Grace Evans shot a dart at a map and landed on Wyoming, that's how she picks all her vacations. When she drives up to her Airbnb, who knew that the host would be a sexy cowboy, but looks aren't what they seem. Along with relaxing, she gets to know Calvin, his family and friends and something just isn't sitting well with her.

Calvin Wells starts falling for Grace Evans at first sight. He's slowly trying to convince her to stay with him forever, but she runs so hot and cold he can't tell what she's going to do next.

Rose tells this from both POVs and even though I guessed what was going to happen, she definitely sprinkled in quite a few surprised I would have never seen coming. This was a great, quick read and the ending was a shock. I rated this 3 stars, thank you NetGalley for the ARC.

Grace Evans is a city girl through and through. A high stress job that leaves no time or space to breathe has her longing for a vacation where she can leave it all behind. She finds that in an Airbnb booking for a remote Wyoming ranch with an attractive owner, Calvin. As Grace settles in she's not sure if she prefers the breathtaking view of the mountains, or of Calvin's body more. Sparks fly between the two, and although Grace has her misgivings about the lack of cell service and WIFI, she finds herself falling for the damaged and mysterious man.

With her looming departure, Grace begins to suspect that Calvin's infatuation may run deeper than her own, and as she hears stories of a missing woman, eyes up the padlock on his basement, and learns about tragedy after tragedy that seem to have befallen him, she begins to wonder if will actually *let* her leave. A high octane thriller that might just have readers checking into a hotel on their next trip, "You Shouldn't Have Come Here" is sure to be one of the summer's hottest reads.

As a self-professed thriller connoisseur, I thought that I knew where the ending of this novel was heading. I had to pick my jaw up off the floor when we got to the last chapter. I was so shocked and literally never imagined that it would take this direction. It's rare that an author can surprise me so completely, and I was impressed with Jeneva Rose's chops. I did find parts of the beginning portion to feel repetitive, and thought initially that the story was a bit cliched, but by the end I saw all the thread Rose wove through the plot to try and clue me into where things were headed and I appreciated these breadcrumbs much more thoroughly.

Recommended for fans of Greer Hendricks and Alex Finlay, "You Shouldn't Have Come Here" will keep readers on the very edge of their seat to the last sentence. Special thanks to NetGalley and to Blackstone Publishing for providing an Advanced Reader's Copy of "You Shouldn't Have Come Here" in exchange for an unbiased review!

I need to start by saying I love Jeneva. I have read/listened to all her previous work and have loved it... recommend her all the time.

I just couldn't with this one... it was more romance than a thriller. So much randomness thrown in, it felt like she took every idea she ever wrote on a sticky note and threw it into this book.

That being said, I really enjoyed my buddy read with two girlfriends while reading this, we had tons of theories and caught a few things, but not the final twist. I will still read everything she writes as I love her. ....

So Jeneva if you see this, please don't block me. LOL. I'm not a Scott I promise, this one just wasn't for me.

Thank you to the publisher & Netgalley for an advance copy of this title! This was my first introduction to Jeneva Rose! Instantly I became a fan!!! Just the perfect amount of intrigue mixed with a burgeoning relationship that keeps you balanced right on the edge the entire time! You won't be able to put this one down!

Can't wait to go back & read her other titles!

Would give 4.5 stars if i could.....but deserves better than a 4 star rating!!!

Publisher Description
The new thriller from the USA Today and #1 Amazon Bestselling Author of The Perfect Marriage and One of Us Is Dead!

You’ve opened up your house and your heart to a total stranger… What could possibly go wrong?

Grace Evans, an overworked New Yorker looking for a total escape from her busy life, books an Airbnb on a ranch in the middle of Wyoming. When she arrives at the idyllic getaway, she’s pleased to find that the owner is a handsome man by the name of Calvin Wells—and he’s eager to introduce her to his easygoing way of life. But there are things Grace discovers that she’s not too pleased about: A lack of cell phone service. A missing woman. And a feeling that something isn’t right with the ranch.

Despite her uneasiness, the two bond and start to fall for one another. However, as her departure date nears, things change for the worse. What began as a playful romance soon turns into a complicated web of lies. Grace grows wary of Calvin as his infatuation for her seems to have morphed to obsession. Calvin fears that Grace is hiding something from him—including her reason for staying at his ranch to begin with. Vacation flings typically end in heartbreak, but for Grace and Calvin, it’ll be far more destructive.

Wow! I was reading and never would have predicted the ending. I love all of her books and this one was a good one. I recommend diving into this thriller.

⭐⭐⭐.5/5

• romantic suspense
• alternating POV
• a little cringe

People have ~strong~ opinions on this book. Do you have to suspend a lot of common sense while reading? Yes. I couldn't decide if it was a romantic suspense or suspenseful romance... 🤔 Overall, I found it to be an enjoyable read although there were So. Many. Signs. for our FMC to run for the hills. I thought the ending was fun but can see how many didn't like it.

🗣️ Thank you to @netgalley and Blackstone Publishing for the opportunity to read and review this book via gifted eARC! All opinions are honest and my own.

This was amazing and different and I loved it.

This is my book club pick for my YouTube channel (Reading With Jess). I will be having another booktuber (Season's Readings) on my channel on 5/25/23 at 8pm EST to go in detail of this book.

I loved how original and unsettling this books was. The entire time I'm reading this I'm thinking to myself "why is everyone in this story making me fell uncomfortable?" Literally had mini nightmares after reading this, thinking there was someone in my home or even outside my bedroom door.

I loved the dual POV and how we really couldn't trust Grace or Calvin. The setting was great for a "getaway" as a reader but also the ominous feeling of this small town and everyone in it.

Cannot wait for my book club discussion and I look forward to reading more by Jeneva Rose.

If "Scott" doesn't like this one, then he simply has no taste.

This was just not great. I was bored and the characters didn’t make sense at all.

I would have liked to hear graces story more.

Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC! I was hoping that I would like You Shouldn’t Have Come Here more than I liked the last book I read by this author, and I did! I think the author’s writing has improved to a degree, and it was much easier to get through this book than it was to get through One Of Us Is Dead.

I like the idea of a double serial killer plot twist, but I think that it only makes sense at the very end and up until the last chapter you’re just confused about what you’re reading. Like immediately at the beginning I thought it was so unrealistic for Grace to be okay with staying with a strange man at a secluded cabin with no service and a broken car, because no woman would be okay with that. Then at the end it’s revealed why she’s not like other women and wasn’t trying harder to leave. It was just confusing until the last chapter.

This book seemed to be a weird romance for most of the book and then it switched to thriller. I couldn’t tell if it was supposed to be a dramatic romance with family issues or a thriller.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing a digital copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. When Grace throws a dart on the map to pick her next Airbnb stay, this chance encounter starts to unravel in a slow burn that makes you second guess how unplanned this really is. Calvin and his ranch appear to be the solitude Wyoming offers this city girl, however, over the course of a week both are hiding something the other can't put their finger on. As the reader, I kept pointing fingers and ultimately was looking for more of a wow factor after all of the build up rather than the sizzle that ensued.

2.5 stars. This one was a little too much of a romance and too little in the suspense/thriller vibe for me. The ending though redeemed it a little.

Wow, just wow! I really thought I was onto the ending with this one. HOLY TWIST WAS I WRONG!!!! I loved this book!!! Jeneva, girl, keep ‘em coming!!!

This was definitely a good read, but the buildup was very slow. It was more of a romance novel for the majority of it with suspicious undertones. First book by this author, I really enjoyed it. I didn’t expect the ending at all and I was very glad I stuck with it. The characters were strong and you kept guessing what was actually going on. I liked the underlying mystery through out. I highly recommend!

I struggled with the beginning of this book. During the first 20%, I thought maybe Jeneva Rose switched genres and wrote a romance novel?!? The narrators' sexual tension rang loud and clear. Then, I read @megs_bookblog review, where she mentioned the narrators are popular romance narrators. Ah Ha! That explains a lot. The thriller part of the book didn’t start until roughly the 75% mark. I did enjoy the twist at the end, but I wish the twist was where the story began.

Overall, this book felt middle of the road for me - I didn’t hate it, didn’t love it.
The highlights for me:
✨Binge-able: addictive listening, finished in 2 days
✨Good storytelling: like the family secrets
✨Ending: the final twist

Recommend this for:
✨Readers who lean heavily into romance and light on thrillers
✨Beach/pool read or vacation read
✨Enjoy unreliable narrators, lock room thrillers, or twisty endings

This book was not it for me. If you like a guilty-pleasure beach read that’s so bad it’s *almost* good, that kinda keeps you vaguely interested -but not so interested you can’t put the book down to enjoy your beach vacation- then I think this is a solid choice.

But if you DO pick it up as your beach read, take a drink every time you read the phrase “blue, blue eyes”. Sorry not sorry for your hangover!! 😝

⚠️ Spoilers Below! ⚠️

✨ My Thoughts: This book was incredibly unrealistic… I can overlook some of that for the sake of the story, but this was too much. Staying in an Airbnb with the owner also staying there, as a single woman with no cell phone reception or Wi-Fi? You’re telling me you wouldn’t high-tail it out of there?? ESPECIALLY after you have car trouble and the dude keeps telling you it’ll get fixed, but it never does. Plus the cops literally show up like every other day, and that’s just fine by you? A missing woman, screams in the night - no big deal?? You fall in a pit of dead animals, you almost get eaten by a mountain lion, and you continue to stay on your vacation?? Does our main character have any survival instincts!?

All of this, and I’m not rooting for you. I know there’s somewhat of a reason for this, but it’s not developed enough to thoroughly understand it at the end. On top of that, the ending was kinda predictable to me, so it wasn’t worth it. 🤷🏻‍♀️

⚠️ End of Spoilers ⚠️

Thank you NetGalley and Blackstone Publishing for the copy in exchange for my honest review.

Wow. What a thriller! I couldnt put it down and I read it all in one day. I loved every bit. Great characters!!! I was guessing the whole time. What a twist!

This was a book that I had a hard time getting sucked into until about 75% way in. Then oh my cowboy boots! What a ride! It took a hard left. I'm not sure what I can say that won't spoil it but it goes from simmering to explosive all at once. After reading thrillers and domestic noir/grip lit for years, it takes a lot for me to be shocked. This was a stunner and definitely has earned a spot on my bookshelf.

4 Stars! Thanks to NetGalley for the arc of this book! And thanks to Jeneva Rose for a great read! :)

Summary: Grace Evans finds herself on her yearly tradition where she throws a dart at a map and decides to take a vacation. She arrives at her air b&b in Dubois, Wyoming. Where she meets the owner of her air b&b, Calvin. Something is up with this place, and with the owner but she can't seem to put her finger on it right away. Both Calvin and Grace have an instant attraction to one another. However, one of them, or both are hiding something.




Spoilers below***
My takeaway:
This book was a great read. I generally do not have any semblance of romance in any of the books I read. I appreciated the smattering of it throughout. The entire book was predictable. I knew something was different about Grace from the beginning. With her dart to the map story, and then her bullseye at the bar. I immediately knew, that something was off and that she wasn't the most honest narrator. With Calvin, I knew something was off in his first chapter from the lock on the basement door to the line: "but not everything is meant to be free. Some things had to be kept in cages." That being said, none of this was disappointing to me. I enjoyed this book thoroughly and would recommend it. Was a great read. I personally have dyslexia and ADHD, but this book kept my attention and I finished it in 7 hours, only took a break to sleep. :)

I wanted to enjoy this, especially as I have heard good things about Rose. But I just did not. I thought the characters were lacking, the story and plot line was improbable. The main thing it has going for it is the ending. Otherwise, it was just not for me.

Another slow burn, but for some reason this one kept me interested. All of the characters have weird stuff going on and are suspect. I did guess part of the reveal, but I still liked the ending. Would be a great movie!