They met a year ago, when Bonnie and her friends were touring Europe, and neither had forgotten the encounter. Fast forward, and things were finally lining up for Bonnie and Theo. Bonnie had ended her engagement, and was taking a summer teaching position at Cambridge putting her in close proximity to Theo. It seemed the universe was doing its part to get these two together, but would they be able to overcome their personal obstacles?

I was itching for these two to get together since they first shared the page in Getting Hot with the Scot. I instantly loved them, and the ease they enjoyed with one another plus the banter between them, was indication enough that they belonged with one another. Johnson gave them some major obstacles to tackle in this story, but I never stopped rooting for them.

Bonnie was nursing a broken heart. She had been betrayed by someone she thought would be her forever, and Theo had to work hard and be patient with her, as she processed her emotions regarding that failed relationship. She had also been with her ex since she was eight years old, and the trepidation and fear she had about exploring something with a new man was understandable, and yet another keeping them apart.

Then we had Theo, who was faced with Austen level drama. He was a duke in need of a large influx of cash to save his ancestral home. This was one of the more stressful plots for me, because though I understood why, I just couldn't understand Theo being deprived his shot at true love. I was repeatedly angry with his mother, even though I knew all would be well in the end.

Both Theo and Bonnie had been putting their wants and needs on hold for the sake of others. Bonnie let her dreams go to the wayside, because she was busy supporting her ex-finacee's academic pursuits. While Theo was being forced to choose between marriage for love and marriage for obligation. It was so satisfying to see them start to make choices that were for themselves.

Once again, Johnson peppered the story with many fun and wonderful things. Among the things I loved:

• I am all about female friendships, and it was great being with all five of the Sometimes in Love women again. I got to know a bit more about the other three women, plus I got to catch up with Cassie.

• I loved Logan's family in the first book, so it was great to return to Scotland and spend a little time with them again, but I also adored Theo's sister, Tabby. She was fun and fabulous and one of the few, who wanted to see Theo find his happy.

• Theo took Bonnie on the most wonderful dates. They were all so fun and different. Each one had me looking forward to the next.

• Johnson did such a good job incorporating Bonnie's love of literature into the story. The quotes and references were all so well placed, and only added to my enjoyment.

This book had great characters, a hero and heroine I loved rooting for, spectacular scenery, humor, heat, and just the right amount of drama for my liking. Once again, Johnson delivered a fun and fabulous romance, that had me laughing, swooning, and smiling.

This was an entertaining tale of two people overcoming incredible odds to be together. It was hard to put down.

Thank you @smpromance for the free ARC in exchange for an honest review!! So, there were parts of this book I really loved. I thought Theo was a dreamboat modern day duke and I loved his manners and his wild side and how much he cared for Bonnie. The two had really great chemistry.
But there were also quite a few issues I had with the book. Now, full disclaimer, I read an uncorrected ARC, so some of these issues could be do to that. I just felt the book needed some tightening up in the way it was written. Bonnie is a diehard Shakespeare and Jane Austen fan, which I love, but soooo many of the references and allusions were really heavy handed and kind of jerked me out of the story. I also felt way too much of the story was Bonnie and Theo doing there own thing and not about their journey together. Don’t, get me wrong, I love an individualized character arc, but I also read romance to watch how those individual character arcs were together and grow together for that HEA. Now, I’m going to be fully honest, I got kind of bored and skipped from 52% to about 80% and I wasn’t confused at all. It took a really long time for them to get together (she’s based in Chicago but teaching classes at Cambridge) and so much of it was her just getting to freaking England.
I’m gonna give this one a 🍆🍆🍆/5
It wasn’t for me but I certainly do see why people would love it!

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

Available May 28th, Smitten By The Brit is book two in the Sometimes In Love series. Melonie Johnson is hitting it out of the park with her debut contemporary romances. I've started with book two and now I must, must, read book one, Getting Hot With The Scot. I'm invested in these characters, I like them.

Bonnie Blythe is our heroine, who actually saves herself. She's smart, well educated, and not embarrassing in public even thought she has a quirky fashion sense. She's a real woman with real problems: cheating fiancée, stale job, iffy finances, great friends and a life stuck in a rut (how did that happen?) She's been with one guy, the cheater, and is inexperienced in the dating/sex world of the 21st century. She's up for an adventure in London, welcome to 2019.

Theo Warton, 16th Duke of Emberton, is a seriously hot guy, he has dimples!! He and Bonnie met last summer (Book 1) and the sparks were about to start a forest fire. He wants to be with Bonnie but has been raised to do his duty to the family. Poor guy is in an emotional pickle. Our couple hook up again when Bonnie takes a summer teaching job in London. The sexy forest fire threatens to burn down the dukedom. Theo is so British that he said thank you after having sex!?! I loved all his gentlemanly ways, it speaks to my romantic soul.

I truly enjoyed the book but even better, I liked the characters and rooted for them to get their happily ever after. I'm off to read book one, will there be a book three? Happy reading.

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Oh my goodness, I LOVED this story! Even though it is the second book of a series you don't have to have read the first one to thoroughly enjoy this story. So cute and lovely but steamy too. Great story.

For those who have read Getting Hot with the Scot, you were highly anticipating Bonnie and Theo's story, and I've gotta tell you, Smitten with the Brit was definitely worth the wait! I absolutely love the way this author writes, very well written, page after page! There's a mixture of humor, romance, hot steamy love scenes, a great mixture of London history, love the relationship between Bonnie and her besties, and some good old fashioned family drama with this very unlikely couple. Great addition to the series, very much looking forward to the next installment, have already preordered it!!!

I voluntarily reviewed an ARC copy of this book

Great characters! Very romantic and sweet HEA. This whole series is worth the read. Strong characters, sexy hero, and great stories of friendship mixed in. Highly recommend! I received an arc for my fair and honest review!

I really liked the first book in this series, Getting Hot with the Scot, and I was really excited to read Bonnie and Theo's story because their chemistry was cute-dorable in the first book. Unfortunately this book just didn't do it for me for some reason.

I thought I'd for sure connect with Bonnie, being something of an Austen-weirdo myself (though not so much with the Shakespeare). And I really liked Theo in the first book. I still liked them just fine, they were just kind of... boring. Maybe it's the way I don't really get British humor; it tends to just fall kind of flat for me. Reading this book felt like watching a British comedy with my friend who loves them - she'll sit there laughing her butt off, while I just watch a little bemused and bewildered wondering how I'm missing the way it's funny. AGAIN, this book is in no way BAD - I liked it just fine, it just didn't resonate for me and I ended up putting it down several times over the two weeks it took me to read it and read about 10 other books in between starting and finishing this one.

This is the second book in the Sometimes in Love series. I suppose it could be read as a stand alone if you're quite determined, but as Bonnie and Theo meet and establish some cute moments in book 1 (Getting Hot with the Scot), I highly recommend reading it first.

I have to admit I was shamelessly lusting after Theo before this book even started. I have zero regrets. I knew in Getting Hot with the Scot that I needed some Theo action too! (I'm a greedy book whore. Don't even get me started on guys with accents. Swoon!) I mean come on! The dude quotes Shakespeare and Austen. He loves Month Python and is British (accent!!!!!).

So yeah, I was ready for Theo before this book started. I knew there would be struggles. I knew Bonnie had a "man" and thanks to the blurb I knew he was a bigger ass than previously suspected.

So I knew in my heart that it wouldn't be a hardship if I started out Smitten and as I smile like a loon I know it won't be hard for you either! These two are adorable together. Lizzy and Darcy would be proud!

I think I swooned with this book. I loved the whimsical Austen-like story. It was like a modern day fairytale. There's nothing like a Brit in shining armor to come to the rescue when life as you know it ceases to exist. The story was sexy. The group of friends were fun and sassy. It had a little bit of everything: kilts, castles and accents.

4 Stars!
Bonnie Blythe is a beautiful, Irish 29 yr. old woman living in Chicago who is a bit naive and innocent. She's an English professor who is a lover of all things Shakespeare. She believes in fairy tales and since becoming engaged to her boyfriend feels she's found her happily ever after. Her life is perfect, just like in one of her novels, until all of a sudden it isn't. As her engagement ends her life is going up in flames.

Just when her life is feeling like a storm she's drowning in, two good things come her way. Her dream summer job in England, and a gorgeous Brit who looked like a cartoon prince come to life. He embodied every Austen hero she'd ever crushed on, and when he flashed those dimples she was a goner. He was already tall, dark, and handsome, and then when he spoke, that British accent finished her off.

Now that Bonnie will be across the pond for the summer and closer to the man she can't quit fantasizing about, she thinks a friends with benefits fling might be exactly what she needs. Theo Wharton was charming, and she felt an irresistible pull any time he was near. There had been something between them since the day they met. She'd tried her best to ignore her feelings, but she'd never felt this way or wanted anyone so bad. She was in completely new and unfamiliar territory. While she was obsessing over Theo she soon realizes she might be falling hard for the delicious Brit!

Smitten by the Brit by Melonie Johnson is book two in the Sometimes in Love series. It's a friends to lovers romance full of humor and quirky, lovable characters. I really enjoyed it, and look forward to the next book in the series!

After reading a lot of hype Getting Hot with the Scot, the first in the series, I was excited to read Bonnie and Theo’s story. Unfortunately, while they are both very interesting characters, I didn’t feel a lot of chemistry between them. Bonnie seemed both sweet and sassy, but ultimately a bit, shall we say, sheltered, for a woman who’s had a longtime boyfriend/fiancée. Theo is a very proper British man in some ways, but very playful in others. They have quite a bit in common, but I felt like it was a friendship more than a romance.
I liked the premise, the secondary characters were fun, but overall, it wasn’t a memorable read for me.

Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC, I’m voluntarily leaving an honest review

Absolutely fabulous! A terrific follow up to the first story, Getting Hot with the Scot, about Cassie and Logan. You don’t have to read that one to enjoy this story but it's too good to miss out on. While the girlfriends where vacationing in the British Isles the Shakespeare-loving Bonnie met the man of her dreams, the extremely handsome extremely British Theo, Logan's bestie. But alas Bonnie is engaged to her childhood boyfriend and ignores the spark that Theo ignites. Months later several things happen, some good and one very sad, and Bonnie finds herself back in England and once again drawn to Theo but without a fiancé. What transpires is a sweet and sexy romance between the swoon-worthy Theo and the lovely Bonnie. As their romance progresses Theo's secret is revealed and throws Bonnie for a loop. Can she overcome her misgivings and take a chance on her dream man? She'd better! This is another wonderfully written, swoony romance with loads of emotion and few laughs. The characters are terrific with a group of girlfriends that are all uniquely individual, men that are so hot and perfect, and fantastic secondary characters. I can't wait for the next story. Thanks Natalie and NetGalley!

This book was so cute. It’s about Bonny and Theo, and their best friends are getting marriage.
I loved the chemestry between Bonny and Theo, but also the frindships in this book was so good.
My one complanit about this book, is that sometimes Bonny felt a little young and immature and very very inexperienced.
I would recommed this book for people who love a good contemporary romance, with a sexy british duke.

Over all im giving this book a 4,25 out of 5 stars.

Reviews by the Wicked Reads Review Team

Mary Jo – ☆☆☆☆
This book was a lot cuter than I thought it would be. We see plenty of Cassie and Jaime from the first book, but this book is truly about Theo and Bonnie.

They take the long way around to get to the romance but when they do, it is explosive. I have to admit that Theo's mom is a bit of work and I'm sad that Bonnie didn't confront her in front of everyone.

True love prevails, but the devil is in the details.


Ruthie – ☆☆☆☆
This is the second book in the series – and I would recommend that you read book one first as it sets the scene for this lovely romance. We also get to catch up with the duo from that story, which was fun too.

Bonnie behaved herself impeccably whilst in London, even though her attraction to Logan's friend, Theo, was pretty overwhelming. But her fiancé, Gabe, was back home, and having known him since she was six, she had no intention of derailing her plans. Now life is back to normal in Chicago, and she is looking forward to Gabe finishing his PhD and them finally getting married. Seeing Theo again at an event with Logan and Cassie reminds her that she should be at home with Gabe. Sadly, this early evening results in her discovering that Gabe is not the man she believed. Feeling that she has lost all that she had held dear, she escapes to a hotel.

Cue Theo, a man who is hiding his true identity and who knows that he has to marry wisely to keep the family seat, staying in the very same hotel as Bonnie, and seeing her revives all those feelings again. And so starts a rebound affair, with no intention of permanence – or at least that is what they both tell themselves. Obviously, we know that the challenges thrown in front of them will somehow be cast aside, although the solution comes from a very unexpected quarter.

Great addition to the series, and I am already waiting for the next installment!

Another great book in this series. This time it's Bonnie's turn to find the love of her life. She has to drop the dead weight first before that can happen. It takes a long time for Theo to finally follow his heart but in the end he gets there. This is a fun book to follow to people who are perfect for each other find out for themselves that is true. I can't wait to read the next book.



*I received a free copy of this book via the NetGalley and am voluntarily leaving a review.*

Smitten by the Brit is the second book in the Sometimes in Love Series and it follows the story of Theo and Bonnie. I have to admit that I was pretty taken with Bonnie and Theo in those first few chapters. The way they interacted and the fun banter combined with the embarrassed inner thoughts made this a really fun read.

Of course Bonnie was on the rebound the next time she and Theo come into contact and being unencumbered makes it harder than ever to ignore the chemistry between them and let me tell you, it was sizzling off the e-pages! The problem, because of course there's a problem is that Theo has a secret and Bonnie has newly developed trust issues.

Melo meet Drama. But in a good way.

Smitten by the Brit is fun and engaging and my favorite read in the series so far.

I thought that this was an incredibly wonderful, charm filled romance. I loved Bonnie and Theo. Bonnie was smart, sassy and quirky. Theo was all kinds of sexy cloaked in propriety. He was so charismatic, sweet and chivalrous but he also had a hidden naughty side. Together, these two, in my opinion were simply perfection. An extremely enjoyable read with lots of heart, heart and humor.

After meeting Bonnie and Theo in Getting Hot with the Scot, the first book in Melonie Johnson's Sometimes in Love series, I was anticipating another great read from Johnson in Smitten by the Brit. Bonnie and Theo are definitely attracted to each other, but Bonnie is loyal to her fiance, Gabe. When Bonnie finds out that Gabe has been far from loyal to her, she is set adrift. Theo respected Bonnie's loyalty to her fiance, but all bets are off when he finds out the engagement is over.

Theo is a Duke whose mother is pushing him to marry money as their family estate is on shaky ground. While he wants to do right by his family, he also wants to find happiness and welcomes the opportunity to spend time with Bonnie. When Bonnie is offered a chance to spend the summer in England teaching Shakespeare seminar at Cambridge, she is not averse to experiencing a hot friends-with-benefits fling with Theo.

I appreciated that it does take time for Bonnie and Theo to get together. As loyal as she had been to Gabe, it wouldn't have been true to Bonnie's personality to have her jump into a relationship with Theo. She needed closure before she could commit to a new relationship. Their acquaintanceship is allowed to develop into a true friendship and eventually a relationship as Theo allows Bonnie to set the pace. Theo was truly a gentleman with Bonnie but, still waters run deep, and she finds out all about Theo's wild side!

I really enjoyed this installment and can't wait for book three!!

I received a copy from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review

Going in for this one to see if it is still there the good romance which it sure was. This is like the slow brewing love that builds and has us slowly pulled to the edge with anticipation for what the outcome could be. Bonnie and Theo take our emotions hostage a time or two. This also has a bit of snob foolery threaded in here. I think I liked this one a bit better too seeing I am partial to because it seems to be a bit better in style now that it has gotten going.