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I’ve been enjoying this series of the life and times of some of the residents of Dream Harbor, ME. Dream Harbor comes across as this quaint, little town with a bunch of eclectic and eccentric residents, who know everything about everyone, and newcomers are instantly subjected to all the quirkiness that is Dream Harbor. However, underneath the small-town veneer, are some hot and sexy residents who definitely know how to spice up their days (and nights) to keep life in Dream Harbor fun and interesting. That’s right, folks, this is no G or PG rated romance story. Enough said.

The book summary pretty much lays out the whole storyline. While I’m typically not a fan of the daddy/nanny trope, I had really liked Iris from the previous installment and was looking forward to reading her story. However, I have always liked the single mom dies and the baby daddy, who was never told about his kid, suddenly finds himself thrown into daddy mode. This trope is almost always good for some laugh of the hard-core bachelor trying to be responsible without trying to screw up to bad. Add in a kid who doesn’t talk for days and Chef Archer is absolutely primed for some help in the form of nanny Iris.

There is the secondary story of the Dream Harbor residents telling Chef Archer that they don’t like his version of pancakes. A renowned chef from a Michelin star restaurant in France does not take this well and spend the entire story testing out different pancake recipes, usually late at night and usually with Iris in attendance. Baking late at night, just the two of them? What could possibly happen? LMAO!!!

The character development for Iris, Archer and Olive was good. The pacing was steady, and the storyline was pretty much in line with the rest of the series, instalove, and some pretty spicy love scenes. The writing was also pretty much in line with the rest of the series (#3 is still my fave). I’m looking at an overall rating of 3.4 that I will be rounding down to a 3star review. I want to thank NetGalley, Harper 360 for sending me this eARC in exchange for my honest review.

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