Loyally Luke Review + giveaway

 

Welcome to the Takeover + Review Blitz for Loyally, Luke by Pepper Basham hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!

Title: Loyally, Luke
Series: Skymar #3
Author: Pepper Basham
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Release Date: May 14, 2024
Genre: Contemporary Christian Romance

My Review:

I have loved the Skymar series. I have been impatiently waiting for Loyally, Luke ever since I finished Positively Penelope. I highly recommend reading the books in order.

The first lines immediately drew me in and had me laughing. Poor Luke.

Don't read this book.

It's embarrassing.

And private.

I have a feeling my youngest sister has paid some sort of homage to the Hallmark pixies and they've turned my world into an ooey gooey, magical snow globe of romantic tropes. 

Read for:

🔨grumpy teddy bear

👑ice princess (or is she?)

🔨movie quotes

🔨interactions with the kids

🔨Loyal, legendary

👑determined to overcome her past

👑character growth

👑 interior designer + more

👑 🔨 witty banter

 👑 🔨chemistry

👑 🔨text messages

There is so much to love in this book. I love the family relationships, all the texts/emails, and the friendships. While this is a light read, as we get to know the characters better, stuff is revealed that is not light and fluffy but helps us to know them better. I thoroughly enjoyed the cast of side characters as well. 

While the first book was mostly epistolary, and the second as well, this one is more of a mix but still done so well. 

Honestly, there are not enough words, or even the right words to explain the awesomeness of Loyally, Luke (or the series). Do yourself a favor, pick up Authentically, Izzy, Positively Penelope, and Loyally, Luke, and binge-read the whole series. Then, and only then, will you understand why this series is a must-read, and why it is so hard to explain!

Thank you to JustReads Publicity and Pepper Basham for the opportunity to read this book. I was not required to provide a positive review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

★★★★★/5 

About the Book

 Sometimes love means embracing the good, the bad. . . and even the impossible.

Dear Reader --

My name is Luke Edgewood, and there are few things in life that I require. Mainly black coffee. And flannel. And lots of solitude. And my dogs, Chewy and Indie. What I don't need is romance, so I have no plans to change my thirty-year-old bachelor status anytime soon.

But my youngest sister thinks that by accepting a short-term construction job in the small European country of Skymar, that I'm going to follow along in her footsteps and discover my own romantic adventure. Nope. Bah humbug. The End. This time, her rom-com-movie senses are totally wrong.

Or maybe not. Because I've met a Grace Kelly lookalike who is annoying. . . until she isn't. But she is impossible. As in, nothing can happen between us because she is a literal princess. Even though that's easy to forget when we're working together to restore a castle-like orphanage in a secluded mountain town and "forced proximity" includes a small closet, a secret one-hundred-year-old journal, and the tactile memory of an off-limits royal in my arms.

Basically, the whole situation has turned into an ooey gooey magical snow globe of romantic tropes complete with cute kids and an actual ball. Now, even my sentences are starting to sound like mush. Ugh. Send high levels of testosterone my way--I'm going to need it.

Loyally, Luke

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About the Author

Pepper Basham is an award-winning author who writes romance “peppered” with grace and humor. Writing both historical and contemporary novels, she loves to incorporate her native Appalachian culture and/or her unabashed adoration of the UK into her stories. She currently resides in the lovely mountains of Asheville, NC, where she is the wife of a fantastic pastor, mom of five great kids, a speech-language pathologist, and a lover of chocolate, jazz, hats, and Jesus.

Connect with Pepper by visiting pepperdbasham.com to follow her on social media or subscribe to email newsletter updates.

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Tour Giveaway

(1) winner will receive a signed copy of the book, tool pens, and $25 Amazon gift card!

(1) additional winner will receive a signed copy of the book!

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