2.75 out of 5 stars!

When the heroine's parent is going to marry the hero's parent, what happens when one offspring is opposed to it? Well, this book explores the views from offsprings, parents, and even a grandparent as the group of people adjusts to a blended family structure. Along the way, relationships are evolving as feelings and viewpoints changes throughout the book.

My expectations of this book certainly ended up changing as I read the book. Certain characters got on my nerves due to their actions and personality. I did enjoy the wonderful setting of the book. Overall, it may not be my fave Hope Ramsay book but I still look forward to reading the author's works in the future.

**Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the review copy. All opinions and thoughts in the review are my own.**

True Rating 3.5 stars.

Because of the nature of this story, I found it a bit harder to connect with than previous books in the series. We all love a good wedding, but it kept our new couple apart more than another plot would.

That said, I still love this small town, and all of the characters we have been getting to know.

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I pick up a Hope Ramsey book anytime I see it so I didn’t even read the synopsis when I requested this from NetGalley. And then when I did I couldn’t help but laugh. Why? Because My high school sweetheart and I just got married…. 30 years after our break up. So this book was going to be right up my alley.

I really liked this story. The romance of the parents is sweet but the connection of Ella and Dylan who are trying to break up the upcoming marriage of their parents. But somehow it brings them close together and how now they each really do believe in love.

Ramsey is great at writing for “real” people. The characters are just like us and I love that about her writing.

Worth every page. Can’t wait for the next in the series!

Disclaimer:
I received a complimentary copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.

Ella's mom has just gotten engaged to Dylan's dad. Their parents ask them to plan the engagement party, hoping it will help them get to know each other better. Despite their initial dislike, Ella and Dylan find they have more in common than they think. But a romance between them is impossible, right? If it fizzles out, it will make holidays uncomfortable for pretty much the rest of their lives. So how can they get this growing attraction out of their system without getting caught?

This small-town romance / women's fiction is filled with realistic, flawed characters who are doing their best but don't always make the right decisions or see things clearly. It's an emotional story told mostly in the point of view of the hero and heroine, but we get glimpses of other characters as well. The book is part of a series but works as a standalone. The story can be intense at times, because the characters are dealing with the aftermath of loss and betrayal.

Thanks, NetGalley, for the ARC I received. This is my honest and voluntary review.

I didn't connect with this book at all. The main characters, Ella and Dylan, or Doctor D as he liked to be called, were both very immature for their age and he was absolutely an ungrateful, bratty adult child.

Ella and Dylan's parents are engaged to be married, and all Dylan wants is to break them up. He spends his time plotting and planning how that will work. Ella, after a recent career change, is back in her home town, living with her mother, until, oops, the engagement and the soon-to-be-husband moving into their tiny house. So, she's working at a B and B, a job her mother's friends arranged for her.

The author's books are normally better than this, I like the town and the other books in the series have been better, but I just can't get behind this one.

Thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book, but my honest opinions are my own.

I think couples of all ages deserve a second chance at love even middle age couples. Don't you?
The couple in question each has one child, he a son, she a daughter. They definitely don't like the idea of their parents having a romance let alone marrying.
Musician Ella McMillan is fed up with her life on the road performing and her boyfriend in the band using her to further the band but flirting with every girl in sight. She's had it and returns to her hometown. Wow how things have changed in Magnolia Harbor , she's ready to repair the relationship with her mother and hang out with her. She's in for a shock when she realizes her mother is getting ready to remarry . To make it worse her mother's fiancee has a son and he doesn't think her mother is good enough for his father and even tries to break up their relationship.
Heavens to Betsy, what is going on now? Now both of their parents are forcing them to work together planning their wedding party and more for the wedding.
Oh bother, what she really didn't plan on doing was falling in love .
Delightful book, I really enjoyed reading this fun book, recommended!

Pub Date 27 Apr 2021
I was given a complimentary copy of this book. Thank you.
All opinions expressed are my own.
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A Wedding on Lilac Lane was the first book by Hope Ramsay that I have read and I enjoyed it.

Ella McMillan is back in Moonlight Bay after having been out on the road trying to make a go of her music career. She's an accomplished fiddle player, but a break-up with her boyfriend and wanting to reconnect with her Mom has sent her back. When she gets back to town, she learns that her Mom, Brenda, is planning to be married. That was not what she expected!

Dylan Killough is a doctor and he helps to run the medical and free clinics in town along with his Dad, Jim. He lost his Mom at an early age, so he's always been about making sure his Dad is happy. He's never really focused on himself. Now that he's learned his Dad is getting married, his reaction is anything but happy.

When Ella's Mom and Dylan's Dad decide the two should work together to plan their engagement party, neither is too happy about it. The two don't see eye to eye and it's also pretty obvious that Dylan and Brenda don't care for one another. Will Ella and Dylan be able to get along enough to get this party planned or will their relationship take a very different turn?

It was a challenge for me to like Dylan at the outset. I understood his struggle, but I thought he could have handled it better. I warmed to him by the end of the book though. I also wasn't as drawn into this story as I had hoped to be. I'm not sure why that was, but it was the case. I enjoyed Ashley, the Inn owner and am really hoping that she is going to get a story in the future. I do plan to give this author another read with a future book.

**I voluntarily read an early copy of this title courtesy of NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review**

I really enjoyed this book. The characters were interesting--maybe a little hard to empathize with at times, but interesting. It was full of family drama (who doesn't have family drama of their own?). If you are looking for more romance, there is probably about as much romance as there is family drama.

Ella and Dylan both juggling what they feel is their emotional obligation to "protect" their respective parents was a little extreme at times, especially when they were putting that in front of their own happiness. Both of their characters grew on me as the book progressed. I ended up liking both quite a bit by the end of the story.

I love books by Hope Ramsay. She always leaves me feeling happy and content at the end of the book.

I was given a complimentary copy of this book via NetGalley and Hachette Book Group.

3 1/2 Stars

Ella McMillian has left her country music career as a fiddler and moved to Magnolia Harbor, South Carolina. She has walked away from her boyfriend of thirteen years to get her life back together and repair her relationship with her mother. Ella no sooner settles in with her mother, Brenda when Brenda and her boyfriend, Dr. Jim Killough announce their engagement. What a shock! There went the time Ella thought she was going to spend with her mother. Adding insult to injury the happily engaged couple ask Ella and Jim's son Dr. Dylan Killough to plan an engagement party for them. Brenda and Jim believe this will give their kids a chance to get to know each other. Ella isn't so sure she wants to get to know Dylan especially after he confesses that he plans to do all he can to prevent the marriage of their parents. What a jerk! But they agree on a truce to work together to plan the engagement party. Then wow! Getting to know each other better turns into more, much more...

Dylan Killough lost his mother to cancer when he was only ten-years-old. From that point on it was Dylan and his dad together. Dylan studied medicine so he could join his dad's medical practice. He can't accept his dad marrying Brenda McMillian. She's not right for him. He doesn't want to work with her daughter, Ella on an engagement party either. Well he didn't until... Dylan found himself attracted to Ella. She was so different from his ex-girlfriend. But their parents are getting married. How can a relationship between himself and Ella work?

A Wedding on Lilac Lane by Hope Ramsay is the fourth book in her Moonlight Bay series. I enjoyed the previous books in the series more than this one. This story is well-written but it didn't hold my attention like the previous books in the series. I just didn't find myself connecting with the main characters. I am fascinated by Rev. Micah St. Pierre. His sermons always hit home with the characters in the story. B & B owner Ashley Scott is another fascinating character. Her role throughout the series has been so supportive and I've seen interesting character growth, Ashley's son, Jackie always adds to the warmth of the story.

I received an ARC in exchange for a honest review.

Ella and Dylan are asked to help plan an engagement party for their parents who are getting married to each other. Heartaches, misunderstandings, childhood issues and pride all combine to make this a near impossible task. How this is resolved by love, self-discovery and improvement made an uplifting journey for me even though I was distracted by some of the language of the book. I am anxious to see some resolution for Ashley and Micah in the future.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley. The opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own.

I liked this book. Characters were interesting, but flawed. Ella was at home after leaving her band and boyfriend to make a new life only to find out her mother is remarrying and she will have a stepbrother. He is a dr, but doesn;t like the idea of his dad getting married again. The older couple were nice and in love. The younger two characters both had issues they needed to get over. It took awhile for all of them to resolve their differences to be happy.

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Ella and Dylan's parents are getting married and they've been asked to plan the engagement party. At the first couple of meets they're like oil and water and he admits to want ing to sabotage the relationship. But as we all know, opposites attract.

It was a cute story that was an easy and quick read.

I received a free ARC eBook from Net Galley and the publisher in exchange for my honest opinions.

A Wedding on Lilac Lane is a romantic story that gives you everything. Second Chance love a new love and even a ghost to help the music. You'll enjoy the characters interacting to help love develope.

2.5/5 Stars

** I received this as an E-ARC from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for my honest review, Thank you!**

I wanted to like this book. It was just very ok. The writing was good, and it was easy to be pulled into the story. The problem is the story. I felt very bored while reading. Nothing interesting really happened here. I also hated the main character, Dylan. He got a little better towards the end but it made me want to put down the book and stop reading. He was just so childish. His main goal throughout this entire book was to break up his dad's relationship with his fiance. He was just incredibly self-centered. I didn't like anything about him, that part of why I didn't give the book a higher rating. I also wasn't really a fan of the direction Ella and Dylans relationship went. I just didn't feel the chemistry. Overall it was just an okay read for me.

An entertaining book about Ella, a musician who comes to Magnolia Harbor for fresh start, and Dylan, her soon to be step brother. It was a quick read although I found it hard to like Ella or Dylan.

This is another excellent book by Ms Rains. It’s always a delight to read one of her books, and in this book there are two romances...the parents marrying in their 50s, and their adult children falling in love. The descriptions of the town, the beaches, the inn and the possible ghost at the inn all enhance this story. I am appreciative of a book that hints at sex without the vivid description. I received an arc of this book from NetGalley and the publisher. All opinions expressed are my own.

This is a fun sweet read that hooked me on the first page. It's full of family drama but has a sweet romance woven through the story. It was an absolute joy to read! Thank you Forever (Grand Central Publishing) via NetGalley for the ARC copy of this book. All opinions expressed are my own.

Thank you to NetGalley and Forever for the ARC in exchange for an honest review

This was a DNF at 55%.

A lot of the reason I think the blurb is misleading. This one is more of a family fiction drama than a true romance. There are multi-POV rather than traditional dual POV, including both parents and the grandmother's POV. There's a lot of family drama, most of which could be handled by a conversation or a true sit-down.

The drama is all around the parents' relationship and decision to get married and their adult children are upset with that. Overall it just felt very immature and not reflective of the children's actual ages and where they were in their lives.

It also wanted to be a forbidden romance as they would be step-siblings, but didn't fully embrace it, or address the fact that they would be step-siblings, weren't raised together and they are off living their own lives. I also never felt the attraction between them, though the multi-POV also made that difficult.

I just never connected with this one and ultimately kept skimming. Not a book for me, but maybe a light fun read for someone else.

This one is completely closed door as far as I read.

Ella McMillan is back in Moonlight Bay. A place she left to become a musician. Though her intend was to reconnect with her mother, imagine her shock when she discovers her mother is getting married.
Dylan Killough is the son of the soon to be groom. Dylan is very much opposed to the nuptials and is determined to sabotage entire thing. But things don’t go as planned when he and Ella are assigned into planning an engagement party.
As they plan the party, the sparks start flying , much to their surprise.
Watching these two throughout the story was fun and sweet. Though not my favorite in the series and for me it was more of a 3.5 stars story, it was still entertaining.
I was entrusted a copy of this book by Netgalley. The opinions expressed are solely own.

Ella McMillan returns to Magnolia Harbor to mend her relationship with her mom. She discovers that her mom is engaged to be married and wants Ella and the groom’s son Dylan to plan the engagement party. Dylan objects to the marriage but agrees to help plan the party but tries to sabotage it. As sparks fly between the two as they work together, will they be able to come up with a party and fight the attraction they each are feeling.