A wedding planner and the carpenter who’s lost his wife… Can Lisa and Cal navigate the mishaps of a relationship in order to find themselves standing at the altar? Lisa Ashford is tired of the dating scene. The singles app on the island of Getaway Bay didn’t yield her the results she wants, and she’s practically the only wedding planner left at Your Tidal Forever that hasn’t found someone. With … Your Tidal Forever that hasn’t found someone. With her best friend gone and the company party on the horizon, Lisa determines that she’s going to step out of her comfort zone and find a date.
Cal Lewiston lost his wife a couple of years ago, and he’s floundering to raise his fourteen-year-old daughter alone. He does a lot of contract work for Your Tidal Forever, and when the pretty blonde wedding planner asks him to dance, he does something he hasn’t done in a long, long time.
He says yes.
When a tsunami hits the island, Cal and Lisa are once again thrown together as he gets hired by her HOA to repair any damage. And her house needs a lot of work. As they navigate the pitfalls of rebuilding her house, he also has to face letting go of his late wife. Lisa has to figure out how to support him as a dad and build a relationship with his daughter.
In order to build a family, they’ll both have to risk their hearts. Can Cal and Lisa overcome the odds stacked against them? Or will Lisa be back to square one, facing another party without a date?
Escape to Getaway Bay and join the Brides & Beaches series for some seriously sweet romance. Each book can be read as a standalone, with a happily-ever-after ending, and clean, sweet-without-losing-the-heat romance!
Read all the books in the Brides & Beaches Romance series by USA Today bestselling author, Elana Johnson:
1. The Helicopter Pilot’s Bride
2. The Billionaire’s Bride
3. The Prince’s Bride
4. The Doctor’s Bride
5. The Rockstar’s Bride
6. The Carpenter’s Bride
7. The Police Chief’s Bride
Read all the books in the Clean Billionaire Beach Club Romance series by USA Today bestselling author Elana Johnson and USA Today bestselling author Bonnie R. Paulson:
1. The Brainy Billionaire
2. The Brawny Billionaire
3. The Bashful Billionaire
4. The Brazen Billionaire
5. The Billionaire’s Bodyguard
6. The Billionaire’s Boyfriend
7. The Broke Billionaire
8. The Brilliant Billionaire
9. The Blue-Eyed Billionaire
10. The Bad Boy Billionaire
11. The Brave Billionaire
12. The Belated Billionaire
13. The Billionaire’s Blue Christmas
14. The Benched Billionaire
15. The Bookish Billionaire
16. The Burned Billionaire
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1. The Paramedic’s Second Chance
2. The Chief’s Second Chance
3. The Firefighter’s Second Chance
4. The Officer’s Second Chance
5. The Soldier’s Second Chance
6. The Captain’s Second Chance
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1. Boyfriend by Mistake
2. Accidental Sweetheart
3. Bodyguard, Not Boyfriend
4. Not Her Real Fiancé
5. She Loves Him…Notmore
Another sweet romance and our series is almost finished. I really liked these beachy romances and connected characters. This one started off with a bang. I really liked the parenting of a teenager parts.
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Loved it! What a great clean romance. Cal and Lisa’s story was inspirational. I can’t wait to read the next book.
Elana’s books are always a true joy to read. Wonderful characters, story lines that pull the reader in and keep their attention and The Carpenter’s Bride is no exception. A story that deals with real life issues when it comes to second chance romances and blending or coming in to an instant family.
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The sixth book in the Brides & Beaches Romance series a well written story that kept me turning pages. Lisa Ashford and Cal Lewiston’s is one I enjoyed reading. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Lisa is missing her BFF Riley and hasn’t found “the one” yet. At the company picnic, she invites Cal to dance which they never do because she ends up in the pool, but they did start to date. Cal is a widower, with a fourteen-year-old daughter and it’s complicated. Is he ready to date again and is it too late for Lisa already? Will they ever get their dance?
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Another sweet romance set in Getaway Bay! Lisa felt like all her friends were getting married and she was being left behind. She was tired of the dating scene and was ready for a committed relationship. When she met Cal at a company party she was interested, then the tsunami hit! Cal is a widower and raising his fourteen year old daughter alone. He really likes Lisa, but is he really over his first wife? Can his daughter accept someone new in his life? This story deals with real life situations that more mature couples face when dating and blending families. Don’t miss this clean read from Elana Johnson!
ARC for honest review with no compensation 4.5 starts
The Carpenter’s Bride is book 6 in the Getaway Bay Brides and Beaches series by Elana Johnson.
Lisa Ashford, wedding planner for Your Tidal Forever and practically the only planner without a significant other. Tired of the dating scene and dating apps that gets no results she decides to find her own man….just not sure where to look…
Cal Lewiston, widower with a teenage daughter and contractor for Your Tidal Forever attends one of the weddings that he helped with A very pretty lady asked him to dance and he says yes but a tsunami hits the beach before that can happen.
Thrown together by the tsunami, his company sets out to help the many people who have damage in their homes and one of those is the pretty lady who asked him to dance. He’s been asked by her HOA to be one of the contractors in repairing the homes. As he’s working on her home the sparks fly but he still hasn’t gotten over his late wife…
Well these to open their hearts to each other and find their HEA or will Cal never be able to let his late wife go? Only time will tell…
This was a sweet story that tackles a lot of modern family drama. Nothing’s ever simple when trying to blend into an already established family unit and Lisa’s going to learn that the hard way. Neither Cal nor his daughter realize that there’s emotional baggage they still need to unpack, no matter how “over it” they think they are. Can Cal overcome the loss of his wife to be able to find love a second time around? Does Lisa have the patience and grace to allow Cal and Sierra the time needed? I really enjoyed this book and already I’m looking forward to the next.
I received a complimentary advanced copy of this book from the author.
There is something very ironic about a wedding planner who feels that a happily ever after will never happen for her. Buying a fixer upper puts Lisa in need of a carpenter. Enter Cal who she knows from the work he has done for Your Tidal Forever, the event planning company Lisa also works for. He sees her vision for the farmhouse and works to bring it to life. Elena Johnson is not about to let everything go smoothly and the twists and turns she creates in the path to happily ever after are clever and realistic. This was a fun book to read.
Cal and Lisa are just a wonderful couple. Lisa is a wedding planner but feels like she will never get her own wedding to plan. Cal loved someone very dearly and lost them to illness, he doesn’t know if he will love again. These two have known each other professionally for a while now but it took just the right timing to help them see each other. Lisa sees hope, Cal faces turmoil and add in a teenage daughter and it gets a little messy. I really like how Sierra and Lisa form a friendship and it grows without Cal’s involvement. That friendship allows him to see that it’s okay for him to want what he had with Lisa, he has to work through his own thoughts and feelings before he is ready to embrace it fully. This is a well written, fun read, well worth your time.
This book is pretty good well written hot steamy passionate loving caring I have read different books of hers there all awesome cant wait see what coming next.
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A realistic modern-day romance.
Lisa Ashford single is a wedding planner now she and Shannon are setting up for a company BBQ and who walks up and asked if he could help was Cal Lewiston and as the author said: “Tall, broad, bearded”. The author now puts in a little interesting event at the BBQ and the fun really starts. Cal likes Lisa but he is not sure about dating with the loss of his wife and with a teenager? This book has all these wonderful ups and downs that make it more realistic plus she has given the characters depth not easy to do in a quick read. I enjoyed the book it was a good story. Hope you pick it up and I think you will enjoy it too. I did receive a free copy of this book and voluntarily chose to review it.
Lisa steps out of her comfort zone and asks Cal to dance. He steps outside of his and says yes. I loved these two as a couple and really enjoyed reading about their progressing relationship. Then the angst began – I’ll admit I got frustrated with Cal and didn’t like how he handled his reservations. But of course the author did a great job of bringing about a truly happy ever after for these two.
This was mostly Cal’s story. He had a lot to work through to get to a HEA with Lisa.
Great characters, and story arc. I’m looking forward to the next one!
Cal lost his wife few years ago,he has teenager daughter.
Lisa is a wedding planner, all her friends found their HEA.
Will those two find their HEA?
Sweet, clean romance.