Love in Bloom
Author: Lucy Eden
Reviewer: Jen
Rating: B
What I’m Talking About:
Love in Bloom is a journey of self-discovery for Emma. She’s spent her whole life preparing to be the perfect society wife but a twist of fate helps her understand her true desires. And she accepts these changes without a lot of fuss, working to find happiness in her new town and on the farm.
Emma also learns some hard lessons like learning to ask for and accept help from others. Learning to listen to what others what and need and not what she thinks they need. It takes time, and Emma nearly ruins her new life and the town she’s promised to protect, but in the end she shines.
Her romance with Dan is simple and easy, which is an eye opener. She’s never had someone meet her as an equal partner or offer to take care of her and insist she take care of herself. The pair grows close quickly after an immediate connection and attraction.
The big secret on the farm is pretty obvious and revealed fairly quickly. I have questions about why things are done the way they are and why it’s such a forbidden secret in today’s day and age, but it works for the story. I was also a bit confused on how much time was passing because it seems contradictory at times, but again, it doesn’t impact the enjoyment of the story.
Love in Bloom is a lovely small town romance between two individuals finding their perfect other half. It’s a quick, enjoyable read.
My Rating: B Liked It — Recommend
Jen
About the Book:
In this hilarious and steamy rom-com, a hardworking city woman unexpectedly inherits her grandparents’ farm that comes equipped with a handsome horticulturist.
After a flat tire leads to the roughest morning of Emmaline Walter’s life, she finally arrives to her estranged grandparents’ will reading—fifteen minutes late. And she quickly finds out that her day is far from over: She’s inherited a farm. And the Green Acres farm manager, Danesh Pednekar, is smoking hot with a deep voice that she feels in her belly—and other places that she probably shouldn’t.
Emma can’t even keep a goldfish alive, not to mention all the houseplants she’s massacred over the years. But when her big-city PR job goes bust, she has nothing to lose and might as well give the farm life a try. Over the course of her clumsy mistakes and learned lessons, she gets closer and closer to Dan. But when she comes across a locked door in the farm’s giant greenhouse, she soon discovers what she thought was a struggling farm is something else entirely—a thriving medical marijuana business. And to make matters worse, the entire town is in on the secret.
So when the farm—which many townsfolk lives depend on—is threatened by outside powers, Emma will need a plan and help. Can she get over that Dan was lying to her the whole time for their chance to save the farm . . . and the love growing between them?
Release Date: November 12, 2024
Publisher: Forever
Series: Standalone
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format(s): paperback (368 pages), e-book, audiobook
Book Source: Publisher / NetGalley
Purchase Info:
Amazon (affiliate link)