Make Me Love You is a fun small town childhood-best-friends-turned-enemies to lovers. Emma and Eli are forced to work alongside each other for the sake of their small town after not speaking to each other for the last eight years. Their old chemistry resurfaces but so does the rest of their history, forcing them to confront the reason they stopped talking in the first place.

The chemistry between these two was palpable and I loved when their lust gets the better of them. I enjoyed them following them battle the complexity of their emotions although I sometimes found issues with the pacing.

Overall if you enjoy these tropes this is a solid recommendation.

**Thank you to NetGalley & the publisher for providing this arc in exchange for an honest and unbiased review. All thoughts and opinions are subjective but my own.**

Eight years is a long time to hold on to anger, to hold a grudge over your best friend, Emma and Eli go from ex- friends to enemies to lovers who together pull off bringing their town back to life, in this fantastic story dealing with emotions on both sides, learning to forgive each other and admit that nobody is perfect.

Make Me Love You is a small town romance between former best friends who have avoided one another for 8 years but now find themselves forced to work together. Emma despises Eli, they grew up as best friends but that all changed when Eli arrested Emma’s father 8 years ago. When they find themselves working together as acting-Mayor and acting-deputy mayor of their small town, Hart’s Ridge, they both have a hard time denying their history and attraction for one another. Just as they’re about to give into the chemistry they have, things get even more complicated when they learn they are running against one another to be the new Mayor of their town...

This was a charming best friend-turned-enemy romance. I really enjoyed all the history between Eli & Emma, they’ve known one another since kindergarten and all their complicated history just adds to their chemistry. You definitely see how complex Emma’s feelings are about Eli, on one-hand she is so attracted to him and then at the same time she is wrestling with her feelings of betrayal from him all those years ago. I loved the dual POV, the steam in this, and all the side characters introduced. If you enjoy small town romance and friends turned enemies to lovers then definitely check this one out.

Thank you to the publisher for sending me an e-ARC. All thoughts in this review are my own. Make Me Love You comes out June 29, 2021.