Thank you @berkleyromance @prhaudio for a copy of this book. This is a story about Nat and Rob who meets through the marriage of their best friends. As an avid reader, it was fun to see a perspective of how authors looks at reviews and hone on the negative reviews, especially if you know the person. We see how they interact with each other throughout the years and how they go from enemies to friends. It was a total slow burn and I waited impatiently for them to get together and it was so good. Gabby and Angus added so much to the story and played such a big part in their relationship. 

This was narrated by the author and she did a great job brining her story to life.

I don't think that I've read too many romances written by a male. Colton Gentry is down on his luck with a fizzled music career and a broken marriage and moves back to him home town. This story is about Colton's second chance to start over with his career, lost friendship and first love. I enjoyed the flash back to Colton and Luann's relationship and what a strong woman Luann grew up to be. There's so many tender moments between Colton and Luann as well as Colton with Luann's kids. 

Charlie Thurston did a great job with the narration. 

Thank you @berkleyromance @prhaudio for a copy of this book. 

This is the perfect summer read with baseball season in full swing. You don't have to love baseball to read this. I love that Daphne hackles Chris during a game and causes quite a stir. She DMs Chris an apology as Duckie and they develop an online friendship. At the same time, Daphne and Chris are getting to know each other IRL. I really enjoyed seeing Daphne & Chris together and did not want the 1/3 act breakup. 

I liked how Chris started processing his grief and seeing his journey in developing relationship with Daphne. Daphne's growth journey was great too and I love her relationship with her sibling. 

Kristen Sieh did a great job bringing the characters to life.

Second chance stories are hit or miss for me. Right Where We Left Us is the second chance story of Temperance and Duncan in a small town which lots of family. This was a slow burn with a lot of back and forth wavering with both of them. This was a second book to this and wished I read the first one to know the characters better. There is a lot going on with both characters and both needing to grow up before falling in love. Duncan's family was a lot of fun and added depth to the story. This was a cute albeit a little slow story. 

Thank you @smpromance for a copy of this.

Thank you @prhaudio @berkelypub for a copy of this family drama. The Jacobson family has always been close and we see how each is impacted by winning the lottery. I love that story shows money really doesn't buy you happiness and could create a whole bunch of other problems. The story is fun and their path to finding back to each other was enjoyable to read. Therese Plummer is one of my favorite narrators and did a great job and kept me interested. 

I am fan of Bowen's romances and loved her first domestic thriller. I could not put this one down, the premise of the story about receiving a text from someone you loved and is dead is chilling and Ariel's story of figuring out what happened with Drew. I love all the twists and turns and the multiple POV. The reference to Toy Story was fun too. Buzz was such a cute kid and added some light heartiness to the story. I felt the ending was a bit rush and there were some pieces that I wanted more wrapped up. All the 3 narrators did a phenomenal job and kept me engrossed.

Thank you @williammorrowbooks @netgalley for a copy of this book. This book is set in a small beach town in England and it's about the opening of The Manor which is a brand new high end resort. This story is super slow with the set up and you know what happens because the time line jumps around from day before, the day after and the journal entries from the past. I like all the connections with each character and how the story unfolded. It's atmospheric with the isolation and the birds. Everything happens the past 100 pages and that was when it picked up. 

Thank you @prhaudio @crownpublishing for a copy of this book. 

I had high expectations of this book with loving We Begin at THe End and all the early rave reviews but this one was not for me. 

The pacing of the story is really slow and there are a lot of characters. I hate when writers use nicknames and the character name interchangeably because I get confused especially with so many characters. 

I did enjoy seeing how Saint and Patch was connected and how they grew up in the span of 20+ years. 

Edoardo Ballerini did a good job with the narration but this one was just too slow for me.

I have enjoyed all of this series so far with each having a different type of magicalism in the story. This one is almost like sliding door with Fiona living as a single mom in Geneva and Becca on a small island with her family. The story is told in both state and her relationships in these places. I liked how Fiona gets to know herself better in both places. All the characters were well developed and I enjoyed how the story ended. The only thing I missed was why Becca/Aaron married and stayed together. I sort of wished we got to see a bit of Becca - she seemed like a self centered person and we really don't know anything about her. 

Shakira Shute did a great job with the narration and bringing Fiona to life. 

Thank you the publisher for a copy of the book.

If you are feeling burnout, this book is the perfect cure. Clara is a total workaholic and is forced on a sabbatication which timed perfectly with meeting up her friends from summer camp. There she meets up her friends and camp nemesis, Mack. The story centers on Clara and her realizing how askew her priorities were and also figuring out her attraction to Mack. There were a lot of fun moments with camp games. I didn't buy into Mack and Clara's story being they would only spend weeks together during camp and not much time as adults. I did enjoy all the friendships and seeing Clara's growth journey.

Thank you @foreverpub @netgalley for a copy of this book.