This book was as perfect and sweet as its flower namesake in the title. I wondered how I'd feel about a book that gave Magnolia a true love. We met her in Batter of Wits, and while she wasn't necessarily unlikable in that book, she had a history with the hero of that book that made me wonder just how she'd fare in this one. Especially since the hero in this book, Grady is the brother of Grace from the last book. The connection was there between the two right away, as the new series title would suggest. But Grady wanted to be so careful, because until it happened to him, he actually hadn't believed in the curse his family had. Even after watching Grace go through it in the last book, he still wasn't sure it was true. But when Magnolia walked in, he knew right away.
As usual I adored getting time with other Green Valley characters, especially Magnolia's family. We definitely didn't like her dad much after the last book, but he gets some explanation or we at least understand him a little better, even if he is and was in the wrong for the way he behaved.
While normally a woman like Magnolia isn't really one I feel like I have anything in common with, because I don't dress fancy, and I don't mind being outside, there was one moment in the book where she talked about how just because she was a strong independent woman and could do things for herself, didn't mean that she wanted to. Like replacing the burned out light on her garage door. That sounds really simple, but it was up high and took a ladder. I feel like that about a lot of things that need repair and such around my own house that I own. Just because I can do those things, doesn't mean I want to.
I like how the author took something that Grace did that caused some drama in the first book and had Grady try to use that to make things go better with his own burgeoning relationship, and yet it still went wrong even fixing that particular bit. It really shows how just because something works for one couple, or doesn't work, doesn't mean it will be the same for another couple. Everyone and their situations are different.
I mentioned in my review of the last book how I didn't feel it fit in with the series it had been with at the time, and I like that they now brought these over into a new series that fits perfectly.

I do miss the old cover style though. :-(