Fifty Frogs

Tawdra Kandle

Jun 2017 · Tawdra Kandle Romance

About this ebook

<p>When Vivian left town for a three-month residency, she had no idea that she&#39;d come back to find her life turned upside down.<br><br><i>The casual boyfriend who&#39;d seemed ready to commit?</i> Changed his mind.<br><br><i>The job she&#39;d loved so much?</i> Gone.<br><br><i>The parents she&#39;d assumed would be there for emotional support?</i> Off on the adventure of their lives.<br><br>When she realizes that she&#39;s essentially homeless, jobless and boyfriend-less, Vivian knows something has to change. She needs to take charge.<br><br>Inspired by her aunt&#39;s idea that a girl has to kiss at least fifty frogs to find her prince, Vivian comes up with a plan: she&#39;s going to go on a series of first dates only, and each one must end in a kiss. She&#39;ll chronicle each date--the good, the bad and the downright unbelievable--and turn the stories into an in-depth magazine series about the realities of dating in the twenty-first century.<br><br>While none of the frogs she meets--and kisses--make her heart leap, there&#39;s a guy closer to home who definitely does . . . and despite the fact that Charlie always seems to catch Vivian at her most awkward and embarrassing moments, she can&#39;t help wondering if it&#39;s time to ditch the plan . . . and kiss just one more frog.

Ratings and reviews

After finally reading The Cuffing Season, I had to go back and reread Fifty Frogs, the book that inspired that one. (I will say that each of these does work as a standalone, but you'll enjoy reading them together.) And I loved it as much the second time around as I did the first. Vivian has just come home from an amazing three-month writer-in-residency program where she blogged about how Millenials are doing travel differently. (And can I just say that I would like to sign up for one of these, please?) She comes home ready to pick her life up where she had left it, only to discover that it is all gone - her apartment, her parents and sister, her job, and her boyfriend. The boyfriend is probably the least unsettling, because she knew they just were not right for each other. But that comfort thing, ya know? Cue an entire life makeover. She moves in with her mom's best friend, affectionately known as Aunt Gail, and comes up with a column idea that she think will gain her some attention. Aunt Gail tells her that you have to kiss 50 frogs before you find your prince. So she decides to try out this theory and write about it all. She meets some of the craziest men and gets herself into some very interesting situations. According to the author, these are all somewhat based on her own daughters' stories. And let me tell you, I related to every single one of them. In fact, I think I need to write my own Fifty Frogs column. And of course, there is a great Meet Cute scene involving a very fine specimen of a seemingly normal man named Charlie. In fact, this book is part of a multi-author series called Meet Cute. I would like to have one of him, please! There are plenty of moments to make you smile, as well as to make you cringe in solidarity. It's a fun romantic comedy escape for an afternoon.

Vivian's life is not going the way she hoped but with a little advise from her Aunt she may have found a way to make it better, kiss fifty frogs and write an article about her experience. This is a fun read with lots of laugh out loud moments, there is also a lot of sweet moments. Vivian and her family are a little crazy but in the best way and Charlie is the prince she needed to find. A vey enjoyable read.

I have found with Tawdra Kandle her book heroines are sassy, zany and sometimes whimsical but Vivian takes the cake! A sassy spitfire that believes in her principles even when it includes being in a relationship for convenience sake with her boyfriend Jeremy but that all changes when she returns from a residency…….. You have to kiss fifty frogs to find your prince Aunt Gail told Vivian but how many toads hides behind the princes? That is Vivians goal to reach her dream of becoming a famous journalist she has to write the ultimate story but in doing so she might just miss her prince or the boy next door…… A sweet zany story penned by the talented Tawdra Kandle I can definitely recommend! I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

About the author

Tawdra Kandle writes romance, in just about all its forms. She loves unlikely pairings, strong women, sexy guys, hot love scenes and just enough conflict to make it interesting. Her books include new adult and adult contemporary romance; under the pen name Tamara Kendall, she writes paranormal romance, and under the pen name Tessa Kent, she writes erotic romance. Tawdra lives in central Florida with her husband, two sweet pups and too many cats. Assorted grown children and a perfect granddaughter live nearby. And yeah, she rocks purple hair.