ARC received via Netgalley for an honest review.

This is the second book I have read of Ms Clifton's and again I was not disappointed with New Year's Promise.

This is a sweet friends to lovers romance that will have your heart beating faster as our main characters struggle into their new relationship.

Justin and Ellie have admiring each other from afar for years and when circumstances bring them back in close proximity, the sparks between them fly.

I loved the relationships between Ellie, Justin and their families. Sometimes your childhood friends will leave your life and be nothing but a distant memory, and sometimes those friends will be the closest family you will ever have, and that's how it is with these guys.

But when someone from their childhood comes back into their lives again, you never know what the consequences will be.




I swear I read the last 1/3 of this book through tears!

Ms Clifton has a way of writing that draws you right into the story. The imagery makes me feel like I am right in there with the characters (and Sydney being my home town I can picture the places she is writing about).

And in this day and age where so many books are just filled with sex sex and more sex, she proves that you can write a wonderful romance that has nothing more than a few sensual kisses.

I look forward to what she has for us next.