This was the book club’s pick of the month for July. I had never read of Abby’s work before and was surprised as I've seen her books all over the book community. 

This book has two points of view. The first is Alexis Montgomery and she has her world turned upside down as a wild bet, gourmet grilled-cheese sandwich and a cuddle with a baby goat. She ends up meeting Daniel Grant, a ridiculously hot carpenter who’s ten years younger than her and as casual and chill as they come – the opposite of sophisticated city-girl Alexis. And yet their chemistry is undeniable. Her ultra-wealthy parents want her to carry on the family legacy of world-renowned surgeons, Alexis doesn’t need glory or fame. She's fine with being a “mere” ER doctor. Every minute she spends with Daniel and the tight-knit town where he lives, she’s discovering just what’s important. Yet letting their relationship become anything more than a short-term fling would mean turning her back on her family and giving up the opportunity to help thousands of people. Bring Daniel into her world is impossible, and yet she can’t just give up the joy she’s found with him either. The second point of view is Daniel Grant, and that boy fell hard for the stranger who came through his town one night. He is determined to work with her to make the relationship work, even if it means he will give up his legacy and the town to be with her. He can tell she is holding back, and he wants to help her breakdown those walls and be together. Will she let him in? 

Daniel is a gift from God, I want one, why aren’t all boys his age like this? Why do they have to be in a small town in the middle of nowhere. I loved him and he saved this book from being three stars. If it was single POV, I think it would have been three stars. I loved that Daniel is like we will go at your pace, I don’t care that I'm younger, and I’ll teach you how to live without a maid because I know how to live alone. Alexis took a while to grow on me, but I liked how she basically went fuck it at the gala and was like you want to give me all the power and make me CEO, watch what is going to happen. I love the side characters and how they were all developed, and it wasn’t like there was a character who was needed just to bring the story alone, from the old man who Daniel looks after and Liz at the bar who had a backstory and development within this story. I loved Alexis’s best friend, and I hope she gets her own story with how this book ended. I loved to hate Neil, he got off way too easy with only going to therapy, I would want that man to pay so much for what he did.  

One of the issues I have with this book is the insta-love, I hate that trope so much like you can’t just instantly fall in love with someone and then not expect all hell to break loose because you didn’t know this perfect person that you’ve fell in love with. Also, I don’t like the miscommunication trope, Daniel was aware this was a short fling, but Alexis could have been honest and said look, I've got an ex that’s still in my life because of this and I'm having these issues, so I don’t want to go further, also work is being a bitch and my parents won’t approve of you and I'll lose my inheritance. I ended up sort of rolling my eyes when this was happening, and the third-act breakup happened.  

I will be carrying on with this series and I cannot wait to read the next one.