{"id":324011,"date":"2025-11-29T22:15:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T22:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/entertainment\/books\/a-lot-to-unpack-by-portia-macintosh-review\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T22:15:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T22:15:02","slug":"a-lot-to-unpack-by-portia-macintosh-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=324011","title":{"rendered":"A Lot To Unpack by Portia Macintosh #Review"},"content":{"rendered":"


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I am delighted to feature another romcom by Portia Macintosh.<\/i><\/b> A Lot to Unpack<\/i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/i>was published on October 2nd by Boldwood Books<\/b>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
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It\u2019s going to be a bumpy ride…<\/span> \ud83d\udc40<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Liberty\u2019s just landed her dream job. The catch? It\u2019s at
\nMatcher, the dating app that ruined her life. After catching her boyfriend
\nsending intimate pictures to everyone in a twenty mile radius, Liberty is
\nstruggling to get back into the dating game. Every man gives her the ick sooner
\nor later.<\/span><\/p>\n

Still, she\u2019s having a great time travelling the world for
\nwork, until she\u2019s assigned a secret mission: Travel to New York with her
\nhandsome and charming boss Jordan and swap out a contract from under his nose.
\nIt should be easy, but the more time Liberty spends with Jordan, the more she
\nrealises he might not be the bad boy she thought he was. But it turns out
\nthey\u2019ve both got a lot to unpack, and Liberty still needs to complete her
\nmission if she wants to keep her job – which means not breaking the one golden
\nrule: do not fall for the boss!<\/span><\/p>\n

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My Thoughts<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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This is a romcom to make you laugh out loud as you follow Liberty’s attempts to make something of her new job. Her own attempts at dating raise a smile as she tries to give online dating a go, even if it is in the name of research for work. I did have to suspend belief that Liberty would take her new job under its rather mysterious conditions but that didn’t matter once the story got underway.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 Liberty takes you on quite a journey and her attempts to carry out her boss’s wishes get her into some tricky situations. Nevertheless, she seems to be a master in styling out embarrassing situations and takes you with her though the story. Liberty’s trust issues around men after her treatment by her ex-boyfriend mean that she tries to keep Jordan at a distance. However from the start, there is a certain chemistry which often threatens to spark into the open but I did enjoy her ‘undercover activities’ as she tried to carry out her secret mission. Bold, witty and with a touch of romance, this is a romcom to enjoy.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In short: humour and romance collide<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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About the Author<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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Portia MacIntosh<\/b> is the bestselling author of over 30
\nromantic comedy novels.<\/span><\/p>\n

From disastrous dates to destination weddings, Portia\u2019s
\nromcoms are the perfect way to escape from day to day life, visiting sunny
\nbeaches in the summer and snowy villages at Christmas time. Whether it\u2019s
\nsouthern Italy or the Yorkshire coast, Portia\u2019s stories are the holiday you\u2019re
\ncraving, conveniently packed in between the pages.<\/span><\/p>\n

Formerly a journalist, Portia has left the city, swapping
\nthe music biz for the moors, to live the (not so) quiet life with her husband
\nand her dog in Yorkshire.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0Thanks to Portia Macintosh, Boldwood Books, and Rachel of\u00a0Rachels Random Resources\u00a0 <\/a>for copy of the book and a place on the tour.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Check out the rest of the tour!<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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