Blog Tour: ONE LOVE FOR LIV by Marianne Arkins

One Love for Liv

by Marianne Arkins

 

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GENRE: Romance

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BLURB:

 

Liv is out to prove her high society fiancé is cheating on her. Can she do it without breaking a nail—or falling in love with Mike, the mechanic?

 

Olivia "Liv" Leigh, wealthy socialite and spa owner, suspects her fiancé of cheating on her. Drastic steps are required to discover whether appearances are deceiving. And if those steps require a bit of stalking, a change of appearance, a hippo-sized dog named Spike, and sacrificing her manicure to clean house for a sexy-but-sloppy man whose neighbor is determined to break several of the strangest Guinness World Records, why should that be a problem?

 

Mike Peck, a happily single auto mechanic, is more than content sharing his bachelor pad with piles of laundry, dirty dishes, and a sneaky ferret. But when a half-crazed woman in a bad wig shows up on his doorstep, what's a nice guy to do?

 

Why, invite her in, unknowingly help her in her search for the truth and, in the process, fall head over heels with a woman who's never been less his type.

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Excerpt One:

 

Liv leaped back and slipped between two parked cars, squatting down to hide for a moment until she realized she couldn’t see anything. She duck-walked up a few cars until she could lean down to peek underneath and watch Daisy’s feet to note when she moved on.

 

Utterly focused on the sight before her, she had no warning before the driver’s door beside her swung open, clipping her sharply on the head. She flew backward, sprawling into the street and thumping her skull on the pavement. Tires squealed nearby as a moving car whipped around her flattened body.

 

“What the—?” From a million miles away, a man shouted in surprise. She heard the thump of footsteps but couldn’t seem to open her eyes. “Hey, lady.” A huge, heavy hand shook her shoulder. “Are you okay?”

 

Something warm and wet swiped her face, both reviving and disgusting her. She kept her eyes closed and limply swatted at it. Her hand hit fur. “Ugh.”

 

“Spike, back off.”

 

Spike? What was going on? She gave a low moan and tried again to force her eyelids to obey her will, finally succeeding after a Herculean effort. A tanned face covered in five o’clock shadow and smears of black grease swam in front of her. Next to him, its neck surrounded by a studded black leather collar, sat the biggest brown dog she’d ever seen. The creature had drool suspended from its mouth and it looked as if it had swallowed a sneaker with the laces hanging out. Dear heavens, was that what had licked her?

 

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Review: In following her suspicious instincts and tailing her fiancé with the redhead he was with, Liv (literally) bumps into a good-looking mechanic with a chiseled chest. Liv would’ve enjoyed the sight more if she weren’t a bruised and messy wreck.

Being that this Mike guy was the redhead’s next-door neighbor, perhaps Liv could work out an arrangement: work as a housemaid at his place so she’d be close enough to spy. That would be a great plan if Liv was actually good at cooking and cleaning. She didn’t even know what went into a meat loaf. And the girl practically burns the place down.

This was generally enjoyable with some humorous scenes. I liked the clever wit and sassy tone spread throughout the dialogue and prose. However, there was also a lag in it that slowed the whole story down, making the read feel longer than it should’ve been. The best parts were the quirky, bungling attempts. Liv spends the whole time contemplating whether or not to ditch the fiancé. And meanwhile she gets closer to hunky Mike. Could there only be one love for Liv?

A fairly nice rom-com tale.

 

Rating: 3 stars

 

AUTHOR Bio and Links:

 

Marianne is originally from California but currently living in the lovely state of Utah with her daughter, two dogs, two cats and one adorable foster hamster. She can’t imagine a world without romance or not having stories rattling around in her brain. There are nights when she dreams a complete story and watches it acted out in her head. Those are the times she wakes up and grabs for a notepad to jot down the important parts – without turning on the light – and hopes it’s coherent in the morning. She’s a member of the Romance Writers of America and heavily involved and indebted to her group of writing friends.

 

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