ARC received for an honest review

Merry Farmer is a new-to-me author, but the blurb for Summer With A Star drew me in right away. So the chance to read an advanced copy was a no brainer.

What would you do if the dream holiday you have scrimped and saved for for the past 20 years was ripped away from you without notice?

That is what happens to primary school teacher Tasha Pike when she turns up to her dream summer. Oh my goodness my heart broke for her when she turned up and someone was in her house!!

Spence Ellis is the man who has ruined her holiday. Oh, and he is also an uber-famous Hollywood star flashing his cash around to get what he wants.

You just know this is going to be a battle of wills and fun and games between our lovelies. They are from such different worlds, such different expectations from people, that this can only end in tears, right?

You could feel Spence's guilt roll off the pages when it comes to what has happened with this house - even though at the end of the day he is not the one who did what happened, it happened for him. You can also feel the pull he has towards Tasha.

There is that attraction between them that cannot be denied. I don't know though, I think I would have stayed mad as hell at Spence for a lot longer than Tasha did. I mean steam-coming-out-the-ears-temperature-rising mad.

But at the same time I wanted her to give in to Spence and roll with it.

Can Spence keep his anonymity for the summer? Can he make things up to Tasha? Can they find love and their HEA? Nope, for that you are going to have to read for yourself.

There are some great secondary characters, especially Jenny and Simon - Tasha and Spence's respective best friends. Jenny is a force of nature!

Then there is Yvonne, Spence's agent. I had a love/hate relationship with her. Even at the end I still had mixed feelings about her.

Oh, and don't get me started on the absent owners of said house. As much as we are supposed to love this old couple that Tasha remembers from her childhood, all I could think was "you a*&eholes!! How could you do that to Tasha?!?"

I really did enjoy this book. It is a sweet, angst-free stand alone romance, and I will be reading more in this series as they come out.

Looking forward to Jenny and Simon's story - Night with A Star - as I need to know more about them!