Room Service: Innkeepers, Book 3

The disappointing third in Alers’s Innkeepers contemporary series (after Breakfast in Bed) catches up with former Wall Street HR specialist Jasmine Washington just as she’s winding down a six-month gig working for a nonprofit. She’s reluctant to move away from her aging parents, but after a dinner date with New Orleans investment banker Cameron Singleton, she decides to take up her friend Hannah on the offer of a job in New Orleans. Soon Jasmine’s beauty has Cameron rethinking his commitment to confirmed bachelorhood. There’s lots to like about these two and their friends, families, and stories, but this entry is the weakest in the series so far. Alers seldom flunks chemistry, but despite everything Jazz and Cameron have going for them—good looks, brains, money, style—they lack the vital spark that romance readers hope for. Series fans will hope the next installment turns things around. Agent: Nancy Coffey, Nancy Coffey Literary & Media. (Aug.)