Excellent story, fabulous writing - loved the story within the story - Iris's book club is excellent!

I received a complimentary copy of this book from NetGalley and I am voluntarily reviewing it.

This is a wonderful start to a new series. I totally was enchanted with Luke and Whitney. The plot was a great one that I couldn't put down. Luke, a "Rutledge", had a hard upbringing due to an alcoholic father. Whitney comes to Rendezvous Falls after losing her job as partner at an international accounting firm in Chicago. These two just shot sparks off from each other right from the beginning. Neither trusted the other, both firmly believing that the other was taking advantage of Whitney's widowed Aunt Helen.

The antics of the book club was funny to read. I would definitely want to join that book club! They were more interested in fixing Whitney up with men to keep her in the area than reading books! What fun they had.

This was a book that was hard to put down. I couldn't wait to see what was going to happen next. The story just flew by and before I knew it, it was over. I adored getting a POV from Luke, Whitney and even Helen. These characters just seemed so human after getting glimpses into their thought processes.

I would highly recommend this book to anyone. The "bedroom" scenes were written in such a way that it was really left more up to the readers' imagination. But for some, I would recommend it for over the age of 18.

Slow Dancing at Sunrise by Jo McNally is book One in the Rendezvous Falls. This is the story of Luke Rutledge and Whitney Foster.
Luke has been looking after and helping a winery since Helen's husband death. Luke feels a motherly connection to her, so he is happy to help her. But then Helen's niece comes to town and his feelings start to become engaged but can he get past her stickler attitude? Whitney's career takes a nose dive, so she decided to visit her Aunt and be in a place to get herself back together. But she finds her Aunt's winery is failing and wants to help to her get it back on its feet. Of course, this puts her working in close contact with Luke.
This was a sweet easy read!~

This was a very fun and romantic read. An enemies to lovers romance that offers likeable characters, intense attraction, steamy chemistry, drama, humor, sweetness, heart and delightful banter. Add in a charming setting and a welcome cast of secondary characters and it is easy to understand the appeal of Whitney and Luke's story.

I love Aunt Helen and her book club friends as they match Whitney and Luke! I am excited to see who they will hit with their cupid's arrow next. With its vivid setting, interesting characters and swoon-worthy romance, Slow Dancing at Sunrise is an entertaining love story and great start to a new series.

Light, winsome, and engaging!

Slow Dancing at Sunrise is a sweet, humorous, enemies-to-more romance featuring the independent, feisty Whitney and the confident, hardworking, winemaker Luke as they discover that even though they got off to a rocky start, in the end, they might just be perfect for each other.

The prose is passionate and witty. The characters are quirky, charming, meddling, and endearing. And the plot is an enchanting tale of undeniable attraction, sizziling chemistry, awkward moments, genuine emotion, playful banter, community, friendship, family, romance, and winemaking.

Overall, Slow Dancing at Sunrise is a spirited, easy, delightful read by McNally that’s without a doubt a promising start for this new Rendezvous Falls series.

A nice story, a lovely setting, an engrossing and entertaining book: I liked this book and I'm happy I read it because I discovered a good author.
I look forward to read other books by this writer.
Recommended!
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.

Whitney Foster’s carefully constructed life falls apart when high level accountant partners wrongfully throw her under the bus to cover up a big mistake. Whitney returns home to a widowed aunt and their winery in the Finger Lakes area. Both Whitney and Helen are dealing with grief for varying reasons, but when Whitney sees how far things have fallen at the winery, she adds a heavy dose of guilt to her list of woes. Luke Rutledge has done everything he possibly can to keep the vineyard afloat so does not appreciate Helen’s niece showing up and immediately putting him on the defensive. He grew up on the wrong side of the tracks and has been trying to escape his family’s bad reputation his whole life. Helen and her husband, Tony, gave look a real home when he was a young, neglected boy.

Helen has just started coming out of fog from her loss, so having Whitney back galvanizes her to not only bring revive the business, but with the help of a meddling book club, find a love interest for Whitney. Whitney and Luke start out as adversaries even though they need to work together to help Helen out. Whitney works her way through the accounting nightmare for the business while a relationship with Luke becomes enemies to lovers. Luke and being back in Rendezvous Falls slowly changes everything Whitney thought she wanted from life.

These two very stubborn people with a lot of emotional baggage have a quite a tug-a-war going on for most of the book. Luke continually struggles with feeling the town will never see him as anything more than worthless because of his family. Those self-esteem issues and Whitney’s own personal difficulties create problems for their relationship. First in the Rendezvous Falls series, more of the town’s inhabitants will be featured in future stories. For a romance, the angst is a bit drawn out and tedious at times, but this is still a pleasant read for those who like stories about the vagaries of life and love conquering all.

I really struggled with this one. Both the Main characters annoyed me from the moment we mar them and it never really went away. It makes me sad because this kind of plot is definitely a favorite.

Slow Dancing at Sunrise is the fun, witty story of Whitney Foster. Whitney had her life planned out until she lost her job. After being made a scapegoat by the partners in her firm, Whitney ran to her aunt’s winery. Instead of the bustling place she remembered, it looked worn down & abandoned. Whitney & the winery manager, Luke had their work cut out for them. They needed to get everything ship shape before the summer season.

I loved this story! It was fun, flirty & entertaining. I have to say they the senior book club made this story! There was nothing shy & demure about these ladies! They could be rude, a little crude & arrogant about their abilities as match makers. Luke was a perfect match for Whitney from the sparks in the opening scene to the end. I loved the chemistry!

This was a sweet book. I kind of wish that I got to go to Finger Lakes and enjoy the scenery from the way that it was described.. Whitney is starting over in a small town which is not easy since she is big city girl, there she meets Luke and he was ok, at first I wasn't crazy about him but eventually he won me over. We have some some laughs with secondary characters which help round out the story..Grab a copy and Enjoy!

3.5 stars rounded up. This was a fun, light read. I feel like it could easily be made into a Hallmark movie. After living in the Finger Lakes region for college and visiting many of the wineries, I was excited to finally read a story set there (it is as beautiful as it's described in the book). Although the concept of a big-city professional losing her job and moving to a small town isn't new to contemporary romance stories, Jo McNally does a nice job of making Whitney Foster's conflicting emotions about the change feel real and fresh. Also, Whitney's struggle to relax her overly analytical approach to work and life and to trust others after a chaotic and unstable childhood was very compelling. Luke's character fell a little flat for me in the beginning (and a bit at the end, too), with his constant focus on Whitney's looks being her only value and the chip on his shoulder from his family's reputation in town. I liked him more as the story went on and his relationship with Whitney developed, but I would have liked a little more depth to him. Whitney's aunt and her "book club" were entertaining secondary characters without becoming overly gimmicky. Finally, I liked the behind-the-scenes details of the winery business, from growing the grapes to bottling, packaging, marketing and placement in restaurants and stores.

This is the first book by Jo McNally that I've read, but I'd definitely be interested in reading more of her works. Thank you to HQN and Netgalley for providing an ARC for review!

New author for me, but I visited quite a few wineries in the Finger Lakes region of NY when my son was attending college in Rochester. The setting and story was what attracted me and what a great story it was!

The characters and settings came alive with the author's descriptions. Both Whitney and Luke each have hurdles to overcome to open their hearts to true love. When you add in Aunt Helen with her crazy book club octogenarians adding their shenanigans to the story, you'll find yourself laughing and crying . This was a wonderful story and I'm looking forward to the next story in the Rendezvous Falls series as well as other books by Jo McNally!

I was provided a free ARC eBook from Net Galley and the publisher for my honest review.