4. The Strawberry Patch Pancake House

The Strawberry Patch Pancake House by Laurie Gilmore: I thought this book was a cute love story that blossom so perfectly even when there was chaos going around. The male and female character had such great chemistry, and I loved every bit of it. I really do love this series. There was only one book,I didn’t like in the series, but I do love this book and I highly recommend people should read this one. The only thing I didn’t like is that she didn’t do point of views so at some point in the story, I didn’t know who was talking at first or it would switch to somebody else and I was like hold on who is this talking? ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I really have been enjoying this series! The whole Pumpkin Spice series has been.heart warming, yet at.times predictable! The reason for my 4 star review. .I will likely re read this series again. Small town vibes, family, and the feeling of fall.vibes.

Archer is a workaholic chef and now a single father to a lovely five-year-old daughter. His morning isn’t going smoothly at all, and he kinda gets blasted by Iris, and we’ll smoothie at the same time, mall before coffee, poor guy. He is very grumpy. His daughter, Olive, is shy and young. Archer is gonna have his hands full with his kid and a new job in a new city, Iris is down on her luck and her rent and needs more money, and the nanny gig seems to fall into her lap. I kinda love that Iris is a hot mess yoga teacher, she is not punctual, she has no experience with children is very free and imperfect. She is already fantasizing about Mr. Chief in all sorts of ways she shouldn’t be. The bonding is slow, and his life in this small town is about as disastrous as his parenting, but things are coming along slowly like a soup in the crock pot. The farmers market gives me all the summer and family vibes. It is so quaint and swoony. Iris is battling her urges, her heart, and her thoughts in this book, but also keeping heroes from her own happily ever after. Archer, on the other end, seems to be trying to do the right thing, but he is also struggling with his urges and his heart. They spend more time avoiding each other’s desires than giving in, but with the tender child in the mix and the overall situation of the story, it is understandable. However, I’m not sure if the way to Iris's heart is through the kid or her stomach. They couldn’t hold out forever fighting the attraction and installation, just with the forced proximity, and when things get cooking, they get hot. This chef is yummy in more than just the beautifully described dishes; the grey sweatpants don’t hurt either. Iris is no strings attached, meanwhile, Archer seems to be developing roots. I love that they are both a mess of attraction, so smitten with each other. Both adults keep making their relationship, their intimacy, and their future is forbidden, like they can’t have it, but they do it anyway, and you are left wondering whether they will or won’t. The sizzling scenes heat up again, and it’s a little cliche comparing food to her downstairs. But the intimacy, at least, is sweet and tender. The tension in the story does get combustible finally, but it is over pretty quickly. Iris has such a commitment phobia that she sabotages all the good things with her anxiety. I’m surprised the Playboy falls first. I kinda thought he was gonna be the ever-eternal single dad. So maybe they are backward, but whatever works for them, I mean, it seems first comes steamy, then comes love, then comes dating. But I mean it’s sweet, so why not? Oh, course, swoony leads back to steamy, but at least it isn’t smutty. Accidental pregnancy, last-act midlife crisis, and a happily ever-after ending wrap this story up nicely, and we finally get all the found family love and vibes. This story ends teary-eyed in the epilogue with all the feels and a great start to their new life and wrap-up. If you’re a parent, you might just be smiling and crying, too. Absolutely a five-star read for me, even though it took me two weeks to read this book.

But that little girl was pmo!!! She was driving me crazy when she kept running away. I understood when she first run away. I get it but that strawberry festival part I would have walked away for a bit too. That drive me crazy. But besides that I actually liked the book. I liked the character. I guess the other small thing that I didn’t like was that we don’t find out why she never told him. I wished the mom would have found a journal or something. I would have liked to know.

I grabbed this one on sale today on Amazon. It was a sweet love story and for me Olive made this story work because she was so sweet and real. I would have liked more from the two main characters, but ultimately all the characters in this universe made it an enjoyable read. I look forward to more books from this author.

My favorite in the series so far. Had me kicking my feet and giggling. I don’t know why there is a minimum word count for the review

I love how each of these stories are connected, but still their own story line. I really enjoyed seeing how Iris was able to connect with Olive and help her connect with Archer as well. She was just what everyone needed, and she needed them just as much even though she didn’t know it. I am looking forward to the next one already.

4.75⭐️ Archer just found out he has a 5 year old daughter when her Mom died. Now he’s a Michelin star chef working in a diner in and in need of a nanny. Iris has moved from job to job and is about to be evicted. She’s not sure she’s qualified to take care of a child, but the live in part of the nanny job is appealing. Olive is adorable and seeing both Archer and Iris fall in love with her is heartwarming. There is a grief subplot, but there’s also humor and spice. This is a great read.

Excellent book

The perfect book, that’s all I have to say 🥰😭❤️❤️ I highly recommend everyone to read this masterpiece, Laurie Gilmore is a genius ❤️❤️❤️

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I have not read yet. But I'm a bit disappointed in the writer. I read tree book from her 2 of those was basic almost without any story. So I hope it's going to be better

I really enjoyed this story. It is a smooth follow up from Laurie Gilmore other stories. You can read them separately but it is nice to have the other characters life integrated. Wouldn't it be amazing to live in Dream Harbor?