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    Smile Like You Mean It: Summer Lake, #7
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    Smile Like You Mean It: Summer Lake, #7

    By SJ McCoy

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    About this ebook

    Renée Nichols returned to Summer Lake because she had nowhere left to turn. Her marriage, the charity she spent her life building, her entire life—they were all shattered when her husband was arrested. She's getting by, even if barely standing on her own two feet. She has a job, even if it's not the greatest. She has her childhood home to live in, even if it's barely livable.

    Gabe Morgan is back in town, too—even if he's only visiting. Every time she gets around him her heart rate and her temperature soar, but that's just her overactive imagination, isn't it? He might be even hotter now than he was in high school, but he's still the town's golden boy. He's the town doctor's son, she's the town drunk's daughter. He's one of life's good guys, he'll help her out because it's what he does. But that's all.

    Gabe Morgan has been spending as much time as he can back in Summer Lake—though he couldn't tell you why. He's a partner in a successful firm of trial attorneys in New York City. He's gone out and conquered the world as he always knew he would. So why is it every time he comes home to the lake, he feels like a failure? He's achieved so much, but he hasn't found happiness.

    Running into Renée again has made him question everything. She told him that love, family, and happiness are the most important things in life. He's starting to agree—but will she be the one to help him find them?

    This book is intended for adult readers 18+

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    Each Summer Lake Romance can be read as a stand alone book – no cliff hangers here! Each book contains one couple's story. However, they are best read in order to get full enjoyment of the underlying story and friendships. 


    Love Like You've Never Been Hurt - Emma and Jack 
    Work Like You Don't Need the Money - Pete and Holly 
    Dance Like Nobody's Watching - Missy and Dan 
    Fly Like You've Never Been Grounded - Smoke and Laura 
    Laugh Like You've Never Cried - Michael and Megan 
    Sing Like Nobody's Listening - Kenzie and Chase 
    Smile Like You Mean It - Gabe and Renée 
    The Wedding Dance - Missy and Dan's Wedding 
    Chasing Tomorrow - Ben's backstory with Charlotte
    Dream Like Nothing's Impossible - April and Eddie
    Ride Like You've Never Fallen - Nate and Lily
    Live Like There's No Tomorrow - Ben's story
    The Wedding Flight – Smoke and Laura's Wedding


    Remington Ranch series

    Meet the sexy brothers of Remington Ranch! 

    Mason 
    Shane
    Carter
    Beau
    Four Weddings and a Vendetta

    A Chance and a Hope series

    These are NOT meant to be read as standalone stories and need to be read in order.

    Book 1: Chance Encounter
    Book 2: Finding Hope
    Book 3: Give Hope a Chance


    The Hamiltons Series
    This series follows the Hamilton family who own and run a huge wine  business in California wine country.

    Red Wine and Roses
    Champagne and daisies
    Marsala and Magnolias
    Prosecco and Peonies

    The Davenports Series
    Meet the three sexy brothers, of the billionaire Davenport family. In their own words they are - the "Suit", the "Vet" and the "Geek."

    Oscar
    TJ
    Reid

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXenion, Inc
    Release dateOct 12, 2015
    ISBN9781516308255
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    Smile Like You Mean It: Summer Lake, #7
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    SJ McCoy

    Hi, I'm SJ, a coffee addict, lover of chocolate and drinker of good red wines. I'm a lost soul and a hopeless romantic. Reading and writing are necessary parts of who I am. Though perhaps not as necessary as coffee! I can drink coffee without writing, but I can't write without coffee. I grew up loving romance novels, my first boyfriends were book boyfriends, but life intervened, as it tends to do, and I wandered down the paths of non fiction for many years. My life changed completely a couple of years ago and I returned to Romance to find my escape. I write 'Sweet N Steamy' stories because to me there is enough angst and darkness in real life. My favorite romances are happy escapes with a focus on fun, friendships and happily-ever-afters, just like the ones I write. These days I live in beautiful Montana, the last best place. If I'm not reading or writing you'll find me just down the road in the park - Yellowstone. I have deer, eagles and the occasional bear for company, and I like it that way :0)

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      I have read a few books in this series and I have come to love most of characters in Summer Lake. Summer Lake seems to grow on me and I keep wanting to know what is happening in the lives of Emma, Jack, Holly, Pete, Missy, Dan, Megan, Michael and Ben. Would really love to read the happy ending for Ben next though