{"id":17746,"date":"2017-02-23T10:45:30","date_gmt":"2017-02-23T16:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=17746"},"modified":"2017-02-20T16:52:13","modified_gmt":"2017-02-20T22:52:13","slug":"wotr-review-dare-to-dream-carolina-beach-book-1-by-ca-harms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=17746","title":{"rendered":"#WOTR #Review – Dare to Dream, Carolina Beach Book #1 by CA Harms"},"content":{"rendered":"

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**Mature Content Warning** Recommended for ages 17+ due to language and sexual content.<\/p>\n

After the sudden death of his wife two years ago, Darren Griffin has finally found peace. He has a good life, good job, two daughters he\u2019d do anything for, and a beautiful home on the beach.
\nGreer Monroe is grieving the loss of her father. It\u2019s the final rung on the broken ladder that\u2019s become her life\u2014crappy job, no friends, and a cheating ex-boyfriend. At the insistence of her aunt, Greer decides to spend some time at her family\u2019s beach house.
\nWhen the glee-filled sound of children\u2019s laughter dances through the breeze, Greer finds herself smiling again. The neighbor girls are carefree, depicting a life Greer has only dreamed about. Husband, children, happiness\u2014a family. And their father, Darren, he\u2019s everything a woman could ever want.
\nBut it is, of course, only a dream.
\nShe can\u2019t stay at Carolina Beach, no matter how much she adores Darren and his daughters. She has responsibilities at home, a mother who needs her. Where there\u2019s love, there\u2019s heartbreak, and she can\u2019t go through that again. And she sure as hell won\u2019t do that to those little girls.
\nBut Darren isn\u2019t letting her go that easily. It\u2019s been so long since he\u2019s felt this way for anyone. Greer is his missing piece, a piece he never thought he\u2019d find.
\nSaying goodbye is hard, but sometimes starting over is even harder.
\nOnly when they dare to dream again, will they ever dare to love.<\/p>\n

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I bought this book.<\/p>\n

So I have had the privileged to meet this amazing author and I have only read one book when she first published.\u00a0 Being a blogger it\u2019s tough to start reading books one they are in the middle of a series so I have let a lot of her books go.\u00a0 When I saw she started a new series, I jumped.\u00a0 But seriously CA, hit me over the head girl for letting you slip so many books past me\u2026.<\/p>\n

So our girl Greer\u2026.worst day EVER!!\u00a0 Her father dies unexpectant and she goes to seek comfort from her boyfriend to find him with one of his many ex conquests.\u00a0 After a few weeks of just walking numbly through life, her mom and aunt tell her to go.\u00a0 Go far far away to the family vacation home to regroup and re-center her life.\u00a0 Figure out what she wants\/needs from life. \u00a0\u00a0The first day in her new reality she sees her dream\u2026..a loving man with his 2 daughters.\u00a0 She can remember her life with her father and then remembers the hurt that she thought she might have that with her ex.<\/p>\n

Darren sees the stranger and is curious about her as are his daughters.\u00a0 They want to know about the pretty princess that lives behind their house.\u00a0 The couple play some stalkery type stuff trying to learn about the other when Darren just kinda calls her out on it and they go out on a date.<\/p>\n

Once the couple begin to date, the chemistry and connection is clear as day.\u00a0 They are both drawn to each other and his daughters love love love Greer as she is as much in love with them.\u00a0 As the book goes on, they know there is a time limit and theybegin to wonder what the other is feeling and what will happen WHEN her time ends at the beach house.<\/p>\n

I liked the story and I loved the girls.\u00a0 I loved the girls talking to Greer\u2019s ex on the phone.\u00a0 That scene cracked me up.\u00a0 I know some people will think this is an insta-love story and in a way it might be but they both have been through the same situation that their quick bond is legit to me at least.\u00a0 Also can I say Greer and Darren\u2019s family scenes\u2026.HILARIOUS!!!!!<\/p>\n

So yeah Smiley, I won\u2019t be letting your books pass me by anymore!!<\/p>\n

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A little about me. Let\u2019s see where to start.
\nI love HEA stories, as long as they come packing a little heat. I need some excitement, some angst, and moments that make me fan my face are always good too. I am an Illinois girl, born and raised. Simple and true, it honestly doesn\u2019t take much to make me happy. I love the little things; they truly mean the most. I may have a slight addiction to my new Keurig\u2014oh my, that thing is a godsend. And so fast too. I have two children who truly are my very best friends, and their faces never fail to put a smile on my face. I have been married to my husband for sixteen years, and even though at times I want to beat him with a stick, I would never change the years we have had. We have learned and fallen, only to pick each other up, dust off the ache, and help each other make it right.
\nI am one of those authors that adore my fans. I love to hear from you. After all, it is because of each one of you that I continue to write. I look forward to your feedback.
\nBe sure to follow me to stay up-to-date on all my upcoming releases.<\/p>\n

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**Mature Content Warning** Recommended for ages 17+ due to language and sexual content. After the sudden death of his wife two years ago, Darren Griffin has finally found peace. He has a good life, good job, two daughters he\u2019d do anything for, and a beautiful home on the beach. Greer Monroe is grieving the loss … Continue reading #WOTR #Review – Dare to Dream, Carolina Beach Book #1 by CA Harms<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paSW8H-4Ce","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17746"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17747,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17746\/revisions\/17747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}