Summerhaven by Tiffany Odekirk, Blog Tour & Giveaway!!!

 

Book Summary:

Hannah Kent and Oliver Jennings pledged their hearts to each other as children. Now, years later, Hannah is thrilled to receive an invitation to spend the summer at Oliver’s family’s country estate. The path to wedded bliss is clear—so long as Oliver’s highbrow older brother, Damon, has ceased his juvenile antics, Hannah’s future looks bright indeed.

But from the moment Hannah arrives at Summerhaven, nothing is as she expected. Oliver seems disinterested in renewing their acquaintance, and Damon is not the brutish boy she remembers but a man intent on avoiding marriage. Although she has loathed Damon her whole life, when he contrives a ruse designed to win them both what they desire, Hannah warily agrees. All she has to do to reclaim Oliver’s attention is pretend to be madly in love with Damon. But when Damon is surprisingly convincing in his role as a suitor, it proves difficult to discern the line between pretense and true love.

 

My Review:

Ah…Summerhaven. I long to go back and reread this beautiful story again. Odekirk painted the scenery of Summerhaven so well that I could see it in my mind. This regency romance is such a beautiful and emotional story, Hannah’s journey was unlike any other I have read. Caught between two brothers; one she loves and one she loathes…or does she? I became so caught up in Hannah’s world that my own faded around me. It was like I was watching everything play out in front of me. Odekirk has seamlessly moved into the regency genre like she has been writing it for years. A must read for any regency fan, Summerhaven will take you places you never thought you would go. I received a copy of this book for free; all thoughts and opinions are my own.

Excerpt:

Damon stepped forward, and his watch key and seal—visible reminders of his status and self-importance—clanked together. He bowed. “Miss Kent.”

“My lord,” I returned with a shallow curtsy. 

The corners of his mouth curled into a smile. “I see someone has managed to make a lady out of the wild girl I once knew,” Damon said, and before stepping back in line with his mother, he met my eye and added, “A pity.”

My eyebrows pulled together in surprise. 

“Do try not to scowl, Miss Kent. It will crease your lovely brow.”

“Damon Jennings,” Lady Winfield scolded. “You have been taught better manners.”

“My apologies, Mother. Teasing a beautiful woman is one of few things that has yet to be lectured out of me.” 

I gaped. Never in all my life had a man spoken so casually to me. Damon may have grown into a man, but he was not a gentleman.

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