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A review by jackiehorne
Buns, Volume 3 by Alice Clayton
4.0
3.5 Not quite as enjoyable as the previous books in the series, given our less brash heroine and our straight-arrow hero. But still a lot of fun. Clara, on the verge of promotion to partner at a major Boston branding agency, takes on one last job to prove herself: a re-branding of Bryant Mountain House, a classic Hudson Valley resort too mired in the past to attract new customers. The hotel just happens to be in the same town where her two best friends have recently found the loves of their lives. But Clara's chance at love seems distant, given the cold shoulder the son of the hotel owner, Archie Bryant, is giving every one of Clara's suggestions for updating the iconic resort.
But widower Archie seems to get off on arguing with Clara, and soon the two are involved in keep-it-quiet sexcapades. It's not a relationship; Clara has plans to move on to the next project as soon as she's finished here, not fall in love and stay in small-town upstate New York. Her background growing up in foster care has made Clara wary of any long-term connections (besides, of course, her two best female friends). But love has a way of sneaking in in spite of Clara and Archie's best intentions...
But widower Archie seems to get off on arguing with Clara, and soon the two are involved in keep-it-quiet sexcapades. It's not a relationship; Clara has plans to move on to the next project as soon as she's finished here, not fall in love and stay in small-town upstate New York. Her background growing up in foster care has made Clara wary of any long-term connections (besides, of course, her two best female friends). But love has a way of sneaking in in spite of Clara and Archie's best intentions...