Publisher: St. Martin’s Press,  June 18, 2024

Format: ebook

Pages: 368

Rating: 3.5/5 stars

Summary (From Goodreads):

Temperance Jean Madigan and Duncan Brady have never gotten it right. After one radiant, secret summer together when they were eighteen, they’ve been on-again off-again ever since. Now, despite red-hot chemistry and TJ’s closeness with Duncan’s family, they’re virtually strangers, only capable of adversarial banter, awkward small talk―and the occasional messy hookup.

When a wedding at the Brady’s vineyard lands TJ there for the summer, their mutual avoidance strategies prove impossible. The last thing TJ wants is to be under those angsty, heated glances Duncan thinks he hides. And for Duncan, having fiery TJ constantly close is the ultimate distraction that he absolutely can’t afford. When forced proximity begins to chip away at their armor, buried tensions resurface, old wounds urge confrontation, and once-in-a-lifetime love demands one last chance to finally get it right.

My Review:
Thank you St. Martin’s Press for the copy of this book.
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Read if you like: Second-chance romance
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Overall, I ended up really enjoying this book in the end. I love second chance romances, and I did enjoy Temperance and Duncan’s chemistry. My only thing with this one is that it took me a bit to get into. There were a lot of characters to keep up with at the beginning and I struggled to remember who was related to who. But once I figured this out, I felt like I could really focus on Temperance and Duncan’s story and how they had to fight to be together again. Each had different hurdles for why they felt like they couldn’t be together, and I appreciated the author taking the time for them to work these things out!
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Overall I really liked it!