Anneliese was engaged to Donovan until his death in an accident. He swindled her into investing into his childhood home. Now his brother Lachlan is the inheritor of the property since his death. Anneliese needs to sell the property to get her money back so she and Lachlan are at odds over it. The two have an attraction that can't be denied and is hot. A good read.

I received a copy of this book via Netgalley.

This book was a slow burner and I won’t lie, I was hoping it would be dark and passionate, not light and sweet!
It did become a tad predictable but still a good read. I’ve read other books by Winter Renshaw which is what drew me to this book. Unfortunately this one just slightly missed the mark for me.

It was quite a pleasant surprise as I wasn’t expecting to tear up on the ink and paper lol
Lachlan and Anneliese were pure love. It was quite an emotional, angsty, sweet and heart warming story that undoubtedly has gone to the list of my top 5 reads this year. I can’t wait to read more from this author.

After Anneliese’s fiancé Donovan passed away, she realized that she never knew the man she was planning to marry. She now finds herself in financial difficulty as she trusted him with her savings so that he could renovate his family home for them to live in only to find out that the home is owned by the brother she didn’t know he had and that isn’t the only secret that is about to be revealed.

Lachlan wants nothing to do with his past or the house that he never wanted to see again however he also realizes that his original plan would hurt the one person who had no responsibility in the events of the past. Now he finds himself helping her complete the renovations as they realize that his brother’s action may have brought them together but that is only part of the story.

Anneliese and Lachlan take us on an emotional journey as they much face the truth about the past and about the man who a part of their lives. Despite everything that she is going through Anneliese shows her strength and resilience and Lachlan proves to be the man that she has always deserved.

I loved this book!! From strangers to quickly becoming enemies to then learning how to heal and forgive together, Annaliese and Lachlinn were everything in a relationship that you could ask for. The storyline was also really unique to the romance genre which meant I couldnt put it down.

4 stars - If you’re looking for a slow burn, enemies to lovers romance with small town vibes definitely give this a go!!

It was an unexpected love story about a nice girl, a run down house and a handyman brother. I like her writing style and how open and nice Anneliese was, she was just genuine a nice person who thought she found love and was pretty disappointed, that everything changed on a whimp or better after a death. Like I said I really liked this book, it was not overly dramatic but had everything I it.

I was fully expecting Lachlan and Anneliese’s story to be super dark and intense. I braced myself already. But it was so sweet and heartwarming. I enjoyed their story and it's a better book than what I've read on NetGalley.

This was Donovan & Annalise’s story. Two people find love in the embers of their painful pasts in this slow-burn romance. This was an emotional & intriguing read. Loved these two. Great book. And am voluntarily leaving my review.

Love and Kerosene is definitely a unique title. Falling for your dead brother's girl...not as unique but can be troublesome.

While I liked this book, I am not in love with it. I enjoyed it. It was cute. I just couldn't connect with the characters. I wanted to. I wanted to be drawn into the story but not this time.

This book was a cute slow burning enemies to lovers story. The characters both are struggling with past hurts and find healing through the friendships they have found in each other. They may be opposites in many ways but they find a common ground and a mutual respect for one another. This is a light read with some heavy topics. It was an enjoyable story though I found the storyline to be a bit far fetched and unlikely to happen in real life. I liked the characters and thought the author did a good job describing the setting.

Love and Kersone was an angsty and emotional slowburn that captivated me from the start.

Lachlan was a mysterious storyteller with an adventurous soul while Anneliese was a kind-hearted and quirky wordsmith of sorts. These two broken souls crossed paths rather unexpectedly as each embarked on their own journeys of healing and forgiveness. My heart squeezed for them when a few twists along the way caught them by surprise. The soul-deep connection they formed made the budding friendship to evolving attraction that much more of a delicious slowburn.

Lachlan and Anneliese's story had a great mix of suspense, angst, emotion, and twists that kept me rooting for a well deserved second chance for both of them. I wasn't expecting the plot twist of their lives to tug at my emotions like these two did.

When Anneliese lost her fiancé, Donovan, all the lies of his life were brought to the surface and he truly wasn’t the man she thought he was. One secret he hid was that he has a brother, Lachlan, and that they look a lot alike.
I loved the progression of Anneliese and Lachlan’s relationship. From strangers to quickly becoming enemies to then learning how to heal and forgive together, which eventually led into something more. There was a strong connection between the two of them.
I liked the somewhat different storyline, too. It was refreshing to read something that is a little different.
If you’re looking for a slow burn, small town, enemies to lovers romance check this one out.

This was a great book. Different in a lot of ways from other romance novels. I enjoyed the plot twists and the heartfelt emotions. I loved that the hero and heroine both had issues to be worked themselves and could help each other through the roughest parts.

An angsty, emotional read, this story will swallow you up and not let you free until you finish, even then you will be thinking about it long after. Really enjoyed the emotions and depth to the characters.

Winter Renshaw pulls you in when you're reading her stories, I just can't put them down! The characters, the angst, the SLOW BURN, and the storyline were top notch for me! Definitely another great addition to my bookshelf.

I absolutely loved this book. In fact I enjoyed it so much that I had to read it again with the audible narration. Even better! And I still am having a hard time putting into words the reasons I enjoyed this book. Lachlan is an amazing person though somewhat misunderstood at times. He pulls no punches about why he is the way he is and what is behind the decisions he makes. When he was younger he was treated unfairly by his father and brother. Annelise is a bubbly and very likeable woman. She always seems to look on the bright side of like even after what happened to her. The two of them are so good together and the chemistry between them is electric. AS they work on the house they are both occupying they connection grows stronger. There is no denying the attraction they feel for one another. This was a very entertaining book. I loved the storyline. Very originally. Wonderful HEA. I can not wait for Ms Renshaw's next book.

I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book.

This had an interesting premise where Anneliese is confronted by her dead fiancee’s unacknowledged brother who is there to claim, and eventually burn down, the house where Anneliese is staying. And the cover is smokin'!

I enjoyed the friendship and banter that developed between Anneliese and Lachlan. Maybe because it was a slow burn, but I found the romance somewhat tepid. There was one steamy scene, but the other intimate scenes were only hinted at. Maybe if the romantic chemistry was more developed, I would have been more interested in them as a couple? While I enjoyed the obscure vocabulary words and their meanings at the beginning of each chapter, I was disappointed with Lachlan’s repeated phrase “her beautiful face”.

4 1/2 stars

Now this was a romance novel done right. You have the heroine who has been wronged and is struggling to find her way out of the rough patch she's in. Then you have the broken hero who swoops into town but doesn't want to stay. In fact, he can't wait to leave again. The last thing this hero wants is to feel anything for the heroine who is having trouble. But yet....he will....and he'll find himself helping her. It's a perfect recipe for a romantic storyline after all.

Anneliese is trying to remodel the house that she was living in with her fiancé before he was killed. She gave him most of her savings to put towards the renovation and now she needs to see it through it she has any hope at all of recouping her funds. When a strange man who happens to bear a striking resemblance to her deceased fiancé shows up on her doorstep, things get a lot worse. Lachlan is the brother of her fiancé that she never knew he existed and his existence puts several kinks in her plans. Naturally they take an instant dislike to one another which makes the part where they find out they actually like each other so much more satisfying.

I enjoyed everything about this book. I read it non-stop from start to finish. It was wonderful.

Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC. I voluntarily chose to read and review it and the opinions contained within are my own.

Love and Kerosene by Winter Renshaw is an emotionally captivating read that has two amazing main characters in both Lachlan and Anneliese. How they met was due to Lachlan's deceased swindler brother, Donovan. From there things between them was explosive. Lachlan, at first, turned me off but as the story progresses, really shows that he wasn’t the bad guy that I thought. Anneliese is as sweet and sassy as she comes across. The chemistry, heat, feels, attraction, drama, secrets, twists, betrayal, and HEA in the story is beautiful. The getting to the HEA is what makes this worth reading!

My Rating: 4.5 stars *********

Another excellent read from Winter! Right from the start you have to have sympathy and admiration for Annaliese as she was able to pick herself up and carry on after the death of her fiance and how she continually had to deal with his lies and deceptions. It seemed like she was never going to get a break and the last thing that she need was her fiance's doppleganger brother turning up on her doorstep to tell her he was going to claim the estate and burn down the house that Annaliese had invested so much time and money into.

This was a slow burn romance with an unusual storyline. It was incredible that Annaliese's former fiance could do so much damage to everyone around him without being discovered. He truly was a despicable person who manipulated Annaliese and ruined Lachlan's life. Though both of them were truly at rock bottom their combined strengths drove them forward to complete the house renovating project together and by doing so hopefully find some closure so that they could move on with their lives.

What they hadn't bargained for was the intense attraction that simmered and boiled over between them that gave us some super steamy bedroom scenes. I was so happy that Lachlan was nothing like his brother and that he recognised the goodness and strength in Annaliese and that he fell in love with her. I was also happy that Annaliese could see beyond Lachlan's looks and see that he was a good person and that she could trust him enough to fall in love with him.

Another thoughtful and emotional love story from Winter that I thoroughly enjoyed right to the end.