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DINING FOR LOVE
Valerie Pepper
Release Date: October 29

Buy Link:
https://authorvaleriepepper.myshopify.com/collections/lucky-in-love


Why you need to #ONECLICK this book…
💕Small Town
🔥RomCom
💕Men in uniform (Police Officer)
🔥Opposites Attract
💕Fish out of water
🔥Cozy Suspense
💕Light Kink (cuff play)
🔥Nosy Family & Neighbors
💕Adorable kitten
🔥Dual POV


Blurb
She’s not expecting love. He’s not planning to stay.


Willa Dash’s sheltered life is perfectly wonderful, thank you very much. She loves cooking at her family’s diner and enjoying everything her tiny beach side town has to offer—despite her mother insisting her talents would be better showcased at a Michelin-starred restaurant far away from home.

Big city cop Reid MacKinnon decamps to Lucky after his undercover sting goes bust. His plan is simple: help his police chief uncle by patrolling the town, and lay low while the D.A. builds a case against the bad guys back home.

All his plans go up in flames when he comes face to face with adorably klutzy Willa, who stammers and tries to hide from him every time they meet. Considering he’s her new neighbor, that’s…a lot. It’s not long before making her blush is his new favorite pastime, and this small town? It’s beginning to feel a lot like home. Now he needs to convince Willa to give their relationship a real chance—and not be taken out by the hitman sent to finish him.


MY REVIEW


Reid's only in this small town temporarily, until things quiet down back in the city on the career front. But while here, he meets this adorable diner cook and not only does he like flustering her, he's starting to like small town life. Does he like her, like small town life enough to stay forever, though?


Willa loves her small town life, and isn't comfortable with her mom, everyone actually, thinking she needs to go live a big city life. Then Reid comes to town and gets under her skin. She can't fall for him - she knows he's only here for awhile before heading back to Miami. His delicious mouth is addicting, but his heart is what she's really falling for, and she knows she's heading for her own heartbreak unless she and her town can convince Reid he belongs here.


Adorable klutz Willa is the perfect match for yummy big city cop Reid. I love that their snarky vibe that does absolutely nothing to disguise their smokin' hot chemistry and when they give in - DAMN! This cop isn't afraid of some kink, but he was afraid of getting roped into a love he wasn't looking for or expecting. Fortunately, his chef served up something he couldn't resist - her heart. This is the first of Valerie's writing that I've read, but after this, it definitely won't be the last.


Meet Valerie Pepper
Valerie Pepper is an incurable optimist and a firm believer in the girl getting the guy, or the guy getting the girl, or the girl getting the girl, or the guy getting the guy, or basically any way it needs to happen to make a real-life happily ever after, even if it takes more than one try.

When she’s not writing, you can find her reading, hiking, listening to whatever music suits her mood, and hanging out with her family. She’s fascinated with the idea of a capsule wardrobe, but loves clothes and shoes and boots far too much to make a real go of it.

She’s currently living out her own happily ever after with her husband, kids, and dogs, and maaaaaybe too many shoes. She lives in Birmingham, Alabama, and is the recipient of the Contemporary Romance Writer’s 2021 Stiletto Award.

Connect with Valerie Pepper
https://linktr.ee/valeriepepper

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