Charlotte meets Ian in the local supermarket where he is working. He can't wait to meet her again, but he is keeping big secrets from her, so what will happen when she finds out the truth?

A great read - I liked how it is told from both of their points of view.

The book for readers who love Hallmark movies!

Widow Charlotte Dawson was at the grocery store with her son Jake playing hide-n-seek to avoid Ruby Pearl who was the leader of the Sunrise Valley’s gossipy old ladies AKA GOLs who always put her down because she had married Jonah, the town’s golden boy. Charlotte almost ran down Ian Cleary who was the new bag boy, so she ran out of the store to avoid him. Little did Charlotte know that Ian was movie star Ian Tate hiding out in Sunset Valley after his fiancé left him at the altar staying with his mom and stepdad.

This a romance that would make a perfect Hallmark movie because you have a movie star who changed his looks and a widow that the GOLs pick on because they think she broke up Sunrise Valley perfect couple.

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

Meet Charlotte Dawson: widow, mom, sister, waitress, and enemy of the GOL. What’s not to love about the main character in this cute romance? Everything, according the the Gossiping Old Ladies of Sunrise Valley. Enter Ian (Cleary) Tate. From his initial run in with Charlotte, he’s smitten.

This romance was one I couldn’t put down. Normally, I enjoy a bit more lust in my romances, but the ease with which Heather Van Fleet and Jessica Calla guide you through the relationship between Charlotte and Ian make you forget all about it. There is so much spark and charisma between the two characters you can almost feel it. I even felt a flutter once or twice. Ian has a way with words and I found myself wishing I was his one and only “Sweetness.”

I loved that the heroin in this book was a widow and single mom working a blue collar job and was able to snatch the movie star with her heart and grace. Watching Charolette gain confidence and sticking up for herself made my heart warm almost as much as reading about her snagging Ian.

I will say this book was a bit on the cheesy side and slightly predictable but I loved it non the less. Highly recommend Love in the Aisles to anyone looking for a heartwarming, light read that will keep you flipping pages and cheering Charlotte on! 5/5 stars for me!

Thanks for the opportunity to read and review! #netgalley #loveintheaisles

3.5/5 stars (rounded up to 4)
I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Southern hospitality turned into hostility when Charlotte Dawson married Jake, the hero of Sunrise Valley. Accused of breaking up his previous relationship, Charlotte had to put up with the constant judgmental looks from the townspeople. However, things got much worse after Jake died, leaving Charlotte alone with their son and her sister. Things change when Charlotte meets Ian, the newest employee at the local grocery store. He doesn’t seem to mind her clumsiness and he’s super attractive. Charlotte starts to consider being in a relationship again, but she struggles to ignore the harsh insults from the townspeople. Not to mention, Ian has secrets of his own, like the fact he’s a famous actor who ran away from Hollywood…
The premise of this book sounded adorable so I couldn’t resist reading it! Charlotte is a widowed young mom, just trying to get by. Unfortunately, the GOLs (gossipy old ladies) won’t leave her alone. I loved Charlotte’s character development; she’s come a long way from playing hide-and-seek in grocery stores! Ian is also a great character and he really helped Charlotte get her life back on track. As much as I loved this adorable duo, there were some things that bothered me. Charlotte is definitely a klutz, but I think it’s a bit overdone in this book. The number of incidents she has is a little excessive. It was also a total insta-love which I’m not completely against but it felt like the characters saw each other for two seconds and fell for each other immediately. Other than that, this was cute and I enjoyed it!
I’d recommend it to rom-com lovers who like fluff with a bit of angst! This is pretty much a clean romance (nothing sexual besides a cheating reference and minimal language) so if you’re a clean romance lover then check this out!

DNF (a rarity for me) at 20%. The concept was fine, the writing was fine, but the characters were painfully one-dimensional and the setting unrealistic (I lived in Georgia for almost 8 years) and resorting to stereotypes of “Southerners hate northerners” to create context for the entire story. I even scrolled ahead and read snippets from further along in the book to see if I could at least know I’d get hooked eventually but unfortunately, no such luck. Just not for me.

Thank you to NetGalley, the authors, and Xpresso Book Tours for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This was a really cute love story that got me out of my book slump

I would recommend if you're looking for

-friends to lovers
-small town romance
-celebrity in hiding
-single, widower mother
-flirting with a pineapple
-a heck of a hook of a first kiss
-slow burn
-insta love
-opposites attract

There is very little steam to this book. A completely closed door romance, this book is all about holding hands, and sweet kisses. This is a sweet story of two people finding their second chance in life, in a place that neither expected to end up. My favorite part may have been the secondary characters. Charlotte's ex-mother in law was not her enemy but an ally, same with Ian's step-father. Characters who are usually considered villains. It was a wonderful change of pace.

While I do struggle with insta romances, I appreciated that this book kept on from the insta love moment and grappled with the couple's struggles. I do wish Charlotte had more of a head on moment with the GOLs who were real bullies to me.

There was also clearly more going on with Charlotte's sister so I hope we get another book to see what was going on with her.

Rating: 4

Trigger warnings: bullying, grief, infidelity

I received an advance copy of, Love in the Aisles, by Heather Van Fleet. This is a meet cute book. Meeting in the aisles of a grocery story. The celebrity and the girl next door. Its a cute book, with cute characters.