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Mad About Matt (A Red Maple Falls Novel, #1): A Small Town Second Chance Romance Kindle Edition

by Theresa Paolo (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 3,220 ratings
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A hot cop and a sweet baker get a second chance at love in this small town romance.

Seventeen years after Shay Michaels said goodbye to summers in Red Maple Falls and the only boy she ever truly loved, she's back and the proud owner of Sweet Dreams Bakery. Life is good until someone breaks into her shop,making her question if the life she left behind in New York followed her.

As the local sheriff, Matt is keeping a close eye on the place and an even closer eye on the beautiful owner who refuses to take the break in seriously. Two conflicting personalities that burn bright on their own become down right explosive when thrown together. But in order to move toward a future together, they will have to let go of their past and accept the mistakes they made.

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Welcome to Red Maple Falls, a small town filled with big personalities.Nestled in the White Mountains of New Hampshire it is home to the Hayes siblings, three brothers and three sisters, all awaiting their happily ever after.

Book 1: Mad About Matt (Matt and Shay)
Book 2: Crushing on Kate (Kate and Caleb)
Book 3: Moments with Mason (Mason and Cassie)
Book 4: Catching Cooper (Cooper and Sarah)
Book 5: Hung Up on Hadley (Hadley and Sam)
Book 5.5 A Bride for Sam (Hadley and Sam)
Book 6: Dreaming of Daisy (Daisy and Nick)
Book 7: Marshall Family #1: Charmed by Chase (Chase and Bex)
Book 8: Blindsided by Brooke (Brooke and Tyler)
Book 9: Lusting After Layla (Layla and Declan)
Book 10: Jaded Until Jax (Jax and Kristen)
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Red Maple Falls
Small town, New Hampshire
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Mad About Matt Crushing on Kate Moments with Mason Catching Cooper Hung Up on Hadley Dreaming of Daisy
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Trope Second Chance Enemies to Lovers New Girl in Town Single Mom Brother's Best Friend First Love
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"The story was easy to read, engaging, and the chemistry was off the charts adorable. My favorite book from Theresa Paolo to date! Completely recommended for anyone looking for a feel good romance." ★★★★★ -Cassie Mae, Author

"Small town setting with fantastic chemistry and a cute romance- I absolutely adored this book!!" ★★★★★ -Mandy

"Mad About Matt was a read well worth the time." ★★★★★ -Terri

"I love this book so 5 stars is not enough but that's the max!" ★★★★★ -Patty

"Loved the book so much that I bought the entire series." ★★★★★ -Lthouseladynj

"I love finding an author who allows me to remember my youth and past and yet put my future in perspective. A good read." ★★★★★ -Kindle customer

"Mad about this family,so much small town love. You pulled in at the very beginning. Get your popcorn and wine, read!" ★★★★★ -Kindle Customer

"This book is just how I like to read. It's got love and mystery and second chance at love." ★★★★★ -Maria

"I could picture the small town....made me want to be there. Wonderful Romance story with twists and turns." ★★★★★ -Kathleen

"An absolutely gorgeous small town romance. Beautiful characters, a great story, and written very well." ★★★★★ -Bella

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More books by Theresa Paolo that will have you falling in love with sassy heroines, sexy heroes and small-town life:

Red Maple Falls
Mad About Matt
Crushing on Kate
Moments with Mason
Catching Cooper
Hung Upon Hadley
A Bride for Sam
Dreaming of Daisy
Charmed by Chase (Book 1 of the Marshall Family)
Blindsided by Brooke
Lusting After Layla
Jaded Until Jax
Sweet on Sophie
Enamored with Ellie
Resisting Ryan (Coming Soon)

Willow Cove Series
Forbidden Lover
Small Town Girl
Complete Opposite
Childhood Dream
Tattooed Boss (Coming Soon)
Blue-Eyed Hero (Coming Soon)

Morgan's Bay
All Because Of You
All Because I Met You
All Because I Loved You
All Because I Found You
All Because I Hate You (Coming Soon)

New Adult Titles:
Falling Series
Falling for My Ex
Falling for My Nurse
Falling for My Friend

Written with Cassie Mae under the pen name Tessa Marie
Broken Records

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B06XQZPZWP
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ TMP Books Inc (March 18, 2017)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 18, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1068 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 244 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1544819250
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 3,220 ratings

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Theresa Paolo

Theresa Paolo

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Where Big Romances Happen in Small Places.

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Romance author, lover of books, 90's pop music and happily ever afters. Has a habit of dropping the F bomb. Writes YA under Tessa Marie.

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Theresa Paolo lives in Long Island, NY with her fiancé and their fish. She writes steamy small-town romances with sassy heroines, sexy heroes and feisty townspeople. When she’s not writing, she’s reading, brewery hopping, or daydreaming. She loves coffee, all things Christmas and fall, and making lists.

She also writes YA romance under Tessa Marie.

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Contemporary Romance New Adult Romance

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4.3 out of 5 stars
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5.0 out of 5 stars Sherriff Matthew Hayes & Shay
Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2023
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Sherriff Matthew Hayes & Shay Have 17 year history together. Play fell in love 1 summer And stop they beat together forever.Had to go back to New York. Matthew Hayes never forgot the girl he fell in love with 17 years ago. However, the one attempt to That's the love of his life in New York was haunted by her mother protest. Shan never knew Matt came to win her heart.
Remove back to her summer happiness When Shay realized the man she thought she would spend the rest of her life with was a liar & thief. The stock exchange broker invested & stole her life saving.
Shay realized she never loved him. She was engaged to a man that her mother approved of in the social circles. Shay has made a life for herself with Sweet Dreams bakery. Shay wonders why in 2 years Sheriff Matt Hayes has never once come to her business? Now S hay has to a crime scene @ her bakery. Someone has broken into & caused damaged to her business. Sherriff Hayes has been called in to investigate. Can the once teenage couple from that amazing summer face the past & possibly have a future together? Secrets from the past Along with manipulation by Shay's mother stop the new romance before it can get started.
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diana jaycox (my friends call me DJ)
4.0 out of 5 stars I love small town romance and Theresa Paolo knows her small towns!
Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2023
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I am one of those women who left town as soon as I graduated from high school, determined to make a name for myself in the big city. But when I found myself pregnant overseas with a war going on in a tiny little nation of Kuwait, I couldn't wait to get home to a small town where my whole family lived within a six block radius of each other. Suddenly my hometown wasn't stifling, instead it represented support, love and safety. So to say I love small town romances was a bit of an understatement. There is a reason second chances figure predominantly in small town romances, as small towns are famous for prodigal sons return! And boy can I relate.

Teresa Paolo knows what it takes to write a small town romance. Mad about Matt is one of her best. I love the way Teresa's words ignite those warm fuzzy feelings in me of being wrapped in my family's loving arms, no questions asked after being away for over 13 years. My hometown had grown and changed but the feelings of being known, and loved had not. Mad About Matt was like be wrapped in a warm, loving hug. The characters were relatable and some like drunken farmer riding his tractor downtown in his underwear were so real I could picture them in my hometown on a typical Friday or Saturday night. It was so much fun to read I could barely put it down! I can hardly wait to start the rest of the series.

Pick up Mad About Matt, a Red Maple Falls small town romance and be enchanted by the quirky characters as I was!
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Corinne Akers
5.0 out of 5 stars Mad About Matt
Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2023
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This was my first time reading this author and I love not found her because I got a free audio version of the book. But as I was listening to it, I quickly realized that I needed to read this book. The narrator was way to slow and I needed to read it faster! I loved this book. It was quite a surprise actually. Matt and Shays story starts when they are teenagers when they fall in love with each other one summer. But then Shay’s parents move to New York and when Matt goes after her, her mom turns him away. Broken hearted and feeling like he’s not good enough for her, Matt leaves and returns home only to run away and join the Marines because there are too many reminders of Shay around town. Years later, Shat returns to town and opens a bakery. And then the shenanigans begin! This storyline has all the feels and it’s easy to fall in love with these characters. If you’re looking for a new author to read, give this one a try!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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E. Walsh
3.0 out of 5 stars A Okay Read
Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2018
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Mad About Matt (Red Maple Falls #1) by Theresa Paolo was a okay read that, for me, was a little bit of a mixed of love hate, slow burn read, turned WTF, to okay will that escalated quickly. I have to say I'm a little mixed, there is good, there is ugly, and there is, sad to say some bad.

This is a first time read for me from this author, so as always I go in with a open mind, and at the start everything was going pretty good. The writing is engaging, it has a nice rhythm and it flowed nicely from one scene to the next. As for plot, it wasn't anything new, I mean I have read similar ones before. But all have their own quirks and charm that makes you keep coming back. This book is no different. The fictional town of Red Maple is right out of a hallmark TV movie, sweet, country and all the shops seem to being doing well. I liked that feel, it set the stage, and it was familiar. So very easy to form a picture, even if there wasn't as much detail on the town itself.

Now, as for why I have very mixed feels. As a romance, it in itself was a little all over the place. It's a slow burn, but with the MC's already knowing one another, and had previously date as teens. It was a summer loving type deal (Did Grease pop into your head?... ahhaha) They parted, Matt was heartbroken, never got over it, blamed every failed relationship on it, and so on. Shay's story follows pretty much the same. This wasn't a problem for me, I like these second chance romances, cheese and all. It was the way they both acted. For people in their 30's they were damn immature (I'm in that zone, so yes I can judge.)

Shay, I wasn't a fan, she portrayed a tough girl persona, but cracked under pressure. She failed at knowing when you should call for help, ask for help, and simply not growing a set and talking to Matt. Two years she was back, and neither one made the attempt to reconnect, instead they pined and wished they would. Both could fill the ocean with their excuses. Matt also was, wow, he had a big character shift half way through, and I don't know how I feel about that. It was so out of his, build up character, that I was taken back and a little mad.

Things do work themselves out, and they run off into the sunset. I know it seems like I'm harping, but those things stood out to me. Not all is on the down side. The story itself isn't bad, it has great conversation, witty banter and it hooks you right away. This book, is a little rough around the edges but it reads well and as I said it keeps you engaged and entertained. And frankly, isn't that what we want from a story? So don't get discouraged, give this book a shot, you might like everything I didn't.

With that being said, I give this book my recommendation and my stamp of approval.

Happy Reading.

-E.A. Walsh
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5.0 out of 5 stars Mad about you
Reviewed in Canada on April 27, 2018
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Mad about you is a great read. I got to know all the characters all with descriptive closeness. I loved Matt and Shay.
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Hoener, Birgit
3.0 out of 5 stars quite nice, but not more
Reviewed in Germany on August 10, 2018
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Matt and Shay were a couple at seventeen, until Shay had to move to New York with her parents. Now Shay is back in the small town where Matt is now Sheriff, and the old attraction still seems to be there. But Shay is not telling Matt everything, and her mother is still interfering.
Sympathetic characters, quite realistic, as were most of the dialogues, an interesting plot and on the whole, good storytelling - but too long for my taste. The first chapters dealt with hints of what happened in the past, then the new difficulties, and in the end the solution - as a story should be. In this case, the middle part was the one that dragged on for too long, without giving a reader fast paced action, another misunderstanding or incident happening that would explain why there was still no happy ending.
Not a bad story, and I am not sorry I have read it, but I don't think I will get the 2nd part in this series.
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A. Hughes
5.0 out of 5 stars Great holiday novel
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 11, 2018
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Brillliant, gripping book, superb story. A must read especially whilst on holiday...
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Vanessa
5.0 out of 5 stars This book was amazing. From Shay and Matt's awesome chemistry to her ...
Reviewed in Australia on August 9, 2017
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Second Chance Romance.....
This book was amazing.
From Shay and Matt's awesome chemistry to her meddling mother who doesn't want them together.
This book was so easy to read and I cannot wait to read more from Theresa Paolo.
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Sonya Vee
4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyed this book.
Reviewed in Canada on April 1, 2018
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I enjoyed this book, there were a few things happening that I did not expect, but that I liked especially at the end, but I don't want to spoil that for you. I will be reading the next book in the series now.
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