Marcus and Billie were childhood sweethearts, until she broke his heart and chose her family over her future with him. When Marcus returns home when his family needs him, he is surprised to see Billie running the local bakery. Billie has accepted that a HEA is not on the cards for her, and thinks that she and Marcus need closure, but things do not go to plan.
This is a well written story which has family, friendships, emotions, secrets, grumpy /sunshine, opposites attract, enemies / lovers, second chances, humor, witty banter, redemption, healing, and love, which leads to an entertaining, and spicy, small town romance.
I look forward to reading more from this talented author whose work I highly recommend.

✨𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰✨

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: ⭐️⭐️
𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: 🌶️🌶️
𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬: 7 & 11
𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧: 35%
𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐬: Small town romance, second chance romance
𝐏𝐎𝐕: 3rd person, Dual POV
𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Single
𝐊𝐔: No

Unfortunately, this one didn’t work for me. I love a good small-town romance, but I’m firmly in the camp that says enemies-to-lovers is tough to pull off in contemporary romance. In this case, they weren’t really enemies, they were exes, and the MMC was just a straight-up jerk. I never liked him, and I spent the whole book hoping the FMC would stop giving him the time of day.

Usually, I’m a sucker for a grand gesture, but by the time it came around, I didn’t even care. It felt totally out of place, like the MMC had a full-on personality transplant. These two didn’t need a reunion; they needed therapy.

I was also put off by how quickly the couple got back together. He treated her terribly, and she just fell into bed with him? There was zero progression in the romance, it just happened. Honestly, it felt like I skipped a couple of chapters. On top of that, they kept having the same argument over and over again, which made things feel repetitive rather than emotionally layered.

I was really looking forward to this one, so I’m genuinely bummed that it didn’t work for me. That said, I’ll still check out the other books in the series and hope they work better for me. As for the audiobook, even though this is single narration, I think the narrator did an excellent job with all the voices, making each one distinct.

Marcus and Billie are adorable in this book. This is a second chance romance. I love this author. I have not read a bad book from her yet! 5 stars

Many thanks to Net Galley and Dreamscape Media for an audio ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I really liked this book, i listened to an audiobook of it. i was mostly listening to it while baking or cooking so it was really fitting and probably made me like the book more that way haha. This was actually one of the best audiobooks i've listened to (to be fair i've listened to only a few but still hah). This is a second chance romance about childhood sweethearts who broke up 10 years ago and now meet again, the conflict was always ongoing.. well i know this can be it for some people to want to read it so PLEASE DO ITS REALLY GOOD.

Samantha Chase's books always leave me with a smile on my face, and I thoroughly enjoyed Seeing You.

I've found you can read the books in this series in any order, Chase does such a lovely job of filling us in on all the characters in her universes, and it's the same with this one. I've read several Donovan stories and I've loved them all.

The audio version of Seeing You is nicely performed by Carly Robins.

Thank you NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for the ARC of this audiobook for my honest review

A nice romance , I felt like it had great tension and a unique plot. However it was a fast character change, not unrealistic I just think it was a bit of whiplash. Plus I like an mmc that I can kind of like from the start and he just isn’t. He ended great but that’s too long. Though for the romance I was happy and I enjoyed it.

"Seeing You" is the next installment in the Donovan's series. It's been a lot of fun watching the Donovan siblings find their partners, and in this story, Billie is reunited with her former fiancé, Marcus, something she never thought would happen.

The author does a wonderful job of making readers "feel all the feels" that a sweet romance story brings, and second-chance romances are always enjoyable to me.

Even though I just finished reading Billie and Marcus's story, I can't waiat for the next installment in the series!

Thank you to Samantha Chase, Dreamscape Media, and NetGalley for an advance review copy.

This was a NO for me.
I found the mmc to be very annoying and a walking red flag.
The audio isn't bad, but not a fav. I think part of it was that I hated the mmc so much I couldn't get into the male narrator.

Life is hard. Sometimes you have to make devastating decisions. Billie had to make just such a decision when she walked away from Marcus. It wasn't easy and it was truly painful but she did it for her family and has moved on.

Marcus just walks into her bakery one day. Handsome, self-assured and with an attitude that he was wronged!

Billie is mad that he is bringing up all the feelings she finally got past and is forcing her to reflect and reconsider the choices she made. She is torn.
She sees her family in happy relationships and wonders if she made a mistake.

Marcus is stuck. He returned to take care of his father who is sick. He can't go anywhere but is not sure he wants to.

They have a talk to get closure but that's not the result. It's more like a door creaking back open. There are still good feelings there under a lot off bad ones and more than a little attitude.

Can they both be vulnerable enough to see if they can rekindle their relationship again?

This was a cute little small town, second chance romance. The MMC was pretty insufferable for a good portion of the book but he grew on me eventually. There was a lot of miscommunication/poor communication that got very frustrating at times. However, overall I really enjoyed the story. I wish it was dual/duet narration but the narrator still did a wonderful job.

Thank you Net Galley and Dreamscape Media for my free ALC in exchange of an honest review

I have never read anything by this author, but I will be looking out for other books they write in the future. I really enjoyed the story as well as the pacing of the story.

A sweet, small town, second chance romance. Billie and Marcus broke up 10 years ago, and now that he’s back in town, they can’t help being drawn back to each other. It takes pretty much the entire book for them to resolve the issues that broke them up in the first place, which I liked.

Thanks NetGalley for the free audio copy in exchange for an honest review.

This is the fourth book in the The Donovans: Sweetbriar Ridge Series, a Small Town Romance. I love this series! Billie and Marcus's second chance romance is beautifully written, and heartwarming. This is a great second chance, enemies to lovers standalone romance. chance. Carly Robins did a great job bringing this story to life. #NetGalley

I received a copy of this audiobook from netGalley for a honest review.

I love Samantha Chase novels and the Donavan Family is a favorite of mine. I was looking forward to Billie's story for a while since she seems to take care of everyone and had a tragic backstory. I like this book a lot though I wasn't always happy with Marcus's actions or his reasoning but he eventually makes up for it. A feel good story.

The book was a very typical romance with nothing iumping out at me as memorable. It was enjoyable, but not something I would read again or rave about. The narrator is boring. Need to liven it up with diet or dual narration and I think that would help a lot.

If you love, Love and Other Words, Variation, Happy Place, and Final Offer, you should read Seeing You! This is a cute small town, second chance romance. Similar to small town authors like Elsie Silver and Deveny Perry, the Donovan Series is actually interconnected standalones, so you can read them in any order!

Thank you Net Galley and Dreamscape Media for my free ALC in exchange of an honest review!

Taylor song: If This Was A Movie

“Come back to me like you would before you said “it’s not that easy”

Seeing You is a sweet fade-to-black romance featuring Billie, a former finance professional who moves back to her hometown and becomes a local baker, and Marcus, her childhood best friend and boyfriend of 10 years, who stayed behind when Billie headed back to Sweetbriar Ridge.

This story was very cute and enjoyable. By no means the pinnacle of romance books but fun nonetheless. The narration did a great job, and I thought the small town setting was really fun! I would’ve liked to have seen more depth in the characters’ stories and more background info or flashbacks from their relationship.

Marcus was kind of a red flag for a lot of the book, but I think his turn around mostly redeems him - though I would’ve liked that to be a little more fleshed out too.

All that being said, I enjoyed this book for what it was, and I’m very tempted to read the other books in the series now. I’m wondering if reading them first would have enhanced my reading experience for this book, though it can definitely be read as a standalone.

Thank you to NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for the ALC in exchange for the honest review!

I enjoy listening to Samantha Chase's audiobooks. I love small-town, contemporary romance. This storyline was heartwarming and the characters are easy to like. The narrators brought this book to life with emotional performances that had it rolling like a movie in my head.

I had missed a couple books in the series, but I didn’t feel a bit lost. This author is way less spicy than I typically read, but a good story is a good story. I’m not usually a fan of second chance stories, but it seems like that’s been changing. This one was really well done. Billie finally gets her chance. She’s always the one looking after everyone else. Marcus couldn’t get away from Sweetbriar fast enough, but it’s looking a lot better now.

Aw! This is a cute one. Once lovers, now enemies. Billie is reunited with her ex when he comes into town to care for his father. There is much animosity between the two. It doesn’t look like there is going to be a resolution anytime soon. Her ex does not understand why she gave up her high profile, high paying job in the city to become a baker. He feels like she gives too much to her family and does not take care of herself.

This is a sweet story. Very enjoyable and easy to listen to. 3.5 stars rounded up to four.