Blog Tour: Make Me Yours: Melanie Harlow
Make Me Yours
Melanie Harlow
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Add to Goodreads Release Date November 23, 2020
He’s my brother’s best friend.
The hot single dad next door.
And one accidental sext later, my massive crush on him is no longer a secret.
It’s my own damn fault. I’m thirty years old, for heaven’s sake. I’m a kindergarten teacher and a (reasonably) responsible adult. I should know better than to get tipsy and draft a fake text listing all the dirty things I wish Officer Cole Mitchell would do to me.
I wasn’t supposed to hit send.
He wasn’t supposed to see it.
And he definitely wasn’t supposed to text back telling me to go on . . .
Because after that, things escalate quickly.
Cole is everything I’ve ever wanted. He’s sexy and protective. A devoted father to his little girl. A dedicated cop the whole town adores. The kind of guy you can trust to keep his hands to himself, even when you’re desperately hoping he won’t.
I’m not the girl he thought he’d end up with, but after all this time, I might finally get the chance to say the words I’ve always dreamed of . . . make me yours.
Cole Mitchell is a widower and single dad, cop, and general good guy. He is charming, protective, dependable, and appears to have it all together. He has focused only on raising his daughter and not having any relationships. Cheyenne is the girl next door (literally) and his best friend's little sister.
Cheyenne Dempsey has been in love with Cole since she was twelve years old but never told him. She never found anyone else to compare and had to watch him find love and then lose her. But they have still been friends and neighbors. She is a sweet, sassy kindergarten teacher and totally loves his daughter too.
When friendship leads to some flirting and more difficulty hiding their attraction, one little technical mistake adds fuel to the fire. Soon things are heating up and feelings are being shared. I loved Cheyenne and Cole together. They are totally adorable and have hot chemistry. But Cole is a man with responsibilites who has lived through a terrible loss. And Cheyenne still cannot believe she might be finally getting all she ever wanted. And they have a young girl, meddling moms, and a whole group of friends involved. Is it all too good to be true or is there something to be worried about?
This is a quieter, sweet, but passionate friends-to-lovers, best-friends-little-sister, single dad, second-chance romance. It also digs deeper into some emotional topics. The reality of anxiety, fear, grieving, and loss is handled realistically and is not always easy. Things are not magically all perfect despite wanting them to be. Sure I wanted to shake sense into the characters at times, but felt like it was handled in an honest way. It will all come down to trust and either letting fear or love ultimately win. It made me frustrated and hurt for them at times, but it also brought the smiles, laughs, sexy times, and swoon.
This is a quieter, sweet, but passionate friends-to-lovers, best-friends-little-sister, single dad, second-chance romance. It also digs deeper into some emotional topics. The reality of anxiety, fear, grieving, and loss is handled realistically and is not always easy. Things are not magically all perfect despite wanting them to be. Sure I wanted to shake sense into the characters at times, but felt like it was handled in an honest way. It will all come down to trust and either letting fear or love ultimately win. It made me frustrated and hurt for them at times, but it also brought the smiles, laughs, sexy times, and swoon.
We also get to hang out with her brother and his friend, Griffin and Blair, and their friends, Enzo and Beckett from Drive Me Wild. I enjoyed getting more with them all, seeing some other cameos, and uncovering a bit more about possible future storylines with Enzo and Beckett. I really enjoy this small town series and this wonderful and fun group of friends.
And can we just take a moment to drool over how hot the covers for this series are? Oh my, Cole's eyes! They make them good looking in Bellamy Creek!
Darlene spoke up. “My mother passed them down to me, and I want to make sure they’re in good condition so I can leave them to Cheyenne when she gets married.” Then she crossed herself and closed her eyes, her lips moving in a quick, silent prayer.
Cheyenne ignored her mother and addressed Mariah again. “My brother and I always had to wash and dry the wedding china on holidays before we went to bed. It took forever.”
“I’d stay and help you, sis, but I have to get Blair home. Sorry.” Griffin gave her a grin that said he wasn’t the least bit sorry, and Cheyenne stuck her tongue out at him.
“Cole, why don’t you stay and give Cheyenne a hand?” My mother suggested, wrapping her scarf around her neck.
“That’s a great idea,” Darlene said brightly. Then she sort of bent over and rubbed one hip, her expression agonized. “I’d help her myself but I’ve been on my feet a lot today and the doctor said that isn’t good for my joints.”
“You should just get to bed, Darlene,”my mother said, shepherding Mariah toward the front door. “Cole will be more than happy to stay and help Cheyenne.”
“Oh, that’s okay.” Cheyenne smiled at me and shook her head. “I can handle them.”
But Darlene beamed at me, reaching over and snatching my coat out of my hands. “That’s so nice of you, Cole. I’ll just hang this in the front closet.” Before she left the room, she and my mother exchanged a look that had me wondering if the whole helping-with-the-dishes thing had been a set-up.
Either way, ten minutes later Cheyenne and I were pushing up our sleeves in the kitchen, the house dark and silent except for the running faucet and the hum of the dishwasher.
“I’ll wash, you dry?” she asked, adding dish soap to the side of the sink she’d plugged and lined with a towel.
“Sure.”
She took a plate from the stack to her left and placed it in the warm soapy water. “Oh! I almost forgot.” Slipping her rings and bracelets off, she set them on the windowsill above the sink. “So I don’t scratch anything,” she explained.
“Oh.” I glanced down at my wedding ring. “It’s okay,” she said quickly. “You don’t have to take it off.”
“It’s fine,” I said, working it off my finger and placing it on the sill next to her jewelry. For some reason, I felt compelled to explain why I still wore it all the time. “Mariah once told me she likes when I wear it, so . . .”
“I think it’s nice, ”she said. “I like a guy who wears his ring. It says something about him, you know?”
I nodded, my attraction to her growing even stronger. “Still, we’d better be careful with these dishes.”
“Damn right, we’d better,” she deadpanned. “This is my fucking wedding china, Cole. If we even look at it wrong, I might end up a spinster.” She laughed as she gently scrubbed the plate with a cloth. “My God. Is she not totally ridiculous?”
“She’s pretty bad,” I agreed, taking the plate from her and carefully drying it with the soft clean towel she’d given me. “But mine wasn’t much better tonight. Did you have the feeling something was up between them as we were saying goodnight?”
“Yes,” she said. “And it’s probably my fault because I made the mistake of telling my mom you bought me dinner last night. In her mind, I believe we are now betrothed.”
I laughed. “That’s all it takes, huh?”
“Apparently. Tomorrow I’ll be pregnant because we washed dishes together after dark.”
“Wow. Guess I should have worn the rubber gloves.”
When Blair Beaufort literally crashes into Bellamy Creek wearing a ball gown and a tiara, I should have towed her car, said goodnight, and sent her packing.
I’m a mechanic, not a hotel manager. I've got enough on my plate trying to keep my shop from going under, my overbearing mother off my back, and my baseball team in contention for the league championship. I don’t have time for a former debutante with zero street smarts and a cash flow problem, even if she is crazy beautiful.
Problem is, she’s stranded in my small town, and I’m hiding a protective streak underneath my broody exterior that runs deep. So I offer her a place to stay and keep my hands to myself.
For exactly one night.
If only she weren't so gorgeous. So funny. So eager to please. She’s a disaster behind the wheel, but she drives me wild without even trying--at work, at home, in the back of my truck . . . I can’t get enough of the way she makes me feel.
But I know better than to think it can last. She wants a fairy tale, and I’m no prince.
So when it comes time for her to leave, there’s nothing I can do but let her go.
No matter how much it hurts to say goodbye.
Melanie Harlow
USA Today bestselling author Melanie Harlow likes her martinis dry, her heels high, and her history with the naughty bits left in. When she's not writing or reading, she gets her kicks from TV series like Schitt’s Creek, Homeland, and Fleabag. She occasionally runs three miles, but only so she can have more gin and steak.
Melanie is the author of the CLOVERLEIGH FARMS series, the ONE & ONLY series, AFTER WE FALL series, the HAPPY CRAZY LOVE series, the FRENCHED series, and the sexy historical SPEAK EASY duet, set in the 1920s. She lifts her glass to romance readers and writers from her home near Detroit, MI, where she lives with her husband, two daughters, and pet rabbit.
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