4.1 star for this.

The story consists of your 2 main characters, Rhys who's a carpenter by trade and Katie who work's in the art industry designing greeting cards. Both single, both end up at a week-long trip to a singles getaway called 'Last Resort'.

I really enjoyed this story! Last Resort is a lighthearted read. The book is witty and I did find myself chuckling along the more I read on. The attraction between Katie and Rhys is there almost instantly, the build up is flirty and innocent, and sparks are flying in all directions. I found myself turning the pages just to see if they get their HEA.

I was given an ARC copy for a honest review.

This was a good read.

Katie is a greeting card artist. She been disenchanted about relationships since she just coming out of a bad one. When her family keeps nagging her with dates she tells them she will go on this trip to the resort they sign her up Ford they promise not to nag her about her live life.

Rhys is a woodworker she loves her work and she romantic at heart. She knows there someone out there for her when she learns that a resort called Last Resort is having lesbian singles week she decides to see if she can find love.

When Katie and Rhys meet they hit ii off but Katie tells her she just here to get her family off her back and that she not looking for anything. Rhys who feels something is there between respect Katie wishes as they both begin a friendship they still have to participate and date other singles.

I like the different dates they went on and activities they did. I like that they both had supporting families.


I received an ARC copy of this book from the Publisher via Netgalley and voluntarily leaving my review.

In Last Resort, the author took a catnip forced-proximity/arranged dating premise and turned it into a bore. Of the two heroines, one (Rhys) was immensely more likeable than the other (Katie); it was difficult to understand why Rhys fell head-over-heels in love with Katie. Love at first sight is commonly deployed in romance novels, but usually there is some reasoning behind it—in this case, I genuinely have no idea what Rhys saw in Katie that made her so attached. The whole book felt uneven, and I couldn't sympathize with Katie's desire to reject all forms of romantic love. Her feelings for Rhys only crystalized when she became horrendously jealous of someone Rhys went on a date with. Katie was quick to demean and fume at this other girl, and that didn't quite sit right with me as a reader. It made Katie less relatable, not more.

One thing that particularly bothered me was how the author handled an ace character who made a brief appearance. Rhys had a bad reaction to the character coming out, but then shared that she had an ace friend and recommended resources for the ace character to seek out. Rhys's reactions were confusing, and the way the character was represented felt one-dimensional. The whole thing felt reductive and shoe-horned in for the sake of "diversity."

My quibbles with the plot aside, what made this book truly painful to finish was the writing. This book needs a solid, heavy-handed edit—from word repetition to awkward dialogue to telling instead of showing, this book suffered from many mistakes. (Hilariously though, it took forever for me to figure out what the characters looked like!) I've powered through poor prose when I've been interested in the plot of characters; I finished this book because of the sunk-cost fallacy (plus it was an ARC). Resist the enticing set-up; it's not executed well and there are many other Bold Strokes Books lesfic books to read instead.


I received an advanced readers copy of this book from Bold Strokes Books via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

True to be told I was hooked by the cover of this book.
This ws just a regular romance novel.
Romance between two beautiful single woman.
Nothing truly blew me away.
Just 2 stars...

I like this book. I like the premise of the lesbian singles resort and the variety of women there showed some different reasons for singlehood that engendered sympathy. The main characters were likeable enough though they definitely each had their issues. There were many secondary characters with lots of personalities. This sweet romance is a nice departure from the typical. I received an ARC of this book from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

2.5 stars. Katie is a greeting card artist whose family forces her to go on a singles retreat at a resort's lesbians-only week. She's not excited about it, having been badly hurt by her last relationship, but she agrees to go and try to enjoy herself anyway. On the first day she meets Rhys, beautiful and confident woodworker, who is looking for love. The two become friends over the week, but a mutual attraction causes consternation for each (for different reasons--Katie because she's determined to remain single, and Rhys because she knows Katie isn't interested in a relationship).

The San Francisco-area retreat center where they spend the week sounds awesome. I wondered if it's based on a real place. The retreat staff send the participants out on adventure dates all week, everything from ropes courses to Chinatown shopping. It's clear Williams has real affection for the Bay Area.

The premise of this story was intriguing, but the execution didn't quite live up to its promise. Williams has a tendency to both show and tell things, repeating herself sometimes almost word-for-word. For example, a character will think something and then repeat it aloud for the benefit of others. I read an ARC, so hopefully some of the unneeded exposition will be edited out before publication. Also, some of the cultural references felt kind of dated (bingeing Orange is the New Black), so I wondered if the author has been working on this book for a few years.

Thanks to Netgalley, the publisher, and the author for the ARC to review.

3 stars. Katie Fausch is content with her life in San Francisco, She is not looking for romance and is sick of her family setting her up with every single lesbian they find. She finally agrees to go on a trip to a resort that specializes in finding your next wife. Rhys Morgan is a romantic and wants to find someone who will eventually be her wife. She decides to give the local resort a try on their lesbian singles week. Rhys can't help be find Katie attractive from the time she saw her sitting by herself on orientation. As they spend more time together, Rhys knows Katie is for her, but Katie tells Rhys she is only looking for friends.

I enjoyed this book but it was just okay. I liked the dynamic of Rhys and Katie and how they went on dates every day. It was a little frustrating how much Katie would just deny her feelings and Rhys over and over again. Their relationship built up as the book went on and it felt like it was changing as the night went on. My main problem with the book is that it all seemed to evolve too fast, but sometimes that has to happen in the book. They were only together a couple days when they seemed to have heavy feelings. There was some tension, but sometimes I feel like the characters did not spend enough time together.

I read this book quickly and had a lot of fun doing it. It's sweet and sexy even if the writing veered toward clunky a lot fo the time. The characters were good and I rooted for them but there were many scenes that felt overwritten with dialogue that was unbelievable at times. Characters just seemed to explain way too much instead of leaving a few things unsaid.

With all those caveats, it was still an enjoyable vacation read.

This second book by Angie Williams shows improvement in writing, the story flows very nicely, and in character development. Both Katie and Rhys were characters I could connect with and I liked the setting of this story. This story didn't get me emotionally invested but I had fun reading it as the simple romance novel it is. My main issue is that all this happens in the span of a week where they meet eachother for maybe 2 hours a day and then the sudden turn from not wanting a relationship to I want to be your forever woman is maybe a bit unbelievable. Yet on the other hand there is a reason we have the joke about lesbians and U hauls...

Anyways, nice enjoyable romance. Nothing that stands out, but most romance lovers will not be disappointed with this one.

*** An ARC was provided by Netgalley and Bold Stroke Books in exchange for a honest review. ***

It is funny, although it is it's not unusual, on the contrary, it is something quite common to find in romances, that the two protagonists of a story are women without the want for ties or commitments, but that after a first meeting between them they only think in happily ever after, jealousy and possessiveness included. So, despite the insistence of the author to put in the mouths of the two main characters that never ever, or at least not in a near time, they are going to settle with a couple, first Rhys but after a very short time Katie too, they can't help but want to be with each other at all times and forever. And that neither Katie nor Rhys went to the resort of their own free will, it was their families who forced them to go, despite themselves,

After meeting the first day, they must follow the resort's protocol, a daily appointment with a woman, each day a different one, chosen according to the profile of tastes. Rhys from day one would have wanted to be paired with Katie. Katie wasn't about to do that, apparently. But then it's Katie who has acted weirder and less coherent towards Rhys.

The story must follow this purpose, Rhys and Katie must meet women every day and at night get together to comment on how things have gone, Rhys is finding it increasingly difficult not to tell Katie his feelings, strong and irrepressible after having met for five minutes. So she decides to put her attraction to Katie aside and open up to new opportunities. All this in two or three days when Katie and Rhys are together for an hour a day.

Then the dating things are explained very briefly, all women are gorgeous but single, almost all are well mannered and respectful. Last resort don't seem to to be an appropriate name for the situation itself. But what does it matter.

For me this has been a regular story, an ordinary romance.

Katie Fausch is a greeting card artist in San Francisco and is jaded about love. Her last relationship lasted four and a half years, however, the last year wasn't good for many reasons until ultimately Katie finds her girlfriend in their bed with another woman. Her family thinks it's time for Katie to try to find love again and they gift her with a weeklong trip to a singles getaway named Last Resort located north of San Francisco.

Rhys Morgan is a wood sculptor who works for her family's wood and cabinet making business along with her father and her sister, Max. Rhys is a true believer in love and romance and is ready to settle down. She doesn't have a lot of time to date with the family business, so when she hears that Last Resort is having a “lesbian week,” she decides to visit the resort.

On the first morning prior to the resort's introductory meeting, Katie and Rhys meet. They experience chemistry at the outset, but Katie makes it clear that she's at the resort under the agreement that if stays the week her family won't discuss her love life for one year. Over the course of the week Katie and Rhys grow closer.

I read Angie Williams' first book, Mending Fences, in March 2020, which I enjoyed. With her second book her writing has improved and the storytelling seems seamless. I enjoyed Katie and especially Rhys' characters and the slow burn of their romance. Finally, even though they were forced to interact and date other people at the resort over the course of the week, those dates spurred along their ultimate romance and the activities that they did with their dates were definitely interesting (hiking, ropes courses, museums, etc). The reader will learn about the area north of San Francisco and activity options by reading this book.

I received an ARC from Bold Strokes Books and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.