His Semi-Charmed Life: An LMWW, Reversal of Fortune Romance

Written by Lisa Hughey

Narrated by Gregory Salinas and Emma Wilder

Going from princess to pauper wasn’t exactly the fairy tale ending Penelope Hastings believed in as a kid. She grabs at the opportunity to work at Camp Firefly Falls—home of her most treasured childhood memories and the haven where her spoiled heart expanded, and her perspective changed, after an encounter with an older boy. Now she’s hoping that the camp can work its magic one more time and help her craft a new life.

Rags to riches entrepreneur, Diego Ramos, never wanted to see Camp Firefly Falls again—the site of the most hated year in his teenage life as camp counselor, and his most regrettable moment ever. That one clash with an entitled little girl had a profound impact on him, changing the trajectory of his future. So, when his assistant books a corporate retreat at Camp Firefly Falls, he’s more than a little unsettled at the irony.

Now, twenty years later, Penelope and Diego are reunited. A second chance at happiness won’t come easy when their reversal in fortunes and unexpected sexual attraction complicates everything. Will they be able to work through their regrets and memories, and learn that love is the greatest fortune of all?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Salty Kisses Press, LLC
• Release date: Feb 24, 2021
• ISBN: 9781950359226

Reviews for His Semi-Charmed Life

[pam50627 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

"There's a whole world of people who don't have food to eat at night, don't wear shoes without holes. And don't get new cars. " "Turn a negative into a positive." Who knew that with one conversation at summer camp, Diego & Penny would impact each other's lives far into the future. Fast forward seventeen years. Penny is back at Camp Firefly Falls but not as a camper this time. In exchange for helping out with a corporate retreat, she's given the chance to talk to the corporate sponsors about her nonprofit FEED Together. What Penny doesn't know is that the corporate sponsor is Diego. Diego left the summer camp & spent the next several years learning how to fix cars & ended up specializing in restoring classics. Now he's looking to merge his company in with another one for a lot of money & to decrease his workload. His cousin set up the corporate retreat so the workers for the two organizations could start some team building. Diego couldn't believe it when he saw Penny there. I really enjoyed this story. The character of Penny was developed to be strong, sexy & sympathetic. She had to overcome the trauma & humiliation of her parents actions & their desertion. Diego has overcome his poor beginnings & has proven he is strong, dependable, & dedicated. These characters were well thought out, well defined & realistic. The supporting characters & the interactions with them added depth to the storylines. This was a really good story that is a great addition to the Camp Firefly Falls series but can easily be read as a standalone. The setting is the same in each story, as are the owners of the camp & a few others but you aren't lost in the storyline if this is the first one you've read.

[janjanfreeman · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Diego Ramos has started from the bottom and rose to the top by one thing alone: hard work.  Inspired by an argument he had when he was a camp counselor with a summer camper has set his life on a path of success.  Now he is set to merge his company with a huge and successful company that will make him a billionaire; his dream.  The only hurdle left before the merge is a company retreat at a familiar place: Camp Firefly Falls.Penny is finally back, many years later, at Camp Firefly Falls.  A place that holds many great summer memories-and a bad one.  However, even the bad memory of an interaction with a camp counselor years ago was good in that it gave her advantaged childhood some perspective.  Not everyone has food to eat.  Now she is determined to get her thesis, urban gardens for corporate offices that donate the food that grows to charity, into reality.  She is set to pitch the idea at a corporate retreat at Camp Firefly Falls.  This could be the opportunity to get her idea off of the ground.  Little does she know that history is going to be waiting for her when she gets there, in more ways than one. I have been fortunate to have had access to other books by Lisa Hughey in the past.  Those books were differently themed in that those previous books had plots about special agents and intense action.  That being said, I enjoyed the difference! It really speaks to Lisa Hughey's talent and skill to be able to write so strongly in multiple genres.  This book flowed just as well as the previous books and the characters developed just as strongly.  I found this book very difficult to put down and the pace is very quick.Although this was the 11th book in the series, it can easily be read as a standalone.  I am very interested in the characters that were mentioned in the book, particularly those in the Billionaire Breakfast Club, and I hope to be able to go back and read the other books in the series to find out their stories.  I would recommend this book for readers who enjoy steamy romance, car repair, underdogs,  farming, the attraction of opposites, and who enjoy reading about summer camp life.  Although I myself have never been to summer camp, I was still able to enjoy the setting. For those who may be triggered or offended: there are several graphic sexual scenes, explicit foul language, and infidelity.Please note:  an electronic copy of this book was generously provided by the publisher (Red Adept Publishing) via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.