Hoping for Love

Name: Hoping for Love
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Marie Force
ISBN: 9781666621518

Author: Marie Force

Series: Gansett Island #5

Narrator: Holly Fielding

Unabridged: 9 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HTJB, Inc.

Published: 09/30/2022

Categories: Fiction, Romance, Contemporary Romance, Sagas, Women

Synopsis

All her life, Grace Ryan has been the “fat girl.” Taunted and teased and ignored by her peers, she's tried every diet ever invented to no avail. Desperate to change her life with her twenties slipping away, she decided it was time for drastic measures and had lap-band surgery. More than a year later, she's lost 130 pounds and is venturing into the dating world for the first time. When Grace refuses to have sex with the new guy in her life during a boat trip to Gansett Island, she finds herself abandoned without a dollar to her name at McCarthy's Gansett Island Marina. At home for the summer awaiting the launch of his debut CD, music star-in-the-making Evan McCarthy is performing at the Tiki Bar when he notices Grace looking lost in a sea of happy people. Evan comes to her aid and quickly finds himself smitten. But the last thing Grace needs after all she’s been through is a guy who “doesn't do relationships.” Will Evan change his ways to win Grace's heart?

About Marie Force

Marie Force is the New York Times bestselling author of many romance novels, including the Gansett Island series, the Fatal series, and the Green Mountain books. She also writes the Quantum erotic romance series as M. S. Force.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jonetta on April 30, 2017

Evan McCarthy, home from Nashville as he awaits the launch of his CD and the start of his tour, is performing at the tiki bar with Owen Lawry when he literally sees the proverbial damsel in distress. Grace Ryan is stranded on the island with no money or her things after having been abandoned by her......more

Goodreads review by Sandra on March 18, 2017

Reviewed @ Cross My Heart Writings & Reviews 3.5 Stars - Another feel good, low-angst romance in this series. So nice to slip one of these books between two dark ones to lighten the mood. Grace spent most of her life obese...aka "The Whale". Finally, having enough, she turned to lap band surgery and......more

Goodreads review by Jenni on April 01, 2025

Hoping for Love is Even and Grace's story and is the sweet, heartwarming, entertaining fifth book in amazing Gansett Island series. It features drama, angst, secrets and desires that kept me interested and invested. Grace just wants to be loved but not if she is not wanted for anything other than a......more

Goodreads review by Melody on March 17, 2022

Update: 03/03/19 I reread this today for the second time. The first time through I rated it three stars but the second reading, 5.5 years later, I raised it to four stars. I liked the characters but wasn't thrill with the way Evan behaved towards Grace. Of course, we know why he was such an a$$.......more