This book was the perfect escapist novel for right now. I literally read it in a day in front of the fire. More a romance than rom com, it was entirely predictable in a perfect way. Definitely a good cozy book for a cold winter day.

Very cute, easy to read rom com. I enjoyed the characters and the situations. The dialogue was witty and I enjoyed the back-and-forth between Paige and Lucas.

I'm a sucker for a good Hallmark movie. This book read "Hallmark" all over it. It was a simple, sweet story of an unsuspecting couple that falls in love.

I was hoping for more details and a little more to the story line. There was no big "misunderstanding" or climax in the book, she just left when her vacation was over. That was a little disappointing. I expect more from books I read than from movies I watch.

Yes it was an adorable story. Yes I read it in 1 weekend. Yes, I say read it! But don't get your hopes up too high.

First, I have to thank SourcebookCasaBlanca and NetGalley for the ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I can't even begin to say how much I enjoyed this book, it was a really quick read and a very enjoyable light read. I read this book as a buddy read with a book club I belong to, and I was very excited to have others to talk to about the ARCs I'm reading.

Happy Singles Day was a book such a good book, I lost two nights of sleep while reading it. I enjoyed how light it was to read. Paige and Lucas have slight enemies lovers relationship at the beginning of the book but quickly came to find that they were just what they did not know they were looking for.

Give me a book with enemies to loves, get bickering, a single father, and some rescue puppies and I am a sucker for it.

Happy Singles Day is a great read and I can't wait for it to be out to share with friends!

This book was….not it for me. It’s marketed as an opposite attraction and I see the opposite thing. I just couldn’t see the attraction because it was none-existent. Their relationship was very underdeveloped in my opinion and I found myself not really invested in whether they got together or not, which made the last chapter very unrealistic for me.

Everything about the characters was also very surface level, they didn’t feel real enough for me to sympathize with them or feel connected to them, we get told a lot of things but we never see any of it. For example we get told multiple times how Paige is this badass business woman and we see none of it??

Lucas on the other hand is the biggest asshole on the planet. I just wanted to punch him in the face every time he opened his mouth. Being stuck on his head was not a fun time either. In his defense he gets much better in the second half of the book but some things just didn’t change and simply couldn’t like him.

He calls Paige uptight A LOT, along with that she wants everything to go her way and i’m not saying these are bad qualities but all these are an first impression from when she first came to the place she rented and found it nothing like was advertised which is a nice way of saying a dump plus facing a rude as fuck host??? so i think anyone would be upset?? why is he acting like her being ”uptight” is the reason for her being upset the first few days and not the fact that he was being a piece of unprofessional shit?? Another time he thought she was uptight was when she wanted to take a shower before changing into new clean clothes and ???? someone fucking tell me how is that being uptight????

Him categorizing tidiness as a woman's thing annoyed the fuck out of me. Yes okay we get it you're a caveman who has a messy house and you leave the toilet seat up, it doesn't make you special buddy.

One time he was fixing a broken front step and he said he couldn’t paint it to match the others until summer and he thought about how much Paige would hate it because and I quote ”her matchy-matchy OCD”. This is not something I would've expected to read in a 2021 romance. I mean I thought we were past the thing where people would call tidiness OCD but guess not but anyway i'm not here for it.

The first half of the book also has some sexist remarks that annoyed me so much. So basically the best parts about the book were the puppies and Lucas’s daughter, Maddie.

thanks to netgalley for approving me for the arc!

This book was funny and sweet. It was a perfect read for the end of 2020. Such a refreshing, fun book. Plus, I adore the enemies to lover trope! This was my first book with this author and definitely won’t be the last. The heroine Paige needs a singles vacation and meets the sexy and grumpy innkeeper. Of course, they get off on the wrong foot. I highly recommend this to anyone looking for a light, fun read. Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for allowing me to read and review this book.

Oooooh man am I a sucker for slow-burn romances that take place in quaint bed and breakfasts! I was ecstatic when I got approved by this book on NetGalley (so many thanks to the publisher for the ARC in exchange for an honest review!) This is a slow-burn (love it) story of two people hurt by love. Sweet, hopeful, it has all the Hallmark vibes!

Paige is a Certified Professional Organizer, Lucas is a single-father and owner of a simple and quiet bed and breakfast. Neither is ready for the other, and yet fate brings them together, and a rivalry turned romance ensues. If enemies to lovers is your trope, this is also the book for you!

The only issue I took with this book was that, for all the sexual tension between Paige and Lucas, we never really see much resolution, which was a little surprising. If you're a fan of Mariana Zapata though (as I am), then this is definitely your kind of romance!

There's also a fine line to be walked in enemies-to-lovers and slow-burn romances, and Lucas was a little too grouchy and mean at times, to a point that it was a bit uncomfortable. However, he was a grieving widower, and the pain and attitude is slightly understandable.

Nevertheless, I enjoyed this book, and I will certainly be reading more from this author in the future!

Fun little read about a Type A professional organizer, Paige, who needs, really NEEDS a vacation. She ends up on the little island of Aurelia, North Carolina, thanks to her trusty assistant, Sam. Valentine's Day is coming up, but Paige has no Valentine. She's going to celebrate February 15. - Singles Day!

Lucas owns the B and B that Sam booked for Paige. The online listing looks amazing, but those photos are a few years old. And, things have gone a bit downhill since. Maybe more than a bit.

Paige is pretty high maintenance at the outset. Lucas is pretty much a jerk. The B and B is a wreck. The weather is awful. Then, Paige and Lucas discover a litter of puppies that are about to drown and all the ice between them melts

Cute story. A little predictable. Okay, a lot predictable. Nonetheless, it was a fun read and I would look for other books by this author. I thrive on predictable HEA's. LOL

Thank you NetGalley and Sourcebooks Casablanca for a digital ARC in return for an honest review.

Happy Singles Day by Ann Marie Walker is seriously such a great story of second chance love. I found my self laughing out loud multiple times and easily being able to relate to these characters so much that I instantly fell in love with them. When Paige takes a quiz online, she decides to take a desperately needed week-long vacation. Little does she know that the quaint bed and breakfast she booked wasn’t as advertised. When she runs into the innkeeper, Lucas, fireworks quickly fly but not in the best way. As she gets stuck on the island due to a storm, they both soon realize that there is more raging than just the storm outside. What follows is such a great love story, I can’t even describe it. You just need to read it for yourself. Despite getting this as an ARC from the publisher, I may just have to buy this book to give to my friend, who I know will love it just as much! I’m definitely going to have to read Ann’s other books.

Happy Singles Day is a Nicholas Sparks reminiscent love story on an island in North Carolina. A grumpy, widowed innkeeper meets a type A, perky woman looking to celebrate 'Singles Day', by taking her first relaxation vacation. Neither of them are looking for love, but when the right person comes along, it changes your perspective on everything.

I really enjoyed this book, though I believe it could have been better if it was longer. It has a bit of an insta-love feel to it because of it's shortness. They spend just a week together in the main portions of the book, without even liking each other the first few days. Normally I don't enjoy this trope, but I love the grumpy/sunshine trope so much that it made up for the insta-love. I appreciate that Lucas has a daughter because it created an additional dynamic to the relationship.

I very much appreciate the ending and epilogue of Happy Singles Day. It fully wrapped up the story, brought everything full circle, and was satisfactory. If you're a fan of the setting and characters of Nicholas Sparks book (without the devastation and tears) then definitely check this one out.

**Thank you to Sourcebooks Casablanca and Netgalley for an early copy of this book in exchange for an honest review**

A little too sweet and Hallmark-y for my tastes. It was a DNF for me. I'm sure some people like this type of closed door sweet romance but it is not for me. I will give it three stars for effort.

Get out! I have Goosebumps and I probably should send Ann Marie Walker an email full of emojis because she gave me such an incredible book that I love so much and devoured in hours.This book tells the story of a single girl Paige who works hard (don't we all) and has the perfect and funny assistant who books herself a single vacation because uhmm she is awesome and we all need that. She books herself into this inn that hasn't been functional for a while with a partly grumpy hottie. If one of your 2021 goals was to find love flipping pages then pick this one. The plot is amazing ,the story incredible and hilarious. Loved it! Huge thanks to the publisher for my ARC

Paige sorts out other people's lives for a living. Lucas needs his life sorted out and so does Paige, although she's not cognizant of it. Happy Singles Day is a cute sweet romance that will brighten a reader's day. It showcases two wounded souls who didn't know they needed each other. The frisson between them is palpable and entertaining. I think I enjoyed Sammy the most, especially the scene when Paige is surprised by Lucas in her office. He definitely stole some scenes. Read this book to reinvigorate the idea that there is someone out there for everyone.

Some readers just outgrow their taste on books. Reading this novel is an example.

Five to eight years ago, I would have loved this book. Heck, I even have an unfinished manuscript with a similar premise gathering dust on my bookshelf. Hot widower with a four-year-old daughter meets a single woman nursing a broken heart? Give that to me.

But I guess, I just outgrew my taste in contemporary romance. This book isn't bad; it's just not my cup of tea anymore. The delivery of the story is lukewarm and the main characters are underdeveloped. I would have wanted to see more of Lucas trying to analyze his feelings towards Paige, but that grand gesture in the end threw me off guard. I mean, come on, you've only spent a week with the woman. But hey, I respect those who like that scene. Half a decade ago, I would have loved it too.

Like I said, everything in this book is half-baked. I would have wanted Paige and Lucas to have more interaction with people other than those within their circle. I would have wanted Paige to explore the island while also trying to find herself more than a single career woman -- without Lucas. After all, that's what the title says, right? Instead, I got this cute, cotton-candy love story about two people falling in love within a week.

If you like a light, clean love story similar to Hallmark Christmas movies, then you might enjoy this.

I have to admit, I didn’t love this book when I first started it, but it won me over in the second half of the book and I ended up really enjoying it. There were quite a few sexual comments made within the first couple days of Paige and Lucas meeting each other, and I didn’t love that. I personally prefer closed door romances, and while this did end up being that, the sexual comments made didn’t seem fitting with that.

Maddie absolutely made this book for me. Her interactions with everyone just warmed my heart. The level of sass that that 4 year old had was just amazing and made me laugh out loud multiple times. I think that’s what really turned this book around for me. Once Maddie was more involved, I feel like the story really developed and I understood the connection that Paige and Lucas felt for each other.

This book was such a cute, fun read and I’m really glad I stuck with it. Paige, Lucas, and Maddie are all loveable characters that I enjoyed reading about, as were Sammy and Sophie. I love when a book has strong side characters as well, and Happy Singles Day did not disappoint.

Thank you to Sourcebooks Casablanca & NetGalley for the opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book in exchange for a review!

Let me start by saying I wound up really liking this book. I wasn't sure I would, for the first 30% or so, but then things picked up and zipped right along to a wonderful conclusion. It almost seems like the book was started by one author and then switched to a different person.

Lucas and his daughter Maddie live in an old inn on a North Carolina island. The inn is run down and hasn't had guests for a while, as Lucas lost focus after his wife passed away unexpectedly two years prior. It was their dream to run the inn, and he just didn't have the heart to continue.

Paige needs a vacation. She's a business owner, Type A, with very little social or home life. After lots of nudging by her assistant Sammy, she discovers an ad online for the inn, and books a room. She shows up in the middle of a bad storm, sees the inn and its condition, and tries futilely to escape. The ferry has shut down due to weather so she's stuck.

Over the next few days, Paige breaks through Lucas' shell, and in the process, loses some of her Type-A ness. Along the way, they rescue puppies and restore the inn to its glory, falling in love in the process. I don't do spoilers, there are some bumps in the road, so you'll have to read to see if they got their HEA.

Thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book, but my opinions are my own.

Surprisingly this book turned out to be a PageTurner for me! Dating and finding someone compatible is not so easy as one would believe.
Paige has her own company, successful, pretty and comes across as a reasonable person to get along with. She was hurt before and now she has decided that she doesn’t need a man to make her happy or cloud up her life. A idea of a vacation in a secluded place where she can celebrate Singles Day!

Lucas is the owner of a defunct bed and breakfast. He lives in it with his five year old daughter. He wants nothing to interfere with his life as it is and especially nothing to do with a woman. What is he going to do with Paige when she shows up because his sister rented he the room. Fireworks are going to explode and the oil and water couple are now put in a position where they have to be on the same wavelength to a point.

The author has taken a relevant situation in society and made her characters believable. The choices that Paige & Lucas made were in the best interests of their families and business. These are typical decisions that people make in there lives.
I would definitely recommend this book to anyone looking for a great book. I also plan to seek out other books by this author.

I received an advanced copy from NetGalley and these are my willingly given thoughts and opinions.

It was a cute story. Honestly there’s nothing that stood out and made me love it though. I thought the ending was way too unrealistic. Also how Lucas suddenly was able to get over the loss of his wife in a few short days.

Cute and sexy, a very funny read that is the Nights of Rodanthe but way better. It was a quick book to get through which I feel shouldn't have been the case if there was more writing on the couple falling in love more. but it was still good.

Slow burn, sweet, heartfelt, feel good romance with the same sweet taste of cheerful, hopeful, chic lit Hallmark movies!

Two heartbroken people’s paths are crossed in a dilapidated inn. Paige Parker is career oriented, married with a job kind of Chicago girl, nursing her feelings after bad breakup from fiancée. And her assistant forces her to take a break to relax in a cozy inn. Paige gets impressed with ads and finally agrees to pay triple to get away from the city during Valentine’s Day.

But when she arrives to the inn she plans to spend her days, she realizes she is cheated by those glamorous photos. The place is real money trap, ramshackle house and the worst part is not spending her money to this sh*t hole! She also meets with the unhappy host who has no idea why she is there! Meet our rude hero Lucas who wants her get the hell out of there ASAP! His sister rented the inn he has closed without his knowledge. He has real financial problems, widow, taking care of his sweet daughter Maddie.

He is still grieving his wife. He is trapped in the small town and as soon as he meets with the charming city girl who annoys the hell of him, awakening so many new feelings he wants to restrain for years, his head gets more confused than before!

And thanks to weather conditions, they stuck in the place together.

This is quiet lovely sweet-soft-swoon-slow burn chic lit with tough, strong heroine you easily relate with.

But I cut some points because there is high sexual tension between the couple but we didn’t receive enough steamy scenes ( actually we get none which is quiet disappointment because when you compare this book with the author’s previous works we can see she can write delicious , too hot to handle love making scenes) and Lucas was unnecessarily douchebag from the beginning who earned several punch-kick-head tossing-pinching- the book boyfriend you called cannot he reached at this moment, please try again later points!

But thankfully his four years old girl was so sweet so I hit my hands who are about to write negative things about the story!

I’m giving three Outer Banks ( you gotta watch the Netflix series with same name !), Hallmarkish, romantic, sweetest stars!
It’s still easy to read, entertaining book! If you need a great holiday novel to lighten up your mood! It’s a great catch for you!

Special thanks to NetGalley and SOURCEBOOKS Casablanca ( I’m specifically thanking the publishers, because their sweet romcoms helped me a lot to get through pandemic mania that I highly appreciated! ) for sharing this reviewer copy with me in exchange my honest opinions.