1.75/5

Thank you to NetGalley and Victory Editing for the ARC.

I was really excited about this book after reading the description as it had some of my favourite tropes (enemies to loves, forced proximity, small town) but it ended up being a struggle to finish this book and not DNF it. I just could not get invested in the characters and felt like they had no chemistry. They both gave me the ick throughout the book – personally I feel phrases like "her loins screamed in protest” and “her tits were more buoyant than usual, so he’d been pretty distracted” should not be used seriously in a romance book. I kept reading hoping that the ending of the story would make up for this, but both characters were really stubborn and not great communicators so by the end I almost wanted to throw my Kindle across the room. Again, this is just my personal opinion regarding those tropes.
After reading this book and meeting the MMC of book 3, I don’t think I will be picking up the next one.

Thank you Net Galley, Victory Editing and K.L. Parsons for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

4.5 stars rounded down. I really loved the majority of this book. There's nothing better than two people who despise each other realizing there's a very fine line between love and hate!

I didn't read the first Stranded in Leavenworth book, but I'm absolutely going back to read it. The characters from that story make several appearances in this one. This story focuses on Frankie, a woman who goes back to school for her masters degree and ends up with a very rude (but very sexy) teacher. Turns out they have one very important person in common, and they stand up in his wedding together. There's dual POV and several instances of forced proximity.

I was squealing, laughing, and feeling all the feels while reading this book. I love when two damaged people open up to each other and find love. There's good character development and the story is excellent. The only complaint I have is that there's a grand romantic gesture and then the book ends. There's no falling action, no epilogue and that left it feeling a tad incomplete to me.

Frankie starts off on the completely wrong foot with her hot family law professor. After stumbling in 12 minutes late and unprepared Professor Clark is beyond irked. What is a social worker student doing in a L2 class? Things continue to be dicey with them throughout the semester. After completing the class Frankie is beyond relieved to be done with Professor Prick, but life seems to have other plans. The pair get thrown together and end up stranded together in a remote snowed in cabin. The temperature outside might be freezing, but the cabin is burning with tension between Frankie and Benji. Will Benji and Frankie be able to work through there differences outside the cabin or will their romance fade in the real world?

Enemies to lovers
Grumpy sunshine ☀️
Stranded, forced proximity
One bed
Dual POV

This was a quick, fun read! I enjoyed Frankie’s witty remarks, and funny inner monologue. I wasn’t a fan of Benji, even towards the end. He was rude, insecure, and a bit obtuse. And the structure of the story line felt a bit off. I think it would make more sense if the story started in Leavenworth with flashbacks to the semester. Just felt like a long build-up to the actual story line.

All in all though this was a cute, quick read. This is good for people who like outdoorsy romance adventures with some spice and a grumpy sunshine pair!

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