Irresistible: A Small Town Single Dad Romance (Cloverleigh Farms Series Book 1)

Such a sweet and beautiful book. Take a blanket whit hot chocolate or coffee and enjoy the story. It will make you smile :)

The storyline was super good and the characters were just amazing. Especially the girls, I just fell in love with them!

My reaction to Melanie Harlow's Irresistible is the same as it's title. This story is IRRESISTIBLE. This story made me swoon and sigh so hard. I dare you to start it and the stop before the finishing line. You simply can't. I got mesmerized by this story.l am in love with Mac and Frannie.Small Town romance meets single dad romance in this story. Mac's character won my heart and made me breathless. An ex marine and presently CFO of Cloverleigh Inn, Mac is recovering from a bad marriage and even worse divorce. He is a devoted dad to three most beautiful and amazing girls. The strong point of this character was it felt so real. The author gave him imperfections like normal human. He is struggling and making mistakes. He wants to escape all the responsibilities. And all these made him so attractive!Frannie is like a bright sunny day in cold winter. She is funny, sweet, compassionate, caring and simply adorable. She has feelings for Mac but never could express it. I loved how the author gave her life's story of finding independence and self worth equal attention along with the love story. Their chemistry is off the charts hot. The thrill of hide and seek mixed with true love and red hot passion. And the ending was one of the best I ever read. Full on rom com movie feeling!The story was fantastic and captivating. It had some deeply emotional and dramatic twists and turns. And once again they were realistic and the troubles were definitely something an unconventional couple like Frannie and Mac would face. The family, the friends and the small town of Cloverleigh added to the beauty of this book.Irresistible by Melanie Harlow is all about taking chance for love and life. The emotions were amazing. The feelings were out of the world. I am in love and lust with this swoony sexy modern day fairy tale.Received ARC for honest review.

I loved it!Around 3 weeks ago, i received an email that said about this new release, and could read chapter 1, and I was eagerly waiting to read this story and as usual, it is great.In the last chapter I was laughing, and I was nervous about Mack.And bonus epilogue is the best

4 “swear jar” “babysitter” KissesIs there anything better than finishing a book and feeling sublimely happy? Like just down to your core bliss that can only come from the beautiful words of characters you love. I mean, I know there isn’t, but I feel like I’m obligated to ask the rhetorical question. I’ve always had a huge love and appreciation for Melanie Harlow’s books…and Irresistible is a classic example of why. Packed full of emotions that take me on a complete journey…giving me new (and some old) characters to swoon over and fall in love with…a good helping of humor and delicious sexy times…it’s all a complete package that makes me fall in love every. Single. Time. And I’m here for it people…always will be. I was super excited when I heard that Melanie was going to write the Cloverleigh Farms Series…we’re first introduced to the Farm and Mack in Only Love, the last book in the One and Only Series, and when it comes to writing sisters/families…Melanie does it so well, so I was amp’d to get to me a new cast and crew that I would get to fall in love with – and the Sawyer family is already shaping up to be amazing.Frannie Sawyer…sweet, gentle Frannie - the baby of the five Sawyer sisters and this girl does have an interesting story. She’s been through quite a lot health wise and while it did mean her life wasn’t exactly ‘normal’, it hasn’t held her back in any way – except for maybe keeping her social circle on the smaller side. She’s super friendly and outgoing, I loved her personality and I looooved how much she loved to cook. Girl could make a mean macaron and I was all about it – seriously, I will never be able eat/look at/see a macaron and not think of Frannie…and that makes my heart happy.“What’s wrong with me that I’m not out there in the world being a badass?”He shook his head. “You don’t need to be a badass. You don’t need to be anything other than what you are. And frankly, the world could use more people like you.”“What am I like?” I asked, surprised and flattered by his words.“Sweet. Genuine. Kind.”Declan “Mack” MacAllister…oh my sweet single dad stars, this man did so many things to me. Gah…and did I love every single one of them. He’s soooooo good…like such a good, solid man and even when he messes up, I still just wanna give him a hug and tell him it’s going to be okay. I hated all the crap with his ex-wife…I hated that it happened to him, I hated that it happened to his girls, all of it was just bad all around, but I can say he handled it the best way he could – by putting his children first. He is seriously the best dad ever. Any single parent out there deserves ALL the praise in the world because it’s like 10 full time jobs and I can’t even imagine, but seeing his day-to-day life, man – he’s a champ. Swear jar and all. I loved the relationships he had with his daughters – I loved his daughters to the moon and back, each of their personalities were just adorable.‘For a moment, I let myself imagine what it would be like if I were younger and didn’t have kids. If I were free to pursue her. Win her. Keep her. Christ, I’d effing spoil her rotten all the time. She was that perfect combination of sexy and sweet— it drove me crazy in the best possible way. In another life, I’d have done everything possible to make her mine.’There is so much right about Mack and Frannie…so much to love…so much to enjoy…and trust me, I ate up every second of it. The forbidden aspect was there (them not wanting her parents or his kids to find out), it wasn’t as forbidden as I wanted it to be, but I still liked it. There was also the age gap, the fact that they worked for her parents farm, but all that meant nothing against the face of their chemistry. There wasn’t a whole lot of effort on establishing it either…it just was a fact of nature, they have known each other for years and there’s been an underlying attraction so it was nice that we could kind of skip all of that and get straight to the meat of their relationship. Because of the circumstances, it’s not like they have the normal let’s-go-out-on-a-date kind of thing, but I loved what they had. Cooking at home and movie nights with his girls was literally all I needed. And seeing them all interact as a family was so heartwarming – it wasn’t like she was trying to replace their mom but it felt like their new version of normal and it made everyone (Mack, Frannie and his girls) beyond happy…so clearly I was over the moon about it. I loved their physical chemistry and jeez-us do not get me started on Mack’s sexy as heck dirty mouth and I loved that he kind of pulled a more sexual side out of Frannie. Once again, due to the circumstances of the situation with his family and her family, it’s not like the back and forth could have stretched out forever but I do wish we had had a couple of weeks to really ground them before the angst happened.“Hey. Listen to me.” Leaving the listings on my desk, I came around and took her by the shoulders. “You are smart, talented, and persistent. If you don’t know the answer to something, you’ll find it. And you’re not alone.”“No?”I shook my head. “You’ve got your sisters, you’ve got an ally in this Radley woman, and you have me. I’ll be here for you every step of the way.”Her lips tipped up. “You will?”“Yes.”She slipped her arms around my waist and looked up at me with adorably huge eyes. “Tell me again that I have you.”“You have me.”Oh Melanie Melanie Melanie…my love for her books astounds me sometimes. I mean, they’re classic examples of why I read romance…she packs in everything I’m looking for and then some and I live for it. I love her style and brand of romance and it’s the main reason why almost five years after reading her for the first time, I’m still hooked on her amazing characters, fantastic emotions and wonderful words. I love the way she balances the angst…I love how she inflicts comedy into certain scenes…and I am obsessed with the emotional rollercoaster she always takes me on. Also…I love it when Melanie writes books involving children – I love the way she incorporates them and even though they’re not the main focus, I love falling in love with their personalities and what they bring to the story. Especially with Irresistible, they play a pretty big role and I completely loved every scene involving them. Plus towards the end, when the angst was at level 87, and then the kids came in - gah! I was already struggling not to cry…but you can’t expect my eyes not to leak when kids get involved! I’m not made of stone Melanie!‘I watched her leave, feeling that ache in my chest again, and I wished there was a way I could’ve asked her to stay. I was tired of being careful, tired of missing her at night, tired of feeling bad for wanting her, tired of feeling like I was one person with her, and a different person with the kids. Neither version of me was complete.I wanted to be both at once.’The ending was good…smooth…I kind of wanted a little more from the convo with Mack and his girls, but that’s me being super picky and needy (and of course always wanting more!). I loooooved the epilogue…another thing I love about Melanie’s book is the way I feel at the very end – it’s like my heart wants to explode with unicorns and rainbows. It’s impossible not to feel good about a book when it ends and you’re insanely happy…I’ll never complain about it. And I love the way everything was resolved for Mack and Frannie…it was just perfect for them. I did wish there was more resolution on one or two things with Mack’s ex-wife but they were minor in the grand scheme. I’m so ready for the next book in the Cloverleigh Series – it’s Chloe’s turn with Undeniable ! Chloe is the closest to Frannie in age (5 years older) and also worked at the Farm and I can’t wait to see what Melanie does with her and Oliver! #TakeMeToCloverleigh

I have heard so many great things about this author and her small town romances and as this was my first book by her, I was hooked.I listened to this on audio and I was absolutely hooked, a small town, single dad, age gap will just get me every single time. I absolutely loved how apart of the story the hero Mack’s three girls were. They really were so much fun reading about. The relationship between the heroine and the girls were also so precious. Mack and Franny’s relationship was a bit all over the place, but it didn’t bother me much and made sense in the story.This story was really comfy and sweet but yet spicy in the same sentence.

So... I might have read the series in the wrong order!! I have already finished Cloverleigh Farms Next Generation revealing all the stories about the kids but going back to read the back/beginning stories is great! Mack and Frannie are just so perfect for each other and I love the Bonus Epilogue that came from signing up for Melanie Harlow subscribers. On to the next love story!

Single dad ✔️Small town ✔️Age gap ✔️Sign me up! I adored this book so much.27 year old Frannie is Mack's part time nanny who is 10 years younger than him, his boss's daughter, she works with him, he's got three young daughters, and he's newly divorced but try as he might he can't stay away from her even though he thinks he has nothing to offer her. This friends (or at the very least co-workers) to lovers story is not intense or dramatic to read, but it's a warm and lovely story that's packed with great characters - Mack's daughters especially bring a lot to the story. Plus you can already start to get a feel for what other side characters might get their own story. This is a brilliant reset your brain type of book after a slump or intense read that will just make you feel good. Plus will leave you desperate to move to a small town and have a very sweet romance all of your own.