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I do love getting stuck into a new Melissa Brayden book. Having read almost all her novels, I appreciate how unique each story is that she weaves together and this one was no different.

Set in New York, we meet Jamie Tolliver, owner of Bordeauxnuts coffee and wine bar (with doughnuts!), and Leighton Morrow, who works for the family business - Carrington's Department Store (hello flashback to Strawberry Summer!).

While their paths meet and sparks fly at Jamie’s cafe, the reason Leighton is there in the first place is to scout the location and make way for a new department store - unbeknownst to Jamie.

Repercussions are predictably abound, but the time jump was a little jarring and quite unexpected for me. I was almost looking forward to the fallout and getting into the nitty gritty of how they'd work things out together. Despite that, it did end up making more sense as the story progressed. I think overall the story did start to drag a little, especially with the events towards the end, but we got there!

This is a great book with such a well thought out coffee shop (if only it really existed!) and two very likeable characters who did have great chemistry. Good, quick rom com read, would recommend.

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.