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Review: Buns (Hudson Valley, #3) by Alice ClaytonBuns by Alice Clayton
Series: Hudson Valley, #3
Published by Gallery Books on May 23, 2017
Pages: 336
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The third in the hilarious yet sizzling hot Hudson Valley series from New York Time and USA TODAY bestselling author Alice Clayton.

Clara Morgan is living the dream, if you can call rebranding hotels that are desperate for a new life and running any kind of marathon a dream. Which she does. But the career she loves and the endurance races that keep her adrenaline pumping have kept her too busy to put down any roots. Growing up in foster care, she’s never been able to establish traditions of her own, which may be why she’s fascinated by the rituals that generations-old family resorts are known for. She’s especially interested in the Bryant Mountain House, and not just for their secret recipe for the yummy, gooey, can’t-get-enough-of Hot Cross Buns….

Archie Bryant, the man with the Buns, is fifth generation and one-day-owner of the charming yet run-down Bryant Mountain House in Bailey Falls, New York. He’s determined to save his family’s legacy from the wrecking ball the old-fashioned way—by gritting his teeth and doing what needs to be done. There’s no way Archie will be influenced by the new hotel branding expert his father brought in to turn one hundred and fifty years of tradition on its head just to attract a faster, younger, slicker crowd. But when some of Clara’s ideas start bringing in new, paying customers, Archie can’t deny that she may have just given him a shot at keeping his resort open.

It’s sticky, it’s messy, it’s sweet, it’s Buns.

Our friends from Bailey Falls are back. Buns is Clara Morgan’s story. It’s a fantastic story. Clara is fiercely independent. She doesn’t let anyone in. Except Natalie and Roxie. When she starts her job at the Bryant Mountain House, she doesn’t expect blue eyes and freckles. She needs to resist her attraction to Archie. She’s not staying in Bailey Falls.
I haven’t read a book by Alice Clayton that I didn’t love. This series is fantastically written. This group of friend’s have become family and the strength in them is unbreakable.
Told in Clara’ s POV, this book is full of laughter, friendship, and hot steamy love scenes. Can be read as a standalone, but I highly recommend reading the series in order. – Reviewed by Christina

 

They say it’s the quiet ones…but Clara can tell you it’s really the freckled ones with glasses. Clara, the last hold out in the troublesome trio from culinary school, is learning all about the buns in the Hudson Valley. The buns that everyone wants in their mouth.

Hardened Clara and Hotel Boy go round for round in this hotel rebranding. I’d say it’s a death match because it is brutal. Brutally hot, filled with lusty tension, and downright “loud”…with innuendo. What were you thinking?

The last of the trio has come to the Hudson Valley but she isn’t staying. She isn’t making plans. She’s here for work, nothing more. Not the crabby, arrogant Hotel Boy. Not the quaint town. She’s not even here for her besties. No, Clara is here to work out the kinks…(reign in that filthy mind, she’s not that wild) of this job. Not to experience the benefits. There are NO benefits. There is no…

Ok, fine. Clara lies to herself. I won’t continue to do it. You will just have to take her word for it. But I strongly advise, before you try the buns, that you check out the surrounding areas…starting with Maxwell Farms (Nuts) and even head over to Oscar Mendoza’s amazing farm (Cream of the Crop). You won’t want to miss everything this quiet little town has to offer. – Reviewed by Rebecca