Always a Friend: A Sweet Small Town Friends To Lovers Romance

Michelle MacQueen

Mar 2022 · Always in Love Book 3 · Michelle MacQueen

About this ebook

Enjoy this sweet small town contemporary romance from bestselling author Michelle MacQueen. 

She’s a single mom trying to do right by her son…

…he’s a surfer who doesn’t take anything seriously. 

How did they become friends? Mariana Morgan has only had two goals in life. Raise her son the best she can and turn her bakery into a success. She never factored in a family who has become like hers or him. Tanner Kelly. 

She isn’t sure how it happened, but somehow he’s become her person, her best friend. And she needs a favor. An old classmate is getting married, bringing everyone she once knew back to town, including the man who left her alone with a baby all those years ago. 

Showing up without a date isn’t an option, facing her ex alone can’t happen. 

So, she turns to a friend. The one who kisses her like she’s the only woman in the world, the one who makes her believe for just one moment this could be real. 

But it isn’t. Mariana and Tanner live in different worlds. 

Determined to do what’s right by her son, she tries to put it behind her, to make amends with her ex. 

But what if people can’t change? What if the man her son needs in his life isn’t his unrepentant father? What if it’s the same man she needs in hers?

Escape into this sweet romance that will give you all the feels. Always a Friend is the third book in the Always in Love series. Enjoy small town beach life with sweet and swoony men, strong-willed women, and family ties that can’t be broken.

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KEYWORDS: Small Town romance, sweet romance, clean and wholesome romance, love, family, sibling relationships, florida, friendships, friends to lovers

Similar Authors: Sage Parker, Melissa Storm, Elana Johnson, Rachel Hanna, Amelia Addler, Pamela Kelley, Hope Holloway, Jessie Newton, Lauren K. Denton, Laura Ann, Anne Marie Meyer, Katie Winters, and Jan Moran.

Ratings and reviews

When Mariana’s ex who abandoned her when she was pregnant with Cole waltzes back into town home to reconnect she panics and tells him she’s dating her best friend Tanner. Tanner spends much of his days surfing, but he’s a business owner and a secret artist. He should be proud of his accomplishments, but instead he keeps downplaying them. He also acts immature at times like taking on a bet with Mariana’s ex over her. Mariana wasn’t perfect either. She should have told Cole the truth sooner instead of focusing on the mystery of what Johnny was doing to earn money.

Mariana and Tanner weren't really friends until about a year ago, but in that time they have become fast friends and are each others best friend with both of them caring about Cole her son. Things start to change between the two of them when someone from their past comes to town and she wants Tanner to be her pretend boyfriend but Tanner has a moral code about lying however torn with wanting to protect Mariana as well and both start to realise maybe they want more than friendship. You get loads of laughs not only from the both of them and Cole's antics but the rest of the Kelly family, a good does of romance, also a bit of mystery in regards to what Tanners brother Johnny really does for a job, what is Kellan's end game with turning up now and will Mariana and Tanner finally see how great things could be as a couple.. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

Gorgeous story about family and friendship. This friends to lovers romance about Mari and Tanner was gorgeous. There were just so many facets to this story, it kept me engrossed from start to finish. Being immersed again within the Kelly family felt like being engulfed in a warm bear hug - bliss.. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.