Why we’re excited
Levi Bishop is a contractor, a reluctant police chief, a cat owner and a secret thriller writer, and he likes things quiet. Grace Healey moves in next door with her daughters for a fresh start, sets off her own alarm on day one, and brings a past she is working hard to hide.
Lucy Score has a big following for small-town romance, especially Things We Never Got Over and the Knockemout books. This is the third Story Lake novel. Each focuses on a new couple, so it can be read alone, though returning readers get to catch up with the Bishop siblings.
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What to know about Just One More Chapter
Just One More Chapter is Book 3 in the Story Lake series. Start with Book 1, Story of My Life (we have reviewed it). The book just before this one is Mistakes Were Made, also reviewed on The Bookish Elf. We have reviewed 2 of the series so far.
Lucy Score is a familiar name here: 2 of Lucy Score’s books have full reviews, averaging 4.0 out of 5. Our favourite to date is Mistakes Were Made (4★).
From the publisher
Levi Bishop prefers his life orderly and borderline silent. However, between his siblings’ getting him elected as chief of police, his full-time job as a contractor, and his fledgling career as a thriller author his plate is overflowing.
This cat dad doesn’t have time for one more distraction. Which is why he never should have gone next door to investigate the ruckus.
Grace Healey has fond memories of visiting Story Lake as a kid and she’s determined to provide a summer of lakeside memories for her girls. Her emergency fresh start is off to a rocky beginning with a security alarm and the sudden appearance of her new tattooed, shirtless next-door neighbor.
Grace’s baggage is the kind that comes served with family trauma and a side of fight or flight. She really, really needs this next chapter to be a good one. When she lands her dream job at a bookstore and her girls start making friends at summer camp she can almost let herself breathe again.
The only thing complicating things is Levi. Mr. Fix It, Mr. Last-Minute Nanny. Mr. So Attractive He Can’t Be Human. If he knew the truth, she would lose everything and she’s not going to let that happen… even if it means giving up on her small-town dreams.
Description supplied by the publisher.
We haven’t read Just One More Chapter yet. When our review goes up, it will replace this page.
