Jerry Cooke
4.5⭐️- A sweet and affirming romance, with some great fake dating leading to karmic retribution!
Sydney's life is kind of falling apart. First she walks in and finds that her long-term boyfriend is cheating on her in the place they share when she comes back from a competition. Then she suffers a career ending injury that puts a sharp end to her place in the professional tennis circuit just before Wimbledon.So she's taking some time to recover back in her hometown, staying in one of the places she feels safest; with her best-friend Hallie at her parent's Stone's Throw Inn. Giving herself permission to wallow on the sofa for a week, the last thing she expects the day she finally manages to motivate herself to get up and shower is to have her cheating ex- Grant's sister walk in on her.
It turns out that Reese has just bought the inn, Hallie's parents having sold it without even bothering to tell Hallie it was happening, which is an issue in and of itself. The unexpected surprises keep coming when Grant comes looking for Reese that same day and shows up as well - making certain assumptions upon finding his sister with his ex-, the latter just wearing a towel. Given that Grant is getting married soon to the girl he cheated on Sydney with and attending those pre-wedding events together would be helpful to make Grant uncomfortable and get some gossip, neither woman feels like disabusing Grant of his assumption that they're a couple.
As the pre-wedding events get underway, it quickly becomes clear that Sydney was investing her emotions in the wrong sibling all along!
This was such a sweet small today romance and I adored Sydney and Reese together so much. They have a really great supportive and empathetic dynamic and it's so affirming to see. Hallie is great too and I'm so excited she gets her own book next!
4.5⭐️- A sweet and affirming romance, with some great fake dating leading to karmic retribution!
Sydney's life is kind of falling apart. First she walks in and finds that her long-term boyfriend is cheating on her in the place they share when she comes back from a competition. Then she suffers a career ending injury that puts a sharp end to her place in the professional tennis circuit just before Wimbledon.So she's taking some time to recover back in her hometown, staying in one of the places she feels safest; with her best-friend Hallie at her parent's Stone's Throw Inn. Giving herself permission to wallow on the sofa for a week, the last thing she expects the day she finally manages to motivate herself to get up and shower is to have her cheating ex- Grant's sister walk in on her.
It turns out that Reese has just bought the inn, Hallie's parents having sold it without even bothering to tell Hallie it was happening, which is an issue in and of itself. The unexpected surprises keep coming when Grant comes looking for Reese that same day and shows up as well - making certain assumptions upon finding his sister with his ex-, the latter just wearing a towel. Given that Grant is getting married soon to the girl he cheated on Sydney with and attending those pre-wedding events together would be helpful to make Grant uncomfortable and get some gossip, neither woman feels like disabusing Grant of his assumption that they're a couple.
As the pre-wedding events get underway, it quickly becomes clear that Sydney was investing her emotions in the wrong sibling all along!
This was such a sweet small today romance and I adored Sydney and Reese together so much. They have a really great supportive and empathetic dynamic and it's so affirming to see. Hallie is great too and I'm so excited she gets her own book next!