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Loved this book very much. It had just enough sweet romance and the storyline was great! I highly recommend!

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I hate this part, the one where I'm fence sitting on a book. I loved the plot, the setting, all of that. I just had difficulty relating the both characters, Anita and Noah.
Anita comes into a small town to see the house left to her by a grandmother she never met. The backstory there is interesting and clearly her grandmother was well known and much loved by the town folks. All Anita ever heard about her was that the woman was dead. She never knew she existed.
She's there only to fix it up and sell it so she has money to continue financing her annual July fling and keep her mother in the facility she is currently in, she has dementia and needs the care.
Anita is a college professor and takes the month of July to venture anywhere she chooses and has a fling with a man. End of story. She doesn't want any more than that. Her father left when she was 2 and her mother is a bitter nasty woman that bad mouthed not only her mother, bad Anita's father as well and most other men.
Noah is the oldest son of the family in town that owns the salvage/reclamation business and also does demo remodel work. By default Noah gets sucked into running for town Mayor because the opposition is not a nice guy and buying up properties around the lake and demolishing them, destroying the towns heritage and beauty. And the guy is rotten. Noah has a close family, along with two brothers that don't pitch in much. Along with that and running the family business, he's a full time dad to twin teenage daughters. They're visiting their mother in Florida for a few weeks.
Anita works with Noah on the house project, she's attracted to him and since she's there for the month decides to proposition him, a fling for the month. Noah wasn't crazy about the idea to begin with, he was a little offended. He's attracted to her as well, but a fling. He's not fling material. But with Anita, he decides to go ahead. Things happen. The story weaves around, gets a little busy with all the family characters and people from town, the neighbors, the workers, it's like a little soap opera. Noah oversteps his bounds when he contacts her father after a post on the towns facebook page from him asking Anita to contact him. She refuses and unknown to her, Noah contacts him and has been talking to him regularly. Meanwhile the girls come home early with his ex wife in tow. Clearly the ex thinks it's ok for her to stay at his house. Anita is still angry over the issue with her face, but won't come between Noah and his family. She leaves and goes back home with her father in tow! Surprise! And that's not the end of the surprises. The book drags in places, I guess that was part of my issue, that and neither Anita nor Noah were likable characters. The big plus for me was seeing the town where my Granny lived mentioned. I'd like to give this book more, I just can't. It was a struggle to push through these two. I would encourage you to read it, that's just my opinion for what it's worth.

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The story of Anita and Noah. She is only in town for July, and sets her sights on Noah for a fun fling while she is in town. But Noah wants to be more than a fling, so sets out to change her mind.

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Great book! This is Anita and Noah book, Noah runs a salvage company that renovate s houses and he's running for mayor of his tiny town! Anita is an art professor and she works hard 11 months of year but every July she takes a vacation to cut loose and find a man to spend the month with! She ends up in a tiny town with a lake house she inherits and it needs some work! In walks noah! This book was really good! It was funny, hot, a little heartbreak, a little drama but mainly just a great story! Definitely don't miss out on this one! Thank you Netgalley and the publishers for sharing this book with me!

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