Natasha Moore’s ‘The Goodbye Guy’ is a sweet, entertaining romance with fairly low stakes. It does get bogged down in some places by the heroine’s frustrating outlook on what “having it all” means, but overall, it’s a quick and enjoyable read.

Interior Designer Rachel Bradford made one promise to herself when she left her hometown: that she’d never, under any circumstances, return. But as her home improvement show’s rating’s tank, her only option is to return to the small village where she grew up to help the man who ran her out of town in the first place. Beckett Colburn has big plans to renovate the town’s old fire station into a neighborhood bar. The last thing he needs is to work with his former nemesis. But, when his family goes behind his back and makes a deal with Rachel’s show, he doesn’t have a choice but to play nice.

I thought the premise of the book was fun, and think that Rachel and Beckett’s chemistry translates nicely to the page. There could have been more character development and a little more insight into why Rachel feels the way she feels about having a work/life balance, but if you’re looking for a light and breezy read, you’ll find this novel fits the bill just fine.

An ARC was generously provided by NetGalley and Entangled Publishing in exchange for my honest review.

4/5 stars

I received a copy of The Goodbye Guy through NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

The Goodbye Guy revolves around Rachel, an interior designer with a tv show, and Beckett, a single dad opening a bar. Rachel’s reality show is dropping in the ratings and in order to try to drum up hype the producers send her back to her roots and Lakeside, her hometown she left twenty years ago. Rachel gets set up to decorate Beckett’s bar, but the history they share gets in the way. Both Rachel and Beckett are stubborn and can’t let go of the past. What starts as hate, turns into something more. They always say there’s a thin line between love and hate, nothing could be more true for Rachel and Beck.

I really enjoyed The Goodbye Guy. It is a well written romance and held my attention all the way through. I liked the tension and past between Beck and Rachel. The duo sometimes reverted to their teenage antics/insecurities, but then they would find themselves again. Overall, The Goodbye Guy was a good romance with an entertaining premise.

Rachel and Beckett’s stories are great! Rachel left home to pursue her talent for design and hadn’t been back in over 20 years. Beck also left home, but had since moved back as a single, ambitious father. Rachel’s successful job brings her back home to help her arch-nemesis with his new business venture. Will they remain enemies or have a different sort of relationship?
This book was great and kept my attention wanting to know what happens next. Would definitely recommend to all!

This romance was not completely enjoyable. The female character was too much of a spoiled rich woman , I really didn’t like her and cheered for the male. To not waste his time and self respect to try to have a relationship with her

I had a lot of high hopes for this book but it fell flat way to fast.
I love the whole interior design show thing it reminded me so much of Flip or Flop or Property Brothers.
What made everything fall flat was Rachel and Beckett acted like they where 12 instead of in there late 30’s early 40’s

Good book! I enjoyed reading this one! The story flowed seamlessly, it was low drama definitely had some steam to it and it was very well written! All and all it was a good read! Thank you NetGalley and the publishers for sharing this book with me!