Love You, Mean It

Blushing

By: Laura Pavlov

Narrated by: Erin Mallon, Connor Crais

From USA Today bestselling author Laura Pavlov comes a story about found family and the power of acceptance, all wrapped up in a sizzling romance set in the frozen north.

My new landlord’s a real hard-ass. And I can’t keep my hands off him.

Charlie Huxley’s the best—and grumpiest—general contractor in Blushing, Alaska. He built the venue for the wedding-planning business my bestie and I share. After I accidentally flood my home, he offers me his guesthouse while he handles the repairs. But when he starts to take charge, I feel myself losing control.

Unable to resist, we casually hook up. We both know once will never be enough.

Between us, we carry plenty of baggage. I’ve got the absent father, drunk mother, and estranged sister. He grew up in foster care and is single-handedly raising a daughter whose mom visits just once a year.

But Charlie makes me feel like I belong. And for the first time ever, I picture myself with a real family.

Before I go all in, I need to learn to set some boundaries. Question is: Am I strong enough?

©2025 by Laura Pavlov. (P)2025 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Great Hashtag ❤️🛝🧰💙

This is a beautiful story about a single dad and a wedding planner who is in charge of everyone else’s happy day but never sees one for herself.

Charlie is sweet and protective. Violet is loyal and kind. Even though they both come from rough childhoods. Together, they make a great couple. Even when she’s changing her mind a hundred times while he renovates her home.

His daughter Harper is adorable without being annoying. She and Vi make a great real mom/daughter combo. I love their vows in the epilogue.

As for the narration, Connor Crais was great. I love his voice. I’m not a fan of Erin Mallon. I put it in the fastest speed I can comfortably listen to on her parts, or read them myself.

Overall, worth the listen.

Such a great read!!!

This book was to me perfection! I loved every minute of it!! I didn’t want it to end!! Gah! If I could give it more than five stars I would!!

I found myself laughing through a lot of this story and catching the feels! I felt pretty much every emotion!

I loved all the characters so much! I didn’t want to say goodbye to them! I loved watching Charlie and Violets love story blossom!

I read and listened to this one! I highly recommend doing that! It just got me that much more hooked! The narrators were so good! They brought so much life to this story!

If you’re in the mood for a small town, single dad, enemies to lovers romance look no further!!

Fantastic!

•Trope: Small town, Forced Proximity, Enimies to lovers, Single Dad, Found Family.

• THOUGHTS:
Charlie and Violet were fire! I truly loved them so much! Violet was hilarious, and Charlie matched her step for step! Harper was a joy! I loved that sweet girl. I felt like Harper was the common ground between Charlie and Vi at first. But man! when the match is struck, that Enimies to lovers is a bang! lol. I love each character individually, and how they were same yet different. Both of them love sooo deeply yet are talerrified to let people in. It was excellently written! I love this small town and all the characters in it! Definitely recommend this story

Narrator Thoughts:
•Narrators: Erin Mallon and Connor Crais
•Dual Narration. 1.75x
Oh my gosh! I love when Connor and Erin are paired together. They do the quirky and snarky very well. I was busting up multiple times with the characters antics, but not only thT they being so much emofion Nd heart to these characters. Love you, Meant it is a treat for your ears!

I’m going to miss Blushing, Alaska!

I absolutely ate this book up! I read it via audio (thank you Laura Pavlov & Valentine PR) and I literally could not stop listening to it. I was laughing, kicking my feet, and even got a little teary eyed. One thing is for sure, no one writes a single parent especially a single dad romance quote like Laura Pavlov. When you first meet Charlie you think WOAH this guy is a GRUMP, but he’s really just this big teddy bear who is just so protective of his family and especially his daughter, Harper. Harper was the cutest thing ever. Her love for pink was so so cute! Her instant connection with violet was everything. I’m so glad that with their friendship, Violet helped Harper stand up for herself and not let the mean girl from school get her down. Harper’s mom was HORRIBLE! The little side animals were a great edition.

I truly LOVED my time in Blushing, Alaska and I’m so bummed that the series is over.

4.5/5 stars!!

This was absolutely adorable! Honestly, in my mind, Laura can do no wrong. If she writes it, I’m going to squeal, blush and kick my feet through every single page happily. Laura’s books just make you feel GOOD. They are always full of so much heart and humor, they’ll make you giggle and swoon but also make you feel like no matter which fictional town of hers you’re in? You’re home. Charles and his firefly were exactly that. Book 2 of the Blushing, Alaska series brings us the smoldering, grumpy single dad, the client who’s living in his guest house and his absolutely ADORABLE little girl. If there’s one thing you can count on from Laura, it’s that her kiddo characters are going to steal the show. Harper Huxley did just that. I loved her so much! Violet and Charlie had the most delicious tensioned filled banter and I just loved the way they showed up for each other. The found family trope hit so hard in this one because of both MCs pasts, it made for such a heartfelt, well deserved happy ending for everyone. So so cute. 4.5/5 stars!


*What to expect*

•Small Town
•Single Dad
•Neighbors
•Forced Proximity
•Enemies to Lovers
•Blue collar MMC
•Found Family