Blog Tour & Giveaway: The Fixer Upper (Echo Springs #1) by Maggie Mae Gallagher

The Fixer Upper
Maggie Mae Gallagher
(Echo Springs, #1)
Published by: Blushing Books Publications
Publication date: September 6th 2019
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

Abby Callier is more in love with Shakespearean heroes than any real man, and she’s beginning to wonder if there is life for her outside the pages of a book. It doesn’t help that her esteemed parents tend to view her as they would one of their science experiments gone wrong. On the eve of finishing her dissertation, she escapes her staid existence to live in the house she inherited from her Great Aunt Evie in the small town of Echo Springs, Colorado. Because, let’s face it, when a woman starts comparing her life to horror films, it might be time for a break.

Sheriff Nate Barnes believes in law and order and carefully building the life you want. In his spare time, he has been remodeling his house in the hope that one day it will be filled with the family he makes. But Nate doesn’t like drama or complications and tends to avoid them at all costs. And yet, when Miss Abigail Callier, his newest neighbor, beans him with a nine iron, he can’t help but wonder if she might just be the complication he’s been searching for all along. It doesn’t hurt that he discovers a journal hidden away by the previous tenant and decides to use Old Man Turner’s advice to romance Abby into his life.
Abby never expected her next-door neighbor, the newly dubbed Sheriff Stud Muffin, to be just the distraction her world needed.

The problem is she doesn’t know whether she should make Echo Springs her home, or if this town is just a stopover point in her life’s trajectory. And she doesn’t want to tell Nate that she might not be sticking around—even though she should because it’s the right thing to do, the honest thing—because then all the scintillatingly hot kisses with the Sheriff will come to an abrupt halt. Did she mention that he’s a really great kisser?

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My Review:

4 Out Of 5 Stars

Genre: Romance--

Abby has always marched to her own beat, much to the joy of her quirky great aunt who left her house to Abby. Abby decides to accept the old house and see what she can do to fix it up, never expecting to encounter her delicious neighbor, Nate, who just happens to be the sheriff of the small town. But Abby has some hard choices to figure out, including what direction she wants her life to go. Nate is remodeling his house with the vague goal that in the future he might have a family to live there with him. While remodeling, he discovers an old journal from the previous owner that is suppose to help the reader find love. And when Nate thinks of love, for some reason he pictures his new neighbor- but she might not be around long enough to even try.

I think that The Fixer Upper was just what I needed in my life right now. I have been inundated with fantasy, paranormal, dystopian and mystery and here shows up the perfect little piece of escapism reading in the form of a cute, fairly steamy romance that was so easy for me to read and escape into. I really liked both of the main character individually and I rooted hard for them to overcome all the obstacles to be together. It seemed just when things were going well (and getting steamy) something would happen and completely ruin the moment for them (and me!) so the story kept us all (Nate, Abby and me) wondering if they would ever catch a break.

The story was narrated by Nate and Abby which is my favorite writing technique in romance novels so that way I get to see both side to the story since I am so nosy. Nate was reliable and competent, the first person you would call in an emergency and basically the epitome of sexy outdoors man, but so alone emotionally. Abby was the city girl boookworm who has no idea what to do or expect in the country, who's whole life revolved around academics and learning, forced to conform to the high expectations of her demanding parents. The two could not be more different but from the first moment they met (and survived the undead doll army) the sparks were practically flying off the pages and I was so there for it!

Overall this was a really engaging, entertaining read and I would love to come back to Echo Springs for more. The Fixer Upper was my first read by Maggie but it will not be my last and I highly recommend this for anyone who likes fun romcoms and romances in general and is looking for a HEA.

I voluntarily reviewed a complementary copy of this title.

Author Bio:

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Maggie grew up listening to Cardinals baseball and reading anything she could get her hands on. She remembers her mother saying if only she would read the right type of books instead binging her way through the romance aisles at the bookstore, she’d have been a doctor. While Maggie never did get that doctorate, she graduated cum laude from the University of Missouri-St. Louis with an M.A. in History.

Maggie is a bestselling and award-winning author published in multiple fiction genres. She also writes erotic romance under the name Anya Summers. A total geek at her core, when she is not writing, she adores attending the latest comic con or spending time with her family. She currently lives in the Midwest with her two furry felines.

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