodbye to the Chase Family.
This is by far my favorite Chase book. They have all been good, but it’s Tate Murphy that really stands out in this one. Usually in Romance novels you may find a girl with issues, but she’s always very pretty and fit. It’s so refreshing to have characters like Tate who is a bigger girl, but yet that isn’t the focus of who she is. Oh boy and that Matt Chase. What is there not to love. The way he handles Tate and all their differences is completely swoon worthy. I can’t believe I didn’t catch that all the first time around.
Reviews by the Wicked Reads Review Team
Avid Reader –
4.5 stars
M/F Romance
Triggers: Abuse, Alcoholism, extortion
Tate and Matt. Tate is an amazing, snarky woman. She has taken on the brunt of her abusive parents’ wrath and also raised amazing siblings who would die for her. She has become successful and opened her own business, as well as hosting family dinners for her siblings weekly. Family is everything to her and she is unwilling to sacrifice them for anything or anyone. Tate is also a realist. She knows that she’s not model-thin or the most beautiful woman in the world. So, when Matt starts hanging out with her, she believes that she’s just going to be his friend.
Matt has had everything come fairly easy to him. He has great looks and is incredibly smart. He loves what he does, and firefighting is engrained in him now. What he hasn’t been lucky in, is finding someone who is interested in him for more than his family money. However, when he helps Tate, he sees something in her that he hasn’t had before. She’s genuine and kind, loves her family, and isn’t afraid to tell him like it is.
These two have a hard road ahead of them. Landmines are all over for Matt, and Tate has to find it in herself to love herself first and allow others to help her. Can Tate and Matt find their way to each other or will their destiny be broken before they even start? This is a sweet story about finding yourself and letting family help when you need them.
Ruthie –
This is the fourth book in the series – and they have been recently rereleased, refreshed by the author. I read them all originally and loved them, so was delighted to have the excuse to go back and immerse myself in all things family Chase again. If you have not read them before, do start at the beginning, but I have to admit, this was always my favourite. As I read it again, I knew exactly what happened, and when – which after 5 years, and many, many hundreds (even thousands) of books, I still had Polly, Edward, and the whole clan’s stories firmly in my mind.
Tate is a really fabulous character, and in time, we get to see just how like Polly she is, fiercely protecting her family, at whatever cost. What she doesn’t understand for a long time is how Matt fits into that dynamic. He, however, is determined to prove it and for the first time in his life, has to really make an effort. Regulars will know much about Matt, but Tate’s troubles and strength are surely to be admired. I still find it difficult to believe the way that the Melanies of Petal speak publicly about her, but maybe I am just lucky enough not to move in such circles.
If you like a heartwarming, family story which will maybe make you shed a tear or too, as well as really make you laugh, this will definitely work. I love the quick wit, the wisdom, and the warmth that envelops the Chase family. Thank you for giving me an excuse to revisit them.
Sarah –
This is the story of Matt, a gorgeous firefighter from a privileged family, and Tate, the curvy hairdresser from the wrong side of town that Matt falls in love with. Both Matt and Tate are likeable characters and I loved Tate’s grit.
As a romantic hero, Matt is probably a little bit too perfect for me. I didn’t quite understand the insta-love he feels for Tate – it’s an odd sort of insta-love that happens after living in the same town with her for thirty years and never engaging with her. He is first attracted to her cookies (not a euphemism) and there were moments I wondered if he fell in love with her suitability as a mate rather than her as a person. I enjoyed his dedication to Tate, but he does let Tate walk over him at times. And I hate that he is portrayed as some sort of saint for his attraction to a big girl.
Tate is an engaging character. She has taken herself from trailer park to business owner and from a young age, she has cared for all of her younger siblings. Tate is fiercely independent, and she doesn’t trust anyone except her siblings.
I found the drama surrounding Matt and Tate’s relationship exaggerated, irritating, and completely unbelievable. The small-town mob of vindictive and jealous women didn’t ring true and some of the comments about Tate’s weight and status felt more like sensational plot devices than anything that might happen in real life. It is nice to see a curvier character in romance fiction but I’m not sure I like the way Tate’s weight is used to create conflict.
The nastiness from the town is over the top but the Chase family love-in is equally over the top. I don’t have much time for perfect family values families and the Chase family is nauseatingly perfect. I get that this is the end of a series and the writer is trying to show how each of the brothers is happy and settled, but this was a little bit much. Tate’s family is better. Her parents are dysfunctional and while the siblings are devoted to each other, there are problems and miscommunications.
Reviewers on the Wicked Reads Review Team were provided a free copy of Making Chase (Chase Brothers #4) by Lauren Dane to read and review.
The Chase brother series has made me fall in love with the effortlessly flowing writing of Lauren Dane, with the extended Chase family, and the wholesome, handsome, and charming brothers who fall hard, and love even harder, once they find their soul mates.
Matt might be the last single brother, but he is no different from the others when it comes to finding the right one. He takes one look at Tate and he only has eyes for her.
I loved the energy, the connection, the chemistry between Matt and Tate. Even if the feelings are fast to develop, the relationship takes time to build up and find its rhythm. Tate and Matt are truly a perfect match for each other if the rest of the town would just realize it as well.
My heart wept for Tate and her siblings because of the way some people in town were treating them. Tate is a beautiful, independent, and tough lady, she had to be to survive the way her parents treated her and her siblings. She is a generous soul, she takes care of the people around her, always puts others first, but she is no doormat, she can stand up for herself and protect herself when needed. Her difficult upbringing, the poor circumstances she was born into, and her curvy body gave fuel to some to mock her, bully her, trying to put a wedge into the relationship she was building with Matt. The drama and trouble seem to follow them on each step, but no matter how tough things get, Matt and Tate know what their heart’s desire, and especially Matt is not willing to give up on the best thing ever happen to him.
Making Chase is not only an emotional, passion-filled love story between Matt and Tate, it is the perfect ending for the series, a wrap up with the whole family, that will leave the readers smiling, satisfied with all the feels pouring out from the pages.
Sexy, smart, and entertaining romance with lots of emotional depth and social issues that will make you check your own inner compass. Definitely a series I want to be revisiting again and again.
~ Five Spoons
I think Matt might be my favorite brother … but don’t tell the others 🙂 He’s patient, caring, and smart enough to realize what a great thing he could have with Tate. I love how he takes his time wooing her, in a way that she doesn’t even realize what is happening until she’s too far gone over him.
Tate may have a few insecurities thanks to the way she grew up but I love her grit and spunk. She’s a little prickly but it is totally understandable, Not too much for the Chase charm to overcome, of course. And the closeness of the Murphy family is awesome to behold, enough to rival the Chases, and I do think Dane handled their issues really well. It was realistic and gave a believable drama moment between Matt and Tate that worked well with the relationship they’d created.
I do wish a little more time had been spent resolving the issues with how Tate is viewed by people in the town. There are “mean girls” who make trouble for her and for the most part they handle them really well. I just needed one more scene, I think. I felt like it wasn’t quite wrapped up as much as it could have been, especially with how well the family portion was done.
Realistic characters with real world troubles and believable reactions, Dane does a fabulous job giving her readers an awesomely emotional finale to her Chase Brothers series.
**Review given honestly and freely after receipt of a reader copy. This opinion is completely my own and was not influenced in any way.**
I am very sad to have reached the end of this wonderful series. This book is just amazing! Sweet, hot, tender, passionate, heart melting and heartbreaking. Matt and Tate’s romance is all things beautiful and emotional. An opposites attract story that brings handsome, privileged, golden boy Matt Chase with Tate Murphy, who is a pretty, curvy girl from the wrong side of the tracks. Tate had so many issues and emotional baggage from her body image, her horrible, abusive parents and having to grow up so fast to take care of her brothers & sisters. She’s a true winner though because she is strong, smart, loving, sassy and has a serious potty mouth. I loved how sure Matt was of his love for Tate and how hard he had to work to convince Tate that they were meant to be. Of course, momma bear, Polly Chase is around to add humor , dad Edward is around to advise and we get a nice check-in with the other couples in this series. An excellent book in a super series. This is my honest and completely voluntary review.
The town of Petal, Georgia is waiting for Matt Chase to fall including Matt. Tate Murphy has come a long way but feels that Matt is out of her league. Fate is about to step in.
There’s no getting around the fact that readers love a good love story and this is just such a book. Matt and Tate are both strong, appealing characters that readers easily fall in love with as they both have their vulnerabilities that make them insecure but human which also adds realism to the story. The romance is sweet but full of emotional turmoil while the passion is hot and heats up the pages with lots of sizzling chemistry.
The plot is set a steady pace and flows smoothly throughout this romance with lots of intriguing and sensitive events that tug at reader’s hearts and really make it easy to connect with the characters as they struggle with their issues and to overcome the town’s opinion that these two don’t belong together in anyway. The small town atmosphere adds ambiance and more intensity to the story and readers get quite a few chuckles throughout the story as the town’s matriarch does her best to help the couple along the way and other family members cause some strife but also contribute to the couple’s relationship which also adds to the convincing feel of the story. The entire series is one that readers can’t help but be charmed by and of course the Chase brothers are sexy and easily fell in love with, and Matt and Tate’s romance is probably the most heartfelt one of the series.