Catch and Release

Fleur de Lis #0.5

by A.L. Vincent

Another Christmas season looms on the horizon, and Carly Devereaux is single. Again... All Carly wants is to find the right guy, someone to snuggle during those long, chilly winter nights and watch cheesy holiday movies with. But she doesn't have the best luck with men. She's already dated every broke, neurotic, emotionally unavailable man in a five-mile radius. However, she's determined to make this year different. This Christmas, she's going to find the perfect guy. The goal-find her true love by Christmas Eve... Carly has thirty days to sort through mixed signals from her best friend, an unwanted attraction to the wrong guy, and a slew of horrible online dates. If something can go wrong with her love life...it will. She won't give up, though. She's spent her last year trimming the tree alone. Now all she has to do is beat the odds and find Mr. Right.

146 pages, Paperback

Published November 15, 2016

About the author

A.L. Vincent is a teacher/writer who lives in the heart of Cajun Country. Born in Oklahoma, A.L. became fascinated with South Louisiana after reading Interview With the Vampire. Finally, she became a Cajun transplant in 2001. When not getting lost in a story line, A.L. can be found cooking or enjoying live local music. A.L. has one son, and a furball of a dog aptly named Furby.

Reviews

[Pascale’s*ARC,Unwind,Read,Review · Rating 2 out of 5]

I stayed up until 1:30 in the morning because I really, really wanted to know who she would end up with. Then, when I finally got to the end, "WHAAATTT??!" Completely disappointed. It seems all the heroine does is drink all the time and desperately cling to the guy she's in love with, even though he treats her so poorly. I guess I just didn't get it.

[Zeinab Dh · Rating 5 out of 5]

I chose to read and review this book. I found this book different that was I had in mind when I first read the title. I was surprised a lot in it but felt it was very real. I mean she had her issues when it came to many things including the men in her life. And I was very shocked in the end but felt it was based on reality where some women do really end up like her and not chose to do better or change. Still it was well written and good

[Margaret Yelton · Rating 4 out of 5]

A quick and simple read. I really enjoyed it, and waiting for the final outcome of the book. It may not have ended exactly the way I would have enjoyed it ending, but that only means it opens up the possibility for more of the story to be told later. I would definitely recommend the book too others.

[Tracy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Entertaining. Great & funny read, will look forward to more of A.L. Vincent reads.

[Tracey Wright · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful

I absolutely enjoyed this book. Love all the lil inserts about the horoscope and how Carly was coming along. Awesome

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[Erin Logan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Carly is a self-proclaimed "dating idiot" who decides the one thing she maybe needs before Christmas is a really good man. Told through a narrator's eye and Carly's documenting of her quest for the perfect man, this novella was a fun read set in the fictional South Louisiana town of Vincent's first novel, Tangled Up In You. This book would make a delightful beach read despite its winter setting - South Louisiana barely has a real winter anyway! Anyone looking for a fun romance about a girl who thinks she needs to get it together (on the dating scene, at least) would love this one. I can't wait to read more adventures in Bon Chance, A. L. Vincent!

[Sandra Shrewsbury · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have to say this was a cute short story, it had me laughing more than once. I love how it ended also. I hope the author continues with this story. I loved her first book and this one is a winner too. I recommend this to everyone who likes a funny and delightful short story. It also shows you what true friendship is about also. Vincent out did herself on this one. I loved all the characters in this book.

[Jo · Rating 2 out of 5]

When I picked this up from a promotional email, it was listed as a romance. It isn't. *SPOILER ALERT* There's no HEA or even a HFN ending. At the end Carly is alone, just as clueless as she was on the first page. In between, she dials her ex a whole lot; mostly he doesn't answer and you'd think she'd get a clue but no. She has two best friends, both male, and one offers her a clue in big neon letters that he Likes Her, but since she's TSTL, she doesn't pick up on it. Instead, he mopes and she dates a lot of other people in a desperate attempt to find someone before her self-imposed deadline. It all reminded me of a game of telephone, played by 30-year-olds acting like high schoolers. Everyone seemed to run around saying, " 'Someone' likes you," but we never find out who. By the end, I didn't even care who liked who. Why didn't the guy just say at SOME point, "I like you. Want to go out?" Oh right, angst. Unrequited love. Or whatever.

Neither the title nor the cover made sense either, since the heroine doesn't fish.