Everyday Magic by Emily Albright Published by Merit Press on 12/2/16
Genres: New Adult, Contemporary
Pages: 336
Source: Blog Tour
My content rating: YA/NA (Character is in college, but there is no sex and this book is perfectly appropriate for YA)
For once, Maggie McKendrick just wants to control her own life. Her overbearing Hollywood director father has it all planned out for her: UCLA, law school, then working as an entertainment lawyer, preferably for him. But Maggie has other, more creative-spirit friendly, plans. Namely, Thrippletons School of Fashion and Design in England, and then onto becoming a designer, preferably a wildly successful one. The big snag in her plan? Getting it past her dad.
A movie shoot takes the family to the Scottish Highlands for the summer, and closer to Maggie’s dream school. While there, she runs into the charming Preston Browne. Maggie is intrigued and decides to bend her no guys rule—instituted after her ex used her to get close to her dad. Forced to keep secrets from Preston in order to protect the future plans she’s made, Maggie finds herself falling for the tall Brit. And for once in her life she knows that he’s interested in her, not her Hollywood connections. When Maggie's father blackmails her into dating his lead actor, she isn’t left with a choice. The biggest problem isn’t having to date hunky, mega-hottie, Ben Chambers. No, it’s praying she doesn’t lose Preston in the process.
Excelling at her dream school, Maggie’s personal life is a tangled mess. She needs to decide if living a lie is worth losing Preston or chance going against her father and facing his wrath. When the tabloids expose the truth of her fake relationship with Ben, Maggie's world is thrown into a tailspin. Ultimately, Maggie must find the courage to take risks and forge ahead on her own path.
I read and reviewed the first book in this series of standalones (The Heir and the Spare) back in January. This second book in the unnamed series can definitely be read without ever having read the first, but if you’ve read The Heir and the Spare, you’ll have a chance to hang out with old friends!
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About the Author:
Emily Albright’s debut novel, THE HEIR AND THE SPARE, is releasing January 18, 2016 from Merit Press.She’s a writer, a major bookworm, a lover of romantic movies, a wife, a mother, an owner of one adorable (yet slightly insane) cockapoo, and uses way too many :).
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Click on the picture to read my review of the first book in this series of standalones!
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This book was already on my TBR after reading The Heir and the Spare
I didn’t realize there was going to be a sequel – though I haven’t read the first. Thanks for sharing!
-Lauren
I actually have seen this book around and saw a lot of reviews but I didn’t know it was a sequel to that book! Maybe because the covers are so incredibly different, I never put the two and two together xD