Book #3 in the series… Charmed, Texas, is a close-knit small town where people’s dreams of love can come true. That’s not to say that some people aren’t still waiting, and dreaming . . . By day, Allie Greene stays busy with her family diner, and keeping tabs on her teenage daughter. What’s really exhausting Allie, however, are the nights. Not that she minds Bash Anderson unbuttoning her … are the nights. Not that she minds Bash Anderson unbuttoning her naughty desires–if only in her dreams. But what was he doing there at all? He’s her best friend, and a father figure to her girl. Talk about awkward. Talk about OMG-heat-and-fireworks that are flipping fifteen years of normal upside down. And now, when Allie needs him as a friend more than ever, logic doesn’t stand a chance against his lips and irresistible deep-blue eyes . . .
Sure, Bash has fantasized about Allie, but there’s no way he’d act on it. She and her daughter are the closest thing to family he’s ever known. With the exception of one drunken moment fifteen years ago, he and Allie have stayed on this side of the line–until that impulsive kiss of hers knocked him on his butt. That’s just one hurdle. Not only does Allie need Bash’s help to save her diner, but his apiary is in trouble, too. To stir the pot further, they’ve been roped into vying for the town’s Honey King and Queen contest–a sweet event that’s making them closer than ever. Something’s bound to come undone. Bash just hopes it’s not the friendship he’s worked so hard to hold on to.
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This is book three of the “Charmed In Texas” series but it completely stands alone – you do not have to have read the first two books of this series to enjoy this one. This book has both cursing (including a lot of f-bombs) and some on screen sex. If those things will make you leave a bad review, you should skip this one. But you’ll be missing the best book in this series if you do.
I loved this book. That sounds so trite, but it is the absolute truth – I loved it. After loving the first book and being totally underwhelmed by Carmen in the previous book (sorry, Ms. Lovelace!) I was 100% all-in with Allie from the moment she climbed into the back of Sully’s truck in the previous book. As a matter of fact, I loved Allie and Bash (and even Angel) so much that it annoyed me to have to stop reading this book to do real-life things because I needed to know how they all worked things out. I say “how” because they were so perfectly right for each other that I had no doubt that they WOULD all work things out in the end. Bash and Allie’s unexpected backstory (being vague so as not to spoil) was so beautiful that it made my chest ache when I read about everything they had been through together.
If you enjoy a book about a woman who is just struggling to keep it all together while fighting off her feelings for her best friend, and a swoon worthy man who is just a good, solid guy who wants nothing more than to love the girls in his life, you have got to read this book. It is not only my favorite of this series, it is one of my favorite books of 2017.
Great book! And it’s on sale today!
Once a Charmer by Sharla Lovelace
Charmed in Texas #3
Sebastian “Bash” Anderson is a beekeeper with big plans that were somewhat foiled in book two of this series. He spent time in the military just out of high school but has settled into Charmed, Texas and is growing his business. His best friend Allie Greene and her daughter Angel are close as family to Bash and have been since Angel’s birth. The BFF are there for one another through thick and thin BUT a kiss between them a few months before this book begins has put a glitch in the easy flow of their friendship that fifteen year old Angel doesn’t help much as she begins to act out a bit.
This story is more than a friends to lovers themed book. It has a pageant to win, a bad guy to foil, businesses to save, a date gone wrong and a few that go right, a man with magic at his fingertips and love – true love – to be found. This is a story of family, of community, of friendship and oh so much more. I thoroughly enjoyed it and believe you will, too. I hope there will be more books in this series and eagerly wait to find out who might star in the next book by this author.
Thank you to NetGalley and Kensington-Lyrical Shine for the ARC – This is my honest review.
5 Stars