Book Babble: BOOK TOUR AND GIVEAWAY: Just Three Dates by David Burnett

Thursday, July 6, 2017

BOOK TOUR AND GIVEAWAY: Just Three Dates by David Burnett

Book Information

Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (May 14, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1544202342
ISBN-13: 978-1544202341

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When their mothers become matchmakers, entangling them in a series of dates with each other, Karen and Mark must each decide whether to entertain the idea of a “marriage of convenience,” or to hold out for an increasingly unlikely marriage based on love.

Since breaking with her last boyfriend, Karen has refused to trust any man her age. For the past three years, she has not dated the same one twice, and only one in ten has received even a goodnight kiss as she turned him away. Karen is an artist. She follows her feelings, lives in a cluttered loft, and gushes over vivid sunsets.

Mark still dreams about his almost-fiancée, and his date book has been empty since he threw her out a week before he’d planned to ask for her hand. His friends call him the “Ice Man,” since he seldom smiles, especially at a woman. A math professor at the College, logic guides his behavior, he loves order, and an elegant proof is a thing of beauty.

Both Karen and Mark have all but abandoned hope of ever falling in love, and, left on their own, these opposites would never attract. So, their mothers become matchmakers, entangling them in a series of dates by extracting promises that Karen and Mark will go out together three times, suggesting that, in the absence of love, a “marriage of convenience” is a live option.

If you enjoy heartwarming stories based on true-to-life behaviors, with complicated relationships and a less-than-certain outcome, this book is for you.

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Review: This is the fifth book I've read by this author, and I absolutely LOVE his work! His romantic stories, like this one, are so realistic, you feel as if you know the people, and find yourself hoping everything works out for the best for them.

Mark and Karen have mothers who are friends and who are determined to get their children married off to an "appropriate" spouse, so they take it upon themselves to fix the two of them up and insist they go on three dates with each other. Not only do we get to go along on the dates, we also get each character's perspective on the dates, as well as their actions and emotions between dates. There is a lot of miscommunication and misunderstanding, and at times you will want to knock some sense into both of them. There is also quite a bit of humor, and you may even find yourself laughing aloud as you read.

Will Mark and Karen have more than three dates, or will they be glad to be rid of one another? You'll have to read the book to find out!

I received this book to review through Beck Valley Books Book Tours, I have volunteered to share my review and all the opinions are 100% my own.

Rating: Five stars

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About the author

David Burnett lives in Columbia South Carolina, with his wife and their blue-eyed cat, Bonnie. The Reunion, his first novel, is set in nearby Charleston.

David enjoys traveling, photography, baking bread, and the Carolina beaches. He has photographed subjects as varied as prehistoric ruins on the islands of Scotland, star trails, sea gulls, a Native American powwow, and his grandson, Jack. David and his wife have traveled widely in the United States and the United Kingdom. During one trip to Scotland, they visited Crathes Castle, the ancestral home of the Burnett family near Aberdeen. In The Reunion, Michael's journey through England and Scotland allows him to sketch many places they have visited.

David has graduate degrees in psychology and education and previously was Director of Research for the South Carolina Department of Education. He and his wife have two daughters.

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