This was a fun and rompy romance with only a smidge of drama happening inside. I really liked all the female leads but i wish there had been more of a build-up with the girl she has a fling with at the beginning and her assistant. These were the only characters that felt wafer-thin and weak when compared to the rest of the book. The setting of Jamaica was well explored and Zedde really helped create the island setting on the page.I would definitely pick up another romance by this author as this was such a fun read.

Great read. The author wrote a story that was interesting and moved at a pace that kept me engaged. The characters were easy to invest in.

I ARC received via NetGalley and in exchange for an honest review.

Bliss life is full of unhappiness and boring routine. A chance meeting with a provocative writer name Regina makes her realize she not as straight as she thought.

When Bliss decide she need to escape from Regina she goes to Jamaica where she was born to reconnect with her estranged father and her family. The first part of the book was very erotica and second we learn more about Bliss and her family and different things about Jamaica. It had two homophobic violence that made me cringe it sad to say that we still have homophobic in this world today.

In the beginning this novel feels like it’s pure erotica with Bliss Sinclair’s meeting and total infatuation with Regina making her realise she’s not as straight as she thought. Then in an effort to escape from herself she decides to return to Jamaica for a holiday to see her father whom she hasn’t seen in 20 years. This part of the novel is much more of an exploration of Sinclair’s relationship with her family and Jamaica itself. It settles into what ends up being a good romance surrounded by a lot of realism.

I enjoyed both parts of the book but I’m struggling to connect them as one in my head. Regina is a powerful character and has a marked impact on Sinclair and the reader (in this case, me). Hunter has a much longer and far steadier appearance but not the same presence and for much of the novel I felt like Hunter was temporary or even worse, second best.

I am a fan of Zedde’s writing, so even when I’m not sure where I stand on the story line, I still enjoy the way it is written; the directness, the explicitness and pushing of boundaries. Hunter and Sinclair appear in a short story in “Language of Love – A Flirty, Festive Anthology” and I would have had a much greater appreciation for that story if I had read this first.

(Note: there are two instances of homophobic violence in the novel.)

Book received from Netgalley and Red Hills Publishing for an honest review.