Synopsis (Publisher): After her father loses the family fortune in an insider-trading scheme, single mom Parker Welles is faced with some hard decisions. First order of business: go to Gideon’s Cove, Maine to sell the only thing she now owns—a decrepit house in need of some serious flipping. When her father’s wingman, James Cahill, asks to go with her, she’s not thrilled…even if he is fairly gorgeous and knows his way around a toolbox.
Having to fend for herself financially for the first time in her life, Parker signs on as a florist’s assistant and starts to find out who she really is. Maybe James isn’t the glib lawyer she always thought he was. And maybe the house isn’t the only thing that needs a little TLC…
My take: Kristan Higgins did it again. She managed to make me laugh out loud one minute and the next minute was pulling the old heartstrings. I loved the story of Parker and James and how they learned that sometimes you have to ask for a second chance and sometimes you have to give one. A sweet story that has me checking my shelves for another Kristan Higgins novel. Reading Somebody to Love made my treadmill time a breeze!
- Title: Somebody to Love
- Author: Kristan Higgins
- Genre: Contemporary Romance
- Published: April 2012 – HQN Books
- Source: I bought it
Bookfan 
She writes such sweet books 🙂
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I agree!
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Nice
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I need a book like that from time to time!
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I haven’t read this one yet. You choose such good books! Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks, Margie!
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I so admire authors like this, to be able to make the reader laugh whilst pulling at the old heartstrings is no easy thing.
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If it is written by Kristan Higgins I love it. And this book was no exception. I loved this story and she never disappoints her fans.
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That’s how I feel about KH too, Kathleen!
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I’m not a huge reader of Romance novels but the premise of this one is intriguing. Glad you enjoyed it.
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This does sound like something that would be a great treadmill book, and I am glad that you loved it. I don’t normally gravitate towards these types of books, but I think this is just what I need right now. Excellent review today!
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I love the term ‘treadmill reads’! Such a great way to describe a book that is pure entertainment!
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And it has to be good! I also read some of The Song of Achilles on the treadmill 🙂
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I totally loved this post and the books that you’re reading on the “Treadmill!” Wasn’t this one fantastic? I loved it and still have a few more of hers to read! 😀
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I loved it, Staci. The first book I read of hers was Too Good To Be True. I bought that book for my sisters and then bought up her back list (which I still need to read). Nice to know I have them on my Kindle!
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[…] Somebody to Love by Kristan Higgins […]
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I love stories like this. I haven’t read one of her books in years though. Glad you liked it.
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I think this is an author I really need to check out!
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There is just no excuse for me not having read her books. They all look like stories I would love!
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