Touchstone: The World of True North

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· Heart Eyes Press LLC
3.7
3 reviews
Ebook
275
Pages

About this ebook

Sam doesn't think love is in the cards. The cards disagree.

When Phoebe Stevens' life implodes in a spectacularly public fashion, she's desperate to escape Manhattan. So the offer of a job setting up a new Vermont gastropub couldn’t come at a better time. Driving a U-Haul on winding mountain roads is Phoebe's personal version of hell. But when the caretaker of her guesthouse answers the door tousled, shirtless, and baking cinnamon rolls, her first impression of Vermont dramatically improves.

Sam Trembley believes everyone gets one true love, but he’s already blown his chance. He's spent five years avoiding relationships. Now he’s back in Colebury where sunrise tarot draws and forest hikes soothe his soul. But why do the tarot cards keep showing him this nonsense about soulmates? Could it have anything to do with the jaded city girl on his doorstep?

Playing tour guide is fun, but taste-testing her culinary creations as she shimmies her luscious hips around his kitchen is downright irresistible. Soon their chemistry burns hotter than the pub's wood-fired oven.

Has fate brought them together for a summer of love...or a lifetime of happiness?  

Touchstone contains craving-inducing menu planning, a sassy white witch grandma, seismic sexy times, and tarot cards on a mission to prove soulmates are real.

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Touchstone is a stand-alone novel in the Speakeasy series of Sarina Bowen's World of True North! Stop in for craft brew and romance. The drinks aren't the only things shaking it up around here...

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For fans of: Sarina Bowen, True North, Emily Henry, Marie Force, Piper Rayne, Kendall Ryan, Amanda Siegrist, Devney Perry, Carrie Ann Ryan, Rebecca Yarros, Chelle Bliss, Sarah Mayberry, L.B. Dunbar, J.H. Croix, Rebecca Norrine, Lisa Hughey, Erin Wright, BJ Daniels, Kate Pearce, Cora Seton, Vivian Arend, JH Croix, Jennifer Ryan, Diana Palmer, Elle James, Corinne Michaels, Kelly Hunter, Amy Andrews, Lori Wild, Sinclair Jayne, Jeannie Watt, Kristen Callihan, Jane Porter.

Search terms: Busy Bean, True North World, World of True North, forbidden romance, contemporary romance, Vermont romance, Sarina Bowen's World of True North, coffee shop romance.

 

Ratings and reviews

3.7
3 reviews
Lenore Kosinski
June 29, 2021
3.5 stars — This was a pretty cute, light story with a good dose of woo-woo. Normally, I am not a super big fan of woo-woo, but I found that the way it was presented in the book was just as an important aspect of who Sam and his family were…not in a holier than thou way. Can you tell I’ve been burned? *ROFL* So even though there’s lots of crystals and tarot cards and energy and all that good woo, it worked with the book. Sam was kind of adorable. He was kind and sweet and caring, a good beta boy for sure. He definitely had his flaws, but it was satisfying to watch him work through his hangups. Phoebe was also pretty easy to like. She got a bit of a raw deal, but it was kind of great watching her open up and flower in the weirdness of Vermont (their words, not mine). And they were pretty fun together — pretty great chemistry, and ironically their hangups kind of matched without actually matching. I think in the end, while I appreciated the low angst in this book, it was almost a little too low key for me. Saying that, if you’re looking for something light and happy, you’ve come to the right place. Some standout secondary characters in this one — most especially Sam’s Grandma and Aunt Iris…they were hilarious and both sweet and sassy. My favourite, though, was Puck. That kitty was freaking hilarious, and a voyeur. So yeah. I definitely enjoyed it, I think I just was looking for something…more.
Mari Loves Books Blog
June 29, 2021
I am a sucker for tarot cards so throw that in a book and I a goner. Now, the man is the one hooked on them, and I was swooning at Sam. The chemistry is great here and I loved the story itself and how the relationship develops and you can feel the chemistry through the pages.

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