This was a “Read Now” arc, and it picked my interest as I usually live most of Montlake’s titles.

The stem heroine is so high now on almost every romance and adds a single dad, billionaire male character, what more can you want from a romance story?

I actually needed much more. The heroine might be well read and smart In her career wise, but daily interaction of situations, not so much in my opinion. And I think that's kinda realistic sometimes.

The romance story starts as a slow burn and what brings them to the actual dating and more, it is definitely building up to some high expectations. But unfortunately those expectations aren't really met for me. Closed door scenes and some felt quite forced on the reader.

Overall, this might be a great woman fiction story with a dash of romance that some readers will enjoy, but it is nothing memorable for me, unfortunately.

Very grateful to the publisher for my review copy