The Setup The Setup
Book 3 - Lake Bittersweet

The Setup

    • 4.8 • 29 Ratings
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Publisher Description

He left without warning in the middle of a Lake Bittersweet winter.
Now he’s back... just in time for the holidays.

For Gina Moretti, the holidays are bittersweet thanks to a history of romantic disasters. This holiday season, her friends are taking the reins and are setting her up. Little did she know the whole town would get into the act, but that’s Lake Bittersweet for you. When a date goes sideways, she’s shocked to be rescued by the one-and-only Kirk Williams–her brother’s best friend, who left town long ago and is now a celebrity hero.

Kirk is back in Lake Bittersweet for some peace and quiet, but once he sees Gina, that’s out of the question. His best friend’s tomboy little sister is now a gorgeous woman with secrets of her own. When she asks him for help tracking down someone from her past, he jumps at the chance to win her trust. As for resisting their intense attraction…he might be famous for his heroic rescues, but he’s not that strong.

Can Kirk and Gina banish the ghosts of holidays past and claim the future of their dreams …while dealing with family revelations, obsessed fans, and the endless parade of holiday setups?

GENRE
Romance
RELEASED
2022
December 27
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
327
Pages
PUBLISHER
Jennifer Bernard
SELLER
Jennifer A. Bernard
SIZE
12.8
MB

Customer Reviews

penny42058 ,

Fantastic story

This is now my absolute favorite book by Jennifer Bernard. Gina is such a fun, feisty character and I absolutely adored her. Everyone is trying to set her up, but they’re not doing so good, lol. Kirk returns to town to recuperate and Gina starts having romantic thoughts of him. Will he stay or will he leave in the end? No spoilers, but if you enjoy a great story with a mystery element, you’ll love this book. I can’t wait to see what this author has for us next.

Wyrdfan ,

A complete delight

Four and a half stars

The Setup is the third in Jennifer Bernard’s Lake Bittersweet series, and is magnificent.

Gina Moretti is the only daughter in a big Italian family with lots of brothers. She’s always known how to keep up, how to fend for herself while managing not to be smothered under their loving care. And Kirk Williams is almost like another one of those siblings. Always a part of the landscape until he returns to Lake Bittersweet years later and it’s quite clear to them both that they’re not in the least related, nor do they want to be…. Except in the most important of ways…

Jennifer Bernard’s writing is warm and buoyant, and Lake Bittersweet and its residents are brought vividly to life. She also writes Gina and Kirk and their challenges gently and kindly, giving them space to sort themselves out, and their friends and families room to both lovingly interfere as well as acknowledge them as capable of making the best choices for themselves.

This series is a delight.

hnobbs ,

Wonderful series

Another wonderful trip to Lake Bittersweet. I loved both Gina and Kirk, they were great as friends and even better as a couple. Watching them fall for each other after knowing one another back when they were younger was so fun. Also watching both of them try to work through traumas they both suffered (separately) as children and teenagers and become the great people they are, individually and as a couple. What I loved is that they both worked through their traumas together but they did it on their own. And it made them appreciative of one another.
And I can not wait for Bliss and Grainger’s story next!

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