The Road to Rose Bend

Recently divorced Sydney returns home to Rose Bend after leaving eight years earlier after the death of her sister. Coming home isn’t easy after her parents turned their backs on her but now pregnant, she’s determined to make a new life for herself. What she doesn’t expect is to fall for widower Cole. Cole is struggling to come to terms with the loss of his wife and unborn baby but can’t help being drawn to Sydney.

Both characters are deeply drawn and have a huge amount of baggage. The levels of attraction run high but so do the stakes creating a huge amount of emotional conflict and some great tension. I loved the small town setting and Cole’s family dynamics, as well as the writing style. There’s a little bit of humour here and there, plenty of angst and some steamy scenes to boot. Overall, this book has a bit of everything and is a great read for summer.

I’d also like to say a huge thank you to Mills and Boon for having me on their blog tour 💖

Genre: Romance

Rating: 4/5⭐️

You and Me on Vacation – Emily Henry

You and me on Vacation

I really enjoyed this sweet friends-to-lovers romance. The story spans Poppy and Alex’s 12 years of knowing one another and their relationship intensifies as the main characters figure out who they are and what they want from life. Alex is more of a homebody while Poppy is a jet-setter; determined and career driven. On paper they should never work but the slow-burn of their attraction is fuelled and impossible to ignore.

This book has all the ingredients of your favourite romance / romcom movies and books. It’s sure to be a summer hit!

5/5⭐️

Genre: contemporary romance / romantic comedy

Reawakening – Rachael Stewart

Reawakening review

Well, this book has it all. The Mills and Boon Dare line is know for its quicker, steamier reads but by golly this packs a lot in; sizzling hot desire, heartfelt emotion and humour not to mention characters with some serious depth.

The opening scene is very steamy and the attraction between Olivia and Valentine leaps off the page, grabs you by the throat and pulls you in. As the story moves on, there’s much more than physical attraction. Both characters are wounded by their pasts and endeavour on their own paths of self-destruction until they find something in one another worth saving.

As many of you may know, the Dare line has been discontinued and this is Racheal Stewart’s last book for Dare but she certainly goes out with a bang.

Rating: 5 steamy stars out of 5⭐️

Genre: Romance (steamy)

We Just Clicked – Anna Bell

We Just Clicked is a feel-good romcom read with all the ups and downs you’d expect. When Izzy and Luke concoct a plan to have a fake relationship to become Instagram famous, never in her wildest dreams did Izzy expect to fall in love for real. Faced with a choice between her dream career and true love, Izzy doesn’t always get it right and it’s an enjoyable ride following her story.

If you’re a fan of Sophie Kinsella or Lindsay Kelk, you’ll like this!

Genre: chicklit

4/5⭐️