Beg, Borrow, or Steal by Sarah Adams is another excellent book in the When In Rome series. I loved this book for the main characters, for the world Adams has created, and for the adventures the MCs have. I highly recommend reading all of the books in order just so you get to know their world, but you can read them as standalones.

I absolutely devoured this book! I loved Sarah Adams and couldn't wait for this next book. It was cozy, heartwarming, and just downright adorable. There was a ton more spice throughout the book, but it still made the book work. I loved the trope being childhood friends to lovers. I can't wait to see what's next!

I absolutely love Sarah Adams books and Beg Borrow or Steal is one of my new favorites from her When in Rome series!

This is a rivals to lovers contemporary romance novel full of banter, wit and all the characters we have known to love from Rome Kentucky. I was so giddy reading this book and always love a dual point of view in a romance novel 🙌

There's just something special about Emily and Jack ❤️ I enjoyed reading about their past traumas and how they worked through it together and with the people they trust!

What I also really enjoy about these books and Sarah's writing is how she makes you fall in love with not just her main characters but all the side characters as well.

It's cheesy, it's light and heartwarming , it's an easy page turner and includes a swoon worthy MMC 😍

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Thank you @netgalley for the digital ARC in exchange for my honest review

this book had me completely in my feels. I found Emily so relatable, as I am also an eldest daughter who as trouble letting people in. I just loved the fact that she didn't really have to change anything about herself to be loved, she just had to find someone who would love her in the way she needed and deserved to be loved.

I also really admire the courage both Jack and Emily had when it came to writing, and how they really helped each other become more confident in sharing their work with the world.

Sarah Adams never fails to make me laugh and cry over fictional characters. And I cannot wait to read about the final Walker sibling finding love.

This is Sarah Adams's best work so far! Funny and heart warming, Beg, Borrow and Steal will have readers laughing and crying at the same time as they fall for both Jackson and Emily. Sarah has a knack for making characters feel like real people and fleshing out Rome KY to the point where a reader will want to move there.

I adored the characters in this book and just loved this story of enemies to lovers who teach together. The banter was fun and yet another story set in Rome, Kentucky that had me thinking Stars Hollow. There is a bit of spice but the author provides the chapters to skip if you don’t want to read it. I love all of these characters and look forward to hopefully more stories set in Rome. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing an advanced reader copy of this wonderful little love story

Just when I thought I couldn't love anyone else in Rome, Kentucky, Sarah Adams threw in Jackson Bennett and the nemesis chemistry between him and Emily Walker is delicious! I adored the first two books and FMCs but this one is definitely my favorite of the three. It is a quick, cute and fun read. Solid 4 stars for the glasses, motorcycle scene and pen names. Definitely recommend if you enjoy enemies to lovers or just need a quick escape to a cute town full of cute lovers.

Starting the year off with a bang! Another successful trip back to Rome, KY and I can wait to go back one!

Sarah Adams has filled this little town with amazing characters and given them all such heartfelt, fun, unique stories. The main characters have great depth and are relatable. The side characters are fun and I always want more of everyone. Do yourself a favor and grab this book, you won’t be disappointed!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for providing me a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Really wanted to like this book, i think the plot oversold the story. I couldn't help but feel it was underdeveloped. It was a lighthearted & cozy read but nothing really stuck out to me once i finished it

Sarah literally never misses. The banter was top tier and this book just makes your heart expand with all the things

When in Rome was one of the first ARCs I ever read, so these characters will always have a special place in my heart. But these two would have a special place in my heart anyway, because they are so wonderful 😭

Emily is so loyal and loving and stoic - her entire life is oriented around making sure nobody else ever has to feel the way she does. She holds everything inside and projects only love and capability. Except toward Jack - who, for reasons that bewilder him and probably everyone else - she feels comfortable being volatile toward.

And Jack, who has spent his entire life spinning in place for his father to either look at him with kindness or not at all, is a ray of sunshine and earnestness. He sees Emily’s sharp edges and he LOVES them because they are real.

Their banter is so good, the way they reflect and refract off each other is marvelous. I love them and I would die for them.

OMG! I just read Beg, Borrow, or Steal and it is SO GOOD! I read it in one day because I couldn't put it down. One minute I was grinning like a fool, the next I was laughing 0ut loud and then I was crying.....and the pattern kept repeating! All of Sarah Adams's books are incredible, but I think this is her best so far. And if you thought the scene in The Cheat Sheet in which Bree tells Nathan that it is only fair that she see him naked was fire, just wait for the scene-blocking chapter.....

These characters were both incredible people who were both hurting. They were perfect for each other. I have loved all of the Rome, Kentucky books. Rome, Kentucky is a real place and since I live in southern Indiana, I would visit there in a heart beat if I thought that the world Sarah built was real. All of the main characters have been incredible, but so have the supporting characters. I would love to hang out with Mabel and hang out at Hank's.

I don't give a lot of 5 stars because they don't seem as special that way. A really good book for me is a 4....a book I won't be able to stop thinking about for several days is a 5. It will be several days before I will be able to stop thinking about these characters and this story. Thank you, Sarah!

5 stars | Recommend

I have to start off by saying that I was NOT a fan of Practice Makes Perfect, so I was hesitant going into this book, but I have to say I was so unbelievably happy I gave this series another try! I was smiling, giggling, and kicking my feet throughout the whole book. The banter, the tension, the undeniable attraction. If I didn't have to work, I would have ate this up in hours; I couldn't put it down.

I see so much of myself in Emily and relate to Jack with his family home life. Their dynamic is definitely one for the books, no pun intended. They both read and understand each other so well from bickering for over a decade. They don't sugarcoat things with each other and stay honest. If they have a question about the other, it will be asked and answered. For so-called rivals, their communication is quite admirable. Once they both start thinking about *potentially* being friends, their relationship really develops and they both show their vulnerability. On Jack's end, I think it is really beautiful how soft he can be with Emily and her feelings and gives her a safe space while she doesn't quite know how to explain them to herself. I am so impressed with both of their growth and character development.

Sarah Adams truly wrote them as if it is your own sibling or friend's story. There was something healing for myself in this book; probably things I have felt, and didn't know how to explain, were so perfectly articulated. I can see myself thinking about this book quite often for a long time.

it's absolutely not shocking at all that miss sarah adams has outdone herself once again!!

jack and emily's story is so incredibly special. i loved witnessing their honest banter, their willingness to relearn each other, and how jack shows up for the desires in emily's heart.
the romance itself was special, but sarah's ability to write such powerful family dynamics makes her books so distinct from others in the game. both emily and jack have to navigate some darker themes in their immediate family lives and each subject was handled with perfectly balanced delicacy and punch.

I'm not ready to leave Rome Kentucky... please tell me I don't have to yet.

I didn't realize this was the third book in a series that's been on my TBR (and waiting on Libby hold limbo) for awhile. But I was excited to get an early ARC and couldn't wait to read it. I didn't have to worry at all since it's great as a standalone. Emily and Jackson were written perfectly as a rivals to lovers. The rivals relationship as teachers and neighbors was full of snarky banter, then when he returns they become reluctant allies with a common goal and plenty of sexual tension, and finally when they give in to their explosive chemistry. The writing just flowed and I was flipping pages to see what they would do or say next.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advance copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Review to come! 4.75/5

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Emily and Jack were more than I'd hoped for. I didn't love Emily in the first two books, so I wasn't sure how I'd feel about her, but she was such a dynamic character!

Jack had me laughing and giggling and commiserating with him.

Their banter? 10/10. 🤣❤️

The enemies to lovers? The character growth? The family bonds for both of them? I adored all it.

Sarah Adams is a go to author for me!

This is a classic scrumptious Sarah Adams book. It has the heartwarming and cute details that I loved from When In Rome. I feel like the synopsis may not have done the book justice especially because preventing her boss from reading her novel seemed like a smaller part of the total book even though it was the catalyst for their whole relationship. If I were to critique it though, I would say that I didn't really understand the rivalry? It seemed a little juvenile, but nothing to put me off of the book. Also, I loved that the book felt much deeper than what I was expecting. The situation with Jack's dad was a good touch to add to the story and the third act conflict wasn't an "eye roll." So, overall I enjoyed the read! One more thing. I liked how I could see the couples from the previous two books AND you can totally see who the couple will be in the next book!!

I think it's my time to break up with this author's writing. The story was good, the relationship with the siblings had so much potential, however I just felt like the rise was so boring and it made no sense to the actual story and what it was really about. I almost gave up so many times.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an early copy in exchange for an honest review, as always all words are my own.

This small town, rivals to lovers story with fantastic banter/tension will be a top read for 2025. Sarah Adams delivered a fun and engaging story that has left me smiling after finishing the book. This book provided a delightful escape from everyday life. Beg, Borrow, or Steal would be perfect for a romance book club pick!

So thankful I got an arc of this book. This is a great continuation of the lives of the Walker siblings. Emily related to me very deeply & made my love for the siblings grow even more. Jackson was so similar to her but had a different life which I loved. Rome, Kentucky keeps getting bigger and I love it.