In an effort to both impress her boss and get close to her office crush, Lydia volunteers to run the NYC marathon for charity and hires Luke to help her get ready. The two immediately hit it off and become friends, sharing about their days and their hopes. As their friendship deepens, Lydia feels herself drawn to Luke, forgetting about her crush.

Read if you like:
-Friends to Lovers
-Sports Romance
-Just Once to Get it Out of Our Systems
-Banter

Meet Me in a Mile was so cute! The banter and chemistry between Luke and Lydia kept me turning pages at a rapid rate. And as a runner, I can tell you that the workout scenes were spot on. I really related to Lydia, because who hasn't agreed to something big to impress someone at some point in their life? And I really admire her for finding her voice.

As someone who runs inconsistently at best, this book made me want to commit and start training for a marathon. I loved the trainer/ trainer relationship and the way that he saw her potential before she did. I appreciated the banter and the connection both characters had and was rooting for Luke all along. Jack was cringy from the beginning and I wanted more closure there, but was happy with the ending regardless. I dislike when characters have feel inconsistent, but overall it was light and fun, full of office politics, but still a good read.

I received an advance review copy for free from the publisher via Netgalley and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

3.5 stars - A delightfully breezy, low stakes romance! Lydia McKenzie has done the unimaginable - well, for her - and signed up to participate on her architecture firm's team for the New York City Marathon. Now she's got five months to become the kind of woman who runs 26.2 miles for fun to avoid embarrassing herself in front of her boss. Enter Luke Townsend, personal trainer and the man Lydia almost doused in coffee the day prior. Between nachos, youth center visits, and a whole lot of running, Lydia and Luke find themselves spending quite a bit of time together, and so what if there's chemistry there, they can be professionals.

Quick and relatively straightforward, Meet Me in a Mile is a sweet romance with a spicy flair. I enjoyed watching Lydia's confidence grow and seeing her remind herself why she loves the work she does, and Luke is an absolute sweetheart with so much passion for helping others, it just made me smile. They, along with the small but charming cast of supporting characters, made for wonderfully fun read!

Thank you to Afterglow Books, Harlequin, and NetGalley for the digital ARC in exchange for an honest review. Opinions expressed in this review are my own.

A solid romance! Mildly spicy

I liked how the career goals of both characters was a focus point. As far as personal growth, that part was kinda lacking, which made the characters somewhat hard to connect with.

A quick, fun read

I thought this was a very cute romcom and I enjoyed reading it. I appreciated that both Lydia and Luke were fleshed out characters with their own goals in this book. Their relationship never felt one sided which was nice. This book had an added bonus of making me want to get back into running! This was a quick light read and I would definitely recommend it to others.

I was so excited to be approved for an ARC of this book! I thought the premise was really cute, and as someone who is obsessed with marathon training TikToks (lol my algorithm is diverse) I was excited to see how the FMC progressed in her running and her romantic life, With that being said, I did not find myself obsessed with the FMC, unfortunately! I think she made a lot of weird excuses for her co-worker and really took a minute to realize that the MMC was a catch? I found I was not really rooting for her as much as I would have liked! Overall, the book was a quick, easy, light read, that was exactly what I was looking for when I downloaded the book.

Thank you to the publishers and NetGalley for allowing me to have an ARC!

Should we go download Couch to 5k and start an audiobook now? :)

Love may be a marathon, but Lydia never expected to literally have to run for it!

Lydia finds herself in a Crazy situation. She is not a runner, but she signs up for the New York City Marathon as part of her architectural firm’s outreach program. Her motivation? To catch the eye of her office crush.

Lydia has to get help from personal trainer Luke Townsend!

This book was absolutely adorable! From start to finish, it was an easy and enjoyable read.

The meet-cute between Lydia and Luke had me laughing out loud, truly!

Lydia’s determination to complete the marathon was so impressive, especially given her initial inexperience with running.

If you love workplace drama, fitness themes, and friends to lovers you will love this book!

Thank you NetGalley and Harlequin for this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

This was just okay for me! While it was cute, it was hard to get into. I didn’t seem to click with either of the characters.

Their meet cute was adorable! And there was good banter.

I enjoyed this book much more than I thought. I am not a huge fan of fluffy rom-coms without some emotional grit to them, and I wasn't sure if this book would give me that emotional grit-- But it did. I was drawn to this books because I love to see goal driven FMC and the premise sounded cute. I really enjoyed the characters and felt like their chemistry was great and believable. The real growth experienced added to the believability of the story itself. It was just so much more than a cute rom-com and I feel like it has a lot of themes that are universally palatable and a lot of people can and will enjoy this book.

I absolutely loved this book. As a runner the author was informed about running technique, training and races. The characters had great character development. The characters were lovable and not annoying. You follow a woman’s journey to running a marathon for her company, her crush on a co-worker and eventually where she ends up for her future. Alongside her you’re following her trainer, his dreams, his crush and his struggles. I loved the banter, the realness and the spice level which wasn’t gross or overly done. Cute romcom best I’ve read this year.

Meet Me in a Mile is a dual POV friends-to-lovers romance. Determined to impress her boss and catch the eye of her office crush, Lydia signs up for the NYC marathon. After literally running into Luke at the gym, she hires him to be her marathon coach. When her office crush seems to be noticing her it feels like everything is going according to plan, but she wasn’t counting on feelings for Luke developing and derailing her course!

I really enjoyed this one! As an ex-runner, I felt Lydia’s pain as she committed to an intense training plan! As a fan of friends-to-lovers, I really enjoyed the developing relationship between Lydia and Luke- their banter and playfulness as well as their support of each other’s dreams!


Read dates: 08/14/2024 - 08/16/2024
Goodreads review: 08/16/2024
Instagram review: 08/16/2024
Blog review: 09/24/2024

Thanks to NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for a review.

This book was delightful. It was a fun read with some great characters and development. As a person who HATES running that part was definitely my least favorite, but Lydia and Luke definitely make up for that with their relationship and dynamics.

Lydia McKenzie is not a runner. Not even close. But in her quest to be taken seriously at work—and catch the eye of her office crush—she signs up for the New York City Marathon as part of her architectural firm’s outreach program. Now she just needs to avoid making a fool of herself. Thankfully, she knows how to outsource.
Personal trainer Luke Townsend is definitely a runner, and he’s exactly what Lydia needs to get in shape: experienced, motivational, funny, kind, well muscled… And when he and Lydia bond over her redesign of the Manhattan Youth Center, a place near and dear to Luke’s heart, their training time intensifies from hitting the pavement to hitting the sheets. Still counts as a workout, right?
Suddenly, everything Lydia thought she wanted feels less clear, but she’s determined not to let a little unplanned indiscretion derail her goals. There’s no reason she and Luke can’t keep training as if they don’t share mind-blowing chemistry. They’re professionals. But when her project proposal suddenly hangs in the balance, and her office crush offers some awfully tempting one-on-one help, she’ll have to decide which direction her heart wants to run.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (4/5)
Am I a runner? No way. Does this book seriously make me consider trying it out? Yes! Meet Me in a Mile was the perfect lighthearted romance. The backdrop of New York through all of the runs, plus the unique addition of all of the gym and architecture b-plots made this a great read. My only problem with it is now I think I can run a marathon so long as I find a trainer like Luke. Mind you I don’t think I’ve ever ran a mile in my life without gasping for air after. Highly recommend!!

(I will post on social media on publication day)

👩🏻‍💻 ᗰY TᕼOᑌGᕼTS: 3.5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️✨

This was such a sweet story! I loved how Luke and Lydia just literally fell into each other time and time again. After the midway mark though the story was starting to fall a little short for me, and I found myself starting to skim over some of ‘inner thoughts’ moments…. And I found myself just wanting to get back to the good banter Luke and Lydia had for each other!

In the end the story was a quick and fun read and I enjoyed the main story line!

𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸…
💙He Falls First
💙Close Proximity
💙Funny Banter
💙Open Door
💙Dual POV

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

I liked Luke, but Lydia could be sort of annoying. Although there was good banter, I didn't feel like there was a lot of chemistry between the main characters.

The big plot points were also pretty predictable (which wasn't a negative thing for me but may be for other people).

Thanks to NetGalley and Harlequin for the ARC.

Absolutely loved!

OK, yes, there was quite a bit of internal screaming OMG, girl, Jack is totally playing you! going on in my head during the last half of the book, but everything ends up exactly as it should in the end so we're good.

Though when the words "meet me in a mile" actually show up in the book, I can't lie--there were legitimate tears in my eyes.

I'll absolutely be looking for more from this author! (But I'm still never going to run a marathon...)

Rating: 4 1/2 stars / A

I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.

As a runner, I loved the concept of a running romance. I do think the running was realistic as well, which is always good in a sports romance.

I liked Luke, but Lydia could be sort of annoying. Although there was good banter, I didn't feel like there was a lot of chemistry between the main characters.

The big plot points were also pretty predictable (which wasn't a negative thing for me but may be for other people).

Thanks to NetGalley and Harlequin for the ARC.

I received an arc of this title from NetGalley for an honest review. I enjoyed this book, as well as the characters. Had great dialogue, back drop, side stories, and tension.

Lydia has an office crush and jumps the gun agreeing to run the NYC Marathon to impress him. Enter her sexy trainer, Luke.
I loved this so much. Perfect little bits of spice and drama. The supportiveness of Lydia and Luke's relationship was so sweet. Highly recommend.
Thank you to NetGalley, Afterglow Books by Harlequin and Elizabeth Hrib for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

This book felt like reading a hallmark movie. Pretty predictable arc but I still read to the very end.

I wish they had committed more to making the work guy a villain. Seemed like he got a big out since he didn’t really mean to steal the FMC’s proposal idea and immediately withdrew the submission.

Also, the romance felt a little too easy. Especially when they just came back together with minimal conversation.

Overall, critiques aside, just what you’d expect from a quick romance novel.