Blog Tour + Review: "Last Beautiful Girl" by Samantha Chase

I am pleased to participate in the blog tour celebrating the release of "Last Beautiful Girl" by Samantha Chase, book #6 of the Magnolia Sound series. This story does work as a standalone, though I suspect that readers who are already familiar with the other books in the series may appreciate certain aspects of the story more than I did as a new visitor to Magnolia Sound. The author did a good job of explaining the connections between characters and providing relevant background, however, so I didn't feel lost at any point.

 

"Last Beautiful Girl" featured likeable, three-dimensional characters and a well-crafted second chance romance between former high school sweethearts Sydney and Kyle. Sydney was in a tough situation when the story began, having been thrust into the role of parent to her 12-year-old niece, Haley, following the death of her sister and brother-in-law. She was also newly unemployed because of a move from Boston back to her hometown of Magnolia Sound and stuck with a disaster of a house in dire need of renovation. Fortunately, the community of Magnolia Sound rallied around Sydney and Haley in their time of need and pitched in to fix up the house, unexpectedly bringing contractor Kyle back into Sydney's life.

Since his breakup with Sydney, Kyle had been content to remain single and had the playboy reputation to prove it. Sydney was determined not to give Kyle a second chance because of the terrible way he'd treated her during their breakup, but he was determined to make amends and eventually managed to win her over. Grief is a powerful thing, however, and Sydney and Haley's struggles in dealing with the loss of Haley's parents presented a number of challenges for Sydney and Kyle's newly rekindled relationship. Even though it wasn't easy for them at times, I appreciated that they kept the lines of communication open with each other and with Haley, and that they didn't try to minimize what Haley was feeling.

Overall, I enjoyed "Last Beautiful Girl" and recommend it for fans of emotional contemporary romance. I will definitely be going back to catch up on the earlier books in this series and look forward to seeing what Ms. Chase writes next.

 

*Review copy provided by the author via InkSlingerPR.  All opinions expressed are my own.

 

 

About "Last Beautiful Girl"

Kyle Jones loves women. All women. And just because he’s seen all his siblings settle down it doesn’t mean he has any intention of following in their footsteps. After all, he’s happy to keep going through life like it’s one big party and getting tied down to someone would just get in the way of having a good time. Or so he thought until the one woman he could never forget returns to Magnolia Sound.

Sydney Albright never thought she would become a mother by losing her sister and brother-in-law. But for the sake of her niece she’ll do whatever it takes, even move into the money pit that is her sister’s home. But the good thing about small towns is there’s always someone ready to help. She just never thought Kyle would be the one to land on her front porch to help with the renovations.

Sydney vows she’ll never fall for Kyle again – the past is in the past and that’s right where it should stay. Never mind that she doesn’t even have the time to think about a relationship. But Kyle has other plans. He always said she was the first beautiful girl he loved and now he’s determined to also make her the last.