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Sandpiper Shore by Debbie Mason [arc review] - 3 stars

Sandpiper Shore, Debbie Mason
This was cute. Not the kind of book that will evoke big emotions. It won't leave you in tears or get you laughing aloud, but it was a sweet pleasurable read.

Synopsis: 

Jenna Bell loves her job as a wedding planner and loves a happy ever after even more. Until the day she meets with her newest client and discovers that the bride's fiancé is the man she's had a crush on for years. But she knows the #1 work rule: Never fall in love with the groom.

Secret Service Agent Logan Gallagher arrives at Tie the Knot to make plans with his bride-to-be. But coming face to face with Jenna after all these years brings back feelings that he's fought long and hard to forget. Does his attraction to Jenna mean that he's about to make the biggest mistake of his life?

This is meant to be the 6th book in the Harmony Harbor series but you really can read it as a stand alone.
The story has a Cinderella feel to it. Evil stepmother, troublesome step sisters, a father who died and left everything to the mother, a glass slipper, etc. I love fairy-tale retellings so I enjoyed that side of the story. 
Where I had an issue is when Cinderella retelling turned ghost story. That was unnecessary. For a while there I was really confused and thought that perhaps I miss-read something (I myself read this as a stand alone, so there is a chance this makes more sense if you have read the other books).

Jenna was sweet. Strong believer in true love and in finding your perfect match. The first scenes with her were humorous. Her fiance dumps her for her stepmother and she, like most woman in that situation, goes and gets wasted. But than not like most woman would, she goes and have sex on the beach with hottie Logan Gallagher.
Logan's character than disappears from the picture, goes back to work protecting a princess. He gets engaged to the princess and comes home after an accident to get married at the family home.   
The main characters were all nice. As were the secondary characters. But perhaps a little forgettable? I mean... I don't really remember most details on them already...

Release Date: June 26th, 2018
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