REVIEW: Walking on Sunshine by Luann McLane

Walking on Sunshine (Cricket Creek #8) by Luann McLane: Mattie runs the café and bookstore on her family’s marina. She’s happy working as a chef and promoting literacy in her community, but she’s tired of being overlooked by the men in her town. It doesn’t help that she has two overprotective brothers who keep guys away from her. She’s had her eye on Colby, her brother’s best friend, for practically her whole life and he’s never indicated he feels the same way.

Garret is new to town and the son of a famous rock star. He’s trying to start over as his own man rather than live in his parents’ shadows. Mattie is the first person he meets and he’s instantly intrigued by this quirky and sweet woman. They become fast friends who have a lot in common.

“Okay,” Mattie said absently, and didn’t bother to flick a glance in Garret’s direction. Since Garret was rather used to women fawning all over him, he found Mattie’s rapid dismissal refreshing in a weird way. Odd, but he could have sworn she was about to let him kiss her just moments ago. Perhaps he’d been mistaken, because she only seemed to have eyes for Colby. Pity, because he found her utterly charming.

Mattie wants to change her image and Garret wants to fit into the community, so they strike a bargain. Garret will teach her to be a lady and she will help him fit in. He realizes that Mattie is pining for someone else and he doesn’t want to get in her way, even though his feelings grow the more time they spend together. Mattie finds herself thinking more about Garret and less about Colby. Their deal begins to take a new turn as they find it more difficult to keep to their original agreement.

“So, let me get this straight. You’re going to push me into the arms of another man?” Mattie felt tears well up in her eyes. “That’s just…plain stupid.”
“Yeah, I do stupid really well.” Garret shoved his fingers through his hair. “Sometimes it seriously sucks to be me.”

Walking on Sunshine was an entertaining contemporary romance where the tomboy finds her prince with a sexy British accent. Luann McLane created a hero in Garret who you wanted to get the girl. Ms. McLane also provided a strong and heartwarming secondary storyline for Laura Lee and Shane. Fans of Robin Kaye will enjoy Walking on Sunshine.

Book Info:

Published May 5th 2015 by Signet | (Cricket Creek #8)

Cricket Creek, Kentucky, is a sweet small town. But that doesn’t stop a tomboy breakfast cook and a tabloid-magnet musician from getting into a little trouble together….

Mattie Mayfield is more interested in fishing, four-wheeling, and mudding than being a girlie girl. But acting like one of the boys means she often gets ignored when it comes to romance—especially by Colby, her brother’s best friend. Maybe if she changes the game, she’ll finally start getting some attention.

Bad boy musician Garret Ruleman doesn’t fit in with the crowd in Cricket Creek, but there’s something about sweet, unassuming Mattie that catches his eye. Garret intends to ask her out, but all Mattie wants is for Garret to give her a makeover that will force Colby to see her as a real woman.

Garret agrees to help in return for lessons on how to become a Southern stud. And as the local girls start falling for the newly countrified Garret, Mattie wonders if in the end, they’d actually be perfect together.…