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Love in Maine

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As seen on ABC Daytime’s General Hospital, the delightful first novel from Port Charles’s Connie Falconeri. Whether you’ve been a fan of GH your entire life or simply love a romantic romp of a beach read, Love in Maine is unputdownable!

Maddie Post is privileged, sheltered, and polite, and does not belong in Blake, Maine. But thanks to a high-stakes bet, she’s waiting tables at a riverfront diner catering to boat-builders and living in Janet Gilbertson's $200-a-month guest room. And Janet's dark and stormy son, Hank, back in Maine after 10 years as an active duty Army diver, isn't without his troubles, either. Their flirty friendship hasmany passionate ups and downs, but when Maddie and Hank put aside their considerable differences and start opening up to each other, the crackle ofsummer romance grows into a blazing fire.

272 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 26, 2012

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Connie Falconeri

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Constanza Louise "Connie" Falconeri (formerly Zacchara) is a fictional character from the ABC Daytime soap opera General Hospital.

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1,093 reviews35 followers
November 11, 2016
This book was so good I had this book on my to be finished list for a while now and I finally finished it and if you're looking for a quick read then pick this book up. The reason I say to pick this book up is because it rips your heart out and then puts your heart back together again.
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66 reviews5 followers
August 7, 2013
Omg! As a longtime fan of General Hospital, I of course wanted to read anything that has to do with the show...
This book was such a great surprise! I found myself not wanting to read it because I knew that the book would have to end! I read the book in 3 sittings, breaking only for sleep and work :) So worth it! I can't wait until the sequel come out!
9 reviews
June 5, 2013
Such an amusing premise! (You have to watch GH to really get it.) It's nonsense, but quite honestly, enjoyable nonsense. A very easy, light weekend read.
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787 reviews
March 8, 2016
Pretty sappy if you're into that.
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24 reviews
August 2, 2019
Quick read! Finished it in two reading sessions both at the beach. Thought the book was a bit cliche but still fun to read. My only complaints were that for how integral maine seemed concerning the title, they didn’t talk a lot about it or had activities specific to maine. The ending also left a lot to be wanted but I think that its set up for the next book. All in all, a fun, quick read
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2 reviews
June 23, 2014
Way too typical and predictable to be true. It's one of those petty mushy gushy novels that almost make you want to puke all over it. I would maybe suggest it for a more naive, unintelligent audience, but for me, as a smart student happily in a relationship where he surprises me with out of this world dates and special moments, I felt this book tried to hard to make the couple seem TOO mushy. You don't have to cry when you have sex. You don't have to act like it's torture to be without each other for a mere five minutes. And not usually does a couple began after a young girl moves into a boy's mothers house, where they hate each other, but end up making out in the kitchen the next day. This book definitely does not show the image of true love and it makes me feel bad for the younger generation that is going to think that this is what love actually looks like. Real love is so much more than how this book describes it, and I only hope everyone can experience something better than what this book offers.
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10 reviews3 followers
December 27, 2013
I generally don't read romance novels but I came across this book as a publishing promo and I gave it a chance. Definitely had a good premise and good character ideas, but terrible execution. Story didn't bring me in and the dialogue was not very believable. In the end, I remembered why I don't read romance novels--but I don't think it was the romance aspect that turned me off of it. I guess I'm not sure what else could have been expected from a book written by a fictional soap opera character...
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2,509 reviews161 followers
June 2, 2013
"Written" by Connie Falconeri, a character on General Hospital, so I had to try it out. It started out pretty good and I was hopeful, but it crashed and burned pretty quickly. I disliked the "hero," the relationship, etc. They should have gotten a real romance writer to write this, someone who knew the genre and audience.
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517 reviews1 follower
March 17, 2013
I enjoyed it way more than I thought I would. Such an easy read, too. Finished it in a day!
1,133 reviews
August 18, 2025
When General Hospital recently renewed Molly’s interest in writing romance, it spurred me to finally read this tie-in novel that I picked up from a bargain table years ago. Unfortunately, this lived up to expectations.

The only tie-ins to GH here are the three blurbs on the back cover, the dedication, and the “author” (Connie, who stole teenage Molly’s manuscript and increased the spice). Other than that there’s zero General Hospital in this and that’s a missed opportunity.

The original “author,” Molly, was such a romantic when she was a kid/teen (I hate that they erased that trait over the years, it was character defining and endearing and would have been a good contrast to the cynical worldview of her career in the DA’s office). Molly loved love and championed the various love stories in Port Charles so it would have made sense if she’d “written” this as a thinly veiled version of one of those love stories. It just seems like a no-brainer that fans would have enjoyed this more, and you’d think, most importantly, more books would have been sold, had this done a pseudo novelization of a favorite supercouple rather than featured characters who have nothing to do with the show, but for whatever reason this genre is rarely merchandised or marketed in ways that would best connect with their passionate fanbase.

Even with the lack of General Hospital related content, there were still things here that had potential to make this engaging in its own right.

The early premise seemed to be that this wealthy girl, Maddie, is trying to win a bet with her brother by taking a job, paying rent, etc., for the summer, it seemed like it could be interesting to watch someone adapt to such a change in lifestyle, however, the reader doesn’t really get to see her as a waitress or trying to live more meagerly, any challenge that presented or humor or whatever that might have been gleaned from that doesn’t happen on the page.

Also, finding out early on that Maddie’s a college rower, I thought well that’s something I’d love to learn more about, to see the level of training and intesity that goes into being elite (at one point it’s indicated that the Olympics are a possibility) but that too gets extremely little page time.

As far as Hank goes, I didn’t like him, maybe that would have been different if the reader had been brought into his PTSD more rather than just addressing it in a late conversation, and maybe if this had dug into the issues between Hank and his mom beyond what there is to eat, I may have felt more emotionally engaged with this guy, instead it was tough to feel anything other than annoyed by him most of the time.

And that’s unfortunately the main focus here, Hank’s annoying bevhavior and Maddie’s willingness to just look past it.

This guy runs extremely hot and cold from start to finish, he sets the terms, communicates as little as possible to the point of ghosting her, oh but he can always communicate just enough for sex. She cries over this guy, takes her temper out on her roommate instead of out on him where it belongs, she never holds out for so much as an apology from him or demands better.

If you like a situation where he’s somehow both possessive and disinterested, where he just kind of keeps her on a hook and she’s willing to dangle there like this is the last option for love she’ll ever have, then maybe you’ll find their relationship more entertaining than I did.
4 reviews
January 5, 2018
Love In Maine
By: Connie Falconeri


In this book, there was a girl named Maddie Post who was in college and her family is very rich and want her to have a good future. Maddies’ brother Jimmy bet her five thousand dollars that she couldn’t last the summer without talking to her family or using a cell phone. Jimmy always thought that Maddie got everything given to her, so Jimmy told her that she can’t ask for any money from anyone and she needs to go live life without her parents' big money. Maddie moved to Maine and rented a room from this older lady and she had a son that lived in an apartment in the garage. Maddie had no idea what she had gotten herself into until she realized the attraction she had for Hank. Hank was stuck up and very quiet. He never really liked talking about his problems because he was still trying to recover from being in the army. Maddie was a very smart talented girl who worked for what she wanted and didn’t let people boss her around. Maddie and Hank grew very close and couldn’t be separated even when Maddie went back to college.
I connected with Maddie because if someone thinks I'm a goody to shoes I want to prove them wrong and show them that I can fend for myself and work for what I want. Maddie had run into her ex boyfriend who he thought they were still together and she was scared because he tried to go after her. In the world today a lot of people are afraid to go out and try new things and prove other people wrong because they don’t know what the outcome will be. In the end, they just end up getting hurt because they don’t try hard enough. I’ve never read anything like this before it was a great book that I read and I definitely want to read more like it.
My favorite part of this book was how Maddie and Hank grew so close and they never wanted to be separated from each other. Their love grew so close it was a dream come true. It just makes me feel excited for the day I meet the love of my life. The author did a really good job of describing what was happening from time to time. There wasn’t anything about this book that I didn’t like. I would definitely recommend this book to people who enjoy deep romance books.
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1,544 reviews7 followers
February 5, 2023
This was just okay. It started out pretty good, but then it just became rinse and repeat and I lost interest. I've never watched General Hospital, so maybe only fangirls can give this a high rating? I picked this up as part of a 'fill a bag' local library sale, I wouldn't have purchased this to read otherwise.

I'm a big romance reader. I enjoy some fade-to-black intimate scenes if the book is great and it's one of my favorite authors, but I do prefer the sexy scenes in detail. The biggest gripe I have with this book is that the intimate scenes were ones in which I couldn't even tell they were doing the deed until they were already done. I totally missed that the first time it happened and I had to go back and re-read to make sure I didn't miss anything. Nope, the author never made it clear at all that they had progressed from kissing to something else. Fade to black is fine, meaningless words that tell you nothing about what's going on are just annoying. I deducted 2 stars for this alone since the writing was so bad. I saw some others also mentioned this was an issue with those scenes, as if whole paragraphs were missing suddenly.

Then there's Hank. Strong, silent Hank. He's so silent, that I really didn't learn much about him this whole book. I know he was an Army vet and a diver (the description sounded more like a Navy SEAL to be honest). He's now doing some contract dive work and he lives with his mom over her garage. That's about all I know about the guy after a whole book.

I liked Maddie. Despite her being rich, it seemed as though her whole family was pretty down to earth and didn't overly flaunt their wealth. She wasn't afraid to waitress, she loved fishing and camping. She was basically the opposite of the spoiled rich girl that I expected.

Overall, not the book for me. Some who don't read romance will probably enjoy it. Those of us who do will find it boring and the writing bad.
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45 reviews1 follower
August 24, 2022
✨️BOOK REVIEW✨️

Love in Maine by Connie Falconeri
My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice Level: 🌶

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Synopsis 📖: Maddie Post is your typical rich, privileged and totally spoiled girl and definitely does not belong in Blake, Maine out in the middle of nowhere. On a dare from her older brother, Maddie gets a job as a waitress and learns to live off the money she earns rather than a monthly allowance. Oh, and she's not allowed to have her phone or buy any new shoes for the three months she's there.

Hank, back home from serving 10 years in the military, is trying to regain his footing back in the normal world. But when Maddie shows up at his mother's house as the renter, everything Hank was working toward gets flipped upside-down.

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My Review 📝: This book was incredibly cute and had me smiling and laughing the entire way through! I loved the personalities of the characters and the plot was really intriguing and just right for that summer vibe. There were a few plot holes and some instances where the author contradicted herself or didn't explain what was happening well enough, but overall this was a quick and fun read!
3 reviews
April 11, 2018
I give the book Love in Maine 4 stars. This was a great read for me. I would highly recommend this book to teenage girls considering it's a love story and MOST teenage girls enjoy these type of stories. Once I started the book I didn't want to put it down. I loved all the characters and the detail of the story. In the beginning of the story I had a hard time figuring out the main character, Maddie, because of her sarcastic comments all the time. Later on in the story I realized that's her personality and she wasn't using sarcasm. She was just being herself. When she meets Hank she instantly sees that he's a tall, handsome and funny boy just around her age. Hank was shy. He didn't really know what to think of Maddie at first. Eventually they both clicked. They started hanging out and talking more. Reading on I did notice they took things a little fast. That was a dislike that I had. Taking things too fast can ruin things between people. But not between Hank and Maddie. They were meant for each other. This book was such a cute love story book and I recommend it!
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2,005 reviews37 followers
July 29, 2020
I have watched General Hospital for for more years than I have not watched General Hospital ... does that make sense?
So when super star child Molly Lansing-Davis writes a book on the show, and then you realize you can buy the book in real life ... I mean, in what world do I not do that.
I know its confusing because the book is credited to the author Connie Falconeri... oh man. what a mess!

But in true Soap Opera fashion, Connie is killed off, not for stealing Mollys book, but for realizing that Julian Jerome wasn't just a mild mannered hot-shot media super-star, but gasp a mob boss.
Its worth mentioning that Connie is not killed by Julian, but by his sister Ava Jerome... SO when Connie spells the initials AJ in blood, OBVIOUSLY Sonny is going to think A.J. Quartermain killed her...

I don't think I need to tell you what happens next.
407 reviews
November 8, 2018
This book was just "meh" for me. It started out quite interesting and I loved the idea of the book, but it seemed to meander and fizzle after a little bit. It was so easy to put the book down and I had to make myself pick it up and finish it. I wish it had kept the pace and style from the beginning of the book. I do admit that I have never seen the soap opera it was based on but the storyline itself sounded intriguing...it just did not live up to its synopsis.

I would not recommend it to anyone nor would I buy another book by Connie Falconeri.
3 reviews
April 4, 2018
The book, Love in Maine, was an amazing mixture of Romance, Young Adult, Fantasy, and even some Comedy. The book is about young Maddie Post, who moves to Blake Maine for the Summer because of a bet with her brother. Maddie is a very fun and hilarious person, her charming characteristics, and her drop dead gorgeous body makes her irresistible to Hank, which makes parts of the book quite funny. There love story is beyond perfect and exactly how anyone would want to fall in love.
The book is awesome, the writing was amazing, the storyline was amazing, not much was bad about it. The author uses a lot of dialogue, throughout the whole book there is dialogue between Maddie and Hank, Hank, and his mom, etc. Maddie is always talking, “Do you want me to stop talking now?” A question she seemed to ask a lot throughout the book. Maddie works hard throughout the book and keeps a good even balance between work, life, and college. I can personally relate to Maddie because I like that balance also. The book was not predictable, you couldn't start reading it and know what's going to happen next. The author wa amazing at mixing things up and not making it predictable, it was a constant rollercoaster of excitement, sadness, love, and happiness.
The book was very well structured, had a lot of details, the characters were well described, the dialogue was very detailed. There wasn't much, if anything, I didn't like about the book. The structure of the book was great. There was foreshadowing throughout the book but it wasn't enough to give away the whole story line or any major events. As I previously stated the book was relatable, so relatable some of it even seemed like it was actually happening.
The structure of the book was great. There was tons of dialogue used throughout the book and it made the book really come to life. It came to life also because of the imagery, the author really knew how to make you feel what was happening and exactly what it felt to be there with the characters. The sentence structures of the book were very understandable, they weren't complex and hard to understand sentences. Every sentence almost had details to make the book come to life, another way the author really made you feel like it was there.
I would recommend this book to most teenage girls, some guys may like it but most love stories girls tend to like them more. If you like fantasy books and cute love stories this book is definitely for you, if you like to read about people going for change and reaching out and doing wild things this book is definitely for you also. If you like to picture the book as yourself and really put yourself into, Love in Maine definitely lets you do that from all the provided details. If you just a simple love story then this book suits you also. Many different types of people could read this book and enjoy it I believe.
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1,468 reviews
July 16, 2017
An awesome read though I wouldn't have minded if it had gone on longer:)
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66 reviews1 follower
October 9, 2018
This is a great way to exit real life for a bit. A adorable love story and a simple read. I enjoyed both of the main characters. I recommend it to anyone!
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15 reviews2 followers
December 31, 2018
I literally finished this book in 24 hours and cannot wait to read more by Connie Falconeri. 5 stars all the way!
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87 reviews
April 28, 2019
An easy, fairly enjoyable summer time read.
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5 reviews
August 23, 2019
This book is a super fast entertaining summer read. I liked it a lot.
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3 reviews
May 10, 2020
An easy read. Not as cheesy as expected but a lighthearted love story.
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113 reviews
June 23, 2022
I thought I would’ve not liked this book because it was written by a fictional character from a soap opera, I was wrong. It was a decent book that kept me reading until I finished it. Good book.
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