Get ready for cozy fall reads with a few of my favourites.

I left my heart in Sugar Maple Farms, and I can’t wait to Rush back…

Welcome back to Sugar Maple Farms where we catch up with Ash and Rusty. 

Our fourth trip to Sugar Maple Farms is here as we get reacquainted with The Janes and get to know Ash & Rusty a bit better. He’s the VP of Agricultural Distribution & Retail Ops and she’s the CMO for Jane & Co. But where Rusty has memorized Ash’s intricacies like a baseball card, she is just getting up to speed with what makes Rusty the man he is.

When Rusty isn’t working at the farm, he can be found helping a neighbour, working one of the fruit stands or supporting Jane & Co with their latest marketing endeavour.

Ash? She’s on top of the world with a new pitch that will support the town, that is until someone unexpected from her past becomes a VERY visible presence in her new world.

 What I loved:

• The small nods to the first three books

• The way Ash takes the time to get to know Rusty for who he truly is.

• The quiet moments they spend together.

• Ash finally gets to meet Rusty’s tummy waffles

• The way they support one another, in celebration and in hard moments.

Kate knocks it out of the park once again with our fourth trip to Sugar Maple Farms. I have genuinely loved the first three pairs we’ve met but didn’t expect to be so impacted by book four. These characters will stick in my mind for a while.

This was my first Rachel Magee book and it will not be my last.

From the first time we meet each character to the way each story line is wrapped up, I loved every moment.

We first meet Helena & her teacher best friend Landon as Helena prepares to spend her mother’s wedding weekend with ‘The Perfects’ on a remote Florida island. Helena ropes Landon into joining her for moral support but when they arrive to The Maddox home in Florida, Landon quickly finds out the biggest surprise of the weekend may be his own.

Enter Helena’s soon to be step-sister and Landon’s “one that got away”.

I went into this read somewhat blind which had been my favourite way to read Advanced Reader Copies as of late and it was one wonderful surprise after another.

This storyline has 4 points of view & each one adds value and perspective to the storyline of 4 individuals to who together and find the pieces of themselves that they once thought lost.

It’s a 10/10 and now I can’t wait to read more from Rachel.

Disclaimer: I received both the Advanced Reader and Listener copies from Netgalley. I both listened and real the book and found myself preferring to read the book and develop the sound of each character in my own mind.

All thoughts and expressions in this review are my own.

Thank you to Netgalley and TNZ Fiction for the opportunity.

say yes to life this summer with Courtney Walsh

Will the disruptors of your life lead you to say YES to living one?

Kelsey was living a perfectly adequate (observer) life when a literal run-in lands her in the hospital. While coming to the realization of where she is, she also recognizes she's not alone, and her new roommate is anything but happy with it. Enter: Georgina Tate. Makeup mogul & all around boss of a female business owner.

Note: I received an advanced listener copy of this book courtesy of netgalley. All thoughts and reviews are my own. In fact, I was actively reading the copy I purchased myself when I received the advanced audio copy and switched to listening.

meet the hawthorne brothers

This may be the most well-rounded set of professionals in one family, and the Hawthorne brothers have big stories. From the will-they, won’t-they of best friends to more than friends, grumpy bosses, enemies to lovers and a movie star straight from Hollywood, this family has it all. Special mention to the female members of the family because they more than hold their own in this Hawthorne family saga.

isadora is turning 30 and it’s time for a change

A woman who has decided she is better on her own, Isadora sees a list of how to be happy and sets out to disprove it. She’s a woman of research after all, she knows science and trusts in data implicitly.