Smitten by the Brit is a storyline with betrayal, some witty humor, and some romance mixed together. Bonnie and Theo have an entertaining relationship. I did find it a little slow at times like the other reviewers. Other than that it was a good read. I am voluntarily leaving my honest review after reading this arc.

Futures can be dreamed so your whole life is planned out, but with 1 night everything can change. Now Bonnie has to learn what it is like to truly be her own individual and see if she can learn to love again.

Loved this book - probably more than the first one, mostly because Bonnie and I like the same things lol. And I adored all the Chicago references which were obviously written by someone who knows this city - a big pet peeve of mine when watching Chicago med and fire.

The romance between Bonnie and Theo was sweet, the right build up and I really connected with th characters. I will definitely be continuing with the series.

There were a couple editing mistakes that need to be cleaned up before the final release - a big one is when Delaney and Bonnie are in the bar talking, Cassie’s name is used instead of Bonnie’s. I had 2 hours and 18 minutes left in the book where I saw this.

Historical Romance Meets Contemporary RomCom?! Yes, please!!!

Bonnie and Theo connected the first moment they met, there were just two small problems: she was engaged to someone else and he needed to marry a fortune. No, this isn’t a historical romance but rather an adorable contemporary with some divine nods to Jane Austen!

Almost a year after they first met, while trying to get their respective best friends together, Bonnie and Theo find themselves on the same side of the pond, desperately wanting each other, and facing some challenges to their HEA. Melonie Johnson is quickly becoming one of my new favorite contemporary authors as she does such a wonderful job of blending humor (that popsicle scene in the bridal salon is top notch!), heart (the nods to Sense and Sensibility and Lady Catherine), and sexy times (hello hill-top shed!).

I can’t wait to read the other friends’ stories and get a front-row seat to the rise of this very talented new author.

I received a complimentary review copy of this book but all opinions are my own.

Loved Bonnie in the previous installment of the series “Getting Hot with the Scot.” I could relate to her love of Austen and romance heroes. I enjoyed her interactions with Theo. I think if you enjoy contemporary romance then you will definitely enjoy this series!

3 full stars. I liked this a little better than the first book, but still felt it could have been tightened up with a few more revision passes with some heavy cuts. It felt repetitive in many instances. I think we’re told more than 3 times during her best friend’s rehearsal dinner scene that this is “practice.” We have many scenes with Bonnie getting her writing mojo back that seem very similar, rather than her building to something. She’s just...writing. What is she writing? Does she start to have a cohesive idea? A story? A play? We don’t know. She’s just buying and filling notebooks.

By the same token, some seemingly important scenes are left off the page entirely and only talked about after. Theo goes to several events with the woman his mother wanted him to marry, but we don’t experience any of his discomfort at them until after the fact, even though his needing money (and the girl is rich) is integral to his conflict. The wedding that a lot of the plot revolves around doesn’t occur on the page at all.

What did I like? The characters are charming and the Chicago scenes and settings have a great lived-in feel. Theo’s sister is very fun for the most part and integrates with the girlfriend group we got to know in the first group.

I was given an Advance Reader’s Copy in exchange for an honest review.

This was good, but not as good as the previous one in the series, Getting Hot with the Scot. I liked the hero and heroine and thought the plot was well-done. The sex scenes started to get a little too explicit for my taste, but overall, a satisfying read.

"Smitten by the Brit" is the 2nd book I have read from Melonie Johnson and it did not disappoint. Each of these books can be their own stand alone book, but also works great if you read them in order. There was just enough prequel in "Getting Hot with the Scot" to make me jump right into the next book. A great feel good romance book!

Smitten by the Brit by Melonie Johnson is a fun romance and quick read. Bonnie Blythe is attending a party alone, again, while her fiancé is home working on his dissertation. He was almost finished with grad school and she expected to finally set a wedding date. She leaves the party early to go home and surprise Gabe hoping to spend some time with him. The surprise is on her when she finds him with another woman in their bed. Devastated she leaves and a friend offers her the hotel suite her father uses when in town as he keeps it all the time. Bonnie is already a bit jealous as she is helping plan her best friend’s wedding to a man she met only months ago while on vacation in Scotland. She is the maid of honor and soon learns the British best man is in the suite down the hall. Bonnie is offered the opportunity to teach summer classes in England and jumps at the chance to get away. She can also take care of some things for the wedding that will take place in Scotland later in the summer. Will she and the best man hit it off while she is there? What will happen when she learns the secret he is keeping?
I liked this book. It was a quick and easy read. The characters are mostly realistic and while Bonnie is completely confused it can be attributed to the trauma of catching Gabe. I give this book 4 of 5 stars.
I received an advance copy of this book through Netgalley in exchange for my honest review.

Oh, Theo was the best hero, a gentleman and a scholar.
Really understood the kind of character the heroin was and were able to connect.

Bonnie Blythe is an English professor who has been engaged many years to her long-term boyfriend with dreams of tomorrow as married and happy. Her best friend met a fellow overseas last year and within months Bonnie is helping to plan her wedding. Secretly Bonnie might be just a tad jealous that within months she was helping to plan a wedding that wasn’t hers. However, a shocking discovery leads Bonnie to end her engagement, and she decides to close the book on love. But in a romance novel - never say never.

Theo Wharton is like a romantic hero straight out of a Jane Austen novel - sexy, virile, handsome and impeccable manners. Fate has put Bonnie in England for the summer—to teach her favorite subject and conveniently very close to Theo. They had agreed to be friends-with-benefits but just as Bonnie begins to believe she's falling in love she learns a bitter truth that makes her take a step back. Will she forge ahead and tell him or hold off so he can complete his ‘duty’ to his family! Or, will she have the courage to risk her heart again?

The characterizations in this were spot on! I could truly feel Bonnie’s rage, disappointment and insecurity when she discovered her ex in HER bed with another woman! Devastating as it was - Bonnie had been true blue even when she had met the most devastatingly handsome Brit the year before and the physical attraction had been powerful. So to discover it had all been in vain – horrible!

So, giving in was only to discover that Theo was ten times more sexy, kind , courteous and such a superb lover she kicked herself that she’d wasted all that time with such a loser. But now she also discovers Theo’s secret and the fact that he was being nagged into a marriage of convenience by his mother - life couldn’t get much worse. But if you want to find out if it does or doesn’t you will just have to read this book!

Marilyn Rondeau

I liked the Mom dedication. However, I thought the book was sometimes charming but also slow. It's actually slower than I really like.
Both Bonnie and Theo were good main characters and I liked Theo's relationship with his sister Tabitha. Regular sibling interactions from a brother and sister who are pretty close.
His mother seems to be intensifying her pressure for Theo to get married. Even though the family needs more money, the siblings are thinking maybe something else is at work too.
Bonnie does have a great set of friends starting with Cassie. Her soon to be married best friend. Cassie's fiancee Logan brings humor and some spice to the story. Also add in Sadie, Ana and Delaney also were part of the group of gal friends.
There were some good historical visits to places in England. But there was also a bit more Shakespeare and Jane Austin in the story than what I expected or really wanted. Of course, I know that the book information mentions that Bonnie gets caught up in a Jane Austin like modern romance.
There was one part I really DIDN'T like. Even though it was something that women getting together might talk about. This sexual explanation just made me go, "Ew". There was at least one other party time that the party favors left me feeling that it was for a younger, adult reader.
The part of the story about Cupid was an interesting tidbit.
There is a H.E.A. with a few twists before they get there.

“I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.”

Wow!!! Bonnie and Theo were amazing together. Bonnie definitely dodged a bullet when she walked in on her ex! The chemistry between Bonnie and Theo was off the charts and the story line rocked!

I enjoyed the first book in the Sometimes In Love series, and this was the book that I was looking forward to, even when I was reading book one.

We met Bonnie and Theo during Cassie and Logan's story, however Bonnie's engagement kept her from doing anything about her attraction.

Well, he douche of a fiance, whom I never liked in the first book, graciously takes himself out of the picture, letting the love run free for our lovelies.

Oh, things are never easy, family and a sense of duty making themselves known. Just like Bonnie's very own Austen novel (I loved the Austen references).

I liked getting more of the girls from the big European adventure, and loved getting to know Theo's sisters.

There were a couple of places where this book did drag a little, however they didn't last long.

Theo was the dashing hero whom I couldn't help but adore.'

Now I can't wait to dive into the 3rd book.

Since I loved these two characters from the first book, I was excited to read their story. It made me happy, sad, and laugh out loud. This was another great read by this author and a great addition to the series. I look forward to more.

Just like the first book in this series, Smitten is such a fun and sexy read! I love Theo and Bonnie's story so much! These characters are wonderful and I also loved getting more of Logan and Cassie. This author's writing style will definitely keep me coming back for more. I've been rooting for Theo, the sexy Brit and Bonnie since they first met in the first book, but clearly it wasn't there time yet for obvious reasons. But life has a way of putting people who are meant to be in each others' path again. They have amazing chemistry the slow burn for them really worked! Things are definitely not easy for them, but yay for meddling sisters and friends!!
I can't wait for more from this author!!

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this ARC!

Overall I really enjoyed reading Smitten by the Brit! Before starting it I didn’t realize this was the second book in a series, but I was able to grasp what had happened in book one based on things said by other characters. The story flowed well and the characters were multi-dimensional. Bonnie has always been a romantic, loving novels by Jane Austen and plays by Shakespeare. She meets Theo during a summer in England (book 1) but she’s engaged to her long-time boyfriend back home. In this book her circumstances have drastically changed and she’s ready for something different in her life. When she meets Theo again the attraction is instant and they are drawn to one another. Theo’s future, however, has been planned out for him. Watching these two fall for each other and make it past their obstacles was a fun and emotional reading experience!

Come on…admit it…you love a great British accent. Don’t we all?!? Now, imagine that wonderful accent comes wrapped up in the body of a sexy guy who just happens to be sweet, sensitive…and a genuine gentleman! Well, sigh!! Definitely a great way to start a romance. This is the second book in this series and, as always happens to me, I didn’t read the first. However, that did not impact my enjoyment of this book. It did, however, make me want to go back to read the initial installment.

This is really a story about battling expectations, dealing with family commitments, and, ultimately, deciding which path you’ll choose. These two characters brought quite a bit of baggage into this story and it took a long time for them to sort through it enough that they felt comfortable moving forward. The “lover of love” in me would have liked to move through those hurdles more quickly but the realist in me understands that the entanglements these characters face can’t always be solved so easily. I enjoyed the banter between Theo and Bonnie and I loved watching them sort through their issues on the way to their happily ever after.

This was definitely a sweet story but many of you will be happy to know that the author brought some heat to these pages as well. I enjoyed Bonnie’s love for all things Shakespeare and Austen and I loved her internal monologues even though I wanted to shake her sometimes and tell her to get a move-on…Theo is worth the leap of faith! And, speaking of the the sexy Brit, I loved that he was a perfect gentleman, so caring and charismatic. He’s everything a girl wants in her dream man. And, the fact that he ultimately knew his heart belonged to Bonnie had me swooning!

This was a fun, quick read for me. I love discovering new (to me) authors and I know that I’ll be reading more by Ms. Johnson. It’ll be interesting to see if, when I read the first book in the series, I find the Scot as enchanting as the Brit. Oh…who am I kidding, of course I will (and I know this because, of course, I met him already in this book). I’m definitely looking forward to discovering more by this author.

Sweet, sexy, funny....and honest. Melonie Johnson hits her stride in Smitten by the Brit.

Maybe it's partly because of our current obsession Harry and Meghan, but I loved Smitten by the Brit. But after meeting Bonnie and Theo in Melonie Johnson's debut, Getting Hot with the Scot, I kinda knew I would.

Initially, Bonnie and Theo are both are in Chicago -- home for Bonnie and the location of some charity event Theo needs to attend. Plus, these two are signed up as maid of honor and best man for their friends' Cassie and Logan (from book 1 - Getting Hot With the Scot). But then, Bonnie is offered a summer session teaching literature at Cambridge, so it only makes sense that the two of them might meet up on that side of the pond. And when Bonnie gets blindsided by her cheating fiancé, the idea of taking off for England is better than ever. But will Theo just be the rebound guy?

Smitten by the Brit is sweet and sexy, funny...and honest. It's where Melonie Johnson starts to hit her stride.
I only wish Bonnie had gotten to Cambridge faster. (Where's that eyebrow waggle emoji when you need one?)

P.S. Fingers crossed that eventually Theo's sister Tabitha gets her own story. Once you meet her, you'll know why.

"Smitten by the Brit" by Melonie Johnson (A Sometimes in Love Novel)
A contemporary romance you will not want to miss. It is a part of a series but can be read as a stand-alone. The description tells you the what of the story... but does not warn you how addictive this story is... I did not want to put it down.. even when my eyes threatened to give up focusing or my body needing for me to move about to avoid the aches and pain of sitting still too long. I received a free ARC copy from the publisher.. and this is my opinion of this story.