The Best Laid Plans (The Best Men Book 1)

4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars | 3,745 ratings

Price: 3.99

Last update: 06-16-2024


About this item

A tough-as-leather football player. A happy-go-lucky historian. It’s love against all odds in a warm and emotional romance about found family, friendship, and the restorative powers of the heart.

Former Dallas football player Burke Barrett is weathering a lot of changes. He’s retired from football. He’s mourning the loss of his best friend. And now he’s been bequeathed a dilapidated house in northern Michigan he doesn’t want. To his surprise it comes with a long-legged, blindly optimistic renovation manager with big ideas for Burke’s inheritance. She’s passionate, irritating, and irresistible.

Restoration expert Charlotte Cunningham is used to rough exteriors. This surly client, with his stubbled jaw, towering physique, and inflexible attitude, is worth smoothing over. The attraction sizzles, and a proposal is in order: a romantic tryst to relieve the tension. No strings attached. A safe bet for both of them since Burke is prepared to renovate, sell, and move on.

A pet project with an end date. Does that go for love too? Burke must decide what he really wants and what he’s willing to risk. He should know by now that the best-laid plans can change in a heartbeat.


From the Publisher

Plans and hearts. They both change.

Top reviews from the United States

Jen Valencia
5.0 out of 5 stars Best laid plans may go awry but lead to an HEA
Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2023
It's been a REALLY long time since I last had to put together a Power Point presentation, but I'd be more than willing to dust off those skills in order to properly explain just how much I adored reading Karla Sorensen's The Best Laid Plans. This book had a slow-burn romance with healthy doses of wit and humor and some much appreciated angst. (What can I say, I'm an angst addict at heart.) There was well-thought-out and clear development, both for the main characters and for their story, with a great deal of emotional growth, especially from Burke. Knowing Burke's and Charlotte's back stories highlighted why there was some caution and trepidation in terms of involving themselves in a romantic relationship, choosing instead to engage in a fling with a pre-acknowledged end. I loved seeing these two fall in love, and they certainly had some noteworthy support from those nearest and dearest to them, with special mention going to Charlotte's godmother, Daphne, and Daphne's non-boyfriend, Richard, and Tansy, Burke's sister. Speaking of Tansy, dare I hope for her to get her own happily-ever-after, maybe with a certain builder named William? And I'm definitely eager to see what awaits Liam and his co-guardian. While waiting to see what's next in the Best Men series, I'm happily handing the first best man and the woman who made him even better five stars.
HP
4.0 out of 5 stars The newest Karla Sorensen series is here so make you swoon!
Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2024
KARLA SORENSEN - THE BEST LAID PLANS

REVIEW:
If you know me, you'd know that I adore Karla's work, I was esctatic to receive three ARCs in a row by her! I must admit, I went into this story almost blindly, as I read the synopsis and by the time I started the book completely forgotten about it. But fear not, I was not in the slightest disappointed by this turn of events.
Karla is one of my favourite authors when it comes to the best sport related stories, in my opinion. Her characters are well-rounded, their development fleshed out, the romance is romancing and I almost want all her heroes to come sweep my off my feet.

Burke and Charlotte's stories are both centered around redemption of some kind. They were both burned professionally, Burke even had some unfortunate personal matters that darkend his heart quite a bit. Charlotte was whimsical AND professionally really assertive.
Their contradicting personalities provided the most eventful banter, kept the story moving and their encounters were equally fun and emotional.
I loved how step by step, Charlotte was able to crack Burke's outer shell, and how they both learned to work as a team on the jobsite as well as in their friendship, then later during their romantic endeavours.
And who knew Burke could produce this amount of groveling and expressing feelings this big of a way, when one first met him!
I wholeheartedly recommend starting one of Karla's series, you won't regret it!
Jordan Truex
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Heart-Melting
Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2023
The Best Laid Plans was an absolutely beautiful story full of so much heart, so much tenderness and feeling, I couldn't help but get emotional. This story was intriguing from beginning to end and captured the essence of true friendship, love, and destiny. It is about overcoming challenges, hardships, and pain to see the world around you and what beauty it holds when you allow it. It is a slow burn that when it finally ignites into a flame it is fast, furious, and butterfly inducing.

I loved this book from beginning to end. It has everything a good romance should have: a swoony and sexy hero, a beautiful and fierce heroine, fiery passion, witty banter, and an unforgettable journey of love.

It was truly a work of art. ???? recommend this book to anyone who loves romance.
Musing Maddie
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant read
Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2024
Another absolutely stunning book by the ever-talented Karla Sorensen.

Burke was a broken man. His heart ran deep, but it had been trampled and wrenched one too many times to seem reparable. He was lost. And apart from his sister and her twins, he was very much alone.

In contrast, Charlotte was a ray of sunshine. She exuded joy and possibilities, but wasn’t one who believed she’d ever find her happily ever after. If HEAs were to be found in people, anyway.

Together, they were forced to walk a difficult journey through grief and transformations. Toward hope.

This slow-burn romance will keep you captivated from the first page to the last. I read so slowly near the end so I could delay having to leave this world so cleverly penned.

Perfect attention was given to the heritage home central to the story. Ample and wonderful scenes included supporting characters sublimely. Sensitive and intuitive focus unpacked brokenness and pain. And delicious detail was provided to watch true love blossom and grow. There were just so many moments where my heart was both saddened and filled with joy. All the feels.

As a result, The Best Laid Plans was a brilliant read. I cannot wait for the next in the series.
Supermom
3.0 out of 5 stars grief and Love
Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2023
Overall a good story. Some of the main takeaways: the main characters have layers ????. Dealing with grief, lack of positive relationships example. Then learning how to navigate through as adults. So many of the different emotions how different the experience impacts us. In how we see our self and how others see us.
It’s a unique, forced proximity relationship that develops. With lots of tension. A handful of fun and interesting side characters. Looking forward to seeing who’s next in the series if IT’s the sister Tansy or Liam the other football buddy of Chris ? there’s a few possibilities .
A HEA

There’s language , open door bedroom scenes in this book.

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