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Love by Design (The Meraki Series) Paperback – March 22, 2021

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Mia Andarakis just landed her dream job at a luxury magazine. And even better, her boss is the handsome and enigmatic Nicholas Aristedis, a man she has crushed on from afar. But Nicholas isn’t who she imagined. Irascible and mercurial, his instant dislike for Mia makes it almost impossible for her to work with him.Nicholas has faced many losses and heartaches in his thirty-two years. Determined to avoid heartbreak, he has closed his heart to love. But Mia awakens feelings in him he had long since denied. And soon he discovers their connection is deeper than he realized.Mia and Nicholas embark on an adventure across picturesque locations as they launch a new publication and uncover the mystery behind her grandfather’s disappearance. But perhaps the greatest challenge is in learning to set aside their insecurities and fears. Can the two forget the traumas of their past? And will they ever learn to trust in the possibility of love? Find out in the second novel of The Meraki Series.
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Effie Kammenou (March 22, 2021)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 337 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0578835355
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0578835358
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.76 x 9 inches
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Effie Kammenou believes it's never too late to chase your dreams, follow your heart, or change your career. She is proof of that. At one time, long ago, she'd hoped that by her age, she would have had an Oscar in her hand after a successful career as an actor. But instead, she worked in the optical field for forty years while raising her two daughters.

In 2015, three years after her mother died from pancreatic cancer, she published her debut novel, Evanthia's Gift, the first book in a women's fiction, multigenerational love story, and family saga, inspired by her mother and her Greek heritage. Kammenou continued to pick her father's brain for stories of his family's life in Lesvos, Greece, and their journey to America until his recent death in November 2022 at 100. Her interview with him was published in the nationally circulated magazine Reminisce.

Evanthia's Gift: Book One in The Gift Saga was a 2016 finalist in the Readers Favorite Book Awards. Book two, Waiting for Aegina, was awarded finalist status in the 2019 International Book Awards. Chasing Petalouthes, the last book in the trilogy, also placed in the Readers Favorite Book Awards for the 2018 contest.

Kammenou's latest project is The Meraki Series. Love is What You Bake of it, Love by Design, and Love is Worth Fighting for are available. Book four: Love in Plain Sight, will finish the series. Each book focuses on a sibling and their quest for love and professional success despite their sometimes stifling and meddling family. But it would only be a Kammenou novel with delving into the past or references to mouth-watering foods. A mystery shadowed by a historical event in Greek history is slowly uncovered throughout the series.

As a bonus, each book contains traditional Greek recipes; many passed down from her Athenian mother.

Effie Kammenou is a first-generation Greek-American who lives on Long Island. When she's not writing or posting recipes on her food blog, aptly named Cheffie's Kitchen, you can find her entertaining family and friends or traveling for 'research.' She recently returned to her roots by occasionally working as a background actor in film and television productions.

She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Theater Arts from Hofstra University.

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Excellent follow up to book 1 and a great series
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Excellent follow up to book 1 and a great series
Oh man, this book is even better than the first!Love By Design is book 2 in the Meraki Sister Series and in this installment we learn more about Mia Andarakas, who finally lands her dream job at a luxury magazine. When she gets transferred and promoted to a new department where she becomes the Associate Art director working directly under her secret crush Nicholas Aristedis, she feels like she is in over her head. When Mia and Nicholas meet for the first time, things don’t go so well, and it appears the both of them bring the worst out of each other and they just can not work together at all. As they both struggle to attempt to make their work relationship manageable, they find out that they have a much deeper connection than expected and their true feelings towards each other start to break through. Nicholas has been hurt before and has given up on love, but will Mia be the one to change his luck?While traveling all over the world to work on the magazine, the pair end up in Greece and while there, they unearth more about the unexplained disappearance of Mia’s grandfather that happened years ago. Will Mia’s Yiayia be a able to deal with the truth?Just when you think Effie Kammenou couldn’t top the relationship with Kally and Max in book 1 of this series, she unleashes book 2 and gives us Mia and Nicholas. The love - hate relationship between these two is so sultry and sizzling, you can’t help but tear through the pages. It’s clear this couple is perfect for each other. We still have interaction with the beloved Andarakas family, catch up with Max, Kally, Yiayia and everyone else, as well as meet Nicholas’s family. Carrying through from Book 1 we continue the sub-story for the search for Kally and Mia’s missing grandfather and it is a welcome addition to the overall tale. I have a strong feeling we will be getting a Book 3, as Kammenou ends this one with the start of Krystina Andarakas story (the youngest sister) and if she continues that adventure anything like the first 2, we are in for one hell of a treat. Absolutely loved this read. These books can be read as stand alones, but I seriously recommend reading the first book before this one, it just makes book 2 so much better.  Highly recommend this series.
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Rachel Moss
5.0 out of 5 stars A great read!
Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2021
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Love By Design (Book Two in the Meraki Series) by Effie Kammenou was a great read! I feel like this series can be read as a standalone, as I enjoyed it that way. This book was very interesting, and kept me interested and enthralled from the first page. I really enjoyed the first book in this series when I read it, and I'm very happy to say this book was just as good if not better than the first. I also loved all the destination stuff that was involved throughout this novel. It added another element to this story that made it even better. I can't wait to read the next book in this series!
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Richamilton
4.0 out of 5 stars Great Romance
Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2021
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I was so excited to be able to revisit the Andarakis family once again in the new book Love By Design by Effie Kammenou, which is the second book in the Meraki Series.

Love By Design is all about Mia, the sister of Kally who was in the first book Love Is What You Bake Of It. Mia the middle sister has just landed her dream job with the new luxury travel magazine Opul as the Associated Art Director. When she meets her new boss Nicholas Aristedis for the first time, sparks fly, but they are not the type either expected, they seem to bring out the worse in each other each time they have to be around the other.

Enemies to Lovers is one of my favorite tropes and Kammenou writes it so well. The tension between Mia and Nicholas is great, you will find yourself cringing along with Mia as Nicholas comes off short with Mia about things she is doing. However, the pair are thrown together thanks to Penelope, Nicholas’s sister who with him owns and runs the magazine. She sends them on a trip to Greece, the first location that the magazine is featuring, to scope out the places they are focusing on.

Just like Kally’s story Love by Design is a quick read, mostly because once you start reading, you won't want to stop. The characters are real and heartwarming. They struggle, they love, and they hurt. The Andarakis family, which is a major secondary character in itself, especially YiaYia the grandmother that lives with the family. The sub-story of her and her long-missing husband Panos is absolutely one of my favorites and could stand on its own as a book. I love the way that Effie has worked it in the books, teasing us with a little bit more info in Love By Design.

We also meet Nicholas’s family, which only includes his sister Penelope, who is so likable, especially the way she shows her concern and love for her little brother Nicholas. I found their grandfather Pavlos hard to warm up to, but I also felt he was written as he should have been, a real man with real concerns about his grandson.

I really enjoyed both the main characters, Mia and Nicholas. Mia is strong, but she is also sensitive and sometimes wears her heart on her sleeve. Nicolas is a troubled sort and there were times I wanted to scream at him for his unwillingness to admit his feelings, yet moments later my heart broke for him. I was especially surprised by the sweet little twist that Effie puts into Mia and Nicholas’s relationship, it is one of my favorite moments in the book and definitely sweet and swoon-worthy.

I can not say it enough, Effie Kammenous's writing is spectacular. She Makes you a part of this big loving and lively Greek family. I know that there is a third book that features the youngest sister Krystina and I hope Loukas. I won’t lie however, I am looking forward to learning the truth about what happened to Panos. And if I am honest I wouldn’t be opposed to a fourth book that deals with brother Theo. It would be great to read about a lead male character and I know Effie would do it justice.

If you love romance, learning about other cultures, and maybe a bit of mystery, I highly recommend Love By Design, and while you can read it as a stand-alone, you’d be missing so much of the families dynamics by not reading Love Is What You Bake Of It before it!
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Deb H
5.0 out of 5 stars A light and breezy romance
Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2021
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Effie Kammenou writes with heart. Her characters have soul and come alive. There is conflict with resolution. There are recipes to make you drool. There are those love scenes that tickle your senses. There is nothing not to love. This is the second in the Meraki series and I am seriously hoping for a third. If you haven't read Love is What You Make of it, I highly recommend book 1 as a great jumping off point before you step into your next 5 star read.
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Julie
5.0 out of 5 stars Effie knocked this one out of the park!
Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2022
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Couldn't put it down!! Loved the characters! You definitely feel the tension between them! Great job and I look forward to the next one!
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Nemeseos
5.0 out of 5 stars Another great romance........
Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2021
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from Effie Kammenou. Mia and Nicholas, both driven by their passion for their work, eventually finding their passion for each other, sharing a connection from a chance meeting years before. They overcome personal tragedy in their need to succeed. Effie has done it again! Can’t wait for the next one!
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Larry Hoffer
4.0 out of 5 stars You have to trust your heart to be able to move on...
Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2021
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As we learn in Effie Kammenou's Love by Design, sometimes the biggest obstacle to happiness is our fear of being hurt.

Effie Kammenou returns with Book 2 of her Meraki series featuring the Andarakis sisters. Once again she brings us romance and drama and a little steam, as well as some beautiful imagery and some fantastic-sounding recipes!!

Mia has been dreaming of ultimately becoming creative director for a magazine. When she is tapped to work on Opul, a new luxury magazine, she’s so excited to be a step closer to her professional goal, and she’s more excited when she learns she’ll be working directly for Nick Aristedis, the handsome man she’s been swooning over from afar.

But her excitement is quickly dashed when every encounter with her new boss ends with them fighting with each other. He doesn’t seem to respect her talent or want to work with her, and why is it that everything he says and does seems to rub her the wrong way? (Well, we all know the answer to that even if they don't!)

Although it seems this working relationship is doomed, they keep trying, and little by little Nick not only realizes how talented Mia is, but he also can’t deny his feelings for her. And for Mia, the last thing she needs is a relationship with her boss, but she feels an unbelievable connection with Nick...until the next time he says or does something to drive her away.

What is causing Nick to act this way toward Mia? Should she try and see if there’s a possibility for a relationship with him or should she just keep things professional? Both have secrets they’ve kept tightly guarded, causing them to be more afraid of moving forward than ever before.

"Tragically, people die. Lovers break up, sometimes shattering our hearts. But when the right person comes along, they not only glue those shards back together, they also penetrate your soul in a way no one else can."

It’s great to be back amongst the Andarakis family again after reading Love Is What You Bake of It. I enjoy all of the characters and their relationships so much, and I liked getting more insight into a familial mystery that was touched on in the first book. I'm definitely looking forward to Book 3!

Kate Rock Book Tours and Effie Kammenou invited me on the tour and provided me with a complimentary copy of Love by Design in exchange for an unbiased review. Thanks so much!!
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Michele
5.0 out of 5 stars Opening yourself up to love
Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2021
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An excellent story full of emotion and depth . Destiny or coincidence? Mia and Nicholas are a great couple. The second book in the series as great as the first. 5 Stars and I recommend this book to everyone
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leann gallagher
5.0 out of 5 stars Lovely heartfelt read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 5, 2022
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I really enjoyed this book. I gad a smile on my face the majority of the book. I loved Mias character and how hard working she is. I was so happy when she got to go to Athens and travel Greece.

The series is so good and I feel like part of the family and what a hoot that Christmas would have been
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Mrs R
4.0 out of 5 stars Really interesting story, not just a romance
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 10, 2021
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This is book 2 in the series but is standalone. I haven't read book 1 and didn't feel like I was missing out on any of the story.
Mia has just got her dream promotion at a brand new magazine, working directly with company boss, Nicholas. However, they just seem to rub each other the wrong way and just can't get on without bickering. Both do have an attraction to each other.
This book isn't just about Mia and Nicholas though, many other characters are woven into the story, but it's done so well that you can keep track of who everyone is and the part they play. The extended family certainly brought some humour into the book. Delving into the history of Mia's grandma was interesting and also heartbreaking.
As Mia and Nicholas try to work together, they find that they have many things in common, and would be perfect for each other if they could just get past their issues. Both had been hurt in the past and were reluctant to try again. It was refreshing to see that it's not just women who have relationship hang-ups, men do too. It was extremely frustrating to see Mia, a grown woman, constantly abandon situations rather than actually talk to people, it certainly made for a lot of arguments that could have been resolved quickly had she just stayed and talked.
Overall, an interesting story.
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