#Resort Love (Lakeview Harbor 1) by Samantha Chase-review tour
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date September 9, 2025
He’s the reason she’ll never accomplish her biggest goal.
If only he wasn’t also pure temptation and impossible to resist.
Walker Bradshaw has a vision for the Lakeview Harbor Resort—bring his grandparents’ old property back to life and make it bigger, better and more luxurious than ever before, all with the help of his best friends. He just needs one night for himself before diving headfirst into the project. A chance encounter with a beautiful stranger that leads to a night of pure bliss is just what he wanted. Only he’s surprised to discover the beautiful stranger who disappeared before the sun came up is none other than the pushy real estate agent who’s been trying to get his grandparents to sell the resort for years.
Harlow St. James is nothing if not a passionate person—just ask her about the wild night of passion she spent with a handsome stranger. And when it comes to her career, that passion is matched only by her determination. When she learns there might be a new owner at the Lakeview Harbor Resort, she’s ready to march up there and convince them to finally let her list and sell the resort. But those plans all go sideways when she discovers the new owner is none other than her one-night stand.
There’s no way Walker is selling the resort and there’s no way Harlow is going to let him turn the rustic lake resort into a luxurious retreat. One argument leads to another until their explosive chemistry makes them fall into bed together again. And again. Agree to disagree becomes their motto, but when the tables turn and Harlow becomes the obstacle standing in Walker’s way, he has to wonder if she’s been planning her payback all along.
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REVIEW:#RESORT LOVE is the first instalment in Samantha Chase’s contemporary, adult LAKEVIEW HARBOR romance series focusing on a group of friends who own and work Lakeview Harbor Resort. This is Walker Bradshaw, and real estate agent Harlow St. James’ story line.
Told from dual omniscient third person perspectives (Walker and Harlow) #RESORT LOVE follows in the wake of the return of Walker Bradshaw to Lakeview Harbor, and the family owned Lakeview Harbor Inn, which has sat in disrepair for several years. Along with his friends Axel, Connor, Milo, Slater, Jayce, and Kelsey, Walker Bradshaw has reinvested in his grandparents Lakeview Harbor Resort, in the hopes of reestablishing to its’ former glory but Walker has bigger plans for the property. Meanwhile, local realtor Harlow St. James is hoping to find a buyer for the apparently abandoned property but the owners refuse to budge, and Harlow is completely unaware of the owner’s plans for the future. A one-night stand ends with our couple discovering the truth about one another, and in the ensuing weeks, miscommunication and misunderstanding lead to the fall-out of their growing love.
The world building follows in the wake of the arrival of Walker and his investor friends, as they begins repairs and renovations of the Lakeview Harbor Resort but not everyone is happy with the direction of the rebuild, and the intentions of Walker Bradshaw, and in this, our hero become persona non grata to our story line heroine.
The relationship between Walker and Harlow begins as a one-night stand that quickly begins to spiral in the face of secrets revealed but Walker is hoping to for something more until a perceived betrayal threatens any future between our story line couple. There are no $ex scenes, everything is implied.
We are introduced to Harlow’s boss Charlene; Walker’s grandmother Peggy Bradshaw, as well as Walkers’ friends aka investors: Axel, Connor, Mil, Slater, Jayce and Kelsey.
#RESORT LOVE is a story of family and friendships, secrets and perceived betrayal, relationships and love. The character driven premise is captivating; the romance is seductive; the characters are desperate and dynamic.
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Reviewed by Sandy
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Samantha Chase is a New York Times and USA Today bestseller of contemporary romance that’s hotter than sweet, sweeter than hot. She released her debut novel in 2011 and currently has more than seventy titles under her belt – including THE CHRISTMAS COTTAGE which was a Hallmark Christmas movie in 2017! She’s a Disney enthusiast who still happily listens to 80’s rock. When she’s not working on a new story, she spends her time reading romances, playing way too many games of Solitaire on Facebook, wearing a tiara while playing with her sassy pug Maylene…oh, and spending time with her husband of 30 years and their two sons in Wake Forest, North Carolina.
