Heart And Soul: A Small Town Fake Relationship Romance (Angel Sands Book 8)

A great storyline. I love this series and this book was great, Meghan a single mother moves into her new apartment at last with her daughter and meets her neighbour, an A & E doctor. A lot of angst with her parents and Dr Hottie’s stalker who causes lots of trouble between them. Well worth the read, but not happy to wait until next year for the next book in the series.

Another great addition to the Angel Sands stories. A great readCouldn't put it down. Carrie always delivers a great read. Done it again.

I so enjoyed this story and would thoroughly recommend it.

Romantic and dramatic in equal measures.Fantastic characters brilliantly written. This book just flowed so well from start to finish

I literally couldn’t put it down from start to finish!This has been my favourite series of Carrie’s but can’t wait to see what’s next xx

Ideal light reading for night shift

I received an ARC of this book and this is my voluntarily, honest review of it.Although this story ‘Heart and soul’ is the 8th book in the ‘Angel Sands’ series, it can read perfectly be as a standalone. The main characters are new characters so you don’t miss anything if you haven’t read the previous stories first. If you have read the previous books in this series, you will be happy to know that you see some familiar faces in this book too.Meghan Hart is a single mother of an eight year old girl and the proud owner of the Angel Ice Cream parlor. Meghan was young when she got pregnant with her daughter Isla but she has worked hard to build a good life for her and her daughter. And with the help of her grandmother, she made her dream come true, to be an owner of her own business. She has everything she ever wanted and she is very happy with her life but then she meets her new neighbor Rich when she moves into her new apartment and slowly a new dream arises in her heart, could she find love too?There is a reason why his patients, colleagues and neighbors call him ‘Hot Doc’ but doctor Richard (Rich) Martin is much more than a very handsome and sexy doctor. He’s also hardworking, patient, kind and a very good doctor too. One who lives for his work as an emergency doctor at the Saint Vincent’s hospital. He’s single of his own choosing but that decision will be tested when he meets his new neighbor and her little girl. Can Meghan and Rich lower their walls to find love together or will it be too difficult to do that?Just like the other books in this series, I enjoyed this story very much! After weeks of nothing of rain and cold weather, I was really in the mood for a summer story with warm, sunny weather and a beach and I got all that in this story, that takes place in Angel Sands, a small-town beach town in California. (Plus, it had been a long time that I read a story about a hot doctor and doctor Rich was just what I needed to feel better too.)The writer Carrie Elks knows how to write a wonderful feel good story filled with friendship, love and great characters.‘Heart and soul’ is an easy to read, light, heartwarming, feel good story. You got both POV’s. I liked both main characters Meghan and Rich very much and Meghan’s daughter Isla was so sweet and wonderful too. She was really a great child and I loved her very much. Meghan and Rich were both intelligent, mature, caring and hardworking people. I really liked how their relationship went from friends to lovers. There really was an easy flow between them. They each carried emotional scars from their past that forced them to grow up faster. Rich lost his parents at a young age and he became responsible for his younger sister. Meghan was only 21 years old when she became pregnant. So there were some emotions and pain still present that had an effect on their love relationship but nothing big or with much drama. ‘Heart and soul’ is good, summer romance story to just relax and enjoy.(If you’re new to her stories, it may also be interesting to know that there are a few sex scenes in the story but not too many.)

I was given this book in turn for an honest review.I loved, loved, loved this romance story by Carrie Elks! This awesome author surprises me with every book. Each of her stories have a unique element or twist to them that helps them to stand out from other romance stories. The Angel Sands series is a series I can happily devour again and again, without necessarily needing to read the books in order.I loved the push and pull between Meghan and Rich, two very loveable characters that each deserved to be happy, more than anything. Although I could have happily banged their heads together and told them to stop questioning everything; as they each revealed their pasts, it was understandable why they were so unsure of the connection they shared. Wondering if it was the right thing to do, would it end in more pain or would it turn out to be the best decision they had ever made.This story wasn’t just about two people falling in love, it was about becoming a family, and it was about those around them that they cared about, who they saw as good friends, maybe even as far to say as extended family. They truly cared for each of them and would do anything for them, as would the friends do for Meghan and Rich.This story is full of so many loveable characters that I hope we see more of in the future. This can’t be the end to the Angel Sands series, because this town as a lot to offer and so many characters that I feel a part of, and I don’t want to let go of them just yet either!Not only is Heart and Soul by Carrie Elks a Must Read for all Romance Readers, so is the whole Angel Sands series! You will not be disappointed!