August Cates is probably my new favorite of Tessa Bailey's MMCs and that's saying something because I never thought anyone would replace my love for Fox. Natalie was a fun FMC, and the chemistry between her and August was fire. I loved their banter and pranks. I feel some things should have been expanded more on, especially August's time as a SEAL and his trauma. I wish we saw more about what happened exactly with Sam. I also feel as though the end conflict over the loan was fixed too quickly. It was built up throughout the whole book to be a big deal and then it just wasn't. Overall though this is once again another fun and spicy book by Tessa Bailey.

Thank you Net Galley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

“𝑀𝒶𝓎𝒷𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊’𝓋𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓂𝑒𝓃 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝒶𝓈𝓉 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝒹𝑜𝓃’𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝓁𝒶𝒷𝑒𝓁 𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓉 𝑜𝓇 𝒷𝑒 𝓉𝒾𝑒𝒹 𝒹𝑜𝓌𝓃. 𝒲𝑒𝓁𝓁 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉’𝓈 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓂𝑒. 𝒩𝑜𝓉 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝒾𝓉 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝓎𝑜𝓊. 𝐼 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓉𝑜 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓃𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝒾𝓃𝓊𝓉𝑒𝓈 𝓊𝓃𝓉𝒾𝓁 𝓌𝑒’𝓇𝑒 𝒷𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝒶𝓂𝑒 𝒶𝒾𝓇, 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓎 𝐼 𝒹𝑜.”

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭:
•enemies to lovers
•marriage of convenience
•he falls first
•golden retriever MMC
•small town
•top tier banter
•spice

𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬:
Holy moly, I REALLY loved this book! This is book two in Tessa’s A Vine Mess series and I have to say, I enjoyed this one significantly more than the first book - it just did more for me than Secretly Yours (although that one is good also).

The banter in this book was pure magic! We all know that Tessa is the queen when it comes to banter, but she completely outdid herself and I LOVED it! I laughed so much reading this book and when I wasn’t laughing, I was swooning hard. I’m a sucker for marriage of convenience and overprotective MMCs and this book absolutely delivered. This is also a solid enemies to lovers and the more enemies to lovers books that I read, the more I feel like it might be the superior trope - especially combined with marriage of convenience!

Natalie and August had so much chemistry - you could feel it in their brief interaction in Secretly Yours and it only got better from there. August is 100% a new favorite book boyfriend. The way they were always bickering but yet so fiercely protective of each other had me melting. I LOVED that August fell first and he fell 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥! Watching Natalie eventually catch up and realize her feelings for August was so delightful.

If you’re looking for a spicy, hilarious, heartfelt rom com that will have you laughing and swooning, definitely add this to your TBR!

A huge thank you to Avon Books for the gifted copy!

UNFORTUNATELY YOURS is the perfect contemporary romcom tale for the long, hot days on the horizon … because those are sandwiched in between the sexy, sultry nights of Bailey’s bailiwick ... It’s a pleasure to read about characters whose flaws so closely mirror the real world, yet they’re still compelling and dreamy. Bailey writes characters you’d like to have over for dinner, vacation with, or hit the road for an epic adventure with. The perfect balance of strength and vulnerability permeates them and the world they inhabit, along with an addictive openness to love. In short, Unfortunately Yours is a classic Tessa Bailey romance that’ll have you experiencing the whole gamut of emotions in a quick, playful 384 pages. It’s exactly the kind of story we need right now.

*Read the full, original review at All About Romance: https://allaboutromance.com/book-review/unfortunately-yours-by-tessa-bailey/

Loved this one it was so quirky and sweet it was definitely the perfect rom com to read for this summer!

Tessa Bailey has written two unbelievable main characters that I am going to have a hard time getting over! Wow did this book redeem this interconnected series.

Natalie (misunderstood and underestimated former party gal) and August (former navy SEAL golden retriever with a blind cat named Menace!) are top tier in this marriage of convenience romance. Their banter was impeccable, the chemistry was exothermic, and the spice was Tessa Bailey perfection. Her books are charming and hilarious. I was laughing out loud so many times it garnered suspicious looks in public!

Absolutely fantastic read!

4.5 ⭐️ 2.5 🌶️

Such a great sequel. I was excited to read Natalies and Augusts story after meeting them in book 1. The banter and sexual tension between them was incredible. Tessa Bailey wrote another favorite book of mine

Adorable! One bath 🛁 and this book was done. August and Natalie were perfect and their banter had me giggling in the tub. The seggsy time was chefs kiss as well!

Tessa Bailey books are an auto buy for me, they are all amazing and Unfortunately Yours was no different! August is a retired Navy SEAL who is attempting to run a successful winery in Napa but has no idea what he is doing. Natalie has spent the past few years in New York as a financial investor but is back at her family winery after a work risk went wrong.

The two are anything but friends. However when they realize that getting married can help them both achieve their dreams they call a truce.

I loved how supportive August was of Natalie, he wanted to protect her at all costs from the very beginning and the thought of her being hurt or embarrassed clearly caused him pain. He was absolutely perfect for Natalie. He a total badass in life but when it came to Natalie he was an adorable golden retriever.
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🔥: adrenaline

Unfortunately yours was more a comedy of errors that ended in a wonderful love story. While the miscommunication trope was the highlight, the resolve at the end was different from other books I have read, I always enjoy reading Tessa's stories as her characters are relatable.

3.75. Maybe 3.8?? It’s definitely a LOT better than Secretly Yours. Natalie and August are toxic together but like in a hot way, you know? I hated him calling her princess but that’s a personal thing. I was a little bummed that the mean investor guy still did not take her seriously until he saw that she had a hunky ex SEAL husband who said hey man you should listen to her!!! And then suddenly he’s like ya okay after she’s been livid the whole time about men making her dance for money. This felt a bit anti-feminist, which I don't think she was plannign on- I think maybe she was hoping it would come across the opposite. But the plot wasn’t terrible and surprisingly felt more real than Secretly Yours even though the situation is a bit more out there, and I felt like it balanced the smut with the slow burn love a little better than her previous few I’ve read by Tessa Bailey.

After not loving Secretly Yours, Unfortunately Yours is back to the Tessa Bailey we know and love!

This marriage of convenience was full of angst and lots of lust. August is the epitome of the "he falls first" trope, which is just always so fun to read. I loved the chemistry of these two characters and their relationship felt so real. This was just such a fun read.

4⭐️

<b>“Maybe you’ve been with men in the past who don’t want to label shit or be tied down. Well, that’s not me. Not when it comes to you. I want you to count the minutes until we’re breathing the same air again, the way I do.”</b>

When Natalie is fired from her Wall Street job in New York and dumped by her fiancé after a bad business deal, and returns to St. Helena where her family owns a winery and she is a winery heiress. She needs money for her next business venture, but her father refuses to release her trust fund unless she gets married. August owns and operates a small vineyard in honor of his best friend, but makes terrible wine because he’s a trained Navy SEAL, not a winemaker. He needs money to continue to run the vineyard but can’t get a loan. Natalie proposes that she and August get married to solve both of their problems, even though neither of them get along.

August is a puppy dog/himbo and the banter between him and Natalie is pretty funny. This was a really fun and sexy read overall, and my only issue with it was the unnecessary flood scene and act of heroism by August. It felt really weird and totally random, especially remembering that they haven’t even been married for a week. It’s a lot of stuff happening in such a short amount of time, and I would have liked for it to have been more drawn out. Otherwise, this was a good romcom and a lot of fun to read!

<b>“I don’t need any fancy language to know you belong with me.”</b>

𝐿𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝓂𝑒𝒶𝓃𝓈 𝓁𝑒𝓉𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑔𝑜 𝑜𝒻 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓅𝓇𝒾𝒹𝑒

I think we all deserve a big glass of wine and to buy this incredible book! I’ve been going through it the last few weeks and this book is exactly what I needed to put a big ole stupid smile on my face. I couldn’t stop grinning. I think it’s a given fact that romance books make everything better but this book was a total knockout. Unfortunately Yours is the second book in a series set in Napa Valley, but could be read as a standalone. Its an all consuming, passionate, enemies to lovers whirlwind.

After losing her job and her fiancé in one fell swoop, Natalie Vos returned home to her family’s vineyard to lick her wounds and drown her sorrows in cabernet. After a few months she’s finally ready to make her return to NY she just needs her trust fund to finance her new business venture. Unfortunately, the terms require she be marry to get the money. Natalie is desperate enough to propose to a man who makes her want to kill him—and kiss him, in equal measure. August Cates may own a vineyard, but he doesn’t know jack about making wine. He’s determined to do his late best friend proud, no matter what it takes. No bank will give him the loan he needs to turn the business around, until Natalie approaches him with a proposal. Natalie has haunted August's dreams since the moment they met, but their sizzling chemistry immediately morphed into simmering insults. Now, a quickie marriage could help them both. A sham wedding, a few weeks living under the same roof, and then they can go their separate ways—assuming they make it out alive. There’s just one thing they didn’t account for: their unfortunate, unbearable, undeniable attraction.

Tessa Bailey is the queen of dirty talk. It should also be illegal to create such a hot, complex, mature character like August. NEW BOOK BOYFRIEND. Like seriously I’d be running down the alter to marry this man. And Natalie is pretty badass too. Without a doubt this is a must read!

Read if you like:
- Enemies to lovers
- Cinnamon hero
- Marriage of convenience
- Guy falls first
- Complicated Grief
- Forced proximity
- World’s cutest epilogue!

Despite this being the second book in the series, I loved it even more than the first!! Something about these two characters and their crazy chemistry had me absolutely hooked!!

Honestly, you don't need to read Secretly Yours to enjoy the heck out of this one - get ready for a wildly passionate love story between two polar opposites. They're each trying their best to avoid confronting how much they love each other and it causes all sorts of chaos!

Natalie and August both need money, which they can get from Natalie's trust fund. But she needs to be married first. So obviously they'll pull of a sham wedding, take the money and run. Natalie is planning to return to NYC to start her own business while August needs an influx to keep his winery open.

What starts as a sham quickly turns serious, though. It's just that these two love birds won't be honest with themselves or each other!

Absolute 5 stars to this sexy, wild romance. Another smash from Tessa Bailey!

Unfortunately, yours is so much better than the first book. The plot and characters were developed much more than the first book. This was a great fake marriage trope.

This was, by far, my favorite Tessa Bailey to date. I was a swooning the entire time. There was never a lull. I will be recommending this to everyone!

I just think maybe Tessa Bailey isn’t for me. I’ve read one of her other books and it was a little better than this one. I do see the appeal of her books though!

Let’s start with what I liked:
Napa valley
Wine country
Marriage of convenience
Enemies to lovers
SPICE
Quick, easy, fun read.

What I ended up not liking was the relationship between the leads. August was an overprotective male chauvinist and Natalie was supposed to be this independent woman figuring out what she wanted but it didn’t really land. Half of the things that came out of August’s mouth made me what to roll my eyes or throat punch him.

Nothing felt all that developed. I didn’t connect with the characters and they didn’t feel like they had much depth.

I really wanted to love this book but the whole ending I found myself skimming and speed reading just so I could be done with it.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for approving this ARC. This book is out now!

Another great book from Tessa Bailey. So hot but also so emotional and fun. I loved the sparring (flirting) between August and Natalie and also how protective they were of each other. The connection between them was perfect. They were a team from the beginning and I loved it.

Unfortunately Yours is Natalie Vos' story. I really felt for Natalie. Every one underestimated her and treated her like she was just another heiress. She went through a lot of growth throughout the book, and I really enjoyed that. August was not my cup of tea, and that made it hard to feel the chemistry between them. I'm sure he is right for many readers!

As always Tessa Bailey's books are steamy and that part did not disappoint.

Ugh… I loved this so hard! I enjoyed this even more than the first book in the series (and I liked that one a lot). I could relate to the FMC in a way that I did not expect and the MMC is the archetypal man that I’ve come to love from Tessa Bailey because she does them so well. This is definitely a book that I will be rereading over and over again. 4.5 out of 5 wine glasses.