What a slow burn! And I don't mean that in a bad way. I love a sort of enemies to friends to lovers, and this one has the added bonus of some serious drama and complications that make it even more juicy.

This romance was such a journey for me!

This take on a single parent romance was bittersweet in several ways.
First we have Tyler, the eternal bachelor. Early 40's, successful, independent, and fiercely loyal to those he is close to. He finally gets the courage to ask out the psychic best friend of his buddy's wife Serafine, and he gets the dressing down of his life from her.
He is then tasked with the one thing Serafine would like more than anything. A teenager (who happens to be his much younger sister) to raise, since her mother (his step mother) abandoned her.
Through this, Sera and Tyler rekindle their friendship, and she revisits the idea of a relationship with Tyler, realizing all of her earlier stereotyping of him was completely wrong.
The sex scene offered a new to me perspective and experience. I truly enjoyed the journey of reading this one! Will be checking out more in the series.

2.5 stars

I'm super disappointed that this one didn't work for me, I was 100% in the mood for a contemporary romance but this did not hit the spot. The story had all the potential, a hate-vibe between the MCs, a take on the single dad trope (he became guardian for his younger sister) and slow burn. What I hadn't factored in was that I would thoroughly dislike the heroine, Fin.

Fin was closed off, judgemental, full of barriers (still there at 80%) and self-righteous. I couldn't stand her and her superiority, subtle though it was. The hero was no perfect but he took criticism, learnt and changed; he was worth five of her. I guess opposites attract but the heroine killed it for me.

I really liked the storyline of Tyler and his sister Kylie, there just wasn't enough focus on this for me in the absence of like for the romance.

I'm keeping it short as clearly I didn't enjoy it and apologies to my friend to loved it, just ignore my grumblings.

Thank you to Harlequin for the early review copy.

Tyler Leshuski likes his life. At least he mostly does. His life has shifted recently. His best friend found a girlfriend. Now Tyler, the one who picked him up and helped raise his kid is superfluous. And the new girlfriend, Via. Comes with a best friend/foster sister, Serafine "Fin" St. Romain, who is the most beautiful woman ever. And Ty should know, he's dated them all. Even at 42, he's not ready to settle down. But he will ask Fin out. Too bad she rejects him soundly. To the point that he changes his entire life. Which gets upended once again when the foster system Ohio calls; his 14-year-old sister has been left home alone and he is her only family.
Fin didn't mean to hurt Tyler quite so badly. She's just used to men not taking "no" graciously. When his entire life shifts, she knows she needs to apologize. Her life isn't going smoothly either. Her entire life she's been wanting to be a foster parent but she's too young, too single, and her job as a psychic means that she has no guaranteed cash coming in so she's been rejected yet again. And Ty is sort of a double anyway. But when Kylie enters his life, Fin starts to see that her friend Mary might be right and she may have misjudged Fin.
A cute story but a little TOO cute at the end. Fin is set up as a psychic but we didn't to see much of her work other than how Tyler directly impacted it. It would've been nice to see a little more upfront.

This book comes out August 25th
ARC kindly provided by Harlequin and NetGalley
Opinions are my own

A wonderful love story that will satisfy all readers of romance. Perfect for sweeping you away as a beach read.
Thanks for the ARC.

This book was delightful. It was filled with good tension. The characters are satisfying and fun. There are some delicious, sexy scenes. Highly recommended read.
Thank you to Harlequin, NetGalley, and the author for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.