{"id":70493,"date":"2023-06-01T07:26:38","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T11:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=70493"},"modified":"2023-06-01T07:51:12","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T11:51:12","slug":"release-arc-review-a-very-grumpy-fathers-day-a-very-holiday-3-5-kayley-loring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=70493","title":{"rendered":"Release & ARC Review: A Very Grumpy Father’s Day (A Very Holiday, #3.5) Kayley Loring"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A Very Grumpy Father’s Day by Kayley Loring is live!<\/strong><\/h4>\n

This is such a fantastic read! The chance to catch up with one of my most-loved romcom couples, Declan and Maddie (aka \u2018Maclan\u2019) from A Very Bossy Christmas<\/a>. It\u2019s a novella, and a bonus that fans will love, but also a chance for non-fans to get to know this phenomenal couple.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Blurb<\/strong><\/h4>\n

What\u2019s the actual last thing you\u2019d ever want your spouse to see you doing when you\u2019ve been trying to get it on for weeks? Dancing around your baby\u2019s room to \u201cCome and Get Your Love\u201d like Star-Lord in Guardians of the Galaxy\u2014in an Elmo costume? Yeah. Me too.<\/p>\n

And yet, here we are.<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t even the most humiliating thing I\u2019ve done lately.<\/p>\n

The first was leaving drunk messages when I was out partying with my cousins.<\/p>\n

The second was trying to seduce her on the Staten Island Ferry.<\/p>\n

The third was so terrible, I\u2019m not even going to tell you about it.<\/p>\n

I need to pull it together before the hot, busy, suddenly grumpy mother of my child forgets why she married her sexy, brilliant, occasionally infuriating former boss in the first place.<\/p>\n

This is just how it goes for the men in my family\u2026 We get knocked down\u2026but we get up again.<\/p>\n

And nothing\u2019s ever going to keep me down when it comes to my wife.<\/p>\n

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* PLEASE NOTE: This 35,000-word novella is a follow-up to A VERY BOSSY CHRISTMAS by Kayley Loring! You will probably enjoy it more if you\u2019ve already read A VERY BOSSY CHRISTMAS. Or you might enjoy it even less, who knows?! Kayley doesn\u2019t know anything, she just writes stuff.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Review<\/strong><\/h4>\n

5 stars!<\/b><\/p>\n

This is such a fantastic read! The chance to catch up with one of my most-loved romcom couples, Declan and Maddie (aka \u2018Maclan\u2019) from A Very Bossy Christmas<\/a>. It\u2019s a novella, and a bonus that fans will love, but also a chance for newbies to get to know this phenomenal couple.<\/p>\n

We meet up with Declan and Maddie now happily married with a ten month old baby girl, and still blissfully in love, but they are now dealing with the challenge of trying to find time together in between work, a young baby, and other family responsibilities. They still banter like champions though, and with their texting and flirting, and Declan\u2019s hilarious inner monologue, I laughed so much while reading his book!<\/p>\n

\u201cI miss you. We\u2019re too busy. And tired. And cranky. But hot! We\u2019re still hot as fuck.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

They\u2019re both desperate to reconnect (in ALL the ways), and we follow them through a series of comedic attempts and mishaps including nights out with his rowdy cousins, time with the extended family, drunken teenagers, traffic problems, and just the general exhaustion of life. It\u2019s entertaining, and all-too relatable, and through it all they keep their sense of humour, they love each other fiercely, and they keep making the effort for each other.<\/p>\n

All is well.
\nI am still hot as fuck. I am worthy of the woman who married me and the tiny person who shares our sensational DNA. I am resilient \u2013 no, I am invincible. But mostly, I\u2019m horny.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I loved revisiting these characters, and getting glimpses of other characters from the series (Nolan, Billy, Piper and the rest of the family). It\u2019s a fun and quick read with humour, heart and (eventually) a whole lotta sexy time. Plus there\u2019s the bonus of seeing Declan as a hopelessly devoted Daddy, which absolutely melted my heart.<\/p>\n

A great read \u2013 5 stars!<\/p>\n

An Advanced Review Copy was generously provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.<\/i><\/p>\n

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The Holiday Brothers<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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A Very Bossy Christmas (#1)<\/strong> (Declan & Maddie)
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\nBuy: \u00a0Amazon<\/a> |\u00a0Paperback<\/a><\/p>\n

A Very Friendly Valentines Day (#2)<\/strong> (Eddie & Birdie)
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\nBuy: \u00a0Amazon\u00a0<\/a> |\u00a0 Paperback<\/a><\/p>\n

A Very Vegas St Patrick’s Day (#3)<\/strong> (Nolan & Cora) (co-written with Connor Crais)
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A Very Grumpy Father’s Day (#3.5)<\/strong> (Declan & Maddie)
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\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

A Very No Strings Halloween (#4)<\/strong> (Billy & Donna) (co-written with Connor Crais)
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\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

A Very Snowed In New Year (#5)<\/strong> (Holden & Piper)
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\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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About Kayley Loring<\/b><\/h4>\n

\"\"Before writing steamy romantic comedy novels, Kayley Loring got a BFA in creative writing from a Canadian university and had a fifteen-year career as a screenwriter in Los Angeles (under a different name). She mostly wrote PG-13 family comedies that studios would pay her lots of money for and then never make into movies. In 2017 she decided to move to the Pacific Northwest and write about all the fun stuff that she wasn\u2019t allowed to write about in those PG-13 scripts. Now she\u2019s breathing cleaner air and writing dirtier words. It\u2019s an adjustment she\u2019s happily getting used to.<\/p>\n

Rest assured that her funny sexy sweet romances have no cheating or cliffhangers, and always have HEAs!<\/p>\n

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