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The Red Bikini

The Red Bikini, July 2014
Sandy Cove #1
by Lauren Christopher

Berkley
Featuring: Fin Hensen; Giselle McCabe
321 pages
ISBN: 0425274411
EAN: 9780425274415
Kindle: B00HDMM95M
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"What would the summer be like without the beach, surfers, and most of all, love?"

Fresh Fiction Review

The Red Bikini
Lauren Christopher

Reviewed by Teresa Cross
Posted June 29, 2015

Romance Contemporary

What a sweet, straight from the heart with love, type of story THE RED BIKINI is. Written by Lauren Christopher, this is the best summer romance story I have read in a long time. It makes you feel all giddy inside as you read about the main character's summer that is her jump-start to a new life as a single mom. As I read I couldn't help but think what a fresh start in a sunny summer atmosphere she has and how I wish I could go pack and fly there myself. Christopher made the setting in this novel seem like a paradise that we all would want to go to. Even down to meeting the prince of your dreams. This romance is about Giselle McCabe who is trying to have a two-week summer break with her daughter after her divorce with her husband. She is looking to find healing and to live for herself again. Then she meets Fin Hensen, a pro surfer who is getting back into his sport after a year of unsettling stories that leave him looking for that next big wave. Except that wave comes in a way he did not expect. With both Fin and Giselle coming from two different worlds with her a little older, can she forget this guy who seems to be living a life she doesn't think she could ever fit into? THE RED BIKININ has some surprises on the way but leaves you with that warm feeling inside that you get when you finish the best love story ever. Though I must say at times I felt I would cry with heart break over decision Giselle had to make I wouldn't want this story to end any other way! Lauren Christopher made me love her characters and I hope to read more from that sunny side of California.

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SUMMARY

For the last five years, Giselle McCabe’s life has been about sippy cups and playdates. But when her husband suddenly leaves her, Giselle flees to her sister’s California beach house for a two-week getaway. Out of her element, she’s surprised to receive such a warm welcome—especially from gorgeous celebrity athlete Fin Hensen… Fin is escaping his pro tour for a season, trying to lie low until all the hubbub over a huge mistake in his past blows over. And when he sets his sights on Giselle, he realizes that the beautiful good girl just might be the ticket to his success. But Giselle never expected romance to enter the picture again—especially with a hot twentysomething from a completely different world. And even though it feels like Fin is everything she’s trying to run away from, she can’t help coming back for more…


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