I really enjoyed this one. Plus it was a single mom romance so that's hard for me to pass up. This is the second book in the series. I loved Gabe right off the bat. That man is prime book boyfriend material. He is like a unicorn. He's caring, protective, and kind. The scenes with him and Bella's little girl will melt your heart. Bella's little girl Zoe is quite the character. She's one of the highlights for me. She's so cute though most of the time she's like a little adult. She has an old soul. Not gonna lie I wanted to shake Bella several times for the way she treats Gabe in this one. Letting the rumors and gossip screw her view of him. Though I do understand her wariness because she's afraid history will repeat itself. Her back story will hit you in the heart. This is a book you're easily going to get lost in. It has plenty of feels and I'm telling you to be prepared to for Gabe to steal your heart.

Jennifer Probst has made me miss my summers at the Jersey shore with this series! 5 stars for this one!
Here we have Bella's story, she's a widow raising her daughter Zoe. Her daughter is her whole life, she's the cutest character ever! When her and Gabe are working together on a wedding, and are suddenly put in close contact having to help plan a wedding, with a theme that you will love and totally not expect, she realizes she has feelings for Gabe, how did this happen?
Gabe has crushed on Bella since he came to the Sunshine Bridal to work from the big city. Here he is someone not just a number, but how long can he wait for Bella to see that he's serious when it comes to her and Zoe.
I absolutely loved this story, and this series! I used to vacation down in Wildwood NJ, and we'd take a day trip over to the cute town of Cape May, so I can just picture in my mind all the great things that town has to offer! Grab this book asap!

4 Meant To Happen Stars
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If ever you wish to understand how to write a solid romance series, you need to study Jennifer Probst. This is an author who understands her readers and brings every element to make them fall for her characters. Temptation on Ocean Drive is the second entry of The Sunshine Sisters series.

With this story, we have Bella who was married, had her little girl, Zoe, and then had it ripped away with the death of her husband. She turned all of her efforts to raise her daughter and work with her sisters at Sunshine Bridal. Bella is excellent in this family business and has cut all romance from her own life.

Doing Weddings will have to be enough.

Gabe Garcia thinks Bella and Zoe deserve more. Gabe thinks he would be the perfect addition in Bella's and Zoe's Life...Like to be there full time, permanently. What he needs to do is convince Bella to see him as he really is, not the figment of her imagination...the playboy she thinks is.

This story worked on so many levels. It had a slow burn, then swoony times, and the most fun between Gabe and Zoe. Both of these characters went through what was necessary to make them see what was in front of them.

There is another entry coming and I am sure Ms. Probst will keep showing us how series are done.

I've been following Jennifer's career since her Marriage To A Billionaire series, which is also one of my favorites of all time. It's my "marriage of convenience" (fake marriage) gold standard series. It's what made me fall in love with the way they fake their relationship but then he goes and realizes he loves her, and then tries to win over his wife. I just eat that shit up now. Most of that trope falls in the historical romance genre. It's hard to find a good book with that theme these days. Jennifer just nailed it with each book in that series. I've loved her ever since. There has been a few books that have been just ok from her. This is probably one of them. I do truly enjoy all of her work, please believe that. Sometimes, for me though, she doesn't hit that level of amazing that she had in the MTAB series. Her work is still great, but it's just not the same from my point of view. I do recommend you picking these books up, she is always worth it. I love Jennifer, and I'll always "one click" her work. I do look forward to the next book in this series, and anything else she has coming out.

I spent this past weekend with the Sunshine Sisters and I love them. First I started with LOVE ON BEACH AVENUE where I met all three sisters and knew right from the start that this was going to be an exciting trilogy because watching three single wedding planners find their own Happily Ever Afters is not as easy as you would think.

After reading LOVE ON BEACH AVENUE, where the eldest sister Avery was the one to get her HEA, I dove into my ARC of TEMPTATION ON OCEAN DRIVE which is about the middle sister Bella. Bella had her happily ever after with Matt whom she loved from a very young age, only Matt was killed in a car accident a few months after their daughter, Zoe, was born. Now with Bella being a widow and a single mother she guards her heart like Fort Knox.

Gabe Garcia is a Cape May transplant, he moved to the small town three years ago and started working at Sunshine Bridals as Avery's assistant but has recently been promoted to take on his own clients. Gabe is what the local magazine calls The Beach Bachelor, a title Gabe hates but it's something he has to deal with. Living in a small town people like to gossip and it seems like Gabe is always made out to be the towns playboy, whether it's true or not.

Gabe has been in love with Bella for years but she doesn't see HIM, until they start working on a wedding together.

This story can be read as a standalone but I guarantee once you meet the Sunshine Sisters you're going to want to read each of their stories. I cannot wait to get my hands on Taylor's story which is scheduled to release April 2021.

If you enjoy small town romances, office romances, or are just looking for a good read I would recommend this book to you.

Happy Reading!!!

Bella thought she was living her happy ever after until a devastating accident leaves her to raise their daughter alone. With the help of her sisters she has picked up the pieces of her life and they are partners in a successful event planning business. She is determined to protect her heart and doesn’t believe that she can find love a second time especially with a man who has the charm and appeal of Gabe.

Gabe works with Bella at the event planning business and there is nothing he would like more for her to see him as a man to spend her life wife and not a co-worker. He is determined to show her that he is someone she can trust with her heart but first he needs to show her by word and deed the man he truly is and not the man she thinks he is.

Bella is a woman whose fear of being heart nearly destroys her chance at happiness, but Gabe proves that he is more than up for the challenge of winning the hearts of both mother and daughter. This is a romantic story about love, family and life that is sure to touch your heart.

Temptation on Ocean Drive is book 2 in the Sunshine Sisters series and is fantastic!

It can definitely be read as a stand-a-lone as I have and you don’t feel like you’re missing out on anything.

Bella Sunshine-Caldwell is the epitome of a strong woman. She has lived through a tragedy and now works full-time as a wedding/event planner and is also a single mom.

After losing her husband and father to her daughter, she pours herself into the family business. She keeps her head down and is determined to make Sunshine Bridal the success her and her sisters have always dreamed.

What she doesn’t expect is an outsider to join their business. Gabe Garcia loves planning weddings and events and seeing the joy on his client’s faces. But what he’d really like to see is the joy on Bella’s face. Gabe has tried to be patient and prove to Bella he isn’t just the playboy that everyone makes him out to be, but Bella is keeping her emotions strictly locked down.

The development of their relationship through planning a celebrity’s wedding is just beautiful. Even though Bella is headstrong and determined not to give in to her feelings for Gabe, there is just something about him.

This book is emotional and will have you experiencing all the feels! I highly recommend it and can’t wait to read Taylor’s book!

I have never not loved a book by Jennifer Probst and I knew this one would be no different. Fantastic read with all the feels, a definite must read!!!

An absolutely, amazing love story with all of the feels, all of the doubts and heartache that come with putting yourself out there. This one gave my heart hope!!Loved it!❤❤❤❤❤ I volunteered an honest opinion for this book.

Absolutely loved it. Both Gabe and Bella are battling their pasts. Gabe has a father who doesn't agree with his chosen career that he is extremely good at. Bella suffered a huge loss where her husband died very young and she believes that she can't suffer another loss. Zoe once again is the show stopper.

I absolutely loved Temptation on Ocean Drive. It was another fabulous read by Jennifer Probst. I adore how we get to see into the lives of each of the sisters in each book even though the focus is on one of them. I very much enjoyed the journey of Gabe Garcia and Bella Sunshine-Caldwell. Although Bella frustrated me often in this book. I loved how their story went even though I wanted to slap Bella often. I fell more in love with Gabe with each of his interactions with her daughter, he is truly swoon worthy. Their relationship was a slow burn. I went through all the feels. I can't wait for the next installment.

I didn't realize that this was book two when I signed up for the Blog Tour, but I was able to read it without very many issues. I do want to go back and read the first book though. I am pretty sure it is an interconnected series. I also had never read Jennifer Probst before, but I fell in love with her writing. And both Bella and Gabe quickly became characters that I adored! And her name, Bella Sunshine, how sweet is that?? This is definitely a sweet romance that I think many will love.

A light heartwarming beach read for summer. Bella has been through so much and lets her fears interfere with really living her life since she lost her husband. Gabe is known as the beach bachelor even though you can't always believe what you here as rumors are just rumors. These two are so sweet with each other, playing cat and mouse for so long before really admitting what has been growing over the last few years. Highly recommend this book!

The second installment is even better than the first. Gabe and Bella are a couple worth rooting for. I was enthralled from the beginning. Gabe is a man who knows what he wants, and that is his coworker, Bella and her daughter Zoe. Bella is an young widow who is afraid to open her heart again.
Gabe appears to be perfect, adores Zoe, is secretly in love with Bella and is great at his job. As the book goes on you see some of his insecurities and faults, but somehow he becomes even more endearing because of his faults. There were times when I was heartbroken for him. Bella is a great mom, great at her job, but she was (in my opinion) rude to Gabe. She thought she knew him and judged him for it.
It was nice seeing Avery and Taylor, as well as the other characters. This is a must read and I can’t wait to read Taylor’s book. I received an ARC in exchange for an honest, voluntary review.

Don't read this novel if you are looking for pie in the sky angsty millionaire finds admin/secretary/fiancée in the coffee kiosk on the main floor. This story is about real people who have strengths and weaknesses that you will recognize. They have qualities that you will admire and they have flaws that you will empathize with. Gabe is handsome, intelligent, successful, athletic and dazzled. Bella is beautiful, intelligent, gifted and overwhelmed with life. These characters have heat. The story is fun. This is a book you will loose yourself in and come away with all of the feels! You won't put this one down! By the way, I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Temptation on Ocean Drive by Jennifer Probst is Bella’s story. She had it all when tragedy struck and now a widow and a mom, she has no time for men. But Gabe, a wedding planner who works for her family business, is determined to win her over. But all she sees is a player with one foot out the door, not the man he truly is. How can he show her what they could be? As they spend time together, walls break down. Gabe is caring and determined. Bella is hardworking and determined to be the best mom. Can they find a way to each other before it’s too late? A sweet and charming read.

Read and reviewed for Sultry Sirens Book Blog.
Happy reading!

Single Mom + Man of the Beach = Delightful Office Romance.

Bella is a single mom who just can’t feel comfortable around coworker Gabe. Gabe has been in love with Bella and her adorable daughter, Zoe, almost since he first meet her.

I absolutely loved Bella’s slow realization of how and why she feels the things she does for Gabe and Gabe’s quiet, respectful waiting. And Zoe, so freakin’ cute!

I’m so excited for Taylor’s story!

I received a complimentary review copy of this book but all opinions are my own.

ARC for honest review with no compensation received from NetGalley and Montlake

Temptation on Ocean Drive is book 2 in the Sunshine Sisters series by Jennifer Probst, another well written, in-depth second chance book!

Up next is middle sister, Bella Sunshine Caldwell, widowed very young, single mother and not looking for romance but...working along side Gabe Garcia another wedding planner is giving her second thoughts on a romance...Gabe on the other hand wants Bella and has since he first met her years ago. Only one of many problems is he classified as the Hot, Single, Beach Bachelor and a player by the town gossips.

This book has so many different feels, sadness, rumors, emotional, grief, tears, letting go and moving on are just some of what happens in this book...

I adored this book! Jennifer Probst is one of my favorite authors - I will read anything she writes. The Sunshine Sisters is one of my favorite new series of 2020 and Temptation on Ocean Drive is a fantastic second book.

Bella Sunshire-Caldwell is a single mom with no time for anything but her daughter and work. Gabe Garcia is a good looking male wedding planner with a reputation he does not deserve. He's had his eye on Bella for a long time and is finally ready to make his move. Can Bella get past his reputation? Can Gabe prove he can be the man Bella and her daughter need?

I loved this book so much. I could not put it down! I loved Gabe - he made me swoon so much. He was so sweet and I hated that he had to deal with all the gossip. I really liked Bella even when I was frustrated with her. I understood her cautiousness - she had a daughter to think about.

This was a definite five star for me! If you are a contemporary romance fan, I definitely recommend this book and series!

4.5 Stars!

What do you get when you combine the Jersey shore, a wedding planner business, and true love? Jennifer Probst's latest book, Temptation on Ocean Drive. This is the second book from The Sunshine Sisters series and it can be enjoyed as a standalone.

Bella Sunshine-Caldwell and her two sisters run Sunshine Bridal, a successful wedding planning business that their parents handed down to them before they retired. Five years ago Bella's beloved husband died in a tragic car accident. At the time, their daughter was only three months old. Bella does an amazing job of juggling both work and motherhood. She never thought she would find love again until Gabe Garcia, her colleague and sort of friend, showered her with romance.

Gabe loves being a wedding planner, albeit a rare career choice for a man. Unfortunately, the small town of Cape May is beyond gossipy, and due to Gabe's good looks and charm, the locals unjustly pigeonhole him into a womanizer. More than anything, Gabe wants to settle down and have a family. He has always been attracted to Bella, but never acted upon it due to their business relationship. They grow very close as the partner on planning an exclusive Dr. Seuss themed wedding, which evolves into much more.

I truly enjoyed this meaningful and sometimes very emotional novel. I loved the way Ms. Probst developed Bella and Gabe's relationship, with tenderness, desire and understanding. Their sexy times were hot and replete with passion. The secondary characters, including Bella's adorable five-year-old daughter, were full of enthusiasm, and they added a lot of personality to the plot. If you are looking for a contemporary romance with the perfect balance of sweetness and heat, family togetherness, and a happily ever after, then read this book.

Complimentary copy provided by the publisher via NetGalley.