Lori Foster writes about characters that become real right before your eyes. In her writing, Foster gives you a pathway toward getting invested in their story and there's no better example of that than in COOPER'S CHARM, the first book in the Love at the Resort series. COOPER'S CHARM is filled with equal parts of sexy and sassy mixed in with love and friendship. There is even an element of mystery in COOPER'S CHARM thrown in for good measure.

COOPER'S CHARM is actually a vacation camping getaway place owned by Cooper Cochran. In many instances--as we learn in this story--it is also an escape or sanctuary for people who faced down a traumatic episode and lived through it albeit a little shaky. COOPER'S CHARM is a destination emotional recovery place and it seems as if we are going to be introduced to some weary folk looking for a new place and they found it here. Phoenix Rose answers an ad for a groundskeeper. She is a natural for the position but even so, she can't wrap her head around the fact that Cooper hired her after an almost nonexistent interview. But Cooper had done his homework. He knows all about what Phoenix left behind and was pretty sure her qualifications met with his needs. The campground would really benefit from someone like Phoenix. What he didn't expect was the instant connection. Cooper easily sensed her reluctance; not that Phoenix wasn't happy for the job but she seemed tense around him. Sure, he's a big guy -- but he is a gentle soul. Only Phoenix didn't know it yet.

Phoenix was on her own for the first time in a long while and determined to face down her fears. Easier said than done. Ridley, Phoenix's protective older sister, is in constant contact with her. After a short while, Ridley comes for a visit, but decides that COOPER'S CHARM might be just the right place for her after her divorce. These sisters are so different in many ways but are also very close. COOPER'S CHARM was going to have to do some magic on these two women who desperately needed to get out of their own heads and begin to heal and trust. Luckily they came to the right place to give them some hope for a very happy future.

COOPER'S CHARM is a lovely love story with a really great cast of characters both human and canine. This is going to make a great beach read and couldn't have come out at a better time. Be prepared to laugh and smile a lot. This is entertainment at its best.

Book Summary

One summer, two sisters and a chance to start over…

Before the burglary that shattered her confidence, Phoenix Rose had a fiancé, a successful store and a busy, happy existence. After months spent adrift, she takes a job at the lakeside resort of Cooper’s Charm. Surrounded by beautiful scenery, friendly colleagues and a charismatic, widowed boss, Phoenix is slowly inching her way back into the world.

Visiting Cooper’s Charm to check up on her little sister, Ridley Rose impulsively agrees to fill in as housekeeper. Still reeling from an ego-bruising divorce, she finds satisfaction in a job well done—and in the attention of the resort’s handsome scuba instructor.

For Phoenix and Ridley, Cooper’s Charm is supposed to be merely temporary. But this detour may lead to the place they most need to be, where the future is as satisfying as it is surprising…

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