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I lava this book so much! 🌋

Reese is on a forced sabbatical from her high pressure job in Chicago to come back to her hometown of Fontain, NC to help look after her mom after she underwent a brain surgery.

Reese cannot stand the quiet life in her hometown and is itching to work on something. She also can’t stand her mom’s next door neighbor Gavin, with his scruffy beard and shaggy hair and beautiful eyes and warm smile. She also can’t stand his constant flirting, but she also kinda likes it and him but she will never admit it.

When Reese decides to get her firm to invest in his family’s vineyard, they start to be around each other more often and their chemistry is unavoidable. He oozes charm and is persistent. He had this quiet confidence around him that Reese cannot fathom, since he only works for the city cutting grass while she has made millions and is very successful. Walls are broken down and Reese eventually learns the true value of happiness.

Reese was simultaneously one of the most frustrating and endearing characters I’ve ever had the pleasure to read about. She was brisk and standoffish but also was gentle and caring in a manic and uber organized way that made you want to scream at her for being so uptight. She is the queen of type A. I imagine that she was one of those women who had a RBF but then also could stop you in your tracks with a killer smile.

Gavin was punny and so laid back. The complete opposite to Reese and they somehow fit perfectly

Ashley has a way of making unlikable characters likable, and wanting you to actively root for them. Her writing is crisp and clean and her stories flow with tidbits of everyday life that resonate with my millennial self (I see you Joshua Jackson poster!) and make the story endearing. She forms a connection with the reader and you feel like you actually know these characters.

Huge thanks to Ashley Manley for sharing this book’s digital advanced review copy with me in exchange for an honest review.

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