The Perfect Hope by Nora Roberts (Book three in the Inn BoonsBoro Trilogy)

Original Title: The Perfect Hope
Year Published: 2012
Published by: The Berkley Publishing Group
Number of Pages: 308
First Sentence: "With a few groans and sighs, the old building settled down for the night."
Goodreads rating: 4/5

Plot:
Ryder is the hardest Montgomery brother to figure out - with a tough-as-nails outside and possibly nothing too soft underneath. He's surly and unsociable, but when he straps on a tool belt, no woman can resist his sexy swagger. Except, apparently, Hope Beaumont, the innkeeper of his own Inn BoonsBoro...

As the former manager of a D.C. hotel, Hope is used to excitement and glamour, but that doesn't mean she can't appreciate the joys of small-town living. She's where she wants to be - except for in her love life. Her only interaction with the opposite sex has been sparring with the infuriating Ryder, who always seem to get under her skin. Still, no one can deny the electricity that crackles between them ... a spark that ignited with a New Year's Eve kiss.

While the inn is running smoothly, thanks to Hope's experience and unerring instincts, her big-city past is about to make an unwelcome - and embarrasing - appearance. Seeing Hope vulnerable stirs up Ryder's emotions and makes him realize that while Hope may not be perfect, she just might be perfect for him...

My thoughts:¨
First of all, whoever wrote the teaser for this book should be shot. Okay, maybe not a destiny so violent, but it's a horrible summary. The plot above is taken from the jacket of the book and it's just awful. The "embarrasing encounters from her past" are literally two events that happen midway and almost at the end of the book. They aren't one of the main-plots, they are tiny unsignificant sub-plots that literally could have been removed from the book and not changed much at all.

The book itself is good, although slightly rushed. At the same time it's rushed the love story also takes much longer and it doesn't have the same feeling as the first two books. However, it's a good story and the characters are still good and entertaining.

The best part of the story is however the ghost, Lizzy, and her story. The whole book would have been worth reading just for the ghost if the rest had been crap (which it wasn't).

Do I recommend it?
Like I said on the review for book nr two, yes if you've already read the other two books. It's a fairly entertaining trilogy, but it isn't one of NR's best.

The Last Boyfriend By Nora Roberts (Book Two of the Inn BoonsBoro Trilogy)

Original Title: The Last Boyfriend

Year Published: 2012

Published by: The Berkley Publishing Group

Number of Pages: 319

First Sentence: "A fat winter moon poured light over the old stone and brick of the inn on The Square".

Goodreads Rating: 4/5

Plot: 

Owen is the organizer of the Montgomery clan, running the family's construction business with an iron fist - and an even less flexible spreadsheet. And though his brothers bust on his compulsive list-making, the Inn BoonsBoro is about to open right on schedule. The only thing Owen didn't plan for was Avery McTavish...

Avery's popular pizza place is right across the street from the inn, giving her a first-hand look at its amazing renovation - and a newfound appreciation for Owen. Since he was her first boyfriend when they were kids, Owen has never been far from Avery's thoughts. But the attraction she's feeling for him now is far from innocent.

As Avery and Owen cautiously take their relationship to another level, the opening of the inn gives the whole town of Boonsboro a reason to celebrate. But Owen's hard work has only begun. Getting Avery to let down her guard is going to take longer than he expected - and so will getting her to realize that her first boyfriend is going to be her last...

My thoughts:

I liked this book much more than the first one. It was much easier to get into and flowed differently. I think it was because you already knew all the characters and the town of Boonsboro so there weren't as many introductions in this one as in the first. 

This time around it's Owen and Avery's turn to be hit by Cupid's arrows. They've known each other since childhood and have taken turns crushing on each other. However, romantic feelings have never appeared before. Just like all Robert's novels you know the ending before you've even started. However, she makes the journey there worth it. All the characters from the first book are present in this one and I love the fact that Robert's doesn't just center the book on Owen and Avery. Instead you get to see things from Hope, the Innkeepers, view, Ryder, the eldest brother, and several of the other charcters as well. The risk with writing like that is that it can be confusing but Robert's pulls it off. What is annoying though is that she can switch p.o.v. in the middle of a paragraph. That means that you are reading Owen's p.o.v. and suddenly you switch to Avery's, It caused slight confusion for me, especially when she switched like that between the female characters.

I said that I'd fallen in love with the Inn in the first book. The love intensifies in this book. They are nearing the final stretch on renovations in the first half of the book and by the end the Inn is open for business. The descriptions of all the rooms and the overall feeling of the Inn makes it hard not to love. However, I found out today that the town of Boonsboro is real, and that all the places described in the book exist in real life. So I had to google the Inn and see if it was as beautiful as it is described. The outside lives up to expectations but not the inside. Therefore I will just stick with the images I had in my head. 

Do I recommend it?
If you read the first one and liked it, then yes you should read this one. Do read the first one first though. Here is my review on the fist book : click

The Next Always by Nora Roberts (Book One of the Inn BoonsBoro Trilogy)

Original Title: The Next Always

Year Published: 2012
Published by: Piatkus
Number of Pages: 324
First sentence: "The stone walls stood as they had for more than two centuries, simple, sturdy, and strong."
Goodreads Rating: 4/5

Plot:
The historic hotel in BoonsBoro has endured war and peace, changing hands, even rumoured hauntings. Now it's getting a major a facelift from the Montgomery brothers.

As the architect of the family, Beckett Montgomery's social life consists mostly of talking shop over pizza and beer. But there's another project he's got his eye on: the girl he's been waiting to kiss since he was fifteen.

After losing her husband, Clare Brewster has returned with her three young sons to run the town's bookstore. Clare finds herself drawn across the street by Beckett's transformation of the old inn, wanting to take a closer look at the building - and the man behind it. These stolen moments are the beginning of something new - and open the door to the extraordinary adventure of what comes next.

My thoughts:
I liked this book. I didn't feel like reading any of the books I wanted tor read after finishing Kite Runner. So I went through my moms bookshelves and picked this book up because I wanted some light reading. Nora Roberts delivers as always. It was a little hard to get into this book but after a few chapter it redeemed itself and became quite entertaining.

It's typical Nora Roberts though. Widowed mother of three reignites a friendship with an old friend from high school. Said man is of course one of three brothers.Classic Roberts. They slowly start to date, and eventually fall in love. There is a big thing in town, in this case the inn, that binds all the characters together. Oh, and a little supernatural element involved as well in the shape of a ghost.

However dreary that might sound, you do get invested in the story. I fell in love with the in and will now have to finish the other two books because I want to see it open, as it is only being renovated in this book. The characters are lovable, although they can all be found in different incarnations in other Nora Roberts books.

Do I recommend it?
If you like simple romance stories where you know there will be a happy ending then this book is for you. If you also love Nora Roberts than you simply enough have to read it. Otherwise, not reading this book won't have an impact on your life.