I am a sucker for a billionaire romance so I decided to give this one a try from my friend, Laura.

So without, giving too much away, Isla is separated from her husband Don and struggling to come to terms with her new normal after having been with him for over a decade. For the Love of Art, follows her trying to navigate falling for the gorgeous billionaire Nathan Manning while discovering who she is post marriage.

From the very first page I really enjoyed the banter in this book. I enjoyed the sarcasm from Isla and her two besties in the form of fun loving Lianne and eccentric gay, Frankie. Both were funny and sweet without being caricatures and were the right blend of madness to the straight laced Isla. There were some great scenes in their respective work places and I really liked the New York setting. NYC is one of my favourite places to visit and there was something so subtle about the descriptions and way of life that was very Sex and the City that i really loved. Would this be a high end romance set in NYC if we don't go to the Hamptons atleast once? I don't think so! haha.
I liked the overall story/premise and the hurdles both physical and emotional that Isla had to overcome and by the end I was on her side for finally claiming her happiness and doing the right thing.

This brings me subtly to the fact that before the last part of the book, I wasn't on Isla's side. I found her a bit unlikeable if I'm honest as I couldn't get my head around her attitude towards Nathan from day one. Perhaps if he had done something to her personally or even shown his personality/actions etc. to be anything like Isla presumes, I may have understood her hate for him. Without this hard hitting evidence of his heinous ways, she was judging a man she really didn't know based on what she read in newspapers and that really annoyed me lol constantly jumping to conclusions about him felt a little unfair and i was glad when she finally opened up and explained what was going on with her.

Re. what was going on with Isla, I appreciated the sensitivity of the subject so much and loved its inclusion in this genre. Cant say too much without spoilers but it was a nice edge to an otherwise straightforward love story which i really enjoyed.
Lastly, the smut was smutting and we know I love that. It was a cheeky slowish burn at the start then they were just going at it and we find out that Isla is a bit of a freak which was nice. Dont sleep on this housewives dudes. They got some secret moves! haha

Defo try this one out for an easy, no frills read with heart and banter.