not my favorite of Laura’s books BUT I’ll always enjoy her books. they’re palatable and cutesy and I’ll always have some giggles

Enemies-to-lovers? In Alaska? With a swoony billionaire and a fiery wedding planner? Yes please.
Montana is hilarious and relatable, and her friend group had me laughing out loud. Myles shows Montana what real love looks and feels like, and it’s everything. Even though he takes a minute to figure things out, when he does—wow. Their chemistry is off the charts!
The narrators (Cicely Meadows & Troy Duran) brought everything to life—seriously one of my fave audiobooks this year. Fingers crossed we get more stories from this world—because I’m not ready to leave Blushing, Alaska! Another 5 star book by the amazing, incredible, and very talented Laura Pavlov!

You, Me and Forever made me want to pack up my life and move to a small town in Alaska. Truly everything you want in a small town romance and more!

Montana finally let loose with a guy for one night and realizes he’s the broody billionaire who’s tearing down her most popular wedding venue and a place that basically raised her. Myles isn’t used to feeling guilty when it comes to business decisions but he wants to make things right with Montana.

Montana and Myles drive each other crazy in ALL the best ways. Their banter and chemistry are both off the charts! You won’t be able to stop yourself from falling in love with these two and the adorable town of Blushing. From grand gestures, to nosy neighbors, plus an adorable porcupine and a stubborn moose, You, Me and Forever will have you swooning from page 1 to the end!

This was the sweetest start of a new series.

Montana owns a wedding planner business with her Bestie in Blushing, Alaska. When a billionaire buys out her number one wedding venue, she's fire hot red. until they get to know each other. I love that they went from strangers to friends who are very attracted to each other-- to just living in the moment. This one was seriously SO SWEET.

This is the perfect sweet, fun, low conflict romance that you will be looking for this summer!! 🤭😌🤍

4.75⭐️ 2.5🌶️ 4.5🎧

Relationship dynamic: MF
Tropes/Microtropes/Vibes/Reps:
🏡 Small town
💰 Billionaire
🛏️ One night stand
🤝🏻 Forced proximity
❤️‍🔥 Hate to love

Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Narrators: Cicely Meadows + Troy Duran
Narration type: dual
Writing perspective: first person, dual POV
Standard length: 8:18
Listening speed: 2.2x
Listened via: NetGalley
ALC provided by: Laura Pavlov + VPR + NetGalley

📖 I love a story set in Alaska! Laura’s books are always hits for me. Myles and Montana were such a great wild meet cute turned one night stand turned hate to love turned friendship turned swoony love fest. The banter and tension in this were *chef’s kiss*! And PORKY! Who couldn’t love that lil cutie 🫠 Bravo! Give me more, I’m ready!!

🎧 Cicely Meadows is new to me and she did a great job voicing Montana. Her upbeat voice and snark at times really fit Montana’s vibe. Troy always delivers a great performance and he did so for Myles—deep, rugged, and rich sounding.
I think I would have enjoyed this a bit more with duet audio, but that’s just personal preference. It was a great listen!

I absolutely love Laura’s books and this new one was no exception! I loved the Alaska small town setting and all the characters!

Montana and Myles had the best banter and chemistry! I loved seeing them go from strangers to hookup to enemies to lovers! Such a feel good romance book!

I listened to the audiobook which is narrated by Cicely Meadows and Troy Duran who were both great for the characters! Loved listening to this one and can’t wait for the next book in this series! Thank you for an ALC Laura, Valentine PR, and Montlake! 🩷


🩷 Small Town
🩷 Enemies to Lovers
🩷 Billionaire
🩷 One Night Stand
🩷 Grumpy Sunshine
🩷 Small Town Girl x City Boy
🩷 Alaska Setting
🩷 Wedding Planner FMC
🩷 Business Owner / Developer MMC
🩷 Opposites Attract

Rating: 4⭐️ | Spice: 3🌶️ | Audio: 4🎙️
What to Expect:   
🩷 Small Town Alaska
🩷 Billionaire MMC
🩷 Wedding Planner FMC
🩷Enemies-to-Lovers
🩷One Night Stand

Thank you so much Laura and @valentine_pr_ @brilliancepublishing for the gifted ALC!

“I have a gift for spotting diamonds in the rough. And you, Montana Kingsley, are the rarest I’ve ever met.”

Review Title & Vibes:   
{FOREVER IN MY SMALL TOWN ERA} Laura’s working more magic in the darling little island town of Blushing, Alaska. Complete with hilariously unfiltered girl gang and a commitment-phobe billionaire - this new series is one to add to your TBR. Myles and Montana may be complete opposites, but they complement each other so well. This spicy “secret-identity” turns quickly into enemies-to-lovers. Your heart may be broken, but have no fear - there is an epic grand gesture that is permanently embedded on my heart.

Things I Loved:
* @theliteralgal described it wonderfully - it’s a hallmark movie in book form.
* I couldn’t get enough of the father-daughter relationship. Daniel Kingsley is the perfect blend of protective single dad and encouraging wiseman.
* The furry creatures in the story had me cackling.

Audio Notes:
{Dual} This was my first audiobook by Cicely, and she and Troy performed very well. The timing and character voices were on point, and the story was a perfectly bingable small town romance. I recommend this audiobook.

Recommended to...  
All the small town romance readers who love a hallmark movie vibe.

Narrated by @cicelymeadowsnarrator @duran.troy
Produced by @brilliancepublishing

his was so freaking cute and fun! It is not surprising that I loved this because I love anything and everything Laura writes. Myles and Montana can't stand each other and it made for some amazing tension and banter. Laura's side characters (and in this book the animal side characters hehe) are always so good and make you feel the small town charm. I am a sucker for nicknames in books and I thought Moneybags and Honey Badger were hilarious and fitting (anyone else think of the guy doing a voiceover of the honey badger or was it just me?😂). I do not think I have read any books with a wedding planner and I need to read more! I hated planning my wedding but I like reading about it LOL. I am SOOOO excited for the next book!

P.S. Myles' grand gesture at the end had me SWOOOONNNNING!

About the narration:
The audiobook is performed in dual narration by Cicely Meadows and Troy Duran. These two were amazing! The banter was spot on and had me laughing out loud.

✨ARC Review✨
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This book had me hooked from page one! If you know me, I love a good small town romance with some real good spice! You, Me, and Forever kicks off the Blushing, Alaska series in the most addictive way. I couldn’t get enough of this book. I wanted more even after I finished it. This book gave Steal My Heart a good run for its money. I can’t decide which one I like the most.

Oh, Montana. She is bold, a creative wedding planner with a heart of gold. She loves fiercely and will stand up for herself and everyone she loves. She will go toe to toe with Myles. Every. Single. Time.

My, Myles. He is a broody, billionaire who waltzes into Blushing, Alaska with plans to shake things all up. Starting with tearing down a place that means everything to Montana. Even if it holds lots of good memories for her.

These two are true enemies to lovers. Yet, they can’t stay away from each other. The banter in this book had me cracking me. I love their text exchanges. She is so mean to him and he just takes it and gives it back - but so good!

Their hilarious one-night-stand meet cute story to a tension-filled friends-to-lovers. That started off with fake names and laugh-out-loud banter. I absolutely loved their chemistry.

Laura you nail the emotions, humor, banter, and everything between in yours books. You leave me grinning, swooning, and tearing up over your characters. You just simply might be my author of the year!

Thank you so incredibly much Laura Pavlov & Valentine for this eARC and audio. I loved this book so much. I’m already anxious to read book 2 in this series!

I'm usually a big LP fan but this one just didn't really do it for me. I felt the story lagged quite a bit and struggle with the choice of narrators. It was a cute premise but just didn't really come together for me.

A billionaire, one night stand turned enemies-to-lovers romance with a beautiful small-town Alaska setting, a set of strong-willed main characters and spicy heat…yes, please! Montana is a wedding planner trying to accept the need to work with the hot-shot billionaire, Myles, that has taken over the local resort where most of her events are held. Their chemistry and spark is instant, but so is the tension. I fell for them too, with their absolute adorable nicknames (Honey Badger and Moneybags!) and their witty banter. I was totally invested in Montana and Myle’s road to a HEA, smiling and swooning the entire time Both narrators Cicely Meadows and Troy Duran brought their characters to life, especially with the tension and the sultriness in their voices. I am so glad I got to experience Montana and Myle’s story in an audio format.

Book & Audio Review

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶️🌶️

What to expect

Small town romance
Enemies to lovers
One night turns to more
Billionaire x wedding planner
Girl squad
Secret getaway
Mutual pining
Romantic gestures to swoon at
HEA

This is the first book in a new series by the Queen of small town romances. Laura is a fantastic writer who always captures my attention from the first page. I love her writing style and her canny ability to create diverse characters to fall in love with. This book is no exception, I absolutely loved it. Myles and Montana had some seriously delicious chemistry from their first spontaneous meeting to the last page in the book.

Montana was so angry with the idea of Myles in the beginning, of who she thought he was but he proved her wrong. The character development, especially for Myles was perfect. He really needed to open his heart and realise healthy relationships were possible for him.

I want to go visit Blushing and see just how beautiful it is! I loved the spirit of the town and the diverse characters that Laura has created. I laughed so many times in the beginning with the nicknames, and the fact that they became sweet.

Both narrators brought the story to life and added to the story with their portrayal of the characters. I loved Troy as Myles and could listen to him all day!

I’m excited to read & listen to more in this new series and I highly recommend reading this book & listening to the audiobook.

Welcome to Blushing, Alaska indeed! With a new small town vibe that’s all its own, You, Me, and Forever is great way to start a new series!

Montana Kingsley is part owner of the Blushing Bride, an upscale wedding planning business in the small town of Blushing, Alaska. Myles St. James is the billionaire who has just purchased Montana’s number one venue in hopes of demolishing it to build a luxury hotel. She hates him and everything he stands for…too bad he’s also her one night fling.

True to any Laura Pavlov book, I fell in love with the small town atmosphere! From the downtown streets travelled frequently by a strolling moose to the friendly, yet meddling residents, to the frequented businesses for friends to gather, Blushing could be a new favorite!

But, more than the atmosphere, I fell in love with Montana and Myles! This enemies to friends to lovers story is perfection! Montana and Myles have the sweetest chemistry ever! From their silly meet-cute, to epic grand gestures, to supportive moments of mic drop proportions these two have an undeniably special connection and I truly enjoyed watching them fall in love!

Cecily Meadows did a fantastic job of portraying up-beat Montana and the various voices of the supporting characters while Troy Duran had the sarcastic, sexy, deep voiced billionaire down to a tee. Their flirty banter filled moments were performed to perfection but, occasionally, their intimate scenes lacked the connection with their delivery. Overall, though these two told Laura's story so well and I enjoyed listening to it!

4.5 Stars (rounded up)

I love Laura's books and this one is no exception. This is a great start to a new series. This book has a cute rom-comish feel to it. Its an easy fun read with great characters.

Montana grew up in Blushing Alaska and runs a well to do bridal business. Myles is a billionaire developer who is coming into town to tear down, Montana's favorite Inn and put in a modern hotel. These two have a great chemistry from the start, even when they dont want to admit it to each other.

Both narrators, Cicely Meadows and Troy Duran, were amazing for this book.

Welcome to Blushing, Alaska.
Myles and Montana - a story full of humor, romance, charm.
Two total different people, but they hit it off and fit perfectly.

Laura is one of my all-time-favorite authors. I enjoy her stories and her writing-style a lot.

Laura is the Queen of small town romance and she delivers again with You, Me, and Forever! I devoured this enemies to lovers, billionaire, forced proximity, small town romance, set in the charming fictional town of Blushing, Alaska. 

Wedding Planner Montana is devastated when she discovers that a wealthy business man has bought the Seaside Inn, her second home and the most popular venue for her clients' weddings. When she spends a memorable night with a tourist, the last thing she expects is to discover that he's none other than Miles St. James, the billionaire developer who plans on bulldozing the inn to the ground. But Miles isn't what he seems and soon Montana agrees to a no-strings attached fling with him while he's in town. But the more time they spend together, the harder it is not to catch feels . . .

In Blushing, Laura has created another charming small town, full of quirky and loveable characters, including a well endowed moose called Clive, a resident porcupine, and a hilarious girl gang of ride or die besties. Montana and Miles stole my heart and I loved following their journey from enemies, to friends, to lovers. Their meet cute when Montana and her girls were using alter egos in the local bar had me in stitches and I loved how Miles went along with it. They were so sweet together; their banter was epic and their chemistry was fire! Their nicknames for each other - Honey Badger and Moneybags perfectly summed up their relationship - sweet and fun. 

Montana is a sweetheart. She was fun, thoughtful, fiercely loyal and loved hard. Under Miles' aloof exterior was a gooey centre that Montana really brought out and I loved watching his growth as their relationship progressed. There's a delicious sprinkle of angst as their fling heads towards its deadline and Miles battles with his head and heart, but it's worth all the drama as Mile's grand gestures had me reaching for the tissues! 

You, Me, and Forever is the perfect blend of heart, hilarity, swoony romance, and small town goodness and I hung on every word! 

Audio review

This is the first time I’ve listened to an audio by Cicely Meadows and Troy Duran and boy did they nail it! Cicely perfectly captured Montana’s sweet, fun personality and Troy brought grumpy, protective and witty Miles to life seamlessly. Their narration brought all the feels and had me laughing, swooning and clutching my pearls!

Loved it. Small town goodness and a hero who never wanted love, but fell hard for his fling. Checked all my favorite boxes!!

Audible lovers, the narrators were fantastic!!

Already excited for the next one!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧
🌶️🌶️🌶️

Story Vibes:
𝙻𝚊𝚞𝚛𝚊 𝙿𝚊𝚟𝚕𝚘𝚟. That's the only story vibes description we need here because....𝙻𝚊𝚞𝚛𝚊 👏🏼𝙿𝚊𝚟𝚕𝚘𝚟.

Audio Vibes:
𝐶𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑀𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑠 & 𝑇𝑟𝑜𝑦 𝐷𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑛 were absolutely amazing as narrators. They brought the banter, the emotions, the tension, the chemistry. Their voices were beautifully toned for these characters and I truly loved it! They delivered a magnificent performance bringing us Montana & Myles!

Overall Vibes:
𝙻𝚊𝚞𝚛𝚊 𝙿𝚊𝚟𝚕𝚘𝚟 is bringing us the first book in her new series and hit all the vibes for me! I absolutely loved getting to know Montana and Myles. These two....they were absolutely made for each! A wedding planner & a real estate developer, bantering and falling in love was everything for me! Throw in the amazing cast of side characters, some quirky animals and the beautifully described sceneries and I was all in with this one!

This story was a beautiful combination of love, fun & small towns.

I will never get to Alaska but through the words of 𝙻𝚊𝚞𝚛𝚊 𝙿𝚊𝚟𝚕𝚘𝚟, and her incredible characters, I will be able to take trips to Blushing, Alaska and that will be enough!

I am already looking forward to book 2 and cannot wait!

You, Me and Forever is the first book in a brand new series called Blushing set in small town Alaska. We have a billionaire hero, a small business owner heroine and a one night stand with lots of funny after moments. I love all the different tropes we go through as we follow Montana and Myles' story. Fling to enemies to lovers, and then friends with benefits.
I loved Montana and Myles together, they have banter, nicknames for each other and the chemistry. The tension between these two was fun to read about. There's fun nicknames for the wild animals around the town which I loved.
I absolutely love this author's books, while this is up there with my faves I still loved it and I will definitely be continuing with the rest of the series.

Thank you to the author and Valentine PR for my ALC!

You, Me, and Forever has quickly become one of my favorite book by Laura Pavlov. If you love a good enemies to lovers book, then this one is for you. Montana loves her small town and especially the Seaside Inn, which was not only where she grew up but the most popular wedding venue for her booming wedding planning business. In comes Miles St. James, who she thinks is just there to tear it all down to build what he thinks is bigger and better. She loathes the man before she even meets him. The fun begins when Montana goes out with her girlfriends for a night of fun to get over her dry spell after leaving her ex months ago. She just wants a one night stand with a stranger, fake name and all. Well, she gets it all right, but it’s with the last person she wants to meet. Hate to love was never more fun to watch develop! Get ready to laugh, swoon, and grab a glass of ice water to cool you off.