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In the final book of the Boonsboro Trilogy, the focus is no longer on building the Inn Boonsboro, but rather a couple different storylines take center stage. The first being the obvious romance that’s been building between Ryder and Hope from the moment she stepped into town and was hired as the inn keeper. The ghost, Lizzy, stills plays a major role as her story gets wrapped up. It wouldn’t be a book in this trilogy if the Montgomery men w More...

I have been anticipating the release of this book for quite sometime. That is probably why I really didn't like it that much. I was expecting va va vom, sexy Ryder and his attitude, a book that was going to be extremely fun to read. There definitely were some really funny parts in the book, but overall, it wasn't Nora Roberts' best. The story felt a little glazed over and kind of happened too fast, I wasn't feeling it. I couldn't really connect with the story.

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one of my ABSOLUTE favorite More...

I have been anxiously waiting for Ryder and Hope’s story while also mourning the end of this wonderfully emotional trilogy. I’m amazed as the rest of you that Nora Roberts is able to come up with original ideas, write beautiful stories, all with such frequency even after all these years. Thank the heavens she does. She’s kept me spellbound for months now with her Inn BoonsBoro characters and fun. I could go for another three or four books, but I know she moved on to her next project ages ago. No More...

In the Perfect Hope, Nora Roberts brings us back for one last stay at the Inn Boonsboro. When Ryder Montgomery first saw Hope Beaumont walk into the Inn with her beauty pageant good looks, mile high heels that accented her long legs and her perfect body encased in a perfect suit, he knew she was trouble. He wasn’t happy when his mother hired her on the spot. He though she was too snooty, too uppity and too city for their quiet little Inn. Even though he now sees how well she runs thing, there is More...

You all know how it can be with high expectations. If not met they can become the worst buzz kill imaginable. And let me tell you, my expectations for this book were mile high. I've been waiting for this story since the first time Ryder made an appearance on page.
Especially this year my too high, maybe even unreasonable expectations have ruined quite a few promising books for me, so I was hopeful and anxious at the same time when I started reading.
So like I said, sometimes they can ruin everythi More...

Ryder stole the book for me. He's a curmudgeonly guy and really feels no need to change. Ryder's not an alpha male or a beta male; he just does his thing and you can go with him or not, he doesn't give a shit. If Ryder was real, I'd kill him in a day, but he can be my fictional boyfriend any time, especially if he buys me a light-up fairy wand.

I was always kinda 'meh' on Lizzie the Ghost, but I actually liked her in The Perfect Hope. As the reader learns more about Lizzie's love story and the u More...

I really, really enjoyed the last book in this triolgy.

I loved the whole ghost story thing and the conclusion to it. But I also loved how it was interwined with Ryders and Hopes story.

Ryder and Hope were wonderful the chemistry was awesome and I totally enjoyed reading about them.

The book left me with this wonderful cozy feeling!

Loved the first two books and was really excited for this one. It's not bad...just not fabulous either. I'm a little disappointed because i had so much excitement and anticipation wrapped up in this book and their relationship it ended up a tad "safe" for lack of a better word. Definitely not my favorite in the series.

This is the 3rd book of the trilogy and I got it for my 48th year wedding anniversery. So now I can start reading the 3 books. Love Nora Roberts!

Great series.

For me, Nora Roberts can do no wrong. And since she writes so many of these, there's usually always something to fall back on when I'm going through a dry spell. This one though, didn't do much for me. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't bad, but it was subpar compared to her other stuff. There was something missing. The last book in the Inn BoonsBoro trilogy featuring the third brother Ryder Montgomery and the BoonsBoro's Innkeeper Hope Beaumont was the one I'd been waiting for from the beginning. Ry More...

Great book. Happy ending. Great place to live. Good, sappy story. Liked all three books.

Ryder is the hardest Montgomery brother to figure out—with a tough-as-nails outside and possibly nothing too soft underneath. He’s surly and unsociable, but when he straps on a tool belt, no woman can resist his sexy swagger. Except apparently Hope Beaumont, the innkeeper of his own Inn BoonsBoro…

As the former manager of a D.C. hotel, Hope is used to excitement and glamour, but that doesn’t mean she can’t app More...

This is the last book in the Inn Boonsboro Trilogy and it's Ryder Montgomery's book. His heroine is Hope Beaumont...and of all of the books in this series, this was my favorite.

I'll admit that the previous books were kind of slow going but it was this book that I was really looking forward to reading. Ryder and Hope had some pretty intense sexual chemistry in the previous books and I just knew that their story was going to be the best of the bunch and I wasn't wrong.

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One thing I hate about paranormal fiction are the ghosts that want to be all cryptic. Look, if I'm spending time trying to figure out YOUR mystery, be a little more forthcoming with information.

Another thing that bugged me: Yes, Clare is pregnant. But she had her book already. We don't constantly need comments about Clare's belly, her soon to be twins, and other preggo stuff. I really don't care. 5 boys under the age of ten is her (and Beckett's) problem.

I do like how there was resolution to the More...

The Perfect Hope is the final book in New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts The Inn Boonsboro Trilogy. Roberts is one of the most prolific and bestselling authors in the world today. With 52 books under her belt, 280 million copies sold, and multiple books made into movies she can still delight and entertain with every new book. The Perfect Hope is no exception.

The backliner reads:

A new novel of starting over and star-crossed love.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts introd More...

This book is very similar to the first two books, only with different characters. The first book talks about the 3 successful Montgomery brothers, who own their own construction business; their mother who is a widow; and three best girl friends who own/run their own businesses. The first book talks about one of the brothers and one of the girls having a romantic connection, and ending up getting engaged. The second book talks about another brother and another friend who also have a romantic conn More...

I read the other books in this trilogy after receiving them as gifts. But this one was a real letdown. It's predictable, and the plot limps along. I feel as if I've read some of these sentences before, as if the author is resting on her best-selling laurels.
As I read, I couldn't help thinking that this book is so aspirational. The 3 heroines are beautiful. Intelligent, strong and accomplished. The 3 heroes are strong, skilled, handsome. They are all young people and most of them own successful b More...

Couldn't put it down. Managed to stop with about 30 pages to go last night to finish today in order to get some sleep. I really enjoyed this series; the characters were all real (if, yes, leading charmed lives of comparative wealth, beauty and youth). The supernatural component wasn't mean but sad and a little playful instead. The 'villain' was around for a very short time. Some others have complained about the significant part of the plot being spent on refabbing the inn or other buildings arou More...

Please accept my apologies for the following gush-fest.

When Hope and Ryder first met, she got the distinct impression he didn’t like her on sight and didn’t want her to get the job as innkeeper in his family’s inn. And Hope isn’t sure she likes Ryder that much either. He’s stand-offish and sulky; definitely not an easy person to get along with. And one, rather good, kiss not withstanding, she is definitely not attracted to Riley.

The resident ghost, Lizzy, has other ideas though and forces Hope a More...

My favorite book from the Inn Trilogy!!!

Hope left her city and her glamorous job at the Hotel she worked at after her boyfriend dumped her and told her he was going to propose to another girl the day after. Not to mention that the owners of the hotel where she worked at was her boyfriends parents. She was left humiliated that she was used, and wasted three years with a scumbag who had another relationship and she was just the side girl.

She decides to go work at the Inn Boonsboro as the Innkeepe More...

Another great hit by ms. Roberts. I think this was my favorite of the series. I especially enjoyed the gruff little talk-more-action kind of guy. I loved watching that kind of guy falling head over heels in love. Ms. Roberts is stupendous with dialogue. She brings enough pop culture to make it fel real to me. When she changes to the male pov the voive is distinctly pronounced. I really feel like I am listening to his thoughts. I thinks this is my favorite because of the male character being so m More...

Hope Beaumont is the perfect fit for Inn Boonsboro. The charming bed and breakfast has become her sole focus, since leaving her life in the big city. Hope is happy with her new life among her closest friends. She is confident she can handle anything, except a rude, unsociable, surly and disturbingly sexy handyman.

Ryder is the Montgomery who gets things done. He and his brothers might run Montgomery Contracting together, but Ryder knows his talents lie in the hard work and details of making a pro More...

*This review is for the 3 books in the Inn Boonsboro Trilogy.*

THE NEXT ALWAYS
After losing her husband, Claire Brewster returned to her hometown with her three young boys in tow. Five years later, she owns the bookstore she loves and is finally feeling settled. Until Beckett Montgomery starts to make her rethink love and forever beginnings.
This trilogy involves the three Montgomery brothers, their road to true love, and the restoration of a historic hotel in small town Boonsboro--which has a ghos More...

I generally defend Nora Roberts--when I was twelve, I LOVED her books and read them all over and over, but this book was terrible. Very little actually happened, and there was very little conflict, tension, or plot. Basically, these two people would meet and kiss, then the heroine would talk about it with her friends and the hero would talk about it with his brothers, and then there might be a few pages about a ghost story thrown in to keep the book from being nothing but an unapologetic commerc More...

Book #67 of 2012

I enjoyed this book. This summer, I had the opportunity to visit Boonsboro and Inn Bonosboro for my birthday. (We stayed in Eve and Roarke) We had a good time and I would like very much to go back someday, even though Boonsboro is just a small town in the MD countryside...

Anyway, having stayed there, I was able to picture the places much better than I had before. I could imagine Hope in the coutyard, or looking across the parking lot to Fit, or the restaurant next door...

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Excellent conclusion to the series. I really liked both Hope and Ryder. Hope is very focused and detail oriented which makes her an excellent innkeeper. She is also very independent. She is not looking for love as she was badly burned by the last guy she was involved with. However she couldn't deny that there was definitely something between her and Ryder. Most of the time they were pretty snarky to each other. At the beginning of this book the attraction is starting to win out over the snarkine More...

The Perfect Hope is the third and final installment in Nora Roberts' The Inn BoonsBoro trilogy. A trilogy about three brothers raised in Boonsboro Maryland, working in the family business and the women they love. This is a heartwarming and wonderful series and as in all of Nora's books, wonderfully crafted characters.

In this book we find Ryder and Hope, as this is a trilogy we of course expect this relationship it's not a surprise but watching the two of them come together was a wonderful treat. More...

Never fails, does it? It’s always the last in the series that’s got the most interesting story… if not the funniest. I like how aware they both are of how different they stand… yet it’s despite their differences (or is it because of their differences?) that has the two so perfectly matched up. There were some surprises though. The main one being how strongly felt the presence of Lizzy was in this one, or how her story line no longer was just the interesting addition, cute addition even of the ro More...

I had such high expectations for the final book in this series because the first two were so very good, but this one was just a flop for me. Honestly I felt like the author didn't put any life or effort into this book; it was just an attempt to fill a certain number of pages. In the previous books, Hope and Ryder were such dynamic characters and I couldn't wait to see how their relationship paid off. I was also a little excited to learn more about Lizzy's story. Instead of a unique relationship More...

THE PERFECT HOPE was a wonderful conclusion to the Inn Boonsboro Trilogy. This is Hope and Ryder's romance. It is also the conclusion to Lizzy and Billy's story.

We have been watching Hope and Ryder spar and interact since the first book of the series - when they are not avoiding each other. They seem a very mismatched couple. Ryder is not a talker or fan of social interaction. He is abrupt and brutally frank. Of course, he is also handsome, loyal, hard-working and surprisingly perceptive. Hope More...