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  • Hopeful Romantic

  • Spruce Texas Romance, Book 7
  • By: Daryl Banner
  • Narrated by: Daryl Banner
  • Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (93 ratings)

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Hopeful Romantic

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Publisher's summary

This holiday, two of Texas's most beloved sweethearts are finally gettin' hitched. Everyone in the small town of Spruce is overjoyed as the winter wedding kicks off.

Everyone except Malcolm Tucci.

Forced to attend the festivities with his father catering the event,
the stone-hearted, grudge-carrying, holiday-hating Malcolm
is brought face-to-face with Bobby, the soccer boy groom he could've had, and Jimmy, the dancer who stole him away.

What he didn't count on was having his feet swept out from under him
by the rugged, pretty-eyed, and insufferably cocky Samuel.

Is it too late for Malcolm to believe in romance again?
Or is this holiday wedding about to get crashed?

M/M opposites attract
Holiday rom-com
Small-town
Have you heard all the books in the Spruce Texas series?
Football Sundae
Born Again Sinner
Heteroflexible
Wrangled
Rebel At Spruce High
Summer Sweat
Hopeful Romantic


What about the Texas Beach Town spin-off series?
In Too Deep
Crusher

©2022 Daryl Banner (P)2023 Daryl Banner

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Malcolm is SOOO annoying LOL

I love all the Spruce romance novels and Daryl does such a GREAT job bringing the characters to life.

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Another great story!!!

Absolutely loved this book just like all the rest of the Spruce Texas Romance books. I think my favorite think about listening to this one is that Daryl narrated it!

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Love the series

I loved this series I hope that there are more to come. I can’t wait I have listened to them twice already

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Not as romantic as the other six books

Malcom was kinda creepy obsessing over Bobby, when they only had one date. also I thought Malcom was kinda mean even when he was supposed to be nice

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Not up to par

I usually love the spruce Texas series. The writing was ok, but not up to the usual excellence. Daryl Banner is a good author but perhaps should continue hiring professional narrators for his books.

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Outstanding

Outstanding story and performance. Another Spruce masterpiece. Keeps with the Spruce spirit, awesomeness, and romance.

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Keep it up Daryl

I honestly think this whole series should be made into a movie series or a TV show. With the extra bit of Daryl being the narrator....makes this one book more special. 5 stars

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Funny but heartfelt

Malcolm reminded me of Lance especially with the 1 person POV but Malcolm felt much more unseen by the world and lonely. It was another great story. Hope to hear more from Spruce.

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Seemed rushed

Love me some Spruce Tx stories by DB,,,,,,, this story did not feel as well developed, written as the others. Felt like a rushed last book of a series

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Never disappoints!

I have yet to read a book by Daryl Banner that doesn’t hit the spot. This series easily became my favorite and from start to finish, it doesn’t disappoint. From the erotic love scenes to the ability he had to express emotions in his characters, the series is simply beautiful. I just wish there were more books in the series!

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