Entertaining and humorous sexy love story. Bit different in how the two women "meet". Nice bit of flashback to the story of the original owner's of the house. Ali Vali's books have always had good storylines. I think I've read most of them (if not all) and although the type of story varies they are always worth reading.

I wanted to like this story, I really really did, but I honestly found it quite bizarre. The story was steamy, but even those parts seemed bizarre and didn’t fully make sense. I felt like with every page the storyline stepped more and more into bizarre-o territory. I couldn’t even classify this as a RomCom because the story and the humor was so out there. The best way to describe it would be if Adam Sandler did RomCom and they masturbate a lot.

I was given an ARC of this book by NetGalley and Bold Strokes Books Inc. All opinions are my own.

I love Ali Vali’s beautiful descriptions of her settings in Nola, I always feel like making a quick trip there after reading one. I really liked this new release, it does not include a thriller side story like a lot of her work and focuses on the romance between the two MCs but I enjoyed reading it and devoured it in one afternoon. Wyatt is a well known writer having a bit of an issue with writers block after losing her parents. She eludes her agent by running away and buying a house in New Orleans on a whim. There she has some encounters with her neighbor Hayley and meets a cast of characters in her new neighborhood. Hayley works as an editor for a small publisher and now that she’s got her dream job is looking for someone to come home to at night. As Wyatt renovates her new home she finds some old journals that tell her a story that inspires her next moves. I really liked this one, maybe more than some of the other books by Ali Vali. The characters were engaging and I felt like the plot was unique to anything I have read before. The side characters were funny and mostly what you’d expect to see in a southern city like Nola. I’d recommend picking this up if you’re looking for a fun rom com type book to fill your afternoon.