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So Wrong It Must Be Right

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The synopsis for this book caught my attention and I decided to give this new to me author a try and while I enjoyed some aspects of this book, others left me feeling a little flat, and some just left me confused. On opposite sides of a business deal two people figure out they have something a bit taboo and dirty in common and despite the business between them set off to fulfill their wicked fantasies. Heavy on sexual exploits (which hey, I’m totally cool with), but light on building a relationship (not too cool with), and heavy on angst (really, really not cool with) So Wrong It Must Be Right had good bones, but not enough substance making it a bit of a disappointment.

Dinah and Carter have been having an email sexual affair for 8 months and have no clue they live in the same general area, but when Dinah must confront Carter to buy his land to expand her family’s businesses she puts it together and confronts him about it which leads to them becoming sexually involved and eventually more. First off, I have no issues with the fact these two met based on a Tumblr photo and moved on to sexy emails which by the way, maybe I’m a bit slow but I still can’t figure out how they managed to reach mutual self satisfaction while emailing back and forth. Anyway, I like that they met in an unusual way and were thrown together in the flesh so to speak for a totally different reason, but I had a very hard time really liking either one of these characters and I felt like they got to the “I Love You” stage very quickly considering the only thing they’d been exchanging in the last 8 months was sexual fantasies, not getting to know you information and within a few weeks of meeting one another they were in love.

Let me just say that Dinah was stubborn, shallow and a bit too confident considering she really had no power in her family’s business and was willing to do anything to get some power. I admired her gumption, but I hated that she would ask for someone’s opinion or help and then immediately dismiss it. I appreciated what Carter had built and the reasoning behind it and that he felt strongly about staying connected to something that had belonged to his family for generations, but at times he was whiney and so pessimistic that I wanted to give him a slap upside the head. Together there was no denying their chemistry or the fact they knew exactly how to give each other what they wanted or needed sexually, but I felt the emotional connection was lacking. They’d share a bit about their lives but they never delved deep into how they were feeling with what was happening around them.

There wasn’t a single secondary character that I liked, not one. While at first I liked Dinah’s cousin, Kayla she turned into a bit of a selfish b*tch and I have nothing good to say about the others. I also felt like the big ultimatum Dinah’s grandmother gave her was contrived to create more drama between Dinah and Carter something I could have done without.

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Thank you so much for the opportunity to review this book and to be an early reader via NetGalley! However, I will not be writing a review for this title at this time, as my reading preferences have since changed somewhat. In the event that I decide to review the book in the future, I will make sure to purchase a copy for myself or borrow it from a library. Once again, thank you so much for providing me with early access to this title. I truly appreciate it. Please feel free to contact me with any follow-up questions or concerns.

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So Wrong It Must Be Right, by Nicole Helm, is the first of her books telling the story of the Gallagher family of St. Louis and the beginning of the Gallagher and Ivy series. Dinah Gallagher has her sights set on becoming the chief operating officer of Gallagher's Tap Room. The legacy is that the first born of the first born take the helm. But when her father ran away with her aunt and her uncle took charge the dynamics changed.

Now she has been charged with acquiring the property next door to the tap room, a property that has been turned into an urban farm. The handsome owner of the property, Carter Trask, is not interested in the offers being made for his property. He is tired of being pushed around and has no interest in selling out to the Gallaghers.

For Dinah this acquisition means the difference between achieving her goals and total failure. But when she realizes that the urban farm looks a whole lot like pictures her online romance has posted, she must decide what her true goals are and how to achieve them.

With shades of You've Got Mail, only a whole lot steamier, this is an interesting story of finding what you really want in life and how to garner the strength to achieve it. I did like this book and do recommend it.

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The blurb for this novel grabbed me from the start. I was intrigued by Dinah and Carter's (who are simply D & C to each other) email only relationship and knew that they'd eventually meet, but I didn't expect it to happen quite so early in the novel. They most certainly had great sexual chemistry, but certain aspects of their personalities and actions repeatedly had me changing my mind about these two characters, which is why I can only give this novel 3 stars.

Dinah Gallagher is obsessed with her family business, Gallagher's Tap Room, a 100-year-old restaurant, and running it has been her lifelong dream. The company wants to buy up (and already has bought up) several properties on the block, to expand their parking lot and make room for a farmer's market. But there are one or two holdouts, and Carter Trask, who turned his grandmother's small property into a farm, is one of them. Craig Gallagher, is Dinah's uncle, and the director of operations for the family business and he's been strong-arming Carter, who has vowed to hang on to this last piece of family property and never sell. Dinah believes she can accomplish what her uncle could not, so imagine her surprise when she meets Carter face-to-face and the two soon realize that D and C stand for Dinah and Carter. He won't sell out to her either, and once their relationship becomes physical and then emotional, is the point at which I started to have a problem with these characters and their situation.

First of all, how many restaurants have a Board of Directors? Dinah is beyond obsessed with this business, having pictured herself as its owner and CEO all her life. She repeatedly says that Gallagher's is her heart and her soul. Really? A restaurant? A building? She is utterly unable to see herself in any other role, even though her cousin, co-worker and best friend, Kayla, tries to get her to see that there are other possibilities, other options in life, Dinah is so dogged in her determination to win that I found her dual personalities--a businesswoman one minute and a hot sexpot the next, both confusing and irritating.

I liked Carter somewhat more, he's pretty down to earth, literally and figuratively, but he too eventually began to irritate me. While I liked his devotion to hanging on to that last piece of family property understandable, and while he was both somewhat sexy and sweet, he was also a bit of a downer, who dwelt mainly on all that he'd lost in his life--more than one family farm, his parents, his beloved grandmother, and siblings who didn't care about farming and moved on with their lives. As a romantic, sexy, and charming hero, he certainly shone, but his negativity didn't.

One of the most real characters in this novel is Kayla. While she's not a primary participant, she's often cast in the role of Dinah's friend and advisor, and she keeps trying to be the voice of reason for Dinah, and yet, when she cannot stand working at Gallagher's another minute, Dinah simply doesn't understand it and while it hurts her when Kayla leaves, Dinah is still clueless as to why Kayla would want something more out of life.

There's also a backstory that runs through this novel. Months before the novel begins, Dinah's father ran off with Uncle Craig's wife, devastating Dinah, Kayla (Craig's daughter), and Dinah's mother, who leaves for parts unknown. Uncle Craig, not a nice man to begin with, seems to feel he has to take out his anger at Dinah, who never did a thing to earn his wrath or condescension.

Make no mistake, Ms. Helm can certainly write a good novel, and I've read and enjoyed quite a few of her earlier ones. The emotions in this novel do come across to the reader, and what happens to the characters and their relationships makes for a good read. I just kept wishing that the family business in question wasn't just a restaurant, because Dinah's single-minded devotion to it just made little sense to this reader, as did its title, which had nothing to do with the story at all.

I voluntarily read an advance reader copy of this book and received no compensation for doing so. The opinions expressed are my own.

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Dinah and Carter were perfect. I loved how they figured out who each other was, and struggled to figure out how to make their chemistry and interest in each other work with real life pressures and demands. Very enjoyable read.

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Dinah Gallagher has worked her whole life for her family business, Gallagher's restaurant, and she's got plans for their future including acquiring the property next door to set up a farmer's market. But the owner, one Carter Trask, has been notoriously stubborn about selling. When she's not focussed on work, her one avenue of fun has been an online flirtation with a mystery man, someone who is as good a listener as he is at providing her some heady sexual delight. When Dinah discovers that her mystery man is none other than the man thwarting her at every turn, it's quite the conundrum. Sex is their common ground, but will it be enough to lead to a business compromise and a possible future together?

I was a bit surprised at the speed with which the 'secret identity' of the two main characters was discovered. I expected it be drawn out a bit more, but it's revealed within the first quarter of the story, making them have to deal with the obvious problems between them right from the get go. Of the two characters in this story, I've got to say that Carter was my favorite. He's a small urban farmer with convictions and despite his growing feelings for Dinah as the story progresses, he still won't abandon his principles. Dinah is harder to like, mostly because her devotion to her family business seems decidedly one sided. The only one who cares how she is doing in the company is herself, and her loyalty seems misplaced because it's not returned. It's Carter who turns out to be the most reliable person in her life, and they share some sexy scenes together, and some very emotional moments too. Dinah has to make some tough choices, and it leads to rocky times for this couple but an eventual sweet ending. I look forward to reading the next story in this series. 3.5 stars.

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My first book by Nicole Helm, So Wrong It Must Be Right was an exciting and interesting read.

First book in the series Gallagher & Ivy, this is the story of Dinah Gallagher and Carter Trask. As the blurb suggests, Carter doesn't want to be pushed around by the likes of Gallagher.

The first meeting of Dinah and Carter was hilarious! I liked that they knew each other through mailing before actually meeting up .. and how their relationship progressed. Yes, there was a lot of family drama and bumps along the road in the relationship of D and C, but did they overcome it? Did Dinah give in to win Carter, or did Carter give up his piece of paradise to win Dinah's love? Want to know the answer? Read So Wrong it Must be Right!

Trust me, this a quick, interesting, steamy and hilarious read for most part. I loved the cover and can't wait for the next one in the series.

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3 1/2 STARS!

An online hook-up starts to feel all too real with this pair of secret lovers! The premise of the book was fun ... who wouldn't freak out when figuring out that the person they were having an online fling with was actually standing right in front of them! ... but it fell a bit flat. I liked the characters and could even have enjoyed a relationship between them, but I felt like the story drug on a bit and too much emphasis went into the family instead of into the relationship building. Still a good read, it just didn't blow me away.

Dinah Gallagher has spent her life working towards taking over her family business. It's her heart and soul and she breathes Gallagher's Tap Room, so when she needs to get the adjoining land out from under the guy living there in order to get one up on her Uncle and get her rightful job, that's what she's going to do!

Urban farmer Carter Trask has lost a lot in his life and he's finally happy with his little nook in the world, happily growing his produce and surviving on the land left over from his grandmother. The neighbor has been trying to buy the land, but he has no interest ... no matter how much they want it. When Dinah comes over and tries to sweeten the deal, he again has no interest ... until she puts two and two together and let's him know that she's the secret "D" that he "C" has been emailing and heating up the keyboard with for months now!

When their online fling turns real, will these battling neighbors be able to call or truce?

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I’ll be honest, the premise and blurb for this one caught my eye and wouldn’t let go. Who could resist a story about two people that have been engaged in an email / sexting relationship for the last months, and just happen to live next to one another? And when their face-to-face interactions are full of sparks, wholly different from the steamy email…. You’d grab that. Be honest. I know I did.

Dinah works in the family business, a restaurant, and she’s got all sorts of plans to get things moving. Wanting to expand, bring in other custom and just generally make her mark, she’s decided the small home and plot of land (with wonderful gardens) is perfect for her plans. And she sets about planning a takeover. Because, by now, with no relationship to hand, and all of the family dramas, there isn’t a huge draw for her attentions elsewhere. Once she’s run through the latest sexy emails from her mystery man, she’s got to put that energy somewhere.

Carter has spent the last while carefully renovating the small house and plot of land left to him by his grandmother. A man who isn’t afraid of hard work, and has little patience for people who think their money and position entitles them to anything, he’s really not interested when one of them in the form of Dinah, approaches with an offer to purchase his home and garden. Neither of them is quite aware that they have been sexting for months, and the sparks (and tension) are high.

And then, the premise that was so wonderfully proposed is lost to overblown and repeated family dramas that served no purpose for me but to distract. I wanted to see more of Carter’s revelations and working through his own baggage, wth and without Dinah, and she had miles to come as well – but we have drama, intermixed with some sexy hot moments on the page and in person, and it’s almost no time at all for the end.

While the writing was solid, it almost felt (as happens with some of the authors I edit for) that the characters had other ideas for their story, and the ideas that were so clever and I had hoped to see realized fully just weren’t. I was lost in the drama, much of it unneeded and unrelated to the story between Carter and Dinah that needed telling, and that experience left me knowing this wasn’t the book for me. People who enjoy extra drama and a heroine who moves from sympathetic to near unlikeable during this drama will find this more to their taste.

I received an eArc copy of the title from the publisher via NetGalley for purpose of honest review. I was not compensated for this review: all conclusions are my own responsibility.

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Review by Leah foe Love Romance Books

I was given this book by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

3.5 Stars

C and D have been exchanging some pretty hot, sexual fantasies via email and instant messager before Dinah Gallagher came on the scene in an effort to get Carter Trask to sell his plot of land to the Gallagher family. Little did they know, at first meeting, that they'd been exchanging those emails/ims to each other for the past 8 months. Sparks fly at first meeting and later that night when Dinah realizes why the Front Yard Farm looks so familiar. Now all bets are off as they attempt to keep the two parts of their lives separate in an effort to maintain an "us". But when family enters the picture, things get...complicated.

I really enjoyed this book! I expected it to start out a bit more slowly than it did and build up with the email traffic, but you'll get no complaints from me. This book started out hot and steamy and maintains its momentum til the end. Carter was a great character and exuded honestly and sincerity from the beginning, but it was sometimes difficult to see what Dinah was really thinking. I liked the way they worked through their problems and how Dinah ultimately acted at the end by going after what truly mattered. This was my fist Nicole Helm book, but I'll be looking for more in the future.

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This book started out fast. I guess I expected to see more of the back and forth of email and messaging online before Dinah and Carter realized they knew each other in real life. Nope, and that’s okay. Since we see the connection they have through their online romance and know they’ve been “talking” for 8 months it all flows quite naturally. I could feel the chemistry between the hero and heroine and that’s what matters most.

I kept feeling as though I didn’t like Dinah, yet couldn’t really not like her. It was very confusing to me until Carter had some inner reflections of how she tries to hide how much of an emotional person she really is under her business-like demeanor. Dinah still annoyed me with the way she was so blind to anything outside of her tunnel vision of family and Gallaghers and being born to do a specific thing with her life, no deviations. There are some inner thoughts Dinah has toward the end that also really helped me to understand her bull-headed visions.

Carter was bull-headed in his own way. I don’t know if I forgave him that because I happened to agree with his side of things more or if he wasn’t as grating as Dinah. His back story seemed a bit muddled and hodge-podged together but became a bit more cohesive toward the end of the book. He is definitely easy to love. The way he treats Dinah, even knowing she may have to turn against him, is so sweet and makes him extremely sexy.

My favorite character is actually Dinah’s cousin, Kayla. She seems to be the most level-headed Gallagher and even tries to open Dinah’s eyes numerous times. The way Dinah somewhat dismisses her broke my heart. She is so set on her goals she can’t see she is hurting Kayla and even that her goals should maybe change. Kayla is almost the opposite of Dinah. Her eyes are wide open and she knows how to look inside herself for what it is she truly wants and needs. Plus, it seems to me that Dinah was so focused on what her own dad did to the family that it didn’t occur to her that Kayla’s mom did it, too. Plus, Kayla had to still deal with her evil father after it all happened.

Nicole Helm is a new to me author. While I wasn’t totally blown away by this book, I did really enjoy it a lot. I’ll definitely be giving more of her books a try.

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So Wrong It Must Be Right by Nicola Heep
Gallagher & Ivy #1

You know that photo you saw on Instagram and just had to comment on? What if the person receiving the comment sent a message back? Then, what if the two of you fell into a steamy months long very steamy email romance? Well, that is just what happened to the H/h in this story! And, boy was it steamy in emails and also later when they meet up in person ;)

Dinah Gallagher is the next in line to run the Gallagher Company IF she does everything right. She cannot see anything in life that might be more important than being in charge of Gallagher’s. She is also smart, capable, a believer in being able to accomplish anything she sets her mind to, and believes in compromise. This comes in handy when she is faced with trying to buy the land Carter Trask owns – especially when she realizes he is the man she has been emailing for months. What happens in the story includes how her dysfunctional family interacts with one another and how she comes to terms with her long held beliefs when balanced against what she truly needs and wants in the future.

I have to say I liked Carter but felt that Dinah was a bit shallow and single minded. By the end of the story my feelings shifted a bit in her favor, though. I enjoyed this introduction to a new series and look forward to reading “So Bad It Must Be Good” when it comes out – the story of Kayla (Dinah’s cousin) and whether or not she finds her HEA.

Thank you to NetGalley and Kensington Press for the ARC. This is my honest review.

3.5 Stars

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I must admit that this was a much steamier story than I thought it was going to be! Nothing wrong with that and it did have a great storyline to go along with all the sexy times. It's very well written and the characters are well developed and interesting. Dinah was slightly off-putting at times when it felt like she was just using Carter and cowing to the wishes of her Grandmother. Happily by the end she had really grown on me and I though she and Carter worked well together. Overall this was a very good book and definitely one I would recommend.

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Are you pretending your fingers are my cock, sliding into you? Fast and hard, just what you asked for.

Yes, yes. I'm going to come. Fucking my fingers. Thinking of you.

Make yourself come, baby. Pretend it's me making your come.




For nearly a year, Dinah has been anonymously email-sexting with a man; she originally left a drunken comment on his Tumblr page one night and it took off from there, growing into almost daily sexts that got them both off. No names, no pictures, no personal information, but they both still put bits of themselves into the brief post-sexy-time messages as the months go by. It's only sex . . . and yet it's not.




"Mr. Trask," she greeted, all businesswoman coolness."

"Ms. Gallagher." He made sure to say her last name in the same tone he might say fucking damn it.




Dinah, trying to prove to her uncle and grandmother that she can run the family business, must convince Carter, a local farmer, to sell his land. He tells her no, just as he told her uncle already. But she's not backing down, can't if she's to finally achieve her dream of running Gallagher's. But he's not going to give in, either.



Later that same night, after another sext session with Mr. Tumblr, she starts randomly scrolling through his Tumblr page, suddenly realizing the garden pictures on there look very familiar . . . like Carter's yard, in fact. Yep, the man she's been sexting for months is the same grumpy farmer she's trying to buy out.




"You really did have a shit day, huh?" he asked, forehead still not smoothing out.

"The shittest."

"And this is your answer?"

"An orgasm I don't have to give myself is a hell of an answer."

He leaned closer, his mouth brushing against her ear. "Then I'll make sure to give you two, D."




She goes over to confront him about it. He's thrown by the revelation of his sexy email partner too -- she's the enemy, the one trying to take away the only thing he has left: his family's property, his beloved farm and livelihood. Yet even though he's not fond of her as a Gallagher, he can't resist his attraction to her, especially when she takes a risk before leaving and asks for one thing: a single night together, offline, to put it all behind them. In the morning though, they go back to being enemies. What could possibly go wrong?



I found the start of this book, and the premise for their meeting, very fun and sexy. Sadly we only get a few teasing lines from their recent sexts; I truly wish more of their emails had been included -- not just for the, obvious, sexy parts, but also for the little messages that were added after the orgasms, the bits that lead to their developing intimacy even before they met. I also enjoyed the tension between the two when they first meet, not knowing their online identities; when a hero and heroine clash, you know it always adds that extra something to their dynamic. But I didn't feel like a lot of that showed up in later chapters, which was a bit disappointing.



Carter's determination and fierce fight to keep his land, his very legacy, I could understand, and I liked that about him. But Dinah's single-minded obsession with the family business -- that got on my nerves from the beginning and only increased as the story went on. And it has nothing to do with her being a woman with a focus on a career or dreams; fuck that kind of sexist thinking. The fact is I never, not once, understood WHY she so loved the company, why she was putting it above literally everything else in her life, even a budding relationship with Carter. Did I want her to give up her dreams entirely because of a man? Fuck no, that would have pissed me off, too. But I never saw one reason for her devotion to the business, just the throw-away comment of "it's the family's business". Even when her cousin tried pressing her about a reason, there was never an explanation -- and I kept waiting for one, for a glimpse into why she felt so strongly about it, even knowing that her shitty uncle was calling the shots and her grandmother, while not completely terrible, had her not-so-great qualities and moments. Her cousin sees the grandmother very differently, and can't figure out why Dinah wants to be like her -- and honestly, I had to agree with her because I never understood what Dinah saw in the grandma, either. It just felt like we were getting her drive for the business thrown in for the conflict without ever explaining, unpacking, or truly resolving it. And to be clear, if this had been done with the hero instead, I would have had the same reaction. I need to understand a character's motivation, especially for something that's so much a part of the book. I don't know how else to explain it other than by saying I wanted more depth and instead I got the surface, even to the very end.




"I'm in love with you. Which I would not have believed possible in a million years that day you tried to pick my unripened squash."

She let out a breath, eyes still wide but watery now too. "That sounds so dirty," she whispered.




Overall, I did truly enjoy this one, though I do wish more of that fun dynamic that started the story had been shown (the sexts, for example, shown within the context of the scene while they were exchanging them) and that their push-pull dynamic had continued through more of the book. Instead it felt like what started on a fun and sexy note then went into this continual battle of Dinah repeating that she cares about the family business above everything else. I guess I wanted more of a balance with the story, a bit more of an understanding of Dinah's character and motivation, and a bit more of the sexy times on page (though admittedly the scenes we do get are nothing to turn your nose up at!). I'll still be back for more from Healm in general, and definitely for book 2 in this series. I liked her writing style just fine, but in the end I wanted a bit more from this story.



4 STARS!

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4.5 stars
A really good story with a solid plot and two strong characters and Nicole Helm’s at least second bearded flannel-clad farm related hero, as charming as the first one I’ve read (Wes Stone, “All I Am”). Carter is less troubled than Wes though, but he didn’t have an easy life either.
In “So Wrong It Must Be Right” we see Helm’s ability to write a powerful story about one’s commitment to a place, a business or a farm and the choices people have to make in order to conciliate that with conflicting affections.
The hero’s love for his land is moving and his perseverance admirable. Helm’s characterization is really fine, linking the man – his body, his soul, his heart – with that particular patch of land, his family’s legacy. The same applies to the heroine and her connection to Gallagher’s Tap Room. The setting is downtown St. Louis, a city not usually portrayed in romance and this unequal struggle between a small farm and an urban environment is rather interesting.
Nicole Helm writes a hero with baggage that despite all that is supportive, understanding, able to compromise and ultimately to give up the farm he loves so much in order to keep the heroine. But all this done in a very subtle and smooth way.
Family relationships play a part in this romance too and are realistically done.
At last, it was amazing to see how Helm developed a usual plot device in romance – email sex – turning it into a sexual relationship with affections, emotions and meaning. Loved it!

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3 - "This land is mine and I ain’t selling." Stars.

Nicole Helm begins her new Gallagher & Ivy series with a couple that are literally on opposite sides of the fence.

Problem being with that is Dinah Gallagher wants to knock down the fence, as well as the house and smallholding that Carter Trask has lovingly restored since he took over his grandmothers property.

"Just because you have breasts doesn’t mean I’m more inclined to talk to you."

Finding out that Dinah has plans to level it and turn it into a Farmers Market as you would expect isn't an idea he is onboard with... Even when it turns out she is the elusive D he has been sexmailing with for the past eight months.

The blurb for this one pulled me in, as I am a sucker for a relationship that involves a lot of texting or emailing, but sadly it didn't really play much of a part of the story, what did play a huge part and which really dulled my enjoyment was the massive overdose of Gallagher family drama. I started out empathizing with Dinah, but as the story progressed she came to be a character that I felt little sympathy for.

Every word that had been amazing and beautiful still managed to pale in comparison to the reality of his mouth on hers...

I think it’s safe to say that as a reader this was a story that had potential, but the aspects of it I wanted to see more of were sorely lacking, I am not a huge fan of erroneous family drama, especially when it takes over a story-line and pushes a couples blossoming relationship into the background, and for me that was the case on this occasion.

If you like a lot of secondary drama with your romance then I would certainly not discourage you from giving this title a go, it just didn’t live up to the expectations I had of it from the blurb.

ARC generously provided in exchange for the above honest review.

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Nicole Helm seems to be a new romance genre: the hot farmer story. With two of her best in mind, All I Have (rival farmers hooking up) and All I Am (virgin farmer!), I was looking forward to her tale of a farmer sending secret sex emails.

"He's like every hipster fantasy I've ever had, come to life," Dinah whispered.

Carter was every bit the rugged farmer fantasy, complete with sweetness and sensitivity (the guy has three sisters, natch). Key word is "fantasy", given that Carter and Dinah discover that they have been trading smoking hot secret sex emails as "C" and "D" while Dinah's family's business had been trying to squeeze Carter out of his family farm. Against their better judgment, Carter and Dinah jump into a separate sexual relationship where they can be "C" and "D" instead of Carter Trask, farmer, and Dinah Gallagher, his enemy businesswoman.

But despite the steamy and tension-filled start, Carter and Dinah's romance was completely bogged down by Dinah herself. Stubborn, petulant, demanding, and childish, Dinah refuses to listen to anyone, and breaks down emotionally whenever challenged, whether by Carter, her cousin Kayla, or her grandmother. Granted, Dinah was burdened by drama involving her family's business and her dad running off with her uncle's wife. But still, this is a woman who doesn't take "No" for an answer, and then cries bitterly when she hears it anyway. By the end, I almost wished that Carter and Kayla would hook up, just to end Dinah's emotional cycling and demands. Somehow, though, an abrupt change of heart leads to an abrupt, rushed HEA for Carter and Dinah.

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3.75stars
So Wrong It Must Be Right is one quick interesting love story with interesting concept and full of passion and desire. Destiny has its way in this story because a month long online relationship turns out to be between enemies. The problem is the memories on hot writing are fresh, the attraction between them is palpable strong and yes it explodes and the reality is even better. I liked the unpredictable way of Diana thinking and her action. That she found a solution and compromise to save Carter farm. She is really strong character from time to time she appears stronger than Carter. I liked her determination her stubbornness and most of all I loved that she put love over stupid building. She rocked in conversation between her grandmother. Character is not typical alpha male hero he was hurt so many times that he plays on the safe card. But all in all likable and great partner for Diana they make perfect couple.

I volunteered to review an ARC of this book for Netgelly

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