{"id":73252,"date":"2024-01-18T08:00:33","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T13:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=73252"},"modified":"2024-01-17T20:39:43","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T01:39:43","slug":"release-arc-review-loving-romeo-magnolia-falls-1-by-laura-pavlov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=73252","title":{"rendered":"Release & ARC Review: Loving Romeo (Magnolia Falls, #1) by Laura Pavlov"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Loving Romeo by Laura Pavlov is live!<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The first book in Laura Pavlov\u2019s Magnolia Falls<\/i> series, this is an emotional and dramatic grumpy\/sunshine, opposites attract, sort-of-enemies-to-lovers romance with the most beautifully swoony love story. It\u2019s heartfelt and romantic, angst-free with just the right amount of drama, and it\u2019s a gorgeous read. I loved it!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Demi Crawford was Magnolia Falls royalty.<\/p>\n

I was the boxer from the wrong side of the tracks.<\/p>\n

She was the epitome of everything good, while I was broody and rebellious.<\/p>\n

We couldn\u2019t be more different.<\/p>\n

Her family was enemy number one which made her guilty by association.<\/p>\n

I despised her before I even knew her.<\/em><\/p>\n

It was easier that way.<\/p>\n

But now she\u2019d moved in next door to me, and she was everywhere I turned.<\/p>\n

I couldn\u2019t avoid her no matter how hard I tried.<\/p>\n

She was beautiful and honest and sweet.<\/p>\n

Everything I knew I shouldn\u2019t want.<\/p>\n

Shouldn\u2019t need.<\/em><\/p>\n

They say there\u2019s a fine line between love and hate\u2014and I don\u2019t know when I crossed over.<\/p>\n

I was so wrapped up in this girl I couldn\u2019t see straight.<\/p>\n

She was the right hook I never saw coming.<\/em><\/p>\n

Hating her was supposed to be my end game.<\/p>\n

Loving her\u2026 well, that was just the beginning.<\/p>\n

But the secrets that lived between us threatened to tear us apart.<\/p>\n

Lucky for her\u2014I was a born fighter.<\/p>\n

And she was definitely worth the fight.<\/em><\/p>\n

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

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

The first book in Laura Pavlov\u2019s Magnolia Falls<\/i> series, this is an emotional and dramatic grumpy\/sunshine, opposites attract, sort-of-enemies-to-lovers romance with the most beautifully swoony love story. It\u2019s heartfelt and romantic, angst-free with just the right amount of drama, and it\u2019s a gorgeous read. I loved it!<\/p>\n

This series is set around five best friends who grew up in the small town of Magnolia Falls. From the poorer side of town, the boys faced challenges growing up, and Romeo Knight suffered badly when he was sent to juvenile detention for a crime he did not commit. Now, he\u2019s an ex-boxer who owns the local fighting gym, and he is broody and pretty much keeps to himself, with the exception of his best buds.<\/p>\n

Demi has returned to her home town of Magnolia Falls to open her own coffee shop. Her family are wealthy and influential, and she\u2019s a bit of a golden girl \u2013 sweet, successful, never one to cause trouble. But it just so happens that it\u2019s her family who is responsible for Romeo\u2019s incarceration. So when she opens her store right next door to Romeo\u2019s gym, he is not happy to have her as his neighbour. He doesn\u2019t hide his anger and irritation, and despite her sweet and welcoming nature, and their immediate (and completely inconvenient) physical attraction, they don\u2019t get off to a good start.<\/p>\n

\u201cRomeo Knight can fuck off. I\u2019ve never judge him. He doesn\u2019t have a clue about my life. We\u2019ve never even spoken before today. He\u2019d made his mind up about me before he walked through the door.\u201d
\n\u201cYou are so right. He\u2019s an asshole. But damn, he is a good-looking asshole, am I right?\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But after repeated run ins and some fabulously snarky banter, and things suddenly shift. They begin to see past all of the superficial stuff and really get to know each other and they fall hard, fast, and completely.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow, exactly, do you think about me? As your enemy?\u201d
\nHe signed like he was completely frustrated that I was making him spell it out for me. \u201cMost of the time, I think about you naked. I think about the way you\u2019d taste. The way you\u2019d respond when I touched you. The way your lips would feel against mine. The way you\u2019d look when you came for me.\u201d
\nHello Romeo Knight.
\nThe Golden Boy had entered the arena.
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\nHere for it.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It\u2019s intense, passionate and all-consuming for both of them, and I was on board for all of it! I was completely wrapped up in their love story, and loved watching them come together and find something so special together. Their love for each other just shines off the page.<\/p>\n

But their family dramas, secrets and past betrayals are complicating what they\u2019re trying to build together, at the same time that Romeo has been called out to fight professionally again. All of it threatens the future they want together, and it\u2019s an intense and exciting ride as the new couple is put to the test in ways they never expected. Watching them love each other and stand beside each other through it all is just gorgeous.<\/p>\n

Laura Pavlov writes the most fabulous family\/friend dynamics and Romeo and his buddies are absolutely fantastic together. A true brotherhood, they are as close as family, and I love their banter, their group texts, their teasing and unwavering support for each other. The addition of Beefcake is just genius.<\/p>\n

Ride or die. Brothers till the end. Loyalty always. Forever my friend.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is a great start to the Magnolia Falls<\/i> series, and I can\u2019t wait to get to know these characters more and explore more of this world.<\/p>\n

A gorgeous read \u2013 4 stars.<\/p>\n

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

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Magnolia Falls<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Loving Romeo (#1) <\/strong>(Romeo & Demi)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

Wild River (#2) <\/strong>(River & Ruby)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

Forbidden King (#3)<\/strong> (Kingston & Saylor)
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\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

Beating Heart (#4)<\/strong> (Nash & Emerson)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

Finding Hayes (#5)<\/strong> (Hayes & Savannah)
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\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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About Laura<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Laura Pavlov writes sweet and sexy contemporary romance that will make you both laugh and cry. She is happily married to her college sweetheart, mom to two awesome almost-grown kids, and dog-whisperer to one temperamental yorkie and one wild bernedoodle. Laura resides in Las Vegas where she is living her own happily ever after. Be sure to sign up for updates on new releases. Laura loves to hear from readers!<\/p>\n

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