The follow up book to Trish Doller's wonderful book, Float Plan, The Suite Spot hits all the right places. A heartwarming love story that follows Rachel, a single mother and hotel worker. When Rachel gets fired from her job because a rich guest tries to touch her inappropriately, her coworker tells her about a hotel being built on an island in Ohio. Rachel decides to take the dive and move with her toddler, Maisie to Ohio to follow her dreams of starting and running a boutique hotel. When she arrives everything in Ohio is vastly different than her life in Florida. The owner of the hotel, a very hunky and rich, Mason, gives her full reign of decor and she ends up not only making a fabulous hotel / brewery but also making all her dreams come true by falling in love with him.

I enjoyed this book so much it was quirky and fun which we all need right about now.
Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin's press for the pre release copy for an honest review.

Rachel Beck is a single mom that just can't seem to find her luck. After being fired from her job, then realizing that her baby daddy isn't going to give her what she wants, she takes a job opportunity in Ohio away from her home in Florida. Only when she gets there, she finds out that the hotel she's supposed to be managing hasn't even been built yet. But the owner, Mason, gives her complete control over the design and as time goes on, Rachel realizes that this small ferry town might be the piece of her life that has been missing.

The Suite Spot was a sweet book. I loved the destination setting and the interior design aspects. I wanted to crawl into the book and go to this hotel. While the book was enjoyable, I was hoping for more from it. It was missing that wow factor that I found with Float Plan. There wasn't anything necessarily wrong with it, but I just didn't love the book how I thought I would.

short: Cute romance about taking chances.

After getting fired from a luxury hotel Rachel takes a position at a boutique hotel/microbrewery in Ohio. Mason, the owner, wants Rachel’s help to make his vision a reality.

What I liked:
🌲The character & relationship journeys. Both came in guarded from last experiences and were able to slowly let each other in.
🌲The setting. I worked in hotels for years so this was right up my alley.
🌲Plus size heroine
🌲The grumpy cat

My thoughts: I loved this book and the unique wilderness brewery hotel they built. I really enjoyed the character arc and community they built, mixed in with book clubs, beer and one grumpy I cat.

I really enjoyed Doller's first book in the series, and here we get to meet her sister who really needs to get a grip on her life. Instead of jetting off to sail the Caribbean, our heroine rapidly loses her job, any desire to remain with her ex (and father of her child), and agrees to take over as manager at a small hotel on an island dozens of hours away. Except the hotel doesn't really exist yet! I thought this was a sweet and cozy romance with some nice side characters. The drama was mainly exterior to the relationship, and trigger warnings for sexual misconduct (thwarted) and a prior death of a child (to my relief, this was back story and not in any way on the page). I have a real sensitivity for child death and felt this was handled just fine- but I always want to know!

I would keep reading more of these, but there are only two sisters. Maybe the next book will take on Mom?

After reading The Float Plan back in 2020 I have been impatiently waiting to get my hands on Trish Doller's next book! This one is a cute romcom following Annas sister Rachel after she loses her job in Florida and uproots her and her daughters life to take a management position at a small hotel on an island in Lake Eerie.
I loved the overall premise of this book but didn't enjoy how little romance we got. Mason and Rachel are swoon worthy, but the story felt derailed and rushed by the Brian subplot (which also felt rushed and unimportant). Overall enjoyable, but I was disappointed after how much I loved Float Plan.

So I am officially a fan of Trish Doller! After reading Float Plan and totally loving it, The Suite Spot was one of my most anticipated reads of the year. After finishing it, I can confirm that it was excellent and I give it five big stars!

I loved the characters so much. Rachel was wonderful and I feel like she is someone a lot of people will easily relate too. A single mother, trying to do best by her young daughter while also trying to achieve her own dreams. While she had her struggles, I love the way she came into her own and showed true strength. Mason was also such a great guy. He had his own back story and struggles which left him a bit surly. But as the story went on, he too opened up. Together, they worked so well and they brought out the best in each other. The side characters were all equally awesome and I loved Rachel's daughter Maisie!

The setting was amazing! A small little island in which a brand new hotel with cabins and a brewery was being built. It sounded picturesque and perfect! I had a vivid picture in my mind of what it would look like.

This book gave me all the feels and was an excellent contemporary romance. I like the way it referenced Float Plan, as the main characters from each novel were sisters. If you want a little more back story with Rachel's sister I would recommend picking up Float Plan first but it's not necessary. In my opinion, this book could easily be read as a stand alone.

Add this one to your reading asap! Special thanks to St. Martin's Press for my review copy.

I thought this book was wonderful! I absolutely loved the development of both characters - Rachel and Mason. I really enjoyed reading about how they collaborated to create the hotel and how their relationship slowly developed. It was heartwarming to read about how Mason developed a relationship with Rachel’s daughter after his tragic past. Trish is an excellent author and the entire time I was reading I felt like I was right there with ten characters. Can’t wait to see what she comes out with next!

The Suite Spot

📚Book Review 📚

The Suite Spot by Trish Doller was the perfect book for me to read! I thought it was charming, inclusive, and discussed serious topics all at the same time.

I have had Float Plan sitting on my shelf and haven’t read it yet, but I can’t wait to read it. I know it is the first in the series, but I want to know more about the Beck Sisters.

What I liked:
❤️ I loved the character delelopment in the book.
❤️ When I realized this was the second in a series, I got nervous I was going to be lost. I never once felt as if I needed to stop and read the first book first.
❤️ The characters faced real world problems without it being too emotional. The book was gentle.

Thanks you to NetGalley and St. Martins press for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Publication Date: OUT NOW

QOTD: What was the last book that was good for your soul?

The Suite Spot was a sweet read. I enjoyed reading about Rachel, a single mom, working to find her self and her passion in life when she relocates herself and her young daughter to a small island in Ohio. I also liked Mason and the brewery background. I felt like I had a chance to learn a bit about the brewery world while reading this book, which made it all that more interesting. Dollar does a great job of creating strong characters and a well developed story.

I received an arc exchange for my honest review. Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher. All the opinions are my own.

I decided to read Float Plan before reading this one and I’m glad I did! Because although they’re “stand alones” the characters from Float Plan do make an appearance, so I feel I got the full effect reading them in order.

Unfortunately, I liked Float Plan muchhhh better than this one. I really enjoyed the setting and the trials the characters overcame but I felt like a lot of the progress that was made in their relationship was really abrupt.

The first spicy scene caught me off guard and almost seemed out of place for that moment, I would’ve liked a little more tension and build up. I also feel like the conflict in the end was resolved too easily for what it was.

All in all I did enjoy this one, I just absolutely adored Float Plan (devoured it in a day) and this one just didn’t follow up as well as I had hoped.

I really enjoyed Float Plan and couldn’t wait to get my hands on the other Beck sister’s story! Rachel loses her job and it gives her the push she needs to go out on her own. When her dream job falls into her lap, she has no excuse but to take a leap of faith and see what she can do. Mason is a man suffering from a tragedy and the ending of his marriage, ready to live out his dream but he needs help and that’s when Rachel falls into his lap.

I really liked all the characters, including the side ones. I thought the brewing part of the story was really interesting. This was a really cute story, with a quick conflict and resolution and a lot of sweetness throughout. My only issue is that Rachel and Mason’s love story fell a little flat for me. I was happy with both of their development and was definitely rooting for them but I felt like something was missing.

If you’re looking for a sweet romance, with some beer brewing and people who love what they do, you can’t go wrong with this story.

What a fun and refreshing read. Trish Doller did it again with this one! And a cabin! We love it! Can’t wait for her future books!

Rachel is a single mom who is working at a hotel in Florida when she gets fired for something she didn’t do. She takes a leap of faith and accepts a new job in Ohio helping open a brewery hotel. Mason owns this new hotel and doesn’t exactly know what he’s doing and could desperately use her help.

I loved this story! It’s a sweet romance where nothing crazy or over the top happens. Just two people falling in love. Rachel and Mason have both been through a lot in their lives but they work perfectly together and help each other move on.

The setting of the story is so fun - a hotel on an island - and the people who live on the island are great! I enjoyed all of the side characters and getting to know everyone.

I didn’t read the first book (Float Plan) and wasn’t lost at all. I’ll be going back to read it though since I enjoyed this story so much!

There are great content warnings in the beginning of the book - sexual assault, suicide and mentions of child death.

Thank you to St. Martin’s Press for sending me an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Rachel Beck's careful life crashes when she loses her job as a night manager at a luxury hotel in Miami Beach. She's fired thanks to a wrongful accusation from a wealthy guest who actually assaulted her. Blackballed in the local hotel industry, Rachel follows a lead from a friend for a management position at a brewery hotel in Lake Erie at a place called Kelleys Island. Despite the owner's slightly gruff manner, Rachel decides to move herself and her daughter to the island, looking forward to the chance to run a hotel and brewery. But when she arrives, she finds the hotel... isn't built yet. Mason, its owner, begs her to stay, offering her carte blanche in the creation and design of the place. As the two work together, she realizes Mason has his own troubled past, but that working together on Kelleys Island might just be the second chance they both need.

"A career I spent nearly ten years building, gone in an instant because the Blackwells of the world always get their way."

This book was such a fun and pleasant surprise! I'll admit that I didn't really love the first book in the series, FLOAT PLAN, which featured Rachel's sister, Anna. It was a little too slow and sad for me. I wouldn't have really guessed that PLAN and SUITE SPOT were written by the same author, honestly, if they weren't linked by Anna and Rachel. SPOT does have a sad side, due to what we learn about Mason's past, but it's also sweet and romantic and funny.

The setting for this one is fun--a small island with a group of island folk that we get to know. Rachel is an interesting character; she's tough and motivated, but she has a soft side too. Her daughter, Maisie, is adorable, and it's enjoyable getting to know both of them. And Mason, is of course, a grumpy guy with secrets, but he does not come across as a cliche or trope, but a man with depth. He was easy to like, and I loved the chemistry between Mason and Rachel. I didn't like that there was only a hand wave to Rachel being plus size--not sure why that was introduced and then only briefly mentioned once or twice.

This book made me laugh and cry. It's really witty (there's an amazing appearance by a cat). I loved the themes of family and believing yourself that ran through it. This is a great read--sweet and inspiring.

Overall rating: 4.3

Heartwarming, cozy read with a slow burn that had me smiling, despite some real trauma in both Rachel and Mason. This was my first book by Trish Doller, and now I wanna go back and read Float Plan, especially since we get a good amount of Anna and Keane in this book as well.

First of all, I love small town/island settings, since it generally comes with welcoming and supportive community and this is no exception. I loved the townsfolk, like the book club group, and especially Rachel's bestie! They all do their best to welcome Rachel to their midst, and help her out with her child, the hotel. They're definitely a group of people that we all need in our lives.

Plus, the setting of a brewery/hotel in nature just sounds fantastic. Can I stay there please? The author did a great job describing the essence of the place, and how it was decorated. I actually learned a lot of decoration lingo thanks to this book. I always love renos, I always have HGTV on, so I loved that for most of the book the two MCs are working on building out this new hotel. I almost wish we got more of it!

Mason's pining was just adorable. Very subtle but still impactful. And he was so sweet throughout the whole book, even while he was still going through his personal struggles.

I also loved the daughter, Maisie. I don't know if she was a realistic 3 year old but she was an adorable toddler! I also loved seeing her relationship grow with Maisie, and I loved that she was besties with an unmanageable cat.

I really enjoyed that both MCs had a parent that was an immigrant. It added a lot to the story, both in terms of how it affected the main characters and what the characters do to stay close to their heritage but I also loved hearing their stories of how they ended up in this country.

I thought the chapter beginnings were brilliant, an untranslatable word, each from a different language, lightly summarizing the feelings of the chapter. *chefs kiss*

There were only two small things that I didn't like and both have to do with the last bit of the book. I found the final conflict somewhat forced. I feel like the problem could have been resolved in many different ways without causing that conflict, and even other characters mention this within the book. And then after the conflict, the end felt a little rushed. I wanted to see more of them, but the focus felt almost more on the hotel than the MCs.

Overall though, this book was a great cozy read with great characters, sweet and slow love story, fantastic setting and good emotional depth.

Rachel Beck is out of work, out of money and out of options. As a single mom with a sweet but useless on-off again boyfriend she is staying with her own mother but searching for a way out. When a friend of a friend hooks her up with a job opportunity at a hip new brewery hotel Rachel is torn. Lake Erie is a long way from South Florida, another world, far from anything she has ever known. Deciding that Mason, the owner, sounded decent on the phone and the fact that she has no other offers, Rachel hits the road. Feeling positive and hopeful she arrives with her little girl to a breathtaking location … with no hotel in sight. Mason didn’t mention on the phone interview that the hotel is under construction and he is desperate for help. She has nothing more to lose and dives right in. Rachel is organized and creative and it just so happens that moody Mason is extremely cute. As the two slowly become friends, the hotel vision comes alive and it is everything she ever wanted. When her ex starts some trouble it is up to Rachel to redesign her own future as well. Adorable, fun romcom with a sexy creative cast. Rachel is the sister from The Float Plan (which I loved!) but you do not have to read in order to enjoy.

This was an excellent follow-up to FLOAT PLAN and I enjoyed it immensely. I'll admit that I normally shy away from books with kids in them (just not my jam) so I was nervous going into THE SUITE SPOT, but found myself pleasantly surprised. Overall, this was a very sweet (and very mildly spicy) contemporary romance. Would definitely recommend to anyone!

This was like a mug of hot chocolate and I am not complaining about it. This was the comfort of comfort reads. It was nice to curl up in bed with this one each night as it did not demand too much of me and it also brought me a lot of joy. I do not know if it is as compelling as Float Plan and I suspect many would say it is not, but I actually loved the simple qualities of this one and how sweet it was overall.

I have zero complaints really and isn’t that a good thing? I think if you need a romance with a dose of seriousness and lots of sweetness, then you have come to the right place! Sit yourself down and relax with this lovely read. I don’t think you will regret it. This has a lot of heart and it definitely one that impacted me in the best of ways.

Float Plan was one of my favorite books last year so I was eager to read Rachel's story. The Suite Spot did not disappoint. It was just the sweet, feel good romance that I needed. The drama was mostly low key, which I very much appreciated. No fabricated break up here.

Rachel is a single mom working a job she enjoys with a beyond crappy boss. She gets fired because a rich a**hole tells the owner too, despite the fact that he clearly should have been the one to A) be arrested and B) told to never ever come back. Rachel handles this the best that one can and ends up jumping on an opportunity on a cute little island in Lake Erie.

Mason is the owner of the soon to be hotel and taproom, but is stuck in renovations and needs a big shove. He takes a chance on Rachel, which was well worth it as she helps get the taproom, cabins and Mason back into shape. Mason has his own issues, which unbeknownst to Rachel she brings to the surface.

Mason and Rachel's relationship develops slowly, as they are both working through their issues, and the opening of the hotel and taproom. They have a really strong foundation to fall back on when things go sideways for Rachel when Maisie's father steps back into the picture.

If you didn't read Float Plan you can definitely read The Suite Spot, though you should read Float Plan anyway.

I adore Trish Dollars writing so much and I absolutely enjoyed this adult romance. The plot and the characters were so different than a lot of the books out there and it was a refreshing read. I found myself shaking my head a couple times but understand the balance of trying to co-parent.

Looking forward to TD’s next story!