Nev lost her twin sister 20 years prior and. Kinsley lost her best friend. What followed the tragedy was the deterioration of the relationship between two close families. When Nev and Kinsley met all those years later unexpectedly, the chemistry they had as teens was stronger than either was prepared for. This book dealt with loss and grief, but fortunately it wasn’t overwhelming. I have enjoyed every book Ronica Black has published. She’s a master at describing beautiful places and creating well rounded characters and this book doesn’t disappoint. Thanks Ms. Black for another great read!!

I wasn't sure what to expect from this book. I was very pleasantly surprised. The main characters Kinsley and Nev are connected through a horrible childhood tragedy. On top of that, during that same time they are experiencing new and unfamiliar feelings that never get explored through no fault of their own. Fast forward 20 years later they meet again. They have a hard time reconnecting because so much has happened since their childhoods and they have vastly different interpretations of the past. There is a lot of miscommunication, especially from Nev, which causes unnecessary angst that could have been avoided. As a reader, it is very understandable knowing Nev's backstory. Kinsley is patient and extremely loyal to Nev. Never does she give up on her. We get to see Nev finally open up and truly except the love that she is deserving of.

I received the as an ARC from NetGalley for an honest review.

As children, Nev, her twin sister Viv and their best friend Kinsley were inseparable. The day Viv died, Nev lost everything. Nev and Kinsley meet again as adults, by chance. Years of families blaming and badmouthing the other have raised walls of resentment and misunderstandings. Love and attraction, however, have a way of breaking even the highest walls.

Nev and Kinsley already feel the first flutters of chemistry at eleven, which isn’t easy to pull off. Ronica Black writes those first emotions with sensitivity and the promise of heat. When the two meet again not as girls but as women, these feelings come back to the surface as a hindrance, something that’s in the way of them acting in a civil manner with each other. But they’re also a fertile ground on which new feelings grow (though, while the chemistry is strong and believable, the sex scene is a bit cringey).

Both MCs are likeable and complex, even though I didn’t always find them relatable. The author has the characters find each other again at a moment in Kinsley’s life when she’s going through another very hard time and, again, feeling guilty about an accident. It temporarily breaks her but the adult she has become is strong and self-reliant. Nev hasn’t been so lucky. Not only did she lose her sister then her best friend but also her parents and she’s still coming to terms with the fact that despite being there physically, they cut her off emotionally. No wonder she’s closed off to the point of worrying her friends.

Speaking of which, I loved both Adriana and Arthur. There are other smaller secondary characters who all bring a little something to the story, but these two shine. Arthur, especially, as Nev’s mentor, an older man with Parkinson’s disease, whose wit and love for Nev can’t be subdued.

This story was a five-star for me for a while, then I’m not sure exactly what happened, it slowed down and I lost some of my enthusiasm. There are a few repetitive sentences, which make the book slightly longer than it should be and are probably responsible for the slump in tension.

Despite its premise – the death of a child –, A Fate of Turn isn’t a depressing story. There’s sadness and frustration and anger but enough hope and love to counterbalance them.

ARC provided to Les Rêveur for an honest review.

For a book about loss and healing Ronica Black still managed to make the read not too heavy even though the subject matter could have easily put you in a slightly depressing mindset.
Nev and Kinsey were best friends when younger along with Nevs twin sister. After a tragedy at age 11 they lose contact and some 20 years later they coincidentally reconnect when Kinsey goes to a retreat to figure out what to do with her life.

The emotional aspect is very well written and it makes sense why both women react the way they do. It's a butch/femme trope and the connection between them can be felt. The supporting cast were lovely too, dialogue flowed easily and Ms Black has a very easy to read writing style. Some plotlines were a bit abrupt for me, for example with Nevs parents and there were some other things that didn't really work for me, but nothing big and all subjective so most likely a lot of other readers won't be bothered by it.

Well worth the read and don't get too put off about it being in a retreat..yes, there were some yoga poses, but it's really not written like a spiritual self help book.

***An ARC was provided by Netgalley in exchange for a honest review. ***

I really enjoyed this book. The setting is just fantastic, the writer described the landscape so nicely that make you want to move to the retreat already.

Healing and grieving is a very particular process and I liked it how is done here. It didn’t feel too heavy but it makes you feel for both characters deeply, when you have such an important loss at such young age it shapes you in the future as a person and it is very difficult to deal with emotions as you get older.


Overall a great slow burn romance

I must admit I went into this one with some doubts. I’m not a real spiritual person and when a story is set, or at least partly set on a spiritual retreat my fences are way up.

This is a story about love and loss, and I would say mostly about loss and how people deal with it. When Kinsley and Nev were 11 Nev’s twin sister died in a plane crash. The past 20 years were riddled with guilt and pain for both women and their families. Kinsley became an aeronautics expert, or something, and has been working with and on planes. A recent accident brings her past back up and she decides to go on a spiritual retreat. To me this seems very out of the blue. Later on you learn more about all her other feelings that also lead her to her decision, but it doesn’t make the most sense when it happens. On her way she meets Nev, who turns out to be the neighbour of the retreat. Both are confronted with their old pain and grief, but don’t deal too well, especially Nev. Kinsley is extremely patient and understanding, I find it a bit too much actually.

I feel like I just missed a lot of the story, like there was another book that I missed (I didn’t). There just seems to be a lot of details that come up out of nowhere, but to me seem quite significant. The book has several flashbacks to when they were 11, every single time they are announced. The flashbacks didn’t bother me too much, but I think if the story would have been told in a different way I would have enjoyed it more. I enjoyed both characters and them finding their way though their own grief, it was long overdue. But there are just things that didn’t click for me, and don’t sit right with me. And surprisingly they don’t even have to do with the spiritual retreat, which was not as bad as I was expecting, it sounded rather nice actually. I find it hard to give a rating in stars, because I did enjoy it but I did have issues with it as wel. I’m going to stick it on 3…

I loved the book. Here we have two people Nev and Kinsley who haven't seen each other in twenty years. They were once childhood best friends who were torn apart by a tragic loss.
It was a beautiful heartfelt story and a joy to see both main characters gradually work through their differences and gain trust slowly for each other with help. Its obvious this book meant a lot to the author.
Well done Ms. Black. A must read. I recommend 5 stars.

I received an ARC copy from the publisher Bold Strokes Books via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

I received an ARC copy of this book from the Publisher via Netgalley and voluntarily leaving my review.

Nevaeh and Kinsley were childhood friends but when the death of Nevaeh twin sister Viv dies it cause a rift through their families and they lost touch.

Nevaeh and Kinsley are reunited when Kinsley needs time after another tragic accident she goes to retreat where Nev is working as blacksmith but also help with the horses that been train to help with therapy.

As they tries to get to know each other as adults they still are hurting over the past and how it shape their lives as they struggle to overcome it and to find peace and forgiveness and happiness.

I enjoyed this book very much. This is a butch fem story with the ladies having unresolved issues from a childhood tragedy. The butch lead is a prickly sort and not entirely likable. The book does have a happy ending and I would recommend it.

"A Turn of Fate" by Ronica Black is about Nev and Kinsley and the way the early death of Viv, Never's twin sister and Kinsley's best friend, has affected their lives.
Twenty years after Viv's death, Nev and Kinsley meet again and both are forced to confront their pasts. Kinsley is at a retreat to take time off from her current life and Nev is working as a blacksmith next door.
The book takes us back in time to understand the relationship and feelings between Nev and Kinsley, and follows the two in their daily lives at the retreat and on Nev's ranch. The emotional world is described convincingly and believably, and you feel for both of them throughout the book.
I would have liked that the settings had varied a bit more and that we had learned a bit more about Kinsley's passion for flying. It is an overall well written book that deals with serious issues but doesn't leave the reader depressed.

I received a copy from netgalley in exchange for a an honest review.

This is a story of love, loss and two people coming back together to find what they both have been missing.

Nevaeh and Kinsley are childhood friends and a tragic accident separates them because of their parents.. Years later Kinsley and her cousin restore airplanes as well as Kinsley is also an aviation expert. Yet another tragic accidents sends her to a retreat to help find some peace.

Nev is part of this retreat, she works with therapy horses that the guests use as part of their healing during their stay.

Their first meeting is a little rocky but slowly they start to enjoy each others company and maybe even smile and laugh a little more. They both are going to have obstacles to over come to find a long last happiness.

This was such an enjoyable and easy read. The slow building of their childhood relationship after they reunite is touching.

Don't miss this one.

This book was beautifully written at times, but I had a hard time relating. Maybe it just wasn’t for me. Kinsley and Nev are childhood friends that suffer through a traumatic experience that tears them apart. They met again as adults while still struggling to overcome their past. The characters were well established and really likable, but their thought process and the resulting decisions they make just don’t make sense to me. These two give me whiplash with the way their emotions and actions seesaw. The love scene was a little cringey and some of the descriptions during sex were just awkward. On the other hand, as I mentioned previously, the characters were really likable. Their connection and love was touching and the plot was engaging. I just couldn’t latch on to the rational behind the actions.

This book really touched me. Nev and Kingsley were each other’s first crush at 11 and then Nev’s twin died. And like in so many families, in real life, the parents bitterness and anger ruined their friendship and Nev was alone. Ronica, I’ve read a lot of your books, and I could tell that this story meant something to you. The way you tapped into Nev’s hurt, anger, and her loneliness was spot on. This was a Beautiful story, a beautiful connection between the MC’s, and one of my favorite books. Thank you.

I really enjoyed this second chance or childhood friends romance. Nevaeh (Nev, insert eye roll for Heaven spelled backwards) Wakefield is a blacksmith and runs a ranch with rescue horses. Her horses are part of the therapy for the spiritual retreat ranch which is Nev's closest neighbor. Kinsley Padovano is an aeronautical engineer and aviation expert.

They were inseparable childhood friends until Nev's twin sister dies in a tragic accident. Their families were torn apart and the two were forbidden to see each other. When Kinsley's cousin is injured flying a plane they share she books herself into the spiritual retreat to rest and think about her life. Nev and Kinsley meet again for the first time in 20 years. Nev likes her life now but her childhood was hard with parents who never got over their grief. She blames Kinsley's family for her difficult upbringing. Kinsley chose her career based on the accident years before but she travels too much and the stress of the current crash is overwhelming.

I love when childhood friends reconnect. Both have been hurt and need healing. I like that Black takes the time to go through the steps of healing from the ranch. Yoga, journaling, meditation and working with animals are all part of the process. I also like that there is a process to the two main characters reconnecting. Kinsley is open to a relationship but doesn't know all that Nev went through with parents. There is a moment where Kinsley is hurt by Nev not talking to her but they've reached a point of understanding that she knows that is how Nev reacts when stressed. These little steps are usual in a basic romance.

I've read a couple of books in the past year by Ronica Black that were pre 2007 and I didn't love them. I am so glad I gave the author another chance. Otherwise I would have missed out on a lovely romance set in a beautiful location. Thank you NetGalley and Bold Strokes Books Inc. for an ARC ebook in exchange for an honest review.