The Chandler Brothers from New York Times Bestselling Author Carly Phillips are back!
In honor of THE BACHELOR’s 20th Anniversary all three books have been updated and will be reissued with gorgeous NEW covers with the same content but modernized for your reading pleasure. The BACHELOR was the first book that Kelly Ripa chose for her Reading with Ripa Bookclub.
The Bachelor
He’s got wanderlust and no intention of settling down.
She’s home to stay and has put her bad boy ex in her rearview mirror.
She’s home to stay and has put her bad boy ex in her rearview mirror.
After spending his life abroad, embracing his freedom at every turn as a foreign correspondent, Roman Chandler finds himself the brother nominated to deal with his ailing mother’s matchmaking shenanigans. Thanks to a coin toss, he needs to find someone to marry and fast.
It shouldn’t be that hard in sleepy Yorkshire Falls where women fall over themselves to hook a Chandler man.
But Roman only wants the one woman who got away.
Charlotte Bronson is back home to put down roots and get her lingerie business off the ground. She’s not interested in her past or a man that chose to chase breaking news stories to the far corners of the earth over her.
No matter how good they used to be or how combustible their chemistry still burns.
It’s up to Roman to convince Charlotte he’s a changed man and here to stay.
It shouldn’t be that hard in sleepy Yorkshire Falls where women fall over themselves to hook a Chandler man.
But Roman only wants the one woman who got away.
Charlotte Bronson is back home to put down roots and get her lingerie business off the ground. She’s not interested in her past or a man that chose to chase breaking news stories to the far corners of the earth over her.
No matter how good they used to be or how combustible their chemistry still burns.
It’s up to Roman to convince Charlotte he’s a changed man and here to stay.
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My Review:
I first read The Bachelor many, many years ago. Probably close to 13 years now that I come to think of it. It was the second book I read by Carly Phillips after The Playboy - which is actually the second book in this trilogy but as always, I read the series out of order. As a standalone in a series this can be done. All of the Chandler brothers books are connected, but each is about one couple - Roman and Charlotte, Rick and Kendall, and Chase and Sloane.
Roman is a foreign correspondent who has no desire to settle down in his small upstate New York hometown looking at the same woman's face over the breakfast table for the rest of his life. Until his mother falls "ill."
Rayna Chandler, widowed at 37 who raised her three sons on her own wants one thing - grandchildren. Of course she wants her three wayward sons to settle down and find happiness with the women of their dreams too of course. But she's not getting any younger and a recent health scare brings into perspective what she really wants most. So she tells her sons that she has a serious heart problem and that her greatest wish before something worse happens to her is to be surrounded by grandchildren. Heavy dose of guilt there right? Even I'm feeling it and I'm undecided on the whole kids thing. 🤣
So, since oldest son Chase helped their mother raise Rick and Roman, the two younger brothers flip a coin to see which will be unlucky enough to have to find a woman, get married, and get said wife pregnant as soon as possible. And the unlucky bastard is... Roman. But hey, nobody said it had to be a marriage filled with love? All he needs is a woman who wants children above all else who doesn't mind if her husband is gallivanting all across the world chasing the latest story. What could go wrong? (also - side note... does anyone else see a potential problem here? What if the wife he chooses has fertility issues and it's not just bing-bang-boom here comes baby?)
Insert Charlotte Bronson, the girl who got away. The one girl in high school that didn't fall at Roman's feet, the one he never got over. Back in their hometown and running a sexy lingerie store on the Main Street Charlotte knows she eventually wants to get married and have kids. But she doesn't want to repeat her mother's mistake of falling for a man that's always on the go for his job and never at home. That's why after their one and only date in high school Charlotte told Roman he didn't "do it" for her after hearing his plans to get out of town as soon as possible once school was over.
It must be fate that they're back in town at the same time. And Roman isn't going to let Charlotte go a second time, but can he convince her to give him a second chance?
The Bachelor is a cute, small-town romance about second chances. Parts of it make you laugh, other parts will melt your panties. This edition releasing today is the 20th anniversary edition, so the main content hasn't changed other than all three books in the series getting new covers and a few modernizations made throughout the book - pagers and blackberries become smartphones, Charlotte promotes her business through social media which didn't really exist/wasn't prominent when this book was originally published. Reading it again was like catching up with an old friend and remembering all the feels it gave me the first time, all those years ago.
It will appeal to new readers who like a dash of humor, a ton of heat, and that small town feel that's trademark to so many Hallmark movies. If you're looking for a new contemporary romance to steal your heart, look no further than The Bachelor.
Rating: 4 of 5 Stars!
The Playboy
He’s the town’s most popular playboy.She’s sworn off men and weddings for good.
Police officer, Rick Chandler, has managed to fend off the marriage-minded women in his small town but it’s getting more difficult with each passing day. After all, there’s something about the Chandler charm that keeps them coming back with hope in their hearts.
What’s a man determined to stay single to do?
What’s a man determined to stay single to do?
Kendall Sutton is a cliche, a runaway bride stuck on the side of the road, until she’s rescued by the sexiest cop she’s ever seen.
In spite of her pearly gown and tiara, Kendall vows to never get married -- which makes her the ideal fake girlfriend to ward off Rick's legion of admirers.
In spite of her pearly gown and tiara, Kendall vows to never get married -- which makes her the ideal fake girlfriend to ward off Rick's legion of admirers.
But when their charade starts to feel real, suddenly the town’s most popular playboy has marriage on his mind - but will a woman with Kendall’s jaded past ever say “I do”?
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The Heartbreaker
He's a loner who indulges in a one night stand out of town.
She’s a senator’s daughter who never expects to see her indulgence again.
She’s a senator’s daughter who never expects to see her indulgence again.
Small town journalist Chase Chandler has waited a long time for the chance at a national story, putting his dreams on hold to help with his younger trouble-making siblings and taking over the family newspaper.
His trip to Washington D.C. is business only until he gets a look at the seductive red-head.
His trip to Washington D.C. is business only until he gets a look at the seductive red-head.
Sloane Carlisle isn’t just any woman.
She’s a senator’s daughter whose world has been rocked by news that devastates her and she finds solace in Chase’s arms.
She was never supposed to see him again except when she heads to the small town of Yorkshire Falls to uncover the truth about her family, she runs headlong into the man she can’t forget and suddenly he’s by her side.
All. The. Time.
She’s a senator’s daughter whose world has been rocked by news that devastates her and she finds solace in Chase’s arms.
She was never supposed to see him again except when she heads to the small town of Yorkshire Falls to uncover the truth about her family, she runs headlong into the man she can’t forget and suddenly he’s by her side.
All. The. Time.
Because unbeknownst to Sloane, in exchange for an exclusive, all Chase needs to do is keep her safe.
He’s watched his siblings fall in love and marry and suddenly the man who thought he was finished raising a family wants one with the woman who made him believe in love at first sight.
What will it take to get Sloane to say the two words that could turn the town's most eligible bachelor into the world's sexiest spouse?
He’s watched his siblings fall in love and marry and suddenly the man who thought he was finished raising a family wants one with the woman who made him believe in love at first sight.
What will it take to get Sloane to say the two words that could turn the town's most eligible bachelor into the world's sexiest spouse?
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Meet Carly Phillips
NY Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestseller, Carly Phillips gives her readers Alphalicious heroes to swoon for and romance to set your heart on fire.
She married her college sweetheart and lives in Purchase, NY along with her three crazy dogs: two wheaten terriers and a mutant Havanese, who are featured on her Facebook and Instagram.
The author of 50 romance novels, she has raised two incredible daughters who put up with having a mom as a full time writer.
Carly’s book, The Bachelor, was chosen by Kelly Ripa as a romance club pick and was the first romance on a nationally televised bookclub.
Carly loves social media and interacting with her readers.
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