{"id":82080,"date":"2026-02-11T14:46:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T19:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=82080"},"modified":"2026-02-11T14:46:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T19:46:27","slug":"excerpt-reveal-it-seemed-like-a-good-idea-darling-springs-1-by-lauren-blakely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=82080","title":{"rendered":"Excerpt Reveal: It Seemed Like A Good Idea (Darling Springs, #1) by Lauren Blakely"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It Seemed Like A Good Idea<\/strong>
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by Lauren Blakely<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Releasing – 3 March 2026<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Pre-order now!
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Blurb<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Grumpy meets sunshine in this charming and hilarious forbidden small town romantic comedy from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blakely! Where there’s only one bed in the room…<\/b><\/p>\n

I really don’t need a bodyguard\u2015I run a small-town lavender farm, for bee’s sake! But I’m getting one anyway since my identical twin sister just booked the movie role of a lifetime and it’s being shot in my hometown. And guess who my new broody, tattooed protector is? None other than the guy I had a one-night stand with last month.<\/span><\/p>\n

Correction: he’s the guy with the wicked mouth and heated eyes who ran out on me before the bang without so much as goodbye. And of course he arrives in my tiny hometown where the film is shooting right in the nick of time to save me from the paparazzi at the market. The coffee shop. The dress shop too. I’m trying hard to stay mad after the third time the sexy jerk rescues me.<\/span><\/p>\n

To top it all off, he’s staying in the cottage at my farm. With me. And there’s\u00a0<\/span>only one bed.<\/span><\/i>
\n<\/span>Maybe just one night would relieve all this tension? But one night turns into another, and then into sharing hearts and secrets that are best locked up. Especially since he’s leaving and I’m staying, and there’s no way we can be more than a summer romance that ends far too soon.<\/span><\/p>\n

Find\u00a0It Seemed Like A Good Idea\u00a0<\/em>on GOODREADS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Darling Springs<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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It Seemed Like a Good Idea (#1)
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I’ve Got a Crush on You (#2)
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About the Author<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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A #1 New York Times Bestselling, #1 Wall Street Journal Bestselling, and #1 Audible Bestselling author, Lauren Blakely is known for her contemporary romance style that\u2019s cute but spicy. Lauren likes dogs, cake, and show tunes and is the vegetarian at your dinner party.<\/p>\n

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She’d love to give you a free book today so check out her WEBSITE<\/a> and grab one today!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Check out our LAUERN BLAKELY AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT<\/a> for more amazing reads!<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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