Review and
Excerpt Tour for MAKE ME FALL by Sara Rider!
Enemies make the worst neighbors, but the best lovers in Sara
Rider’s MAKE ME FALL, the second book in her standalone Books & Brews
series. Eli doesn’t have a lot of sympathy for his uptight neighbor, Nora,
until he hears about her “un-datable” status and all it takes is one disastrous
date with Nora for Eli to fall hard. Fans of Lauren Layne, Jenny Holiday’s ONE
AND ONLY, and THE FINE ART OF FAKING IT by Lucy Score will devour this
opposites attract, fun buy sexy romance.
Title: Make Me Fall
Author:
Sara
Rider
Release
Date: September
24, 2018
Publisher:
Self-published
Series: Books & Brews #2
Genres:
Contemporary Romance
Page
Count: 226
Synopsis:
After losing her job, her home, and her friends in her
divorce, Nora Pitts is determined not to make the same mistakes when she starts
over in the small town of Shadow Creek, Washington. No more toiling away in the
lab at the expense of her social life, and definitely no more men. Ever. But making friends in her thirties is so much
harder than she anticipated. And when it comes to her gorgeous yet obnoxious
neighbor, it’s a whole lot easier to make enemies.
Eli Hardin doesn’t have a lot of sympathy for his uptight
neighbor, until he overhears her so-called new friends making fun of her
un-datable status. Suddenly he finds himself volunteering for a date with a
woman who’s been leaving angry hate-notes in his mailbox, and in way over his
head. Because all it takes is one disastrous date with Nora for Eli to fall
hard.
But falling for Eli isn’t something Nora’s ready for—not when
he’s her complete opposite, and especially not when he turns out to be the best
friend she’s made in Shadow Creek. But as her attraction and her feelings for
Eli grow hotter, resisting him might just lead to heartbreak anyway.
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MAKE ME FALL Excerpt
Copyright
© 2018 Sara Rider
Eli marked off twenty-six and three-quarter
inches as precisely as he could and lifted the blade of the circular saw.
“Oh my God, I soooo wasn’t kidding,” one of the
women next door said loudly. “Nora really does need to get laid.”
His shoulders tensed. This wasn’t the first time
he’d overheard the women loudly shit-talking his neighbor behind her back. He
had no idea why she hung out with them.
“Maybe you should set her up with someone,”
another woman added.
The other two laughed. “Can you imagine Nora on
a date? She’s so uptight and frigid. Who would want to date her? No lay is
worth that kind of torture. Can’t you just picture her busting out her bottle
of sanitizer before the poor sap tries to hold her hand?”
His jaw tensed and he felt the last of his
patience snap like an icicle in his warm hands. He sliced the saw through the
wood, threw his protective glasses onto the ground, and marched over to the
waist-high chain link fence. “I’d do it.”
All three women turned to look at him like he
was a space alien who’d just beamed down to earth. The one who’d been talking
the most leaned forward in her seat. “What did you just say?”
“You heard me. I’d go out with her.”
“You can’t be serious.”
The more this woman pushed, the more he wanted
to put her in her place. No, Nora was not the kind of woman he would normally
ask out—mainly because she was one of the few who didn’t seem to fall for his
charm. In fact, he was pretty sure she didn’t think he had any charm
whatsoever, but she was attractive and smart enough to read a book every month.
That alone made her more dateable than half the population in this town. “Sure
as hell am.”
The woman leaned forward, smiling at him like he
was freshly caught prey in her snare. “If you’re looking for a date, I could
show you a much better time.”
He shrugged, keeping his fake smile on his face.
“No thanks. Backstabbing and mean isn’t my type.”
He probably enjoyed the shocked look on the
woman’s face a little too much, but it was seriously fucking rude to trash-talk
the hostess while sitting on her porch and eating her canapés.
The screen door slid open right at that moment.
Nora walked out with a plate of decadent-looking mini-chocolate cakes that made
his mouth water on sight. Her eyes darted from her friends to him and back
again. “Um, what’s going on?”
He rested his hands against the old chain-link
fence. “What’s going on is that your so-called friends are talking trash about
your love life behind your back and don’t seem to think you can get a date. So
I volunteered.”
“You what?”
“Volunteered. You and me. Tomorrow night at
seven. I’ll drive.”
She slammed the cake tray onto the coffee table
and set her hands on her hips. She looked around, like she couldn’t decide
where to focus her anger. Of course she settled on him. “Who says I’d want to
go out with you?”
He raised his eyebrow, liking the way she got
flustered around him a little too much. “Got better plans?”
Even at the distance between them, he could see
her suck in a breath. Her mouth hardened into a flat line, but she didn’t say
no.
“Tomorrow. Seven. Dinner. Oh, and consider
making new friends who aren’t so damn mean. These ladies don’t deserve any of
those amazing-looking cakes.” He grabbed his plank of wood and headed into the
house, wondering what the hell he’d just gotten himself into.
Nora has moved to the small town of Shadow Creek in the hope of making a fresh start after her divorce but she is finding it hard to settle in and the residents don’t seem to like her quirky nature and to make matters worse her gorgeous neighbour seems to be renovating his apartment at all hours of the day and night. Nora joins a book club to make new friends but the only women she seems to meet are out to take advantage of her and when her neighbor Eli overhears them putting her down he steps in and tells them where to go the problem now is Nora sees him chasing the only friends she has away. Eli decides it’s time to get Nora out and about so when he sees she is reading a romance novel he decides its time she is introduced to the Books & Brews book club which his sister is part of in the hope that this will at least will get off his back..........
Enemies make the worst neighbours, but the best lovers ....
Two people that at the start seem very different but as the story unfolds you realise just how much they have in common,this book is a romance but it’s also a story about forming friendships and learning to trust again it has great characters and you will laugh and cry alongside the owners and their partners at the Holy Grale pub which Eli is a part owner in. This book can be read as a stand-alone but I’m sure after reading this you will want to learn more about the residents of Shadow Creek. Looking forward to the next instalment in this great series.
This is book 2 in the Books & Brews Series and just like book 1 it had me smiling and feeling good which for me is a sign of a great read.
Nora has moved to the small town of Shadow Creek in the hope of making a fresh start after her divorce but she is finding it hard to settle in and the residents don’t seem to like her quirky nature and to make matters worse her gorgeous neighbour seems to be renovating his apartment at all hours of the day and night. Nora joins a book club to make new friends but the only women she seems to meet are out to take advantage of her and when her neighbor Eli overhears them putting her down he steps in and tells them where to go the problem now is Nora sees him chasing the only friends she has away. Eli decides it’s time to get Nora out and about so when he sees she is reading a romance novel he decides its time she is introduced to the Books & Brews book club which his sister is part of in the hope that this will at least will get off his back..........
Enemies make the worst neighbours, but the best lovers ....
Two people that at the start seem very different but as the story unfolds you realise just how much they have in common,this book is a romance but it’s also a story about forming friendships and learning to trust again it has great characters and you will laugh and cry alongside the owners and their partners at the Holy Grale pub which Eli is a part owner in. This book can be read as a stand-alone but I’m sure after reading this you will want to learn more about the residents of Shadow Creek. Looking forward to the next instalment in this great series.
The second book in the series and just as enjoyable as the first book n the series. After her divorce Nora moves to Shadow Creek hoping to make a fresh start and take back her life.
Moving in next door to Eli, one of the owners of the Holy Grale Brew Pub she finds it hard to fit in and is frustrated by all the noise Eli makes whilst renovating .
I liked both Eli and Nora easy to relate to and the characters were strong and engaging. I found myself smiling throughout the story even though Nora and Eli started off as enemies and soon morphed into so much more.
Eli and Nora are totally opposites but as they say opposites do attract and these two certainly prove that as you read the book. When Eli introduces Nora to the Books & Brews Book Club he hopes that she will make some friends and feel more welcome.
This is most certainly a stand alone but as it is only book two I would recommend you also purchase book one as the quirkiness of Shadow Creek and it’s inhabitants will draw you in.
This book was so good that I really didn’t want to put it down. I loved this book from start to finish; it was a fabulous read, full of great moments that really brought a smile to my face.
I cannot wait for the next release in this series.
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About Sara Rider:
Sara Rider writes contemporary
romance full of heart, heat, and happily ever after. She lives in British
Columbia with her husband and daughters. She spends far too much time in public
libraries and never leaves the home without her e-reader stuffed in her purse.
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