Author: Adrian J. Smith
Genre: Contemporary Romance 🌶️
Tropes: Age Gap, Small Town, Forced Proximity
Series: Indigo B&B #1
Pages: 250
Published: April 4th, 2020
Format: ebook (KU), audiobook (libby)
Started: 06-28-2024
Finished: 06-29-2024
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synopsis
Anxiety ridden Sarah finds more than she bargained for in a no-nonsense rancher and baby cow.
Taking her best friend’s advice, Sarah travels to Indigo B&B to distract herself from her upcoming tour. Instead, she comes face-to-face with Indigo’s ruggedly alluring owner, Eli. The vision of strength and confidence, Eli evokes Sarah’s envy as well as an undeniable attraction. Sarah wonders if there is more beneath Eli’s façade and how deep both their demons go.
Eli wants nothing more than to fit into her tiny hometown. When singer-songwriter Sadie Bade shows up for two weeks at her new B&B, Eli fights her attraction, playing it off as star struck. As the days wear on, and Eli learns more about the enigmatic Sarah, she finds it impossible to keep up the pretense. But when her ex-girlfriend hints at getting back together, Eli is left with an equally impossible choice . . . what will she give up for Sarah?
rant
- I am such a sucker for small town romance (thanks a lot auntie)
- Decent book w/ a good narrator for the audiobook ‐ although I thought Eli’s voice was a bit deep
- Will definitely try to read some of the other books in this series
- I liked that it was a slow burn and the will they wont they tension & angst
- Eli was a very confusing character w/ her hot and cold energy but I still liked her ‐ I liked that she was very honest and up front w/ Sarah about her concerns w/ continuing their relationship outside of their two weeks
- Sarah was sweet but I’m not gonna lie I thought it was weird that she was 41 and Eli was 28 ‐ it caught me a little off guard
- I liked the pacing and that it had a lot of space to explore what the characters lives were like on their own after the two weeks was up
- I wish they would have had a proper goodbye scene
- Would read again
noted & quoted
- “The ones you loved the hardest will always hurt no matter how much time passes.”
- all of their interactions w/ Buddy (baby cow)
- getting caught in the truck by Eli’s ex
- Sarah surprising Eli & vice versa
- angsty couch scene
- first call after Sarah left the first time
