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I really enjoyed this book. I've read two small town romances in a row at this point and they're just so wholesome and warm. I thought Ginny and Josh were great together, but I did think she was incredibly stubborn at some points. I loved watching their relationship develop over the course of the book and the tropes were great! We got surprise pregnancy, age gap, small town love story and it was quite lovely. Ginny was also a complete boss ass bitch and I really enjoy her strong woman characteristics! This was such a will they won't they kind of story and I really love how it ended up. I hadn't really read too many age gap romances actually and if I had it was usually older man younger woman so I liked the reverse in this case. This was a really enjoyable read and I love the romance always!

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I received this ARC for an honest review.

I really liked this story, the characters were funny at times and also serious. The story has Ginny, a forty-year-old woman arriving at a wedding shower not wanting to go in but noticing a naked guy dressing in the parking lot. Getting her attention right away she goes towards him and once he finishes dressing they introduce themselves, she helps with his tie and yet they each find the other attractive.
Though Josh is working the event he continues to look for Ginny and when they are free he finds her to dance. When he finds out about her ex they agree to one stand in order for her to wipe away her ex. Weeks later though she finds herself pregnant after telling Josh and saying no to his proposal the story still has many fine moments between the two of them with her learning to cook from him and going to yoga which she never thought she would do. Though he is still in love with her after the third proposal and yet another rejection, he leaves once again. She of course being older than his twenty-five years feels like he would be giving up his dream and she wants him to go, not realizing that maybe she and the baby are his dreams now. This book will keep you going from page to page once you start it and with all of the characters in the book you have enough to like and dislike as you go along. A very good story about life and very much worth the read.

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This age gap, one night stand, surprise pregnancy book hit me with all the feels and I really enjoyed watching this relationship grow and evolve. Natasha Moore's writing is accessible, casual, lightly funny and has a quiet way of showing a range of emotion. The pace of this novel was a nice and gentle movement that spans the time of first meeting through the pregnancy and I thought this worked extremely well to show the building of the relationship between the couple and how those around them where also affected.

Ginny is a 40 year old single woman, who has recently be left by her boyfriend for his ex-wife, and she has been coming to terms that maybe having a baby and a family is not in the cards for her. Josh is a 26 year old, he has recently graduated college with multiple degrees and the dream of being a landscape architect who works for a big corporation, travels and makes a large impact on the world around him. These two meet when they bump into each other in a parking lot for the marriage reception of Ginny's cousin and the job that Josh is bartending at. They are both immediately attracted to the other and from there they decide to have a one night stand which leads to an unexpected but very welcome pregnancy on both their parts.

This novel is a slow burn novel that takes the time and care for Ginny and Josh to explore their relationship by building a foundation of friendship and respect as they both learn that they are in love with the other. I love that Ginny and Josh are so compatible and that their friendship feels easy, I love that they want to spend time together and get to know and understand each other. I love that Josh wants to work to find a way to help Ginny, even though he knows she does not need it. I love that Josh wants to be highly involved in his baby's life no matter where his job takes him. Love can also be a very frustrating thing, and when you love someone sometimes you make decisions and choices that you feel are the best for the other person, and this novel does explore that, and while that can be frustrating it is a much needed moment of growth so both characters can truly understand what will make them most happy. This novel is sweetly sensual, it is light on the spicy scenes, but it works well for the story that is being told. This novel also has some wonderful side characters in friends and family that surround Ginny and Josh, and seeing that these friends and family will stand by them both is beautiful.

I would highly recommend this novel, especially if you love a small town romance, that is not overly angsty but takes you on a nice emotional ride and shows you that love and happiness are the most important things in life and that sometimes your dreams change and grow as you change and grow.

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Thank you @netgalley and the publisher for a copy of this book. This was a fun age gap romance. I just adored Josh and how thoughtful he is throughout the story. Ginny and Josh are at different stages in their life…can they make it work? It frustrated me that Ginny thought she knew was best rather then communicate with Josh. I love all the bumps along their romance and made them getting together so much more special.

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Like enemies to friends, I enjoy reading second-chance romances, or spring-autumn romances. This one is a 40 year old who has a fling with a 24 year old because she likes his butt. No really. She sees his butt when he is getting dressed in the parking lot, and is curious to see who it is attached to.

And of course she gets pregnant.

And the conflict is that this is a small town, and the young man, Josh, just graduated and wants to move on out into the big bad world. So Gin does what she thinks is best and lets him know about the pregnancy, but makes it quite clear she does not need him to stick around.

He is, of course, with all romances, the perfect guy, which makes it harder and harder to push him away.

Are ron-coms realistic? Who knows, and really should we care? The genre of romance does not have bad lovers, because that would be against everything that they have established. So we all know she and he are right for each other, even if they don't.

<em>Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.</em>

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Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for a copy of this book to review. All thoughts are my own. Oh my goodness! I have a new author to love! What a fabulous book and storyline. Ginny or Gin as Josh likes to call her....was dumped by her boyfriend and she has to attend a family wedding with no plus one...as she is heading to reception, she runs into hunky Josh who is bartending the event and there is instant attraction. The two decide after he comes to her rescue with her ex that they have chemistry and one night of memories will last a lifetime, something else happens that lasts a lifetime - forty year old Gin discovers she is pregnant and doesn't want to destroy twenty five year old Josh's plans of being a landscape designer. Josh is a decent man, who even though his Mom comes off rough, you can tell he was raised right. After many proposals that Gin turns down, Josh decides he will co-parent with Gin and while the reader sees that they two are so in love, they don't! Great read I have to check out more by this author.

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This was a cute story. In the beginning, it seemed to drag a bit, but after a few chapters, I was drawn into the story. Ginny is a 40 year old who was dumped by her ex. She meets a handsome younger Josh while at the wedding of her cousin. And she decides she’s going to have one night of fun. But then she ends up pregnant. And she prepares herself to raise the baby on her own. But when Josh steps up and says he wants to be a part of her and the baby’s life, her plans change. You can relate to both of these characters. They are likable, and you hope for the best for them. This was a cute, fast, enjoyable read and I recommend it if you enjoy a sweet rom-com.

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This book was excellently written and well edited. I loved the age gap in the relationship that served as the backdrop. I must say however that the premise was somewhat cliche, but there was enough going on in the background to make it an interesting read. All in all this is a solid read, but nothing earth shattering. I will give it credit that the author made it longer than some of the other in this genre. This book doesn't try to be something its not, which is why its gets 5 stars, it does what it sets out to do. I would continue to read books from this author.

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This is the book equivalent of a fresh-baked snickerdoodle--warm, comforting, a tiny bit spicy, and genuinely pleasant. The characters have obstacles and growing to do, but this is fairly low-angst and full of heart. Both MCs are genuinely decent people and, while they make mistakes, they handle their problems fairly maturely and with good intentions. It's easy to root for their happiness.

Pick this up for a fun, sweet read!

Many thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review!

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