To be honest, Astrid Parker is… not having a great time. She’s broken up with her fiancé, her mother is a pain in the ass, her design career isn’t fulfilling, all her friends are disgustingly in love, and some horrible human has spilled coffee on her favorite dress on her way to film the redesign of a local inn for a tv show. And of course, that horrible human turns out to be Jordan, granddaughter of the inn’s owner and a carpenter on the project. With a bad start to their partnership and differering design visions for the inn, Astrid and Jordan seem destined to clash. But the more time they spend together, the more they learn about each other and themselves, until it seems their destiny is something else altogether.

I have a real soft spot for the long-suffering, misunderstood sister, so I knew I’d love Astrid’s book from the second she hit the page in Delilah Green Doesn’t Care. And I was right! I loved this book - the whole thing felt very soft and tender, as Astrid explores her sexuality and Jordan works through the recent loss of something herself. I think I’ll never 1000% love an AHB book, her writing style tends to get a little too bogged down in detail for my taste, but this was just a delight to read. I cannot wait to read Iris’s book!

Thank you Berkley and NetGalley for the ARC!