*Jen received a free copy of Tempted in the Tropics by Tracy March from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. The opinions expressed are her own and were not influenced by the method in which she received the book.
After reading Tempted in the Tropics, I know 2 things. I want to go to St. Lucia and I love Tracy’s Suddenly Smitten series! The first book in the series, The Practice Proposal, was released in March of this year. I haven’t read it yet, but I’ve added it to my TBR a.s.a.p. list! I love a series that doesn’t force you to have to read the previous novels in order to follow along. The majority of Tempted takes place at a posh resort in St. Lucia and Tracy did a beautiful job at making me feel like I was right there, enjoying all the perks, including falling for the handsome doctor, Lane Anderson. I really enjoyed the humor in this book. The dialogue felt natural and was upbeat. It was just spicy enough to keep my attention!
The spunky Paige Ellerbee is a refreshing heroine. She has a positive attitude and is a total go-getter. She wasn’t the kind of girl to just sit back and wait for stuff to happen. When she wanted something, she took the risk. She was also kind and selfless. Moving back to her hometown to help out with her sick Mom, and then to care for her Dad, she makes the best of her new living situation by opening up her own business. Her bakery, Sweet Bee’s, made me crave muffins. Seriously, I had to go buy one the morning after I finished reading Tempted. Paige was a great heroine and definitely deserves to find some kind of happiness.
Hottie doc, Mr. Lane Anderson, makes me want to make an appointment for a check-up! I think I might be getting sick. *cough, cough* Okay, so Lane may have made me swoon once or twice! He was polite and gentlemanly until he turned on his Dr. McDreamy persona once they got to St. Lucia. Once Dr. McD takes over, you will be putty in his hands. There is more to Lane than just being good looking and romantic, he has been through some tough times. With an ugly split from an ex hanging over his head, he’s trying to move on with his life. He’s just not sure how Paige is going to fit in with that move.
Ultimately, I think Lane and Paige are very similar people. They both have caring personalities, funny senses of humor, and there doesn’t’ seem to be a shortage of zing between them in the bedroom. From the beginning of the book, I wanted them to work out. When they get to St. Lucia, you really get a feel for who they are without having the stresses of real life driving their decisions. I didn’t want them to go home! Sadly, they have to go home and I can’t tell you whether they make it work or not.. but I will say that Tracy March knows how to make her reader sweat! I couldn’t decide, until right at the very, very end, what was going to happen!
I know you guys are going to enjoy Tempted in the Tropics!
My rating: 4 can someone please take me to St. Lucia stars!
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Jen loves to read. She can’t stop herself. It’s become an obsession. She is in love with her husband, kids, iced coffee and books. Jen lives in beautiful Colorado but is originally from the West Coast.
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chocolate
Um, YES PLEASE!! LOL I have a cupcake addiction, y’all. And I didn’t think I could love either of you any more, but thanks for this FABULOUS giveaway 😉
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Rachel
OOPS I commented, then entered. My favorite flavor is keylime pie or anything with amaretto flavoring he he
My fav: Chocolate with cream cheese frosting tinted pink and sprinkles.
My fave is all of them 😉
Tripple Chocolate Fudge – Great review by the way!
Peanut Butter Cup is my favorite!
Isnt this a delicious giveaway! Tracy is the bomb.
I could eat any cupcake that has chocolate involved!
Definitely chocolate! 🙂
chocolate…. you can never go wrong with chocolate 🙂
My favorite cupcake is chocolate. I know exactly what you mean about wanting to go to St. Lucia! I looked up resorts the other day and there are some Sandals resorts that have rooms with the pools and I can picture Paige and Lane in them and the thong….oh that was a great scene. 🙂
Chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter frosting
Ooh favorite cupcake flavor is a tough one! Of course chocolate, but also gotta love red velvet, margarita which I only just discovered!
Triple chocolate or the peanut butter the all sound amazing !!!
I had a smores flavored one at a wedding that was great!
I love pumpkin cupcakes!
Any cake will do. It’s all about the frosting!
Wow, every single one of those cupcakes looks so delectable! The chocolate chip pancake and the cream cheese jelly are really grabbing my attention because they are so unique. That also sounds like a fun read. This is a true “guilty pleasure” post. 🙂
I just like plain old vanilla with vanilla frosting, but I’m open to trying everything!
Chocolate all the way
Cupcakes!!! The book sounds like a fun read too – throw a cupcake of 7 in with the book I’m all there. hehe Sorry not you have me hungry.
Strawberry!
Red velvet is my favorite
I love red velvet! Ever had red velvet cupcake ice cream? It’s amazing!
Raspberry Chocolate
I love this giveaway! Especially the idea of mini cupcakes!
The cookie dough is my favorite, if I had to choose!
Oh my gosh, all those cup cakes are making my mouth water….. Hence… Tempted in Pennsylvania.
My favorite kind of cupcake is vanilla, with a vanilla bean frosting and filling, Yum!
Chocolate is my favorite, though I wouldn’t say no to any cupcake!
I love chocolate, but for some reason that cream cheese and jelly cupcake is looking so good! Good luck to all those entering. This a great prize!
i’ll take them all!! 😀
Chocolate definately
Great review, Jen. I can’t wait to read this book. Big shout out and thank you to Tracy March for sponsoring this giveaway too! What a delicious giveaway!
Yummy, cookies and cream. Delish! Nice give away Jen! I have so many books to read, but hope to catch up someday. 🙂
What could be better than a triple chocolate fudge cupcake and a good book? Great review, Jen! Another one for my TBR list.
Coconut!
Love cupcakes. Vanilla bean with buttercream frosting is my favorite.
I love me some cupcakes and I wouldn’t mind a vacation in the tropics either. 🙂
all of them! but for now i pick cookies n creme
I would have to say peanut butter cupcakes with chocolate frosting are my favorite.
I love carrot cake with cream cheese frosting.
Chocolate Peanut Butter! 🙂
I love lemon, with buttercream frosting. Oh, wait. I wasn’t hungry. Oh, pooh. Maybe reading will get cupcakes off my mind.
Chocolate Chip pancake sounds yummy!
My favorite cupcakes are chocolate or cream cheese. But the tie dye that you have pictured here is sooo cute. I want to try those.
Chocolate and cream cheese are killers!
I love any with coffee flavoring!
Hottie doc, Mr. Lane Anderson, makes me want to make an appointment for a check-up!
LOL, I love your reviews Jen!
Chocolate is my favorite, but that cookie dough sure looks good.
I have the Cake Doctor’s cupcake book, which I’m slowing working my way through. So far our faves are the cookies dough one and cookies and cream (notice the theme there?)
I can’t believe you’re making me pick a favorite flavor of cupcake…. these all look delicious! 🙂 But the Cookie Dough and Cookies & Cream really caught my eye.
i like anything cinnamon!
I don’t eat a lot of cupcakes, so I’m pretty boring. I guess I’m going to have to say just plain vanilla. But that Chocolate Chip Pancake Cupcake looks REALLY good!!!
Gosh, all the cupcakes look so delicious. However, I think my favorite would be the Red Velvet Cupcake.
Red Velvet. 🙂
Red Velvet for sure!
chocoalate
Peanut butter cup~yummy!
Triple Chocolate OMGosh yes please!!
I love chocolate! Anything chocolate! Of course, lemon is good and there is nothing quite like a great vanilla cake! Thanks for such a grand and super duper yummy giveaway!
My favorite cupcake is carrot cake with cream cheese frosting
Banana nut!!
That sounds like a really good book! I definitely love when you don’t have to read the books in order in a series – although I’m OCD and usually end up reading them in order anyways. LOL.
My favorite cupcake is chocolate with white buttercream icing!
triple chocolate fudge yum!
Red velvet
Peanut buttercup! CUPCAKES are like drugs, aren’t they? 😛
Chocolate is definitely my favorite, but I wouldn’t mind eating them all 🙂
Triple chocolate fudge. Or peanut butter cup. It’s hard to decide.
Very good reading here and please chocolate for me
Sometimes I REALLY wish I had time to get into fiction… this sounds like a great book! And those cupcakes!! YUM!!!
Oh wow! They have so many amazing flavors! Red velvet, Mint Chocolate chip and Chocolate fudge would have to be my favorites.
Yikes , I gotta check this book out asap!
red velvet is my favorite
I love vanilla or anything with strawberries. St. Lucia is absolutely beautiful. I visited a few years ago and we had a lot of fun. Most of the Caribbean islands are beautiful. 🙂
I love strawberry cake/cupcakes but I really swoon over the frosting…buttercream! The book sounds really good. I am starting a book club with my friends and I’m picking the first book. Can’t decide if I want something to take me away or something to inspire my real life!
Chocolate with chocolate buttercream frosting!
My favorite is anything with a cream cheese frosting, because the frosting is the best part!
OMG, those are the cutest little cupcakes. I love chocolate and peanut butter together so I know I’d love that one. Though eating too many of them would probably dash any chances I have of looking like the girl on the cover of that book!
Red velvet is my favorite kind of cupcake!
I like chocolate chip
Peanut Butter Cup is my favorite type of cupcake.
Chocolate and peanut butter, in all forms, is my downfall 🙂
that cinnemon cupcake looks absolutely delicious! even though I tend to head towards raw food diet I’m tempted by it none the less 🙂
red velevet!
Chocolate is my favorite with buttercream frosting… 🙂
peanut butter is my favorite!
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Red velvet or chocolate!
They’re ALL my favorite! But I guess Red Velvet!
Ummm…I love spicy cupcakes,like applesauce or pumpkin but I also like cherry. Those look very tasty!
What a beautiful review, I feel like falling in love to the Doctor, too! 🙂 And what a yummy giveaway. I want the triple chocolate fudge!
My favorite flavor of cupcake is CHOCOLATE, everything tastes better with chocolate…
I love a yellow cake with chocolate frosting! Yummy!
Chocolate 🙂
I love chocolate covered cupcakes w sprinkles!
triple chocolate fudge of course!! everybody loves chocolate.
lvoe red velvet
Those cupcakes look delicious. I love the variety of flavors.
looooksssss delicious
Sounds like a steamy novel to read. I’m curios of what the place look like. Tasty sweets here for the giveaway. Love that tie-dye…
vanilla for me
thanks for sharing. i’m a vanilla girl personally! i hope you get that vacation too
WHAT?!?!?! You mean I have to chose just one? Nope, not gonna do it. Love all kinds. 🙂
my favorite is cookie dough
I love plain vanilla 🙂 classic & delicious
Give me anything with coconut or chocolate! YUM!
Anything chocolate
Vanilla with lots of icing and sprinkles!!
peanut butter cup
OMG the cupcakes all look good. The Mint Chocolate Chip looks amazing!!
Red Velvet is my favorite cupcake flavor.
Pumpkin would be a fav. Also turtle!
I like Vanilla
mint chocolate chip
Chocolateeeeee!
my favorite is carrot cake with cream cheese frosting
I’m a sucker for a plain chocolate cupcake
red velvet
Chocolate
Red Velvet is my favorite!
Red velvet for me!
Red velvet, Mmmmmm!
My favorite is a chocolate cupcake with peanut butter icing!!
My favorites are chocolate and coconut (:
Go with Chocolate. Always good.
simple VANILLA
I love all cupcakes~I don’t discriminate:)
The cream cheese/jelly & the cookie dough above look so scrumptious!!
Mine is chocolate with cream cheese frosting and peppermint flakes.
My pick is mint chocolate chip!
I love carrot cake.
Red Velvet!!!!
Any kind 😉
Red velvet with cream cheese frosting
I wanna say red velvet but I don’t really eat cupcakes often and I like to make my own but I’ve come to realize … I’m a horrible baker… my last batch tasted like raw flour 🙁 . Please help. I wanna taste real baked goods. Lol I hope I win.
My favorite flavor is red velvet !
I pretty much will eat any kind of cupcake! I usually like vanilla a lot though 🙂
cookie dough sounds good, I usually pick something yellow or white
I like Butter Cream
Chocolate!
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