Love and Other Distractions by Tracy Baack: Book Review

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

The Book

She’s always seen love as an obstacle to what she wants. How long can she deny that it’s exactly what she needs?

Amaya Simmons is climbing the corporate ladder one determined step at a time. Career goals? Crushing it. Finding love? Hard pass.

When Amaya earns a huge promotion, she’s elated. When she’s assigned a temporary consultant to help with data analytics, she’s annoyed. When she discovers who that consultant is, she’s horrified.

Not only is Miguel Alvarez her best friend’s brother-in-law, he’s also the only man who has ever tempted her to give love a shot—before she shut off her heart and doubled down on never.

As they collaborate at work, Amaya finds herself wishing Miguel’s presence wasn’t temporary. But that feeling is precisely the distraction she’s convinced will hinder her career.

Can the encouragement of her faith and her friends drown out the voices of doubt? Or will Amaya push love away permanently?

Love and Other Distractions is a contemporary best friend's brother-in-law, workplace romance. Readers who appreciate sweet romances, relatable characters with depth and growth, and light faith themes will love this story. You'll find plenty of swoon with no spice in this closed-door, kisses-only romance.

This is the third book in the interconnected Love and Other. . . series, following Love and Other Goals and Love and Other Chances. While written as a standalone, reading the books in order will provide the best reader experience.

Content Considerations: Toxic absent parent, past drug use and promiscuity, mentions of miscarriage and opioid overdose.

The Author

Tracy Baack connects with readers through relatable romance. She enjoys writing character-driven contemporary romance novels with so much character depth and development, you just might think they're real people. Her books are always closed-door but full of heart-melting swoon, and they end happily ever after (after a little dose of angst).

Her books include the "Love and Other..." series, the "Christmas in Noel" series, and Home Safe (with more on the way because she just might be a writing addict).

Tracy lives with her husband and four children in Kansas, where she loves supporting local indie bookstores. Her primary love language is finding the perfect GIF for any moment.

Connect on social media @authortracybaack.

Book Review

What a great ending to this series! Amaya and Miguel were so sweet and worked so well together- both professionally and romantically. If you're a reader who doesn't like miscommunication, good news... this one certainly isn't that! One of the things that I loved about these two was how open they were with one another. That didn't mean they didn't have other issues that they had to work through, but I loved how upfront he was about his feelings. There was just something really refreshing with these two, and I loved seeing the growth throughout their story. The faith elements were beautifully written into this story and felt genuine to the characters... with reminders of balance that I think so many are going to appreciate in this story. If you enjoy stories with strong friendships, realistic faith and a swoon worthy romance, this is certainly one you'll want to check out. 

Love and Other Distractions is a faith-filled closed-door romance with kisses only and no language. It is the third book in the Love and Other series, and while you may be able to enjoy as a standalone, you'll definitely have a better understanding of the friendship dynamics if you read from the beginning. 


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