Review + GIVEAWAY: Sweet Home Alaska by Beth Carpenter

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Sweet Home Alaska
(Northern Lights #5)
By Beth Carpenter
Contemporary Romance

Mass Market Paperback & ebook, 368 Pages

July 1st 2019 by Harlequin Heartwarming

Some sparks last forever.

But once burned…

World traveler Dr. Scott Willingham is known for being calm and levelheaded—except where Volta Morgan is concerned. In the ten years since they parted, Scott still can’t forget her. Now he’s come to Alaska to find Volta and finally let her go, only to find their attraction is stronger than ever. Can Scott leave her behind one last time…or has he truly found a place to call home?

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My Thoughts

In Sweet Home Alaska, Beth Carpenter delivers another wonderfully entertaining clean romance in the Northern Lights series. Initially drawn to the series by the Alaskan setting, I quickly developed an appreciation for Carpenter’s smooth, mature writing, warm characters, and creative storytelling. Northern Lights is a great series of stories with connected characters that you get to revisit, although each story stands alone. For fans of sweet romance, a Beth Carpenter story is not to be missed.

Sweet Home Alaska features one of my favorite themes, a second chance at love, building on a relationship previously established. For Dr. Scott Willingham and paramedic Volta Morgan, it had been ten years since their breakup, instigated by Scott. I loved their spark-filled initial meeting in the opening pages, and had to laugh at Scott’s attempt to apologize for arbitrarily deciding years earlier that Volta deserved better than the type of relationship his job with the humanitarian organization DEMA (Doctors, Education, and Medicine for All) allowed him to offer at the time. Let’s just say that it didn’t go well, in spite of each one’s obvious feelings for the other.

I loved how the state of Alaska becomes a major character as the author vividly conveys not only its awesome majesty, but its people. Sweet Home Alaska focuses on Alaska’s outlying villages, where the rugged beauty also carries some disadvantages, especially in the area of medical needs relating to pregnancy. Scott’s job is one of gathering information as he assesses these needs, and having Volta along as his liaison with the people she knows well gives their relationship a chance to grow. Then there’s Volta’s daughter – the precious, scene stealing, “almost eight” Emma who loves horses with a passion.

Sweet Home Alaska is the complete package – a sweet romance filled with rich characters and depth. I enjoyed the chemistry between Scott and Volta, and learned a lot about the needs of people in rural Alaska. Here’s hoping for more stories in this engaging series!

Recommended.

I received a copy of this book through Prism Book Tours. The opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own.

About the Author

Once upon a time ...

when Beth Carpenter was a little girl, she read everything she could get her hands on, and entertained herself on the school bus by making up stories in her head. Not a lot has changed. She's still consuming books like M&Ms, and spends her days creating happily-ever-afters for her imaginary friends.

She lives in Alaska and Arizona with her husband and an aggressively affectionate fifty-pound lap dog. She loves to hear from readers.

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1 winner will receive:

- A copy of AN ALASKAN PROPOSAL
- A neoprene pansy-print lunch tote
- A $20 Amazon gift card

Please note: International entries welcome, but if the winner has no US mailing address, the substitute prize will be AN ALASKAN PROPOSAL and ALASKAN HIDEAWAY ebooks, plus a $20 Amazon gift card.

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