"You going to climb down that trellis?"
"You going to be waiting on the beach for me?"
"Hell, yes."
Trying to play it cool, she shrugged. "Then, I guess I'll see you at midnight."

Teenage Colin was a force to be reckoned with. Adult Colin?? Beyond irresistible.

Teagan returning to her hometown after her divorce is a huge change. Her sister is squatting at her house, she's living next door to her high school sweetheart and she has her hands full with her twin daughters. Oh, she's also trying to revive her family's bakery.

Colin has been through a bitter divorce, is raising a headstrong teenaged daughter and now, seeing Teagan again - is setting off all sorts of warning bells. As well as bringing up some long buried feelings.

I love this story by Marina Adair! The characters are wonderful and I love a second chance romance!

I expected so much more from this book.

First of all, I think I should start off by saying that maybe “women’s fiction” is not for me. It’s different to romance or rom-coms, etc. It just feels like there isn’t enough romance in the story until about 65% in. It feels like Teagan and Colin barely interacted with each other. Not to mention how much second hand embarrassment I felt during their steamy scenes. The fact that the author referred to orgasms as “cocktails”, had me cringing. The metaphors were just not it. The steamy scenes were actually good if you look past that fact and the fact that it mentions, and I quote, “his thumb teased her pleasure button”. EWWWW.

Also, was Harvey’s POV necessary? I don’t think so. I feel like it takes away from the romance between Teagan and Colin by adding in Harvey’s POV. I understand that she has her own issues with her childhood that impacts her adult relationships, and that she has things to resolve with her sister, but that could be addressed in a follow up book.
I feel like a sequel about Harvey, 1) allows more intimacy for Teagan and Colin in Situationship, 2) allows the relationship between Bryan and Harvey to have more depth, and the same for the sisters resolving their issues, and 3) to form deeper connections with all the characters.

Now to address the pacing and flow of the story. It all just felt wrong. The writing and pacing felt disjointed, and like there were gaps in the storytelling. Some chapters picked up immediately where the previous left off, and others I could even tell how much time had passed. At times, it just didn’t feel like the chapters flowed into each other well.

One another note, I firmly believe that if a book has multiple POVs that each chapter should be headed with whose POV it is. This book did not deliver on that.

The only things that made this book worth a 2.5 stars, which I think is generous, is that it was a single parent romance (these have my heart), and that some of the scenes were cute.

Truely devoured the story. Marina wrote another great story. I hope there will be a book about Harley - what her new life is like and maybe a small glimpse of how the twins adapt to having a new stepparent. I wanted more of the story - the ending was great, but I wanted to know how Maddison adapted to having a stepparent and the relationship with her absent mom.

Teagan moves from Seattle to Pacific Coast California after her husband lost everything they had. She survives the trip with her 4 year old twins and dog to her grandmother’s house only to discover that her sister is in residence. The sister she had a huge blowout with and hadn’t spoken to since. To top that off, her teenage crush lives next door. What else could possibly go wrong?
Colin is a vet who’s daughter is getting ready to go off to college. He’s in the process of deciding his own future when Teagan shows up. Can he let her back into his life and does he want to?
Cute story about second chances and new beginnings.

Situationship is a cute book without a bunch of angst. I like angst but it's refreshing to read a book that doesn't tie you up in knots for a change. I'm not saying there weren't issues to deal with between Teagan and Harley (estranged sisters) and Teagan and Colin (neighbors with a past) and Teagan and her Ex, then there were the darling twins and Maddie, but it wasn't gut wrenching, although I wanted to kick Teagan in the behind several times, but that's the thing about books and real life - everyone has to learn from their mistakes and figure out how to fix them. I laughed (Garbage Disposal) and I cried a little reading this book. Also, a side story - I wondered if Harley and Bryan would get their own book, but you have to read it to find out how everything works out. Thank you to Kensington and NetGalley for providing an ARC in exchange for an honest opinion.

Situationship, by Marina Adair, is a humorous heartfelt story of coming home and second chances for Teagan Bianchi and her younger sister Harley. Teagan is slowly recovering from her recent divorce and discovery of all her gambling addicted ex Frank has gambled away. . . their home, business, savings gone. Now Teagan and her almost 4 year old twins Poppy and Lily, along with their rescue dog Garbage Disposal, have returned from Seattle to Pacific Cove, California, to start over in the home her dear Nonna Rosa bequeathed to her.

After two long days with toddlers and beast loaded in their SUV with her few belongings in a pull behind trailer, Teagan is exhausted when they arrive at Nonna Rose’s cottage. The two things she did not expect on arrival are her estranged sister, Harley, and her teenage boyfriend, Colin West, DVM.

This story has an intricately designed plot which follows Teagan’s homecoming, reunion with Harley and with Colin, and plan to move forward while negotiating with her young twins, Colin’s teenage daughter, and her bungling ex. As Ms. Adair brings all story threads together, the reader will laugh and perhaps become misty eyed. This is a lovely story and I do recommend it.

Loved this book, a rom com along with woman's fiction makes it the perfect read. Teagan is ready for a new beginning after her divorce. She packs up her young twins and big dog, Garbage Disposal and returns to her childhood home on the beach. Her grandma left her the house, only to find out that her estranged sister is living there already. To top it off, her neighbor is her first love, Colin is a single dad raising his teenage daughter.

This story will have you laughing out loud, a few tears were shed. Loved the chemistry between Teagan and Colin! Loved the coexist of the sisters, but then to realize once a sister, always a sister.

I love the way Marina Adair writes a romance. When In Rome series book 3 did not disappoint. I enjoyed the second chance romance as well as the family dynamics in this book. Character development was good and the story kept me turning the pages.

I received an advanced digital copy from the publisher and Net Galley. All opinions are my own.

This is a Women's Fiction/Romance. I loved this book so much. I really loved the characters in this book, and the dog, Garbage Disposal just made the book. I love when an animal takes over the book. This book has some really funny times, and I laughed so hard at times while reading this book. There were also steamy moments in this book. I loved the characters trying to figure out what they wanted and how to get there. This was a really great read with everything I want in it. I was kindly provided an e-copy of this book by the publisher (Kensington Books) or author (Marina Adair) via NetGalley, so I can give an honest review about how I feel about this book. I want to send a big Thank you to them for that.

I really enjoyed reading this flirty, fun story. I enjoyed how Teagan and Harley were sisters who needed to deal with their unusual past in order to have a future. It was funny how they sometimes got on each other's nerves, especially with Teagan's rules.
Teagan was a fun, loving character, with self doubts about the parenting of her twins since she was now a single mom who was trying to start over in Pacific Cove, away from her life in Seattle.
Colin was the sexy veterinarian who lived next door and happened to be Teagan's first love. I enjoyed the story because of all of the characters, their ups and downs, and trying to move on from the mistakes they made. The four year old twin girls were so cute and precocious. I received an advance copy of this book and I willingly chose to write an honest review.

Situationship is a second chance romance between two divorced single parents who were each other's first loves. It is twenty years later, and Colin and Teagan are living next to each other on the beach where they spent so much time together as teenagers. There is also another side story involving Teagan and her sister. They have a complicated past and are trying to develop/repair their relationship as well.

I love second chance stories and this one was truly enjoyable. I appreciated the story about Teagan and her sister Harley and wasn't bothered by the departure from the romance to tell the sisters' story. I liked that this book is written from three perspectives - Teagan, Colin, and Harley. Each voice was fresh and believable. While I found some parts of the book predictable, I didn't mind because the writing was fun to read, and the story just made me smile. The only thing I would have liked was a little more about how Colin resolved his issues with his daughter, how Teagan's daughter Lily was doing, and an update on Harley and Bryan. Overall, I'd give it 4.5 stars.

My sincere thanks to Kensington Books and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read this book and give my unbiased opinion of it.

I enjoyed this second chance contemporary romance/women’s fiction by Marina Adair. Teagan is a harried single mom of twin 4 YOs whose ex husband’s gambling addiction destroyed her family bread baking business. She moves back the house she inherited from her beloved grandmother in Pacific Grove, CA hoping to resurrect the business in the place where it started. However, she immediately faces several challenges, first, her flighty, nomadic younger sister has also come to the house, hoping to escape a relationship that was becoming too important, and second, Teagan immediately runs into Colin, the guy next door, whom she fell hard for in high school, but then rejected in order to go away to college. Colin also has all kinds of demands on his time as a veterinarian singlehandedly trying to keep a popular clinic staffed, and a single dad of a somewhat confused teenager about to leave for college. Lots of juggling of priorities and feelings ensues with both Colin and Teagan feeling like they are stretched to the breaking point, but still unable to resist the second chance their relationship has been given.

This book was in equal parts a sweet second chance romance as well as an exploration of family in all of its messy glory. Harley, the younger sister, also goes through plenty of self-discovery right along with Teagan and Colin and everyone achieves satisfaction by the end of the book. If anything, I found Harley to be the most sympathetic character in the book as she fought through Teagan’s initial verbal slings and tried to reclaim the sisterly relationship they had when they were young kids. I think the family dynamics were wrapped up a bit too neatly but the book did have emotional heft as well as comic relief in the form of Teagan’s cute twins and their ne’er-do-well rescue dog, aptly named GD (Garbage Disposal). My thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an advance copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions in this review are my own.

I have read several of Ms Adair’s books but think she hit this one out of the ball park. Teagan, divorced from her husband who has gambled away all they have, heads to the house her nonna gave her with her twin daughters to start a new life! And that is where her life gets crazier. There is her first love still living next door with his 17 year old bratty daughter, her crazy wandering non-adulting sister camping out at the house, a business she is trying to build up by baking bread just as her Nonna did and of course her first love, Colin, now a Veterinarian. I loved the second chance love and how this family manages to overcome a lot of odds to be the family they were meant to be

Funny, sexy, emotional, families, delicious baked goods and love! This book has it all.

This was a fun, fast-paced, well-written book. I enjoyed the sisterly spats between Teagan and Harley, the silent communication between twins Lily and Poppy, and the second chance romance between Colin and Teagan. Everything was wrapped up in one book, so its a stand-alone instead of a series.

Thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book, but my opinions are my own.

Teagan and Colin are so sweet together! I loved how both of them made their children a priority, despite the complications and problems that caused. There is a gentle humour in this book that really resonated with me. Teagan’s twin daughters are a real highlight of the book, with their eccentric personalities and determination to live life on their own terms. Teagan’s sister and Colin’s daughter are also great secondary characters, struggling to make the right choices whilst dealing with emotional baggage from their pasts. A lot of emotions and different types of relationships are explored in the book, in a sympathetic yet playful way. I loved it!

I love Marina’s writing! She’s a go-to author for me. I was excited for this book. The characters felt realistic and relatable. Teagan hasn’t had an easy go of it. She’s trying to pull herself up by her bootstraps and keep her kids alive. This story was often laugh out loud funny. The dog, Garbage Disposal was the best! I could definitely see him causing his mayhem. And I loved the way Teagan is thrown back into Colin’s life. First loves can be complicated but so is life. I enjoyed these two together. I wanted things to work out for both of them. This was an endearing read that I couldn’t put down and I can’t recommend enough!

Love stories from this author! This was a fun second chance story for Teagan and Colin. They both have their problems, but grow and learn and love each other deeply.

I enjoyed this story about family and second chances. Loved the humor and the characters. Colin was my favorite!

A fun and heartwarming second chance at romance. It has all the feels that make it an amazing story. I loved the characters and the chemistry. It’s entertaining and enjoyable escape. A story not to be missed.

Teagan & Colin

I LOVE this! Teagan has a place in my heart for her determination to be a savvy, organized, modern, put-together single mom! She can’t help it when life or Garbage Disposal get in the way, not to mention two rambunctious four year old twins!

I enjoy the premiss of a past relationship between Teagan and Colin when they were so fresh and young, still finding their paths in life.

I love Harley’s persistence in keeping the bamboo chair and her ultimate growth and maturity helping Teagan navigate her life with all she has on her plate. I agree with Teagan & Colin’s sharing of parental expenses and guidance. Maddie is definitely putting Colin through his paces.

Teagan and Colin’s journey is filled with angst and affection. Their love is unknowingly deep and the forever kind.

Well written and so, so sweet. I love stories from this author.