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Genre: Historical | Age: Adult (17+) | Buy: Amazon or BookShop | ⭐ See star rating

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Shy and awkward Melanie meets Cole, a widow who is not looking for more women in his life. The two must work to mend their own broken hearts so they can open them to each other.

Personal Review:

I think this is my favorite of the series so far.

I really liked the character of Melanie. Goodness, could I relate to her feelings of awkwardness and social fears. But I also loved her fire – even though she had fears, she also had a healthy portion of self-respect.

Cole was sweet. His internal dialogue was great but I wish he would have communicated better. I would have liked more of a “woo-ing” stage. I think it really could have been well done with the dynamics of the two main characters.

The other thing I really loved is that this book took place at the exact same time as the book before it. It was so cool to see the previous story playing out while this one had its time in the spotlight. It was great fun to see how the two stories intertwined and to already know the characters so well.

Super sweet, super clean, and would recommend this series!

Happy reading!

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