Lucy Bowen has sworn off love.
After too many failed relationships, she's over the fairytale – but working at NYC's biggest romance publisher, Heartwarming, means she can't escape it. When the company's bestselling author, Ruby Jones, threatens to leave due to dwindling sales (and a complete lack of inspiration), Lucy's boss takes drastic action.
Her new assignment? Go to a small lakeside town and find the spark for Ruby's next big love story.
Lucy expects picture-perfect charm, but the town – and its grumpy yet extremely attractive restaurant owner, Liam – have other ideas. He's skeptical of city folk, and she has zero interest in falling for a small-town cliché. But rom-com rule number one? Love finds you when you least expect it...
"Filled with humor, charm, and sizzling chemistry" - Stacey Kennedy, USA Today bestselling author
I'm a lover of all the rom-com tropes and reading this summary had me itching to see where this particular story would go. City girl goes country? Check! Forced proximity? Check! Golden retriever MMC? Check! Small town? Check! Short, sweet, and to the point story? Check! Bring it all on. Plus, this story is recommended by my girl Abby Jimenez and I love her stories.
Lucy Bowen wants her life to move forward: she's not sure she believes in love anymore and needs to advance her career. After years in the book industry, she wants to move into an editor position. How better to do that than take on the project her boss says will show her talents. So she packs up and moves to a small town for a few weeks to catalogue the small town feel and all it's people in order to have inspiration for a storyline for one of the publishing house's top authors. She doesn't expect to fall in the love, with the town and more!
I like Lucy. She has her quirks but she's endearing and relatable. I loved her use of Instagram and her funny posts to get engagement. Liam is your typical cinnamon roll character. His love of food and feeding other is his language. He's easy going and, of course, handsome. And he has the BEST dog in Blue, his German Shepard.
The romance and chemistry between these two is palpable. I had fun watching them burn towards each other. And, of course, the small town characters leant a hand in this. My favorite part of the romance is the characters being content with the happy for now rather than the happily ever after. It's so much more in line to living your life to the fullest. Also, keep in mind, love finds you when you least expect it. My favorite romantic plot of all!
If you're looking for a fast and easy romantic read with tons banter and some tense romance scenes, give this one a try. You'll fall in love with Lucy and Liam (and BLUE) and the small town of Hudson Hollow.
Wolf kept the pacing fast and light and the plot interesting and moving forward throughout the book. And, while there is a third act break-up of sorts, it's not the typical jarring you get in many romances.
Cristina Wolf wrote her first book in the third grade. It was an adventure book about her beagle, Abby, complete with hand-drawn illustrations and top-notch handwriting. Needless to say, writing and reading has been a passion of Cristina’s from the beginning. After graduating from Marist College with a double major in Business and English, Cristina pursued a career in the publishing industry while earning her Master of Science in Publishing from New York University. Cristina has experience working at literary agencies and as an editorial assistant at a publishing house. Finding life in NYC a bit different than she expected, Cristina returned to her native New Jersey where she earned her Master in Teaching from Monmouth University. She now shares her love of books with her students as a middle school English teacher.
Other than working or writing, Cristina loves spending time with her dogs, Zoey, Winnie, and Mabel, exercising on her Peloton, laying on her hammock with a good book, and planning her next trip to Disney World.
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