Third Time’s the Charm

Blue Moon #8.5

by Lucy Score

Go back to Blue Moon to find out how our favorite hippie dippy small town was handling the pandemic. And of course I threw in a hilarious little romance... and goats. I also included your suggestions. Deputy Layla and Guidance Counselor Huck are trapped together. Layla is on the verge of being kicked out of her rental for rescuing too many pets. Huck was just given news meant for someone else!

Genres: Romance, Novella, Contemporary Romance, Rom Com, Small Town Romance, Forced Proximity, Contemporary

50 pages, ebook

First published May 23, 2020

About the author

Lucy Score is an instant #1 New York Times bestselling author. She grew up in a literary family who insisted that the dinner table was for reading and earned a degree in journalism.

She writes full-time from the Pennsylvania home she and Mr. Lucy share with their obnoxious cat, Cleo. When not spending hours crafting heartbreaker heroes and kick-ass heroines, Lucy can be found on the couch, in the kitchen, or at the gym.

She hopes to someday write from a sailboat, oceanfront condo, or tropical island with reliable Wi-Fi.

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Reviews

[Maggie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Kinda cute, mostly meh. This series still wins top prize at having my favorite fictional town/townsfolk.

A little bummed that Layla didn’t get her own book. I really liked the brief moment we get between her and Huck in The Mistletoe Kisser and was hyped for their story.

[Shabby -BookBistroBlog · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short, sweet, hilariously sexy and panty melting goodness melted into this delectable tale revisiting blue moon Town.
It encapsulates the travails of dating, sexing and hooking up during apocalyptic retrograde and quarantining together during the pandemic
I loved this cast of quirky characters
4 stars for counterfactual arguments

[Wendy'sThoughts]

September 10, 2020
Here's A Puzzle...
Lucy Score Has Something In Mind...
Much Is Brewing In Her Writing Cave...

Her Latest Book Was A Huge Winner...
(Riley Thorn And The Dead Guy Next Door)
And She Just Revealed THERE IS MORE COMING!

Could This Questioning Title...
Be One Of The Soon To Be Entries...
We Will Have To Wait And See...

Third


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[Shani · Rating 4 out of 5]

For anyone looking for this book it’s on Lucy’s website. Just google ‘Lucy score third times the charm’. I looked all over for this book on amazon, kindle and some other free book websites for two days before I thought to do that. Adorable little in between story. Definitely need to read the others in my opinion as it helps know all the background. I would love to read more about this pair in the future hopefully. It was also nice to be able to relate and check in on all of blue moon.

[Emily · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a wonderful, unexpected gift from the author to her Blue Moon series fans. I can see where it would be hard to read if you’re unfamiliar with the series. It was written for fun to catch us all up on the town and how they’ve been handling the pandemic. If you’re a Blue Moon reader then you’ll most definitely love it.

[Lynn · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a fun little short story that finally gives Deputy Layla Gunnerson her due. She and Huckleberry Cullen, the HS guidance counselor, have been circling each other for a while, at times (twice!) giving in to their mutual attraction, but Layla is afraid of any and all relationships, given her mother’s revolving door of unsuitable men. Huck has been trying to convince her to give him a chance but to no avail. Until the Beautification Committee takes things into their own hands.
A faulty CO detector?✔️
No where else to go but Layla’s house next door?✔️
Conniving neighbors who want to get them together?✔️
A global pandemic which means they may have to quarantine together?✔️
Although Layla and Huckleberry deserve their own full book, this is 40 pages of fun and a hopeful HEA for Layla and Huck.

[ellie youngs · Rating 3 out of 5]

it was recently brought to my attention that this “book” existed so unfortunately i was not done with the blue moon series like i originally thought. (if it’s not on kindle does it really count???) but now i am done for good. yayayay

[Jess · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh, not worth reading. Novella was simply: guy is hot, girl throws herself at him, ignores it, forced proximity and they both want to sleep together again. No depth, no romance, no build up.

Also set in covid times so was kind of random. Another thing, the author needs to stop personifying “lady parts” it’s gross.

[Ritika Mendiratta · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5

[Ann · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you love The Blue Moon Series, don’t miss this short story. It features lots of familiar characters coping with Covid 19 in Blue Moon.

[HappyKT · Rating 4 out of 5]

A Novella of Layla Gunnarson (Sheriff's deputy) and Huckleberry Cullen (High School Guidance counselor) from "Holding onto the Chaos" and "The Fine Art of Faking it."

There is a lot of sexual tension and brief flashbacks to love scenes but zero love scenes. This story takes place after Layla and Eden Moody's friend Sammy's love story in "The Mistletoe Kisser."
Also it's plot happens in 2020 when COVID 19 runs it's course through Blue Moon, NY. All the beloved characters from the Blue Moon series make appearances.

[Ash · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5⭐️

This was a short story about Layla and Huck. I really hope we get a whole story of them, but with the way it ended, I think we are. 🤭

Tropes:
One Night Stand
Tension
Best Banter

Favorite Quote:
"Just because I don't enjoy being awakened at the asscrack of dawn by a demented fowl doesn't mean I punt beagles over backyard fences."

[Jessica Frances]

Re-entering this time in the world (even through fiction) was something I didn't really love to do. This novella was probably great to be read while in that head space. For me, I'm hopeful to never have to go back to that time, and therefore couldn't really get into this one.

[Cc · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute story. Freebie from the Author about life in Blue Moon during Covid19 quarantine.

NOTE:You should have previously read the whole Blue Moon Series before reading Third time’s the charm!!

[Nootka Lenoir · Rating 4 out of 5]

A little shorty short
Rupert was the best side kick ever
Do wish their story was longer was more.
It feels still unfinished.

[Roxanne Smith · Rating 2 out of 5]

Loving the Blue Moon community and all their wild hijinks, making the COVID-19 scare into a side character ruined it for me. It's bad enough we have to deal with all this mandated jazz in real life. I read to escape, not be reminded of the insanity around me.

[Louise · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don't know when the brooding "bad" guy stopped being attractive to me and the Labrador good guy started making me a flustered mess, but... I can't say I'm mad about it.
I'd climb Huck Cullen (I can't call him Huckleberry, don't make me) like a goddamn tree and fashion myself some treehouse real estate so I'd never have to leave.


Ps. I knew the exact moment kickass women became my thing:

[Kwhitmore · Rating 3 out of 5]

Short story continuation of matchmaking in the blue moon series. This story is focused on Layla and her neighbor Huckleberry, forced to stay together while his home has carbon dioxide and mold issues. Cute, close proximity rom com set during COVID times. But now that I recognize the Beautification Committee role, which I think happens in every book in the series, I find it to be a little repetitive along with the review of every single character and their spouse. Probably better not to read back to back, let time pass between the books in the series so then the review of all the characters (a lot have accumulated!) feels more like a refresher than repetition.

[Kim · Rating 5 out of 5]

Super cute short story on Blue Moon's Layla and Huck. I loved how Lucy tied them back to the apocalypse events and captured their relationship overall. Seeing the characters and the community during COVID-19 was a sweet bonus to Blue Moon.

And, being a fan of Lucy's books in general, I loved seeing Emily and Derek in there too! 🥰 Oh the webs we weave. Emily's book was brilliant as well and I loved that series so seeing her company in the Blue Moon short story made me smile.

I would have liked more with Layla and Huck though too. I just love the zany world of blue moon in general. 💙

[Pip London · Rating 3 out of 5]

Stars: 3 🌟
Spice: 🫑
Tropes: Small Town, Forced Proximity, Black Car/Golden Retriever,
Couple: Huckleberry Cullen and Layla Gunnarson

Short, sweet, fun. I wasn’t expecting the throwback to pandemic protocol, but it was kinda fun to see how the quirky town of Blue Moon handled all that.

I feel like Huck and Layla coulda had their own full book, but it was fun to see behind the curtain for a bit of their story.

Fav Quotes:
“‘What if it ends, Huck?’ ‘What if it never begins?’ he countered. ‘What if you spend your whole life never starting anything because you’re afraid of the ending?’”

[Sarah · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book should not be listed as 6.5 as the couple from book 8 is in it. Also, if the cosmic event happened 10.31.2018, per the flashback, how in the world are Emma and Eva still pregnant if the pandemic is 2020(maybe they were pregnant again, at the same time, again. But it made it seem like it was still their first pregnancies)? Or did the author switch the pandemic to 2019??
Layla was annoying. I’m glad this wasn’t a full length book with her as the main character.

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a nice short story. It was neat to have a peak into how Blue Moon handled the beginning of the pandemic. And even though, 2.5 years in, this pandemic isn’t actually over yet, I was able to read this and not feel terrible remembering the start of the pandemic. Progress, ha. Anyway. Of course I would have loved a full book about Layla, but this was great and the mind can imagine the rest.

[Laura Ferguson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very cute Novella! I love the references to all of the other Bluemoon characters! Also… How is it possible that I just finished “the price of Scandal” which was written a few years back, but those characters are also referenced in this tiny story! The story is a marker for the pandemic, and a nod toward all of the first responders who helped!

[Bree · Rating 5 out of 5]

Okay I wasn’t sure I was going to like this. Covid in books is something I generally like to avoid but this was cute! It had everyone in the town coming together to once again prove Blue Moon is the best community to live in and it featured a nice little character crossover from one of Score’s unrelated books (by mention only) and I LOVE when authors do that.

[Hannah · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a nice enough story, you definitely have to have read the other books in the series to get on-board as the side characters and general settings are quite wacky. I liked the main couple but would have liked to see more of them actually bonding (and less of the town) - however I do appreciate this was released as a freebie and quick visit back to Blue Moon, so it's kind of expected.

[Lady M. · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm not a fan of covid/quarantine books, because we're living it, but I couldn't pass up a Blue Moon story. I hope there are more books coming because I want to see more of these two, and let's be honest, more of everything Blue Moon

[Marii · Rating 3 out of 5]

Me ha parecido mono lo de ver cómo pasan la pandemia en blue Moon y como se ayudan unos a otros, pero me hubiera gustado que la historia de Huck y Layla fuera un libro. Me parece que había más chicha que sacar.

[Brittney · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute little quarantine read. I didn’t know that I needed/wanted to know more about Layla and her escapades but tbh, this was exactly what I needed. It gave me just enough to know more about her and gave her HEA just enough time to win us over.

Recommend reading during your Blue Moon journey!

[Manisha · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a cute lil novella! I haven’t read anything so far which talks about romance during COVID - combining that with a forced proximity trope was such a brilliant concept 🤌🤌

Simple, sweet and straight to the point! Would love to read more from the Blue Moon series 🫶

[Mrs Moa · Rating 4 out of 5]

A quick fun romp with the Blue Moon crew and a romantic spark ignited for Layla and Huck (finally).

A few heart tugging moments as the small town folk navigate Covid19 and of course animal antics to add to the unhinged-ness.