Just a Plot Twist by Deb Goodman: Book Review

 **ARC received for consideration. All opinions are my own.

The Book 

They’re completely wrong for each other—and yet, with every unexpected rescue and reluctant favor, falling in love might be the biggest plot twist of all.

It was humiliating, okay?

When I suffer an accident high atop my favorite Longdale mountain, I don’t want Benson—my sister’s brother-in-law—to play hero. Unfortunately, he’s the one holding me upright. Literally.

Benson cannot fall in love. Between a painful divorce, two energetic kids, and his father’s finance business, he has more than enough going on. Besides, my grandparents despise the entire Tate clan.

They raised me, and I want to please them. Nothing wrong with merging their dreams for my life with my own, right? Sidenote: my grandparents’ dreams do not include the older, single dad, Benson.

But every time I trip (literally and metaphorically), he’s there to catch me—and sometimes feed me. Soon, I start to imagine what it would be like to choose my own vision for the future.

I’m chasing a promotion and my grandparents’ pride. He’s guarding a broken heart. Yet with every cringe-worthy collision, we discover our off-limits love isn’t what we expected.

But it might just be exactly what we need.

If you’re a fan of opposites attract, age gap, closed-door romance with laugh-out-loud banter, hot kisses, and saucy, geriatric bulldogs, Just a Plot Twist is the heartwarming finale to the Tate Brothers series that will leave you smiling long after the last page.

The Author

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Deb Goodman’s obsession with the written word started at age three, when she realized the old-timey newsprint wallpaper in her family’s bathroom had actual words on it. The only problem? By the time she learned to read a couple of years later, the wallpaper had been replaced with something else—boring, non-worded wallpaper—and to this day, she still doesn’t know what it said.

Now, she and her husband and four children live in Utah. They love sports, music, and doing slightly insulting, pretend voices for their little shorkie, Mavis.

Deb writes funny, small-town romance that you won’t need to shield your kids’ eyes from. Writing lovey dovey books comes naturally to Deb since, to her, there’s nothing better than reading and writing about how two people fall in love.

Book Review

We've come to the very last Tate brother, and while I'm sad to say goodbye to this family, the series is ending on a high note with Benson and Claire's story... a single dad, a geriatric bulldog, and some Romeo and Juliet-like vibes (without the tragic ending, of course)... there was certainly a lot to enjoy in this story! Between their feuding families, him being her sister's brother-in-law, an 8-year age gap and neither really looking for love, there are a lot of things that should keep these two apart, but the chemistry between them is undeniable just the same. I couldn't help but enjoy these two together and root for their happily ever after. This was a really cute story and one that I very much enjoyed--- and of course, I loved catching up with the rest of the family too! 

Just a Plot Twist is a closed-door romance with kisses only and no language. It is the seventh book in the Tate Brothers series, and while I think those who have read the previous books will have the best understanding of the family dynamics, I do think this could be enjoyed as a standalone as well. 


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