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Happy Pub Day! Thank you to @BerkleyRomance for the free copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞: Once Smitten, Twice Shy
𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫: Chloe Liese
𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬: The Wilmot Sisters, Book 3
𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬: 349
𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬:Juliet Wilmot freshly out of a relationship, quits her job to do freelance PR after being diagnosed with an auto-immune disease. Will is a neurodivergent businessman who happens to be close friends with Christopher, Juliet’s close friend/future brother in law. His family owns/runs a whiskey distillery/farm. The first time they met was in a Scottish Pub and the second time was during a downpour in Juliet’s mom’s greenhouse (when he was visiting Christopher). Both have personal restrictions that make them feel that they don’t deserve to have a happily ever after. They come up with a plan to be “Romance Workout Buddies” and end up getting more than they expected.
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐡𝐚𝐬:
Fake Dating (practice)
Neurodivergent Rep
Chronic Illness
Friends to Lovers
Found Family
Dual POV
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐝:
• Breaking the Swing
• Hiding Behind the Bushes to avoid sister
• The Spider Incident (traumatic)
• How gentle they are with each other
• Will's relationship with his niece - how he wore the shirt she gave him for his date
• Game night
• Gorgeous Cover!
𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬: This is the first book that have read by Chloe Liese! This is the 3rd book
in the series but it can be read as a standalone. I wish I had gone back to read the previous books (and probably will) but I still understood all that was going on. I absolutely loved these two characters. Their patience and gentleness between each other was so heartwarming. Proving that they both deserve the love that they both desire. I adored how Will fit in so perfectly with the friend group. It was refreshing to read a book without a third act breakup!