He thinks he’s so perfect with his model behavior . . . and he just might be. Reading and reviewing books is my hobby. Rescuing wildlife is my passion. It never occurred to me that both my hobby and passion would collide in the strangest of ways one day. I was perfectly content in my quiet little world. Working, reading, and supporting my favorite authors left little time for dating or a … favorite authors left little time for dating or a relationship. Besides, when you take the horizontal mambo off the table, you sort of limit your prospects.
Then one night, Matthew Roberts in all his cover model glory blew into my life and swept me off my feet.
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Life as a single dad is not for the weak. Especially when your daughter is a spunky six-year-old with a passion for singing and a weakness for baby animals. I’ve been strictly focused on being her dad and smiling for the camera to provide for her future. Having my abs splashed on the cover of romance novels hasn’t left much time for a personal life. Much to my mother’s dismay.
When a storm dropped—literally—a wild animal into my life, I knew there was one person who could help us—Carrie Myers. I just never expected her to save not only the small squirrel but to also find her way into my heart.
Sometimes the most unlikely person can be your greatest gift.
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I have to be honest–I liked the book, but didn’t love it. After reading the previous book in the series, I was looking forward to reading Matthew and Carrie’s story. Something was lacking. While I loved most things about Matthew’s daughter, there are a few issues I have as well. The girl sounds adorable, but not quite believable. Overall, the characters fell flat.
Carrie has her dream job, I mean not everyone loves cleaning up poop of animals. Ok, she doesn’t either, but she does love taking care of the rescue animals especially the wild animals. She adores her hobby of reading and reviewing her favorite books. She has even attended a few book signings where she met her favorite romance authors and the cover models. One such model–Matthew Roberts. A swoon worthy specimen of a man. A man she needs to stay far away from. Not many guys are delighted when told that sex is off the table. Carrie wants to get to know the guy–know their compatibility before taking that leap. Rumors in the publishing world swirl. Matthew likes female reader attention a bit more than Carrie prefers.
Matthew Roberts has his hands full with a full time job, raising his six year old daughter and his side gig modeling. Life with a six year is never dull especially when the dog gets loose, a huge storm, and an injured squirrel lands in his yard much to his daughter’s dismay. He calls the one person who might be able to help–Carrie. Everything about Carrie intrigues and fascinates him. He can’t stop thinking about her. He has no desire to stop. The icing on top of his cake–how Carrie interacts with his daughter. His daughter adores Carrie almost as much as he does.
What a lovely (and funny!) story!
I loved every aspect of this book: I adored the characters, both Carrie and Matthew, as well as Sprite and the rest of Matthew’s family, Carrie’s friends Jamie and Celeste – and last but not least the furry critters who added their own quirky charm. The story was sweet, funny and well-written, and it provided an entertaining glimpse behind the scenes of “Romancelandia”.
This is the first book I’ve read by M.E. Carter and / or Andrea Johnston, but it sure won’t be the last – at least the other two books in the series are already on my TBR, and I’m sure they will be joined by many more…
This was a very unique and funny story! I loved the characters.
Model Behavior is a cute book with a quirky heroine and an adorable single dad and his little girl. Carrie and Matthew had me laughing out loud with their banter throughout this book, yet you still get those cute moments. The Chemistry between these two was H.O.T. I highly recommend this light, sweet read and can’t wait for the next book in this series.
I totally love M.E. Carter and Andrea Johnston’s Charitable Endeavors books. They bring the book world to life for readers and the stories, while not totally interconnected kind of are, if that makes any sense.
This book was sweet…like Hallmark/Lifetime movie sweet. No really it is!
I loved Carrie and Matthew so much and as they became friends and then more than friends (that didn’t have benefits, because …of some notion of celibacy Carrie has) you really fall for them. You also for Calypso, Matthew’s daughter and the dog Olaf and all the squirrels.
About the only thing that I wasn’t fond of was Carrie’s book blog profession. Most of us, are just typical average women who just enjoy sharing our feelings about our favorite books. Sure there are people out there making money off of reviewing, but that’s not most of us.
I was more tickled by Carrie’s job with animal rescue.
Probably the sweetest thing was the interaction between Carrie and Calypso. Its hard to imagine a never married girl taking to a young child so easily, but really this book goes down Harlequin romance territory here. Of course, what little girl isn’t going to fall madly in love with a lady that rescues baby squirrels?
So if you are prepared for a book that’s full of giggles and feels, because Carrie’s life is full overthinking and well hilarity.
Here are some of my favorite quotes
“Of course, this morning when she put her shoes on the wrong feet and attempted to make her way out of the house without changing them, I wondered for a brief moment if college was a pipe dream.”
“What a coincidence. He has washboard abs. I have a washboard forehead. It’s a match made in Maytag heaven.”
“At twenty-two you’ve been through college and can drink and stuff. At eighteen you’re just..not even really adulting yet.”
Have you ever read a book and immediately wanted to reread it? That is how I feel about Model Behavior! I loved every single thing about this book. Matthew and Carrie’s story is so sweet. I loved Carrie’s passion for rescuing animals. Her pet squirrel Luke is the best and when Matthew first meets Luke, I laughed so hard I almost cried. It was epic. Matthew’s daughter Calypso will steal your heart. She is so sweet and fearless and her relationship with Carrie is so heartwarming. Matthew for his part, is one of the most swoon worthy characters I have ever seen in a book. I loved his charm and charisma. He really had to work to break down Carrie’s walls and her preconceived notions of him but he never gave up on winning her over. This is a feel good romance and I cannot wait to see what these authors write next!