Maggie Moves On

Lucy Score

Jun 2022 · Sold by Forever

About this ebook

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Things We Left Behind, comes a steamy small-town romance between a straight-laced house renovator and the sexy landscaper determined to break down her walls. 

Can these opposites turn up the heat… without burning down the house?

House-flipping sensation and YouTube star Maggie Nichols can’t wait to dig into her next challenge. Arriving in tiny Kinship, Idaho, with only a cot and a coffeemaker, Maggie is prepared to restore a crumbling Victorian mansion in four months or less. She has her to-do lists, her blueprints, and her team. What she doesn’t have is time for sexy, laid-back landscaper Silas Wright.

The man takes flirtation to a whole new level. And he does it shirtless…sometimes pants-less. He and his service school-dropout dog are impressively persistent. But she’s not interested in putting down roots. Not when fans tune in to watch her travel the country turning dilapidated houses into dream homes. A short-term fling on the other hand could fit nicely into her calendar. After all, Maggie remembers what fun is like. Vaguely.

As their summer gets downright steamy, Silas manages to demolish the emotional walls she’s spent years building, sending Maggie into a panic. He’s the wrench in her carefully constructed plans. With the end of the project looming, she has a decision to make. But how can she stay when her entire career is built on moving on?

Ratings and reviews

What an amazing journey! Some books just beg to be made into a full-length movie, but this one would have to be a six-episode mini-series, at least. There's just so much going on, and not a single second of the book felt slow or drawn out. Maggie is comfortable with her nomadic lifestyle, moving from one renovation to the next, with her best friend as her partner and nearly a million followers online. Leaving no trace keeps her from having to risk personal relationships, a plan that works until she tackles a rather personal project, the Old Campbell Place in Kinship, Idaho. Silas is the visionary landscaper who helps bring this historical landmark back to life. Right from the start, his flirty confidence and quiet devotion to Maggie is impossible to resist. His picture-perfect family was hilariously authentic, and his patience with Maggie as she figures out what comes next was downright swoon-worthy. Maggie's secrets are carefully teased out, one by one, until we get the full picture of why she's so guarded and careful. But by that time, it's too late for her to put the genie back in the bottle. Changes are coming, and she's got to figure out just what it is she's looking for in life. The house itself has quite a bit of mystery surrounding it, and that, along with the town's 150-year-old treasure hunt, added quite a beautiful framework for Maggie and Silas to examine what they have together and what kind of a future they can create. I thought at first I'd figured Dean out from the rather obvious clues, but it turns out that his story is much more than I'd originally thought. His was a brilliant character, giving just the right kind of support without becoming an impediment in any way. I was thrilled to see him get his own HEA, and even more thrilled with how that actually played out. This is a fully immersive book, with excellent use of foreshadowing, witty, inventive wordplay, plenty of laugh out loud humor when you least expect it, and a depth of emotional insight and heartwarming honesty that is rarely seen in contemporary romances. The Kayak Therapy is something everyone should experience at least once in their lives. The picture-perfect HEA is followed by one of the most all-encompassing, expansive epilogues ever. The author's word choices to describe the emotional process of joining two lives into one were simply exquisite, and will make a true romantic out of even the most cynical heart. This is the first book I've read by this author, but it won't be the last. I have a new top ten author added to my list and I honestly can't recommend this book enough. I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book.

Maggie Moves On by Lucy Score is about a YouTube sensation house flipper Maggie Nichols and her partner Dean Jensen. They finish one project, and it's on to the next one until she purchases a Queen Anne Victorian in Idaho sight unseen, Old Campbell place. The plan is to complete this project in four months with a local team to assist with things they cannot handle. The locals include Silas Wright, Bitterroot Landscaping, in charge of the outdoor area, including the horse fountain. Wallace Pfeffe

Thoroughly enjoyable! Ha! Lucy Score's Maggie Moves On literally has everything you'd want in a fun, flirty romance with all the good feels. Maggie's not set out for a personal journey when she purchases her next reno, but that's what she ends up with. Between friendship, romance, family drama, and self-discovery, this girl's got a full plate. Oh, and I can't forget the adorable dog (attached to her future landscape designer's shapely hips!). Laugh out loud funny, narrator Emma Wilder.

About the author

Lucy Score is a Wall Street Journal and national bestselling author. Small-town contemporary romcoms are her lady jam, and she enjoys delivering the feels with a huge side of happily ever after. Her books have been translated into several languages, making readers around the world snort-laugh, swoon, and sob. Lucy lives in Pennsylvania with the devastatingly handsome Mr. Lucy and their horrible cat. In her spare time, she enjoys sleeping, drinking dirty martinis, and reading all the romance novels in the universe.