Sandra's Book Club: Blog Tour: THE LOVE EQUATION by Meg Benjamin

THE LOVE EQUATION

by Meg Benjamin

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GENRE: Contemporary Romance

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BLURB:

They’re both unlucky in love. Can they find the equation for the perfect mate?

Celine Murphy has had it. Her current boyfriend has broken up with her by text. That makes three boyfriends who’ve turned out to be losers, including one who left for Antarctica. She’s decided to go for an online matchmaking service, but as a mathematician, she wants to minimize her own faulty choices and let an algorithm make the selection.

At the same time, musician Delaney Boone has come to Austin to mentor “the kid,” a popular actor turned musician. He’s also escaping a broken heart from a failed relationship, and he’s hoping Austin will provide some new possibilities. With those new possibilities in mind, he goes for an online dating service.

Fate—or math—matches these two unlikely lovers. But can they overcome their own doubts to accept another chance at romance? Maybe with the help of an unlikely cupid in the form of Celine’s grandfather, The Judge, and the matchmaking skills of some familiar faces in Konigsburg. And an unexpected dose of cedar fever. It’s Texas y’all.

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Excerpt Three:

She turned her gaze to the ceiling, where the sunlight had begun to creep across. She hadn’t really expected Delaney to stay over. At the same time, she hadn’t been upset when he had.

You need to think about this, about what it all means.

She knew she did, but she didn’t really want to think yet. Delaney was still a stranger, at least a bit. She didn’t even know where he was from before Nashville. Where had he gone to school?

Come off it, Celine. Worrying about what college he’d gone to after they’d had a bedroom marathon was ridiculous. Delaney had obviously spent a lot of time learning his craft, and given his profession, that was probably more important than four years in some music school somewhere.

But she still had the feeling he knew more about her than she did about him, and it made her a little uneasy. Was there a reason he was keeping his life story to himself?

“Good morning,” Delaney said, and she jumped, turning to look at him.

“Oh, hi.” She took a breath. “How are you?”

“Me?” His eyes widened slightly. “I’m fine. You?”

“I’m fine.” She reached out to brush back the hair that had fallen across his forehead.

He gave her a slightly crooked smile. “I may want to use your shower.”

“Sure,” she said automatically. “Whatever you want. I can make some coffee.” She tried to remember what she had for breakfast. Except it was more like brunch.

Brunch!

“Oh, God,” she said. “It’s Sunday, isn’t it?”

He nodded, now more wary than amused. “Yeah.”

“I’m supposed to have brunch with the judge,” she blurted.

Delaney stared at her for a long moment. “Is that court ordered? And if so, what did you do to get that sentence?”

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Review: Celine, the mathematician, would find The One by rejecting the first 37% of her matches on a dating site and choosing the one right after it. It was all math, right? Who could go wrong with a love equation like that?

The Love Equation equaled to a musician named Delaney Boone. A mathematician and a musician. Mmm.

Celine was pretty much like a character right out of “The Big Bang Theory”—intelligent, quirky, and unique. Who would’ve thought that the musician would opt for a non-traditional activity such as bat watching? Actually, I’d want to go check out the bats, too.

Even though Celine didn’t really thing Delaney was The One, he did make her mind work and his physical attractiveness wasn’t bad either. Just like the gang on “The Big Bang Theory,” you can’t help but like these oddball characters. What I liked best was that they had a love of the minds. The math and the music lover actually had good conversation and things in common. Celine and Delaney had good chemistry—mentally and physically. You root for these characters all the way.

As they were both clearly falling for each other, Celine and Delaney each ponder and scrutinize the concept of love. What did it mean? How do you know when you find it? These characters eventually had to stop thinking and just feel what was in their hearts.

Witty, smart, and fun! A sweet and unconventional love story.

Rating: 5 stars

AUTHOR Bio and Links:

Meg Benjamin is an award-winning author of romance and cozy mysteries. Meg’s cozy mystery series, Luscious Delights from Wild Rose Press, concerns a jam-making sleuth based in the mythical small town of Shavano, Colorado. Her Konigsburg series is set in the Texas Hill Country and her Salt Box and Brewing Love trilogies are set in the Colorado Rockies (all are available from Entangled Publishing and from Meg’s indie line). Along with romance and cozies, Meg is also the author of the paranormal Ramos Family trilogy from Berkley InterMix and the Folk trilogy from Meg’s indie line. Meg’s books have won numerous awards, including an EPIC Award, a Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award, the Holt Medallion from Virginia Romance Writers, the Beanpot Award from the New England Romance Writers, the Carly Crown Jewel of Books from the Mid-America Romance Authors, and the Award of Excellence from Colorado Romance Writers.

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