{"id":76779,"date":"2024-10-24T08:00:49","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T12:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=76779"},"modified":"2024-10-23T07:30:54","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T11:30:54","slug":"release-arc-review-finding-hayes-magnolia-falls-5-by-laura-pavlov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=76779","title":{"rendered":"Release & ARC Review: Finding Hayes (Magnolia Falls, #5) by Laura Pavlov"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Finding Hayes by Laura Pavlov is live and oh, what a gorgeously romantic and swoony story! <\/strong><\/h4>\n

A best-friends-to-enemies-to-lovers romance with a marriage of convenience, I was all in on this one from the beginning, and my heart was so full while reading! I loved it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Amazon<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Audible<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

Narrated by Andi Arndt & Lee Samuels<\/em><\/p>\n

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

Sometimes relationships come along that define you.<\/p>\n

Someone who brings out sides of you that no one else sees.<\/p>\n

The reason that you try to be the best version of yourself.<\/p>\n

Savannah Abbott was my North Star growing up.<\/em><\/p>\n

She was my best friend, my neighbor, and the person who knew me best.<\/p>\n

But without warning, she was gone in the blink of an eye.<\/p>\n

My life began unraveling the day she left Magnolia Falls.<\/p>\n

Because apparently, when you lose the best thing in your life, it\u2019s all downhill from there.<\/p>\n

But I\u2019m a survivor\u2014 and I forced myself to move on.<\/p>\n

My guard went up, and my ability to trust people disappeared.<\/p>\n

Until the day Savannah came back to town\u2014more than a decade later.<\/p>\n

And now she\u2019s acting like I\u2019m the enemy.<\/p>\n

She wants nothing to do with me, even all these years later.<\/p>\n

Until she needs a favor.<\/p>\n

A temporary husband.<\/em><\/p>\n

I may not be the marrying type, but for Savannah, I\u2019m willing to bend the rules.<\/p>\n

None of this is real, and she reminds me of that every day while we\u2019re playing house.<\/p>\n

I may fight fires for a living, but my new wife is a flame that I don\u2019t want to extinguish.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s the fire that\u2019s been missing all along.<\/p>\n

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

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Review<\/b><\/h4>\n

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

Oh, what a gorgeously romantic and swoony story! A best-friends-to-enemies-to-lovers romance with a marriage of convenience, I was all in on this one from the beginning, and my heart was so full while reading! I loved it.<\/p>\n

This is the final book in the Magnolia Falls<\/i> series, and the story of the last of five friends to fall in love, grumpy firefighter, Hayes. Like the rest of his \u2018brothers\u2019, Hayes faced heartbreaking challenges in his life, but for his entire childhood, he had his best friend, Savannah by his side helping him through it. Until she suddenly left town and cut off all contact. It\u2019s been ten years since she left,, and now she\u2019s finally come back to town, and she seems to want nothing to do with him.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe one who got away is all grown up now. And she\u2019s hot. Our boy doesn\u2019t know what to do with himself.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Savannah is back in town temporarily to deal with the estate of a beloved grandfather-figure in her life. She\u2019s set to inherit everything, but only on the condition that she marries within 30 days. She\u2019d normally walk away, but the money could save the life of her unwell father, so she needs to find herself a husband, and who better than the man who was always there for her, and who knows her better than anyone.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve got to be kidding me,\u201d I said, as a sarcastic laugh left my mouth. \u201cI can barely get her to let me help her out of a snowbank. There\u2019s no reconnecting going on here.\u201d
\n\u201cHey!\u201d She whipped around to look at me. \u201cYou have shit taste in women. I\u2019d be a freaking score for you. You should be so lucky to marry me, you grumpy bastard.\u201d
\n\u2026 \u201cYou\u2019re the one who rolled into town acting like I\u2019m the enemy. This is an insane idea. You can\u2019t seriously be considering this?\u201d
\n\u201cI never said I was considering it. I just didn\u2019t appreciate the way you acted like fake marrying me was so appalling.\u201d She crossed her arms over her chest, and I couldn\u2019t stop staring at her full lips. Did she always have those plump lips?<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The banter is fantastic, and even though there is a lot of anger and hurt between them, when given the opportunity to help his best friend, Hayes is all in, and I was so on board with all of it.<\/p>\n

\u201cShortcake, you were always different. You were a part of me in a way that I can\u2019t even explain. I would do anything for you.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

They obviously have some issues to sort through, and they\u2019re both strong and stubborn, they\u2019ve always been honest with each other, and as they open up about their pasts and find their way past all of the anger and confusion, they find their way back to each other, and I loved their friendship! It\u2019s full of banter and teasing, and they obviously care deeply for each other. But while Savannah always had a bit of a crush on her best friend, Hayes never looked at her like that. But living under the same roof and having their hands all over each other in public, everything is starting to change.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s all I fucking think about, Sav. How badly I want you. and I don\u2019t want to fuck up this friendship, because I\u2019ve missed you so much, and I don\u2019t know how to deal with all of it. How to deal with the way I feel about you.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hayes and Sav together are so much fun! There\u2019s lots of flirting and \u201cmy wife\u201d moments, and so much chemistry, and I was feeling all of it! They both fall fast and hard, and though they\u2019re all too happy to explore their mad passion and deep feelings for each other, Hayes never wanted to get married or have a family, and Savannah never intended to stay in town long. They have some things to work through, but they do it honestly and openly, talking to each other, and never shying away from what they\u2019re feeling and what they want.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been good on my own for a long time, and now you\u2019re here, and you\u2019re all I see. Maybe it was always you, and that\u2019s why nothing else ever worked when you were gone. Maybe you\u2019ve been what\u2019s missing all along.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cI know without question that we belong together. We might not be perfect, and things might get messy, but I\u2019ll fight for us every goddamn day if you take this chance with me.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

They are blessedly low on drama, and the relationship resolution comes pretty early in the book so there\u2019s lots of time with them together and all loved up, and I relished every moment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThanks for bringing me back to life, Sav,\u201d he said, his voice quiet and calming.
\n\u201cI wish I\u2019d come back and found you sooner.\u201d
\n\u201cIt didn\u2019t matter when you came. I was always yours.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Characters from previous books are all a part of the journey, all up in each other\u2019s lives, and I loved the boys\u2019 banter and text thread, the way they have their brother\u2019s back, and the way the boys and the girls accept Sav into the group. There\u2019s great story progression for a number of the couples, and I loved seeing them continuing to live out their HEAs. There were so many scenes that had me grinning like an idiot into my kindle.<\/p>\n

This is a beautifully sweet, sexy and heartfelt romance with fantastic characters and a love story that had me swooning, and I loved it.<\/p>\n

5 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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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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Check out our Laura Pavlov Author Spotlight<\/a> for more awesome reads<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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