New Release & ARC Review: Make-Believe Match (Cherry Tree Harbor, #3) by Melanie Harlow

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Make-Believe Match
(Cherry Tree Harbor, #3)

by Melanie Harlow

 

Released – 20 November 2023

 

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Blurb

Fall in love with my enemy? No way.

Marry him to save my family’s struggling ski resort? That’s a different story…

Getting hitched is the only way I can inherit Snowberry Lodge, and I’ll do anything to spare my childhood home from the wrecking ball–even wear Devlin Buckley’s ring on my finger.

Not that I’ll enjoy it.

Sure, he’s charming and handsome, and that no-last-names one night stand we shared ended with a fantastically big bang (I saw stars I hadn’t seen in six months, if you catch my drift).

But I’ll never trust him–he was working for the company trying to bulldoze my life.

Right up until the day he knocked on my door with an offer I couldn’t refuse.

Marry him, and he’ll help me restore my family’s crumbling resort to its former glory–and get revenge on his ex-boss in the process. Once our goals are achieved, we’ll go our separate ways.

It’s temporary. Strictly business. Purely for show.

Until I realize how much I like it when he says “my wife.”

Once we’re sharing a last name–and a bed–our make-believe match starts to feel a little too real.

And if I’m not careful, I could lose everything… my home, my dreams, and my heart.

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Review

4.5 stars!!

Lexi has a smoking hot one-night stand with an out-of-towner and she’d love to see him again. At least until she discovers he’s the guy representing Black Diamond resorts and the man in charge of buying Snowberry Lodge, her family’s ski resort. Now, she is even more determined to save the lodge and refuses to give in to Devlin. What should be an easy acquisition for Devlin turns into anything but when Lexi is in the picture, and when Devlin’s life veers off course, they may be just the ones to save each other.
Lexi will do anything to save Snowberry Lodge including marry her so called enemy. This fake relationship should be just that however with their electric chemistry, the joint effort to save Snowberry Lodge, and that fact that Devlin is a total sweetheart of a husband, there’s no stopping them from becoming more.
Lexi and Devlin are so good together. I felt their attraction from the moment they met and the ease of their relationship was believable. It was effortless and understandable even if it was super fast. They just worked as a couple. For the most part things go smoothly but there are definitely some road bumps and villains in the way that test their relationship.
These two bring all the sweet and spice and I adored them. I was rooting for them when they were fighting and rooting for them when they were on the same page.  I wanted to see them find their happily ever after and loved that we got so much together time with them. The ending is so sweet, too, and it was perfect for both Devlin and Lexi. You truly see how well they fit together knowing what lengths they will go for each other.
I also loved the secondary characters. Gram was awesome and understood her granddaughter so well. I loved seeing Austin and Veronica from Runaway Love and Xander and Kelly from  from Hideaway Heart and all the others, too. It was so good betting back to Cherry Tree Harbor and I can’t wait for more!!
*ARC generously provided by the author*

Cherry Tree Harbor

        

Runaway Love (#1) – (Austin & Veronica)
Review
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Hideaway Heart (#2) – (Xander & Kelly)
Review
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Make Believe Match (#3) – (Devlin & Lexi)
Review
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Small Town Swoon(#4) – (Dash & Ari)
Review
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Slap Shot Surprise (#5) – (Joe & Mabel)
To be released 1 October
Pre-order:  Amazon

 

 

About the Author

Melanie Harlow likes her martinis dry, her heels high, and her history with the naughty bits left in. When she’s not writing or reading, she gets her kicks from TV series like Ted, Lasso, Schitt’s Creek, and Fleabag. She occasionally runs three miles, but only so she can have more gin and steak.

Melanie is the author of the BELLAMY CREEK series, the CLOVERLEIGH FARMS series, the ONE & ONLY series, AFTER WE FALL series, the HAPPY CRAZY LOVE series, the FRENCHED series. She lifts her glass to romance readers and writers from her home near Detroit, MI, where she lives with her husband, two daughters, and pet rabbit.

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