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Review & Release Blitz: Under the Boardwalk (Costas Sisters #1) by Carly Phillips

Under the Boardwalk
By Carly Phillips
Release Date: July 7th, 2020
Her twin sister is missing.

When Ariana Costas heard her twin sister, Zoe, had disappeared, Ari left Vermont and returned to her Jersey girl roots to find her. Ari didn’t know what to expect from her search, but danger around every corner, dodging bullets, and a hunk in a leather jacket saving her was not it.

He thought she was someone else.

Detective Quinn Donovan thought he located Zoe Costas. Beautiful, dark-haired, and a perfect match to the description he’d been given, he believes he has his lady. Except as it turns out, the gorgeous woman is Zoe's twin Ariana, the college professor. Suddenly, Quinn’s job is more about trying to protect Ari who is in trouble deeper than the Atlantic at high tide. There’s more at stake than trying to protect her without spilling his well-guarded secrets.

Will he lose his heart and the girl in the process?

ALSO AVAILABLE- Summer of Love (previously released as Summer Lovin’)
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MY REVIEW
Ariana has finally come to Jersey from Vermont, where she's been distancing herself form her kooky family. But her twin's missing, and she wants answers. If that means coming home and having to face her demons, face herself, so be it. She didn't know she'd literally run into someone who'd understand her feelings of not belonging within her own family. Didn't know that the gorgeous leather jacket wearing someone who rescued her would also be the one she'd have to leave because she still couldn't accept herself.


Quinn never had a biological family other than the drug addict mom whose body he found when he was a teen. So when he met Connor, the two of them made each other into a family. And then he met the young, troubled girl, Sam, whom he is trying to find a permanent home. He didn't even realize he was looking to add to his family when he meets Ari. So when he sees someone who looks exactly like Zoe, the woman he helped disappear, he isn't prepared for his visceral reaction to the woman Zoe had always said was conservative and never fit into their family. He knows she's not Zoe, not just because Zoe's safe somewhere else, but because his body and soul never reacted to her the way they did when Ari runs headlong into danger by looking too much like her twin. So now this Detective will not only have to protect Ari but find a way to protect his heart when she walks away with it when she goes back to Vermont.


This is a sweet story. It's much different from Carly's other series like Dare and the ones she coauthors with Erika Wilde, in that it's not quite as sensual, and I can tell it's an older work of hers, but it still stands the test of time because it's got her signature touch of suspense, layered, likable characters (especially Quinn and Sam), and has a whole cast to explore their stories. I admit I wasn't especially fond of Ari's tendency to run, but I understand because her family is a lot to take in, being con artists and this side of shady. And I'm glad Quinn helped her find acceptance within herself. Now I'm looking forward to her sister Zoe's story with Sam's Uncle Ryan, Summer of Love.


Meet Carly Phillips
NY Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestseller, Carly Phillips gives her readers Alphalicious heroes to swoon for and romance to set your heart on fire. She married her college sweetheart and lives in Purchase, NY along with her three crazy dogs: two wheaten terriers and a mutant Havanese, who are featured on her Facebook and Instagram. The author of 50 romance novels, she has raised two incredible daughters who put up with having a mom as a full time writer. Carly’s book, The Bachelor, was chosen by Kelly Ripa as a romance club pick and was the first romance on a nationally televised bookclub. Carly loves social media and interacting with her readers. Want to keep up with Carly? Sign up for her newsletter (below) and receive TWO FREE books at www.carlyphillips.com.
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