This was a Hallmark movie in a book, just make it sapphic and open door. Unfortunately, I'm not a big Hallmark fan, so this was a little TOO cliched and therefore predictable to be a standout. While I know a lot of romance has some level of predictability, I knew from about the 10% mark EXACTLY how the story would wrap up - which just doesn't work for me personally. Plus I probably spent about 30 minutes trying to sort how a lemon tree is successfully growing in a locale that's completely covered in snow in the winter when I can't even grow one in Texas where we only get measurable snow every few years. Yes I had to stop reading to research on google. No, the location portrayed in this book could not have had a fruiting lemon tree growing outdoors. Yes, I tend to get hung up on and overanalyze small inconsequential details.

Don't get me wrong. I didn't actively dislike the book, it just wasn't to my taste. It was a relatively quick read, the story moved along well, and there were lots of sappy and heartwarming moments (as would be expected). If Hallmark holiday movies are your thing, this is your book.

This romcom was sweet and it’s always nice to get a holiday setting in sapphic romance novels. We do not have enough of that.

This book is cute and worth the read if you love romance and the holidays, just fell a little short for me in certain areas such as humor and some other things that felt a bit bland. Especially since this was such an anticipated read for me this year. Maybe my expectations were just a bit too high.

I loved this established atmosphere and setting. I was transported into a small town during the holiday season every time I sat down to read. The found family trope in this book is also super comforting.

I am looking forward to reading more of the Fern Falls series despite this not being one of my favorite books by any means. I do not want to say goodbye to this universe yet!

Thank you to Kensington Books and Netgalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you NetGalley and Kensington Books for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for review.

I was always going to enjoy this book. You’d have to write pretty darn poorly for me to not enjoy a small town Christmas second chance sapphic romance!

This book was just very sweet and so full of emotion. I found myself laughing out loud at times and crying at others.

Morgan was such a relatable character. Her own self doubts and the way she treated people because of them, the way she put up walls around herself as protection, felt so real and raw and I understood her completely even if I didn’t always agree with her.

Rachel, I found a little harder to understand, but she was still an absolute delight to read. She was smart and passionate and funny and sweet and the perfect book girlfriend, really.

The supporting characters in this book are all delightful too. I really adored Ben. He’s such a wholesome, patient, kind character and I hope the next book in this series focuses on his and Adam’s relationship!

This was a super cute, sapphic holiday story that had a large amount of representation. It is very comparable to a Hallmark movie and included the spice that I'm always craving. The side characters really made this story and I cannot wait to see them all again. A few times it did feel like it dragged on a bit in the middle, but maybe I was anxious for their happy ending. I know grand heroes are a thing, but I would've liked Rachel and Morgan to have worked out their happy ending together. Overall it was a really sweet read.

If you love Hallmark movies, this is definitely the book for you.

One major theme of this book is the idea of belonging and who belongs where and the idea of finding your place both spatially and emotionally.

I feel I would have connected with this book more if I had liked the setting more - it was just a little too quirky for me.

In the end, this is a LGBT+ fairy tale and it definitely succeeds as that. I highly recommend it to people who need a fairy tale in their lives or any lovers of small town romances.

This book is well-paced, well characterized and excellently written.

I received an eARC from NetGalley and the publishers for review free of charge. Opinions remain my own.

Thanks Netgalley for the copy of this book!
It was adorable, sexy, and left me wanting another book about two of the side characters. That’s always a good sign.

I’m always on the hunt for more sapphic romances and this one really was great if you’re looking for a holiday small town romance. My only complaint would be the ending felt a bit rushed.

Other than that, I thoroughly enjoyed this book.

“Our scarred hearts deserve a different story, a better one”

Morgan Ross is a successful event planner in L.A. but after a very public mistake turned media disaster she is forced to return to her hometown of Fern Falls where she will have to face her strained relationships with her father, her first love Rachel and her friends and community she left behind.

This was such a good read! A second Chance romance pairs perfectly with the Holidays, and this book hit every single mark perfectly.

The book starts with the plot quickly, so we get a lot of time to connect with the characters and each one of them is lovely, even the ones that you want to punch you get to care for them, is the holiday spirit that gets to you!

But for me, the connection between Morgan and Rachel takes the cake, it's sweet and also pretty steamy, and it feels a bit of a coming of age story because we see them resolving their past together but also their own particular issues, and you can't help but root for them the entire way.

I really enjoyed this story and I can not wait for Ben and Adam! And hopefully Whitney and Tanner too.

(btw, I cannot stress this enough, I would kill for a chapter in Rachel's POV!!!!)

I received an ARC of this book to read and review. Thank you NetGalley, the author and publisher for
this opportunity.

This one was just okay for me. The plot started off a little slow but I did enjoy the wintery, small town vibes. This was a romance that didn't have quite enough 'wow factor' to make it stand out from other similar contemporary romances, but of course I really liked the f/f aspect.

In the Event of Love
(Fern Falls #1)


The book is a beautiful hallmark type story. I do love how the author adds diversity into the story with the supporting cast. It’s a sweet and very sexy story line. Cozy Holiday Vibes with a sexy sapphic romance.

The Main Characters had a great chemistry. I really enjoyed this book, it’s my first book by the author and it won’t be my last.

I would like to thank the author and NetGalley for the Arc 4 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️! I highly recommend this book.

EEeeeeeEEEEeee this has me so ready for Hallmark Christmas movie season, though the movies will undoubtably be less satisfyingly gay.

In The Event of Love is a sweet and spicy Christmas Romcom featuring a second chance romance between two bisexual heroines teaming up to save a small-town Christmas tree farm — and the town itself, which is about to be bought up by an evil corporation.

Though I have some quibbles with a few minor plot points (the epilogue in particular had a strange moment that I didn’t like, and I was not a fan of the way the third act conflict went down), for the most part this sweet little romance had the perfect blend of Hallmark-y tropes and sapphic sexual tension.

For real, the spice here was good and I very much enjoyed the flirtations between the two characters. The chemistry was solid and believable. I don’t normally love second chance romance, but with a love interest like Rachel Reed…I’d be moving back to Fern Falls, too. It all worked and it worked for me!

There were plenty of secondary characters making googly eyes at other secondary characters, so this is my official request for Courtney Kae to explore some of those in a future novel!!!

PERFECT FOR FANS OF:
🧡 Christmas Romances
🧡 Happily Ever Afters
🧡 Second Chance Romances
🧡 Small Town Vibes
🧡 Sapphic Romances

It may seem a little too early for a Christmas romance, but for me, it's never too early. I absolutely adore all things Christmas and romance.

I was a little nervous about starting this one. I find I rarely enjoy a second chance romance, but this one had a lot to love.

The small town vibes were great, and it made me want to immediately drive to Mammoth with Christmas music on the radio and hot cocoa in my tumbler. The town's residents were sweet, loving, quirky, and loaded with representation, including LGBTQIA+, multiple races, and religions.

I enjoyed the deeper subplots in this book. A lot of romance books are fairly surface level, but this one had real family issues that both the romantic leads were dealing with. I was also pleasantly surprised by the female friendships because I'm so tired of women tearing each other down to move the plot along.

My only real complaint was the pacing of the romance between the leads. I felt like their past issues were resolved too quickly, and when the inevitable third act breakup occurs, all the growth Morgan showed is gone. However, I really loved Rachel. We need more lumberjanes in our sapphic Christmas romances.

If you love steamy, sapphic love stories with Hallmark movie vibes. I highly recommend this one.

This will be published on August 30, 2022.

Thank you to Kensington and NetGalley for the gifted copy of this book. All opinions above are my own.

Morgan Ross is on the road to success. She's about to get a coveted promotion to head the NYC branch of a famous event planning business. Everything goes to crap when she ends up, through no fault of her own, on tabloids everywhere. Forced by her boss to leave LA and "take some time off", she heads home to Fern Falls, where her heart was broken in oh-so-many places. She decides to take a job planning a fund raising event there in the hopes that the fundraiser will be a success and it will save her career. 

She knows she will have to face her one time best friend and eventual crush, Rachel Reed. who stopped talking to her when they kissed. That kiss, 7 years later, is still fresh in Morgan's mind and is the reason she never managed to commit to anyone. When she finds out the fundraiser she is supposed to plan is to save Rachel's tree farm from being turned into an outlet mall by a corporation, she knows this event has to be a resounding success. T add insult to injury, the mastermind behind this takeover is her father's past girlfriend, who jilted his marriage proposal publicly and abandoned them. Oh, it's on! Take it, corporate America! Let's save the town! 

This book was a delight! It's cheesy and Hallmark-y but in the best possible way (and in no Hallmark fashion, there is some nice steam in it!). This "second chance"/ friends to lovers story is perfect for when you want to get hit right in the feels. The secondary characters are quirky, fun (we even have a "witchy coven of aunts") and diverse. I hope we get to read about them too. Will Adam and Ben get together? Will Tanner manage to woo Whitney? May them find their HEA, just like Petunia Pie and Pickle Pop!

Rep: queer romance; LGBTQIA+rep (including a trans character); ethnic diversity

Possible triggers: dealing with an alcoholic parent, abandonment 

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.   Thank you @NetGalley, Kensington books and the author for the advanced copy.

This book seemed like a very generic Christmas romance book. Nothing about this plot seemed original. I have read to many books and seen to many movies with a simliar plot to this one. Nothing really stood out to me in this book. Persoanlly I think you can skip this book.

Wow!! It was the perfect combination of romantic comedy in the perfect setting. The author did such a fantastic job describing the small little mountain town in December that it just made me want to pack my bags up (including a suitcase full of books of course) and rent a cottage in the mountains to sit in front of the fireplace and read! I loved the different characters in this book and loved to see how they grew over the years and in the short span of this novel. I really hope there is a follow book in this same universe because I really loved the setting and the small town charm that just flows through the pages. Overall, I would highly recommend this to anyone who wants a fun rom com, especially during the winter/holiday time!

I’ve been reading romance for a year now, and this was the first F/F book I’ve finished. If you find reading outside of your usual romance lanes a little intimidating, please just allow me to remind you that love is love and all good romance novels have a few things in common besides the HEA. For instance…

☕️ A main character with a caffeine addiction.
🌲 A love interest who smells like the forest.
🔥 Forearm porn.
🥵 Grey sweatpants.

In the Event of Love is Courtney Kae’s debut, and it’s such a swoony, second chance romance about two childhood friends who drift apart to lead very different lives. But when a big corporation threatens the small town of Fern Falls, the pair reunite to save the town with a fundraiser. A sexy lumberjane and a Hollywood event planner plus their quirky supporting cast serve all the cozy Christmas, Hallmark vibes.

Side note on the cozy: This book has more references to flavored hot beverages than all the holiday books I read last year combined ☕️ @court_kae, do you have a hot chocolate bar in your home year round? Inquiring minds need to know 😂

🌲This book is out at the end of the month! Special thanks to @kensingtonbooks and the author for the advanced copy 🌲

This was sO CUTE! I am a sucker for a fun, holiday romance and this did not let me down at all. I didn't want the book to end, actually! This is perfect for fans of Alexandrea Bellefleur's books.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The small town vibes had me ready to pack my bags for Fern Falls. I loved how there were different types of hurt and heartbreak that were dealt with.

I loved pretty much all of the characters - and even the ones I didn’t love, I wasn’t supposed to, so that worked. The town had so many great people (seriously Stars Hollow like vibes with how the town and its people were just as much my favorite as Rachel or Morgan were). I see so much opportunity to get to know other characters through other stories and I hope we get that chance (and that Courtney gets the chance to write them)!

The book says it like it is. The world needs more queer holiday romances. This book delivered on that promise. For a debut author this book was exceptionally crafted with one critic:

During the initial few chapters we are introduced to a character defining moment that most authors will allude to, and continue to expand on as we go. This book on the other hand proceeded to repeat the same issue chapter after chapter. I get Christy saying no was bad but give me more each time you tell me about it, if you plan on telling me often.

I apologize if that seems ranty but it really made it difficult getting into this book. Once I was in though, I love the community of Fern Falls and the beautiful cast. It seems some threads were left open to possibly expand to a new couple, and I would definitely check it out!

EN: Netgalley sent me this book in exchange for an honest review.
I loved this book.
The chemistry and love story between the characters is everything you would want and more. I loved them all and can't wait to see the development of the other couples in the books to come.
I am so happy to have a queer book about the holidays. Personally, I am not a fan of spicy books but this one definitely became one of my favorite romcoms.
THE EPILOGUE? IS.EVERYTHING.I.HAVE.EVER.WISHED.FOR.

ES:Netgalley me envío este libro en intercambio por una reseña honesta.
Me encantó este libro.
La química e historia de amor entre los personajes es todo lo que querrías y más. Amé a todos los personajes y no puedo esperar a ver el desarrollo de las otras parejas en los libros que vienen.
Estoy muy feliz de tener un libro queer con Hallmark vibes.
Personalmente no soy fan de los spicy books pero este definitivamente se volvió uno de mis romcom favoritos.
EL EPILOGO? ES.TODO.LO.QUE.HE.DESEADO.EN.MI.VIDA. (literalmente siempre he querido que eso me pase y ver que Rachel lo hizo por Morgan ???????????? RACHEL REED TE AMO)

4.5 stars but rounding up, I am IN LOVE with their love story, it was a bit cheesy and felt very hallmark esque at times but that truly was what made it so charming in my opinion. Morgan’s arc was very personal to me and her discovering herself while rediscovering her love for her town was told so nicely and was done very well. I went into this book knowing almost nothing and then got invested and read it all in 2 hours and it was so nice and lovely and now I have this need to see it adapted into a movie so I can put it on during christmas time.