{"id":72433,"date":"2023-11-03T08:00:13","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T12:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=72433"},"modified":"2023-11-02T20:45:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T00:45:03","slug":"release-arc-review-mine-to-honor-southern-wedding-7-by-natasha-madison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=72433","title":{"rendered":"Release & ARC Review: Mine to Honor (Southern Wedding, #7) by Natasha Madison"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From Wall Street Journal & USA Today bestselling author Natasha Madison comes a small town, best friends <\/strong>to lovers, fake marriage, and forced proximity romance.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Mine to Honor is live!<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

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

When your best friend asks you for the biggest favor of her life.<\/strong><\/p>\n

EVA
\nThings were finally looking up for me.
\nI was my own boss; I owned my own house\u2014
\nand I recently was contacted by an older sister I didn\u2019t know I had.
\nEverything was perfect\u2026until tragedy struck.
\nAll the things that had come into my life were suddenly gone\u2014except for one thing: my niece.<\/p>\n

LEVI
\nI was a confirmed bachelor.I was married to my work and committed to nothing more.
\nNo woman was going to change that.
\nEva is my best friend and needed a life-changing favor:
\nMarry her so she could gain custody of her niece.
\nA marriage of convenience that would only last a year, tops.
\nBut there were stipulations we hadn\u2019t planned on.
\nThings got blurry\u2014lines got crossed.
\nI would honor my commitment\u2026I just hope I can walk away.<\/p>\n

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Add to Goodreads<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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

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

Oh, this is such a sweet read! Best friends in a marriage of convenience, caring for a baby and falling in love. It\u2019s sweet, funny and sexy, and I loved it!<\/p>\n

This book is the seventh in the Southern Wedding<\/i> series, and though there is some character crossover, it\u2019s not as intense as in previous books, and you can easily read this one as a standalone.<\/p>\n

Eva is loosely tied into Natasha Madison\u2019s series \u2013 she is a long-lost cousin of Stefano (through his father, Mark\u2019s family), who has only recently discovered her family after never knowing her father. She also has a previously unknown older sister who she has grown close to. After growing up with pretty much nothing, she has created a good life for herself with her own business and a newly bought house, but her world is upended when a tragedy leaves her scrambling to gain custody of her nine-month old niece, and being a single woman may not cut it.<\/p>\n

Levi is Eva\u2019s best friend. Introduced by his other best friend, Stefan, they have grown close and are all up in each other\u2019s lives. They are strictly platonic, with not even a hint of anything more happening between them, which suits Levi who is happy in his bachelor life and has no intention of ever settling down. He is stunned when Eva asks him for an unprecedented favour, but being the type of guy who would do anything to help his friend, he agrees to marry her, to live together for a year so that she can get custody of her niece, and then they\u2019ll go back to being friends.<\/p>\n

It’s a fantastic set-up, and I loved watching it all unfold. The friendship between Eva and Levi is fantastic \u2013 they tease and banter, they\u2019re so open about everything, they get<\/i> each other, and they care for each other deeply, just not in that<\/i> way. They support each other completely through the huge change to their lives, and I loved watching them set up house together. But they\u2019re in for a world of shock in caring for a baby, and when combined with the massive shift in their dynamic, it\u2019s so freaking entertaining.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been two hours,\u201d I state, rubbing my face. \u201cShe might be fevering again. Fucking teeth.\u201d I grab the cover, flipping it off me and tossing it onto Eva\u2019s side of the bed. \u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019ve hated something so much in my whole life.\u201d I turn to look at Eva. \u201cI\u2019ll get a bottle. She didn\u2019t really eat much at dinner, so she might be hungry.\u201d
\nShe gets off the bed, turning to look at me. Her eyes so huge on her faced. \u201cWhat\u2019s that?\u201d I look where she is pointing down at my shorts that clearly, without a doubt, shows her my dick.
\n\u201cThat would be my dick,\u201d I inform her, too tired to even care at this point.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course things start to change, and it\u2019s a slow burn as attraction develops and their feelings for each other change. It\u2019s sweet and sexy, and feels realistic to their situation, and though they have some figuring out to do as their relationship changes, it\u2019s wonderfully angst free, and I loved watching them follow their hearts so completely.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis thing between me and you.\u201d My lips go into a huge smile. \u201cIt\u2019s happening.\u201d She sits up, shocked, her mouth opens and then closes. \u201cI don\u2019t know what it is, but I like it.\u201d I lean in to kiss her cheek. \u201cI like it more than that, I love it.\u201d I hold her neck in my hand. \u201cComing home to you.\u201d I stare into her eyes. \u201cGoing to bed with you. Doing life with you.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And the only thing better than watching two best friends fall in love, is watching a hero fall in love with a baby girl at the same time, because OMG, Levi is ovary-melting with little Cici. Their moments together are so beautiful, his tenderness and protectiveness over her is gorgeous, and every time that her face lit up when he entered the room, my heart completely melted.<\/p>\n

Did I know how unhappy I was before, now that every single day I rushed to get home? Did I know my life was a shallow place whereas now a little girl holds a piece of my heart in her tiny hand and I know I would spend all my life protecting her.<\/i><\/p>\n

*dreamy sigh*<\/p>\n

We get to catch up with characters from earlier books in the series, \u2013 Stefano and Addison from the last book in the series (Mine to Promise<\/a>), and his fabulous parents. And the fact that there is an actual wedding allows the girls from the first books in the series to make a very welcome and highly entertaining appearance that had me laughing out loud.<\/p>\n

I really enjoyed this story. It\u2019s a gorgeous read that left me smiling and feeling fluffy, and I loved it.<\/p>\n

4 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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Southern Wedding<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Find family tree and series crossover details here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Mine to Kiss (#0.5)<\/strong> (Travis & Harlow)
\nReview<\/a>
\nFree:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

Mine to Have (#1)<\/strong> (Travis & Harlow)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0\u00a0Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

Mine to Hold (#2)<\/strong> (Ace & Shelby)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

Mine to Cherish (#3)<\/strong> (Luke & Clarabella)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

Mine to Love (#4)<\/strong> (Bennett & Presley)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

Mine to Take (#5)<\/strong> (Matthew & Sophia)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

Mine to Promise (#6)\u00a0<\/strong> (Stefano & Addison)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

Mine to Honor (#7)<\/strong> (Levi & Eva)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

Mine to Keep (#8) <\/strong>(Caine & Grace)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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About the Author<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\"\"When her nose isn\u2019t buried in a book, or her fingers flying across a keyboard writing, she\u2019s in the kitchen creating gourmet meals. You can find her, in four inch heels no less, in the car chauffeuring kids, or possibly with her husband scheduling his business trips. It\u2019s a good thing her characters do what she says, because even her Labrador doesn\u2019t listen to her\u2026<\/p>\n

Keep up with Natasha Madison and subscribe to her newsletter\u00a0https:\/\/www.natashamadisonauthor.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

To learn more about Natasha Madison and her books, visit here!<\/p>\n

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Check out more great reads on our\u00a0Natasha Madison Author Spotlight<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

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