Thank you so much to Hambright PR & Angela Casella for the complimentary copy of the ebook!

This book is out now.

This was my first Angela Casella book and I was drawn to all the tropes for this and thought this was definitely up my alley! What I didn't realize is that I was also getting a little mystery with my romance.

Claire and Declan meet on a plane and when they think they won't survive (bad turbulence) and in the rush of the moment, Declan decides to kiss Claire. Turns out to be the best kiss of their life and guess what, they do end up surviving their plane ride. Claire learned that her biological dad, Dick Ricci, died and left her property in a town called Marshall outside of Asheville and Declan lives next door.

I will say that I didn't think there was chemistry between the two at first but as the book went on it was becoming more believable. They were so attracted to one another and Claire was very into Declan.

"Fuck me."
"I'm trying to. I've been trying to."

One thing I thought was unique with this story compared to other contemporary romances I read is the openness of drug usage and growing. Their relationship and attraction grew the more they spent time with another building trust. Declan had a not so clean past and was scared that it would scare Claire away. When his reveal came, Claire did the opposite of run away but embraced Declan and loved him anyways.

Claire has so many changes in such a short time - she learns about her bio dad's death, this inheritance, Declan and a half sister, Nicole! Claire's relationship with her sister was fun to watch! Nicole was a hoot and I was so happy at how positive their relationship ended up being. And the ending - so sweet!

As I mentioned there is a mystery that takes place - did someone kill Claire's dad or was it truly an accident? Claire, Declan, Nicole and Damien all work together to figure out what truly happened with Dick. When everything hits the fan, I was not expecting all the action that took place!

I paired my reading with the audiobook and thought both narrators Ada Sinclair and Tyler Donne did a good job with their characters! Both were new narrators to me and I would listen to their narrations again.

This book is the first of a series and the next one will star Claire's best friend Lainey!