Release Blitz, Review & Giveaway: The Fixer Upper (Echo Springs #1) by Maggie Mae Gallagher

Title: The Fixer Upper

Series: Echo Springs #1

Author: Maggie Mae Gallagher
Publisher: Blushing Books

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: September 6, 2019

Blurb

Abby Callier is more in love with Shakespearean heroes than any real man, and she’s beginning to wonder if there is life for her outside the pages of a book. It doesn’t help that her esteemed parents tend to view her as they would one of their science experiments gone wrong. On the eve of finishing her dissertation, she escapes her staid existence to live in the house she inherited from her Great Aunt Evie in the small town of Echo Springs, Colorado. Because, let’s face it, when a woman starts comparing her life to horror films, it might be time for a break.

Sheriff Nate Barnes believes in law and order and carefully building the life you want. In his spare time, he has been remodeling his house in the hope that one day it will be filled with the family he makes. But Nate doesn’t like drama or complications and tends to avoid them at all costs. And yet, when Miss Abigail Callier, his newest neighbor, beans him with a nine iron, he can’t help but wonder if she might just be the complication he’s been searching for all along. It doesn’t hurt that he discovers a journal hidden away by the previous tenant and decides to use Old Man Turner’s advice to romance Abby into his life.

Abby never expected her next-door neighbor, the newly dubbed Sheriff Stud Muffin, to be just the distraction her world needed. The problem is she doesn’t know whether she should make Echo Springs her home, or if this town is just a stopover point in her life’s trajectory. And she doesn’t want to tell Nate that she might not be sticking around—even though she should because it’s the right thing to do, the honest thing—because then all the scintillatingly hot kisses with the Sheriff will come to an abrupt halt. Did she mention that he’s a really great kisser?

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Review

Disclaimer: I received an Advance Reader Copy at no cost from the publisher/author. All opinions in my review are my own. 

This was an amusing romantic read with a touch of mystery thrown in. 

I have to say that the best thing about this book is certainly the characters. The main characters are developed well and the side characters are fantastic. Reading about these side characters will really make you look forward to more books in this series. While I felt that the characters had plenty of growth, I didn't personally connect with them. 

The romance was sweet but had its steamy moments as well. Abby and Nate are obviously well suited for one another. I enjoyed watching their romance bloom. 

Overall, this is a sweet romance with a wonderful cast of characters. Ultimately this is a story about planting roots and finding what you were missing in your life. I think that this is going to be a very fun series. I will definitely be reading the next book in this series!

Author Bio

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Maggie grew up listening to Cardinals baseball and reading anything she could get her hands on. She remembers her mother saying if only she would read the right type of books instead of binging her way through the romance aisles at the bookstore, she’d have been a doctor. While Maggie never did get that doctorate, she graduated cum laude from the University of Missouri-St. Louis with an M.A. in History.

Maggie is a bestselling and award-winning author published in multiple fiction genres. She also writes erotic romance under the name Anya Summers. A total geek at her core, when she is not writing, she adores attending the latest comic con or spending time with her family. She currently lives in the Midwest with her two furry felines.

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