{"id":79831,"date":"2025-08-19T10:12:27","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T14:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=79831"},"modified":"2025-08-19T10:12:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T14:12:56","slug":"release-arc-review-falling-into-place-by-allison-ashley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=79831","title":{"rendered":"Release & ARC Review: Falling Into Place by Allison Ashley"},"content":{"rendered":"

Falling Into Place by Allison Ashley is live!<\/strong><\/h4>\n

This is such a gorgeous read! A fun, charming, sweet and emotional brother\u2019s-best-friend love story that made me laugh and swoon, I really enjoyed this book.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Blurb<\/b><\/h4>\n

Finding a date for a reclusive bachelor is her job. It\u2019s also a risk when she becomes the perfect match in an emotional and hopeful romance by the author of\u00a0<\/span>If Tomorrow Never Comes<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Accountant and freelance personal stylist Carly Porter, daughter of a compulsive gambler, knows the personal cost of a bad bet. But when she partners with her best friend, Sasha\u2014publisher of a floundering fashion magazine\u2014Carly can\u2019t resist. The highly publicized makeover of an Oklahoma City bachelor could boost sales and be Carly\u2019s ticket to her dream profession. The bachelor in question is none other than Sasha\u2019s older brother, Brooks.<\/p>\n

Hardly the party boy Carly remembers from high school, Brooks is now an antisocial, work-obsessed physician still struggling with a devastating loss. But if it means helping his sister, he\u2019s in. It\u2019s Carly\u2019s job to get him out of those lived-in scrubs, style him to the nines, and bring Brooks back to life. But so far, the only real connection is between Brooks and Carly\u2014and falling for a client could cost Carly the career she\u2019s worked so hard for.<\/p>\n

To move forward, they\u2019ll both have to overcome their painful pasts. And whatever the risk, maybe even take a chance on love.<\/p>\n

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

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

This is such a gorgeous read! A fun, charming, sweet and emotional brother\u2019s-best-friend love story that made me laugh and swoon, I really enjoyed this book.<\/p>\n

Carly is an accountant who freelances as a personal stylist. She\u2019s determined to make it a permanent career change and she gets the opportunity of a lifetime with her best friend, Sasha, asks her to work on an upcoming Bachelor-style series for her fashion magazine. She jumps at the chance, and then learns that the bachelor she\u2019ll be styling is Sasha\u2019s brother, Brooks.<\/p>\n

Brooks is an introverted and antisocial doctor wrestling with demons from his past. He is dragged into helping his sister and has no idea what he\u2019s in for, but it all starts with an online dating profile and being forced out of his scrubs and comfy jeans by Carly.<\/p>\n

Carly remembers Brooks as the high school party boy who all the girls were a little bit in love with, but he never really gave her the time of day. He couldn\u2019t be more different now, and when it becomes clear that he is clueless on how to interact with women, she offers to help him regain his confidence in talking to women. So as Brooks commences his series of dates, styled by Carly, they talk, text and start hanging out. As they become friends, Carly drags Brooks out of his self-imposed isolation, and the banter, teasing and flirting is just fantastic!<\/p>\n

You can feel that there is more brewing between them, and it\u2019s a slow burn as they slowly come to realise what they\u2019re feeling for each other. The reveal is awesome, and their coming together is so much fun, but they\u2019re in a really difficult spot with Brooks under agreement to finish his dates for the magazine, and Carly under contract not to get involved with a client. But they just can\u2019t keep away.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow was the date?\u201d she asked, standing.
\n\u201cShe wasn\u2019t you.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In addition to the forbidden-ish element, there is drama and emotion for these two. They\u2019ve both had hard times in the past and they\u2019re struggling with the reality of a relationship and love. They\u2019ve got a lot to figure out, and it\u2019s such a gorgeous journey for them as we watch them work through it all to get their HEA.<\/p>\n

I really enjoyed this book. It\u2019s sweet, fun, romantic, and so very heartfelt, I loved Brooks and Carly, and their interactions were so entertaining. It was so gorgeous watching them come together, and I loved their love story.<\/p>\n

Such a great read – 4 stars.<\/p>\n

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

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