{"id":72645,"date":"2023-11-20T13:14:14","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T18:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=72645"},"modified":"2025-03-08T01:39:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T06:39:47","slug":"new-release-make-believe-match-cherry-tree-harbor-3-by-melanie-harlow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=72645","title":{"rendered":"New Release & ARC Review: Make-Believe Match (Cherry Tree Harbor, #3) by Melanie Harlow"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Make-Believe Match<\/strong>
\n(Cherry Tree Harbor, #3)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

by Melanie Harlow<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Released – 20 November 2023<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Available Now!<\/strong>
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Blurb<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Fall in love with my enemy? No way.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Marry him to save my family\u2019s struggling ski resort? That\u2019s a different story\u2026<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Getting hitched is the only way I can inherit Snowberry Lodge, and I\u2019ll do anything to spare my childhood home from the wrecking ball\u2013even wear Devlin Buckley\u2019s ring on my finger.<\/p>\n

Not that I\u2019ll enjoy it.<\/p>\n

Sure, he\u2019s charming and handsome, and that no-last-names one night stand we shared ended with a fantastically big bang (I saw stars I hadn\u2019t seen in six months, if you catch my drift).<\/p>\n

But I\u2019ll never trust him\u2013he was working for the company trying to bulldoze my life.<\/p>\n

Right up until the day he knocked on my door with an offer I couldn\u2019t refuse.<\/p>\n

Marry him, and he\u2019ll help me restore my family\u2019s crumbling resort to its former glory\u2013and get revenge on his ex-boss in the process. Once our goals are achieved, we\u2019ll go our separate ways.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s temporary. Strictly business. Purely for show.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Until I realize how much I like it when he says “my wife.”<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Once we\u2019re sharing a last name\u2013and a bed\u2013our make-believe match starts to feel a little too real.<\/p>\n

And if I\u2019m not careful, I could lose everything\u2026 my home, my dreams, and my heart.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Find Make-Believe Match\u00a0<\/em>on GOODREADS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

4.5\u00a0<\/strong>stars!!<\/b><\/p>\n

Lexi has a smoking hot one-night stand with an out-of-towner and she\u2019d love to see him again. At least until she discovers he\u2019s the guy representing Black Diamond resorts and the man in charge of buying Snowberry Lodge, her family\u2019s ski resort. Now, she is even more determined to save the lodge and refuses to give in to Devlin.\u00a0What should be an easy acquisition for Devlin turns into anything but when Lexi is in the picture, and when Devlin\u2019s life veers off course, they may be just the ones to save each other.<\/p>\n

Lexi will do anything to save Snowberry Lodge including marry her so called enemy. This fake relationship should be just that however with their electric chemistry, the joint effort to save Snowberry Lodge, and that fact that Devlin is a total sweetheart of a husband, there\u2019s no stopping them from becoming more.<\/p>\n

Lexi and Devlin are so good together. I felt their attraction from the moment they met and the ease of their relationship was believable. It was effortless and understandable even if it was super fast. They just worked as a couple. For the most part things go smoothly but there are definitely some road bumps and villains in the way that test their relationship.<\/p>\n

These two bring all the sweet and spice and I adored them. I was rooting for them when they were fighting and rooting for them when they were on the same page. \u00a0I wanted to see them find their happily ever after and loved that we got so much together time with them. The ending is so sweet, too, and it was perfect for both Devlin and Lexi. You truly see how well they fit together knowing what lengths they will go for each other.<\/p>\n

I also loved the secondary characters. Gram was awesome and understood her granddaughter so well. I loved seeing Austin and Veronica from Runaway Love<\/em><\/a> and Xander and Kelly from \u00a0from Hideaway Heart<\/em><\/a> and all the others, too. It was so good betting back to Cherry Tree Harbor<\/a><\/em> and I can’t wait for more!!<\/p>\n

*ARC generously provided by the author*<\/em><\/p>\n

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Cherry Tree Harbor<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Runaway Love (#1) <\/strong>– (Austin & Veronica)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy: Amazon<\/a>\u00a0 | \u00a0Paperback<\/a>\u00a0 | \u00a0Audiobook<\/a><\/p>\n

Hideaway Heart (#2)<\/strong> – (Xander & Kelly)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a>\u00a0 | \u00a0Paperback<\/a><\/p>\n

Make Believe Match<\/strong> (#3) <\/strong>– (Devlin & Lexi)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Paperback<\/a><\/p>\n

Small Town Swoon(#4)<\/strong> – (Dash & Ari)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy: Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

Slap Shot Surprise (#5)<\/strong> – (Joe & Mabel)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

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

\"\"Melanie Harlow\u00a0<\/span>likes her martinis dry, her heels high, and her history with the naughty bits left in.\u00a0When she’s not writing or reading, she gets her kicks from TV series like Ted, Lasso, Schitt\u2019s Creek, and Fleabag. <\/span>She occasionally runs three miles, but only so she can have more gin and steak.<\/p>\n

Melanie is the author of the BELLAMY CREEK<\/a> series, the CLOVERLEIGH FARMS<\/a> series, the ONE & ONLY<\/a> series, AFTER WE FALL<\/a> series, the HAPPY CRAZY LOVE<\/a> series, the FRENCHED<\/a> series. She lifts her glass to romance readers and writers from her home near Detroit, MI, where she lives with her husband, two daughters, and pet rabbit.<\/p>\n

Sign up for Melanie\u2019s NEWSLETTER<\/a>!
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FACEBOOK<\/a> | AMAZON<\/a> | BOOKBUB<\/a> | WEBSITE<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

PINTEREST<\/a> | INSTAGRAM<\/a> | TWITTER<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Check out more great reads on our Melanie Harlow Author Spotlight<\/a>!<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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