Thank you NetGalley, Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine, and Sarah Adams for the opportunity to read this ebook in exchange for my honest review!

I completely fell in love with this book and these characters and read almost the entire thing in one sitting!! (If I didn’t have to get up early for work I would’ve stayed up late to finish lol). This was my first Sarah Adams book but 100% won’t be my last!!

I loved Noah and Amelia’s chemistry and there was several times I laughed out loud at their comebacks 😂 I won’t spoil it for you but they’re one of my fav fictional couples!

I also loved this small town and wish all these characters/places were real because I’d love to visit lol (it reminded me of Stars Hollow & if you’re a Gilmore Girls fan like me you’ll love this town & the people!!)

Also LOVED all the Audrey Hepburn references! My Grandmother loved Audrey, and she and I would always watch Roman Holiday together when I’d go visit her so it just made me think of her and smile!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5 stars for this one! (Or should I say 5 pies??🥧🤣) but I highly recommend picking this book up!!

You wanna know what you get when you pre-order a book at Barnes and Noble? Nothing! It’s pub day and it will be days before I get my copy 😢

Enter the @netgalley God’s for approving me for When In Rome! Thank you! @authorsarahadams is an auto buy author for me. I always LOVE her books! They are sweet, feel good, happy books 💕

When In Rome features a world famous pop star and a grumpy pie shop owner from a tiny KY town. It is such a fun read and definitely had me picturing Taylor Swift when Amelia talked about wanting anonymity and sometimes feeling lonely even with all the fame.

This is Sarah’s first official traditionally published book ✨Congrats! It’s still closed door but had a little more language and inuendo than her others.

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I can’t wait for book 2!

Feeling tapped out by the high demands of her popstar life, Rae Rose (aka Amelia) follows the footsteps of beloved actress, Audrey Hepburn, and heads out on her own Roman Holiday. But Rome, Kentucky is a far cry from Italy and a local pie baker is anything but happy when he finds the pop princess having vehicle troubles in his front yard.

But the longer Amelia sticks around Rome, the harder it is for Noah to keep his distance.
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This was my first Sarah Adams and I thoroughly enjoyed this cute romcom. Loved the small town setting filled with quirky neighbors, a family pie shop and a triad of loyal sisters. Loved the Hepburn tie-ins.

Amelia & Noah have great chemistry! Swoony moments. Heat but closed doors.

Flew through this one. I will definitely check out Adams backlist and look forward to get next story set in Rome...Kentucky.

Release Date: September 20, 2022

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Rae Rose is a princess of pop, but she (Amelia) is in desperate need of a break. While watching the #audreyhepburn classic #romanholiday she decides that is exactly what she needs to do. She wants to fly to Rome but instead finds herself in Rome Kentucky, when her car breaks down in the front yard of Noah Walker she is convinced that the universe is sending her a sign. Noah on the other hand, has nothing but contempt for the city girl he reluctantly let stay in his guest room. As they explore the town, the two grow closer. Amelia can’t resist falling for the cozy town and her grumpy tour guide, but even Audrey had to leave Rome eventually.

This was a delightful Hallmarkesque fluffy romance! Rae was a very fun but frustrating. I kept wanting to scream at her. No one is that clueless and submissive. Noah was boring. Schmeh.

#wheninrome #romanholiday #sarahadams #skipthisone #booknonrecommendations #netgalley #skipadeedoodah #bookstagram #bookreview

SUCH a cute story!!! Noah and Amelia forever!!

Nothing like a grumpy/sunshine, from different worlds love story to make you root for love… and this beautiful story is just the perfect touch of those. I love that it is so sweet, and their love builds naturally.

I love the DUAL POINT OF VIEW. I ALWAYS LOVE THIS. I love seeing mutual pining, especially when they don’t tell their feelings right away. Noah is flipping hilarious and sarcastic. Amelia is sweet and sooooo funny. I just loved being in their brains.

DEFINITELY give this one a read. It’s so cute. 🥰🥰🥰🥰

No graphic spice (fade to black) is an extra plus plus from me. LOVE👏IT👏

When In Rome
By Sarah Adams
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Amelia and Noah are my favorite! Her sunny personality complements his grumpy mood! Such a beautiful romance story that had me laughing so loud through out the book!! Sarah Adams knows how to make me feel better and I always feel happy when I read her books! I really loved this book and I can’t wait to read Annie’s story!!

First of all, I want this little town to exist as it's written so bad - the simplicity and feel of Rome, Kentucky, where everybody knows everything about everyone. Everyone gave Amelia the space she needed with such love, respect, and support. But best of all, how the townspeople quietly but obviously rooted for Amelia and Noah to get together. 🥰

The playful banter and irresistible pull between Amelia and Noah were a perfect balance. They constantly challenged each other while respecting each other's boundaries.

And Noah's sisters - who doesn't love sisters that keep you on your toes but watch out for your best interests? I loved that Annie kept a tally of everyone's swearing habits and then made them donate money to a charity after so many offenses.

I looked up Roman Holiday on IMDB to get an idea of who played Gregory Peck. Ashamedly, I've never seen the movie, but I didn't feel like I was missing anything in the story when it was mentioned. The dialogue explained everything the reader needed to know, so my search was more out of curiosity than necessity.

I think I loved most that we, as readers, only really got to see Amelia as Amelia and not as her on-stage persona Rae Rose. We got small glimpses when she met new people with her constant self-reminder of "Polite. Polite. Polite,"; but as she spent more time in town, she dropped her guard to reveal her authentic, true self.

Another stellar, witty read by Sarah Adams!!!

Thank you, NetGalley, Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine, and Sarah Adams, for an advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review!

Absolutely loved this small town romance with a grumpy baker, and a sunshine city girl celebrity.

When her car breaks down in Noah's front yard, Amelia Rose is skeptical from the start. He's too big, and too surly and for all she knows he's a serial killer. Except he runs a pie shop, reads books and doesn't have Wi-Fi. Still, he recognizes her as Rae Rose, her stage name. Amelia has run away from her career weeks before a huge international tour. She's burnt out and tired and needs a break. As she hides away in Noah's house she realizes that for once, she can be herself, and that she's met someone who doesn't want anything from her.

The grumpy/sunshine banter was top notch, and the story itself had a Taylor Swift vibe that I loved.

Amelia Rose, aka Rae Rose to her adoring fans, is burnt out from playing the “pop princess” everyone knows her as. Using Audrey Hepburn & the movie Roman Holiday as a coping method, she makes the impromptu decision to head to the closest Rome - Rome, Kentucky. Her middle of the night escape ends with her car breaking down in the front yard of Noah Walker, a grumpy pie shop owner who is done with love.

First of all, this gem of a romcom brought all of my favorites things rolled into one: a grumpy / sunshine, opposites attract, celebrity romance that takes place in the most adorable small town filled with both nosy and endearing secondary characters.

Then Sarah does what she does so well. She adds in her classic self deprecating humor that humanizes the MCs making them all the more relatable. I fell in love with both Amelia & Noah, but not nearly as much as I loved them together. They way their opposite personalities complimented each other had me completely hooked.

Now, let’s talk about the spice. I don’t know how she does it, but that crafty romcom writing fairy godmother has a magical way with words. This was a slow burn done right. Between the banter & all the swoony moments, the sexual tension was built up so satisfyingly well.

Thank you to NetGalley for allowing me the opportunity to read an ARC of "When In Rome", written by Sarah Adams. It is scheduled to release on September 20th, 2022!

Overall, I rated this novel a 4/5 stars!

When an overworked Amelia (Rae) Rose becomes too overwhelmed and burnt out, she decides to take a vacation to Rome (Rome, Kentucky, that is) She gets the idea from an Audrey Hepburn movie. Unfortunately, when she arrives, it is quite uncerimoniously - as she winds up crashing her vehicle on Noah's front lawn. Mabel takes her in at her air B&B for two weeks while her car is getting repaired - she was an amazing character in the story as well!

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (0-5)
Steam: 🔥🔥 (0-5) Closed door with lots of physical attraction and desire!! 🤩

What I’m Starry-Eyed Over:
🤩 Meet Cute (I’m such a sucker for this): broken down car.
🤩 Small town romcom fun! The people of Rome, Kentucky are exceptional and I adore them.
🤩 Opposites attract/Grumpy-Sunshine trope—city girl Amelia (pop star) and country/small town guy Noah (pie shop owner).
🤩 These quotes give us a sneak peek into these two lovely MCs: “I stare at Amelia’s soft face and downturned eyes as she pretends to pick at the red nail polish on her toenails, but I know she’s only avoiding eye contact because she’s embarrassed. A surge of protectiveness rams through my body and suddenly I want to hunt down anyone who has ever turned her down for a game of Scrabble and force them to play all night with her. And you’re going to smile and like it! What kind of [a-hole] wouldn’t want to be friends with her? She’s sweet. Funny. Easygoing. Gorgeous. It’s unfathomable that she’s single.”

“I’m a woman who eats pancakes and gets her hair cut when she wants to. I’m my own [darn] boss, and I’m taking my life back!”
🤩 Forbidden romance trope of sorts plus so much physical and emotional attraction makes for great tension between the MCs.
🤩 Sarah is a master at describing what the MCs think, feel, and sense around each other and I’m here for it because all those feels!
🤩 When there’s a bad character you really dislike because that’s an added feeling from great writing.
🤩 Anxiety representation.
🤩 Noah’s sisters are so loving and fun! I hope they get their own HEAs and we get their love stories.

What I’m Wishing/ Dizzy About:
🤩 Absolutely nothing. It left me feeling happy and well—all the feels and a few tears along the way but so, so great by the end.

Trigger Warnings:
🔬 Tragic loss of parents when kids are pretty young.
🔬 A loved one with Alzheimer’s.

When in Rome was such a heartwarming romance novel. It wasn’t too cheesy, it was laugh out loud funny and it had very likable characters who you will be rooting for. I was very pleasantly surprised by this book! I really loved this one and look forward to more from this author.

Have you ever loved a book so much that you lost any mastery of writing skills because you can't come up with the right words to describe how much you loved it? That's where I am at with this book. It is so darn sweet and a perfect pick me up after a long week. Once I got started, I couldn’t help but devour this book. Every page was another layer of brilliantly written banter or character development that made me fall in love with every character in the town of Rome, Kentucky.

I want to sit here and rave about my new favorite book boyfriend, Noah Walker, but if I do, I probably won’t stop because I love him so much. I am absolutely adding this book to my comfort-read go-to list.

Any book that can break me out of a reading slump deserves 5 stars, and ohmygoodness does this book deserve 5 stars. Every minute of this book was sweet and adorable, I am already looking forward to a reread!

5/5 stars

Thank you to Netgalley and Random House Publishing Group for the opportunity to read this eARC in exchange for my honest review.

Rae Rose is the "princess of pop" and a huge star. When life gets suffocating, she decides to follow the footsteps of Audrey Hepburn's classics and take a "Roman Holiday" except she drives to Rome, Kentucky in an old car and breaks down in front of a grumpy pie shop owner Noah. Rae aka Amelia ends up spending 2 weeks hiding from her real world in this awesome cute town with nosey cute people. Rae finds it hard to keep away Noah, despite him not being available for a fling or relationship.

This is one cute book with cute characters! I love them all! The sisters, the neighbor, the grannies all of them are so loveable. This book made me want to eat pie, watch Audrey Hepburn movies and visit Rome ASAP. The book is so well written and engaging, you literally feel the swoon! Only thing that bothered me a tiny bit was that this book seemed a little too ideal and perfect, some ruffled feathers would have added more depth to it. It still is one awesome read!

Thank you @penhuinrandomhouse @netgalley for the eARC of the book.

What a genuine hug of a book. Sarah has such a knack for writing the most relatable similes and metaphors that leave no question about what emotion or feelings the characters are experiencing. I just want to gobble up every word she writes like it’s my last meal in the world.

Amelia Rose, aka mega pop star Rae Rose, is burned out from the lonely life on the road, endlessly touring and catering to her adoring fans and team of decision makers. She decides she’s had enough one night after watching Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday. She settles for the closest opportunity to create her own Roman Holiday–in Rome, Kentucky.

Unfortunately, Amelia’s car is on its last legs, and gives up the ghost in the middle of the night, in Noah Walker’s front yard. The small town pie-shop owner is wary (and weary), but reluctantly agrees to help her out while her car is being repaired. Despite their best intentions to keep out of each other’s business, Noah and Amelia find the pull toward each other irresistible.

You’ll love the small town and its residents who are fiercely protective with Amelia, but also ridiculously meddlesome into Noah’s potential love life. You’ll love Noah’s three sisters who each have distinctive personalities. You’ll love seeing each character bring out the absolute best in the other, like maple syrup and bacon. It’s sweet, swoony, and so, so fun. Thanks to much to Random House for the earc!

This is my second read by Sarah Adams. I really enjoyed The Cheat Sheet, so when I heard about this one I was so excited to get my hands on it. When In Rome is the perfect Small Town Romance and Grumpy Sunshine trope.

It follows Amelia, aka Rae Rose the famous Princess of Pop. Amelia has had enough of being in the spotlight with no time to herself. She randomly selects one of her favorite Audrey Hepburn movies called Roman Holiday and takes it as a sign to take off on her own trip to Rome. She finds the closest "Rome" within driving distance and ends up in the small country town of Rome, Kentucky. Her car breaks down in grumpy hottie Noah's front yard. He helps her, but makes it clear his doesn't have time for her celebrity pop star problems. When Amelia can't find anywhere to stay in town while her car is being fixed, Noah reluctantly agrees to allow her to stay in his guest room. He gradually starts to see a different side to Amelia and can't help but get close to her. Amelia falls in love with the small town of Rome and her grumpy rescuer Noah. Even Audrey Hepburn left Rome eventually. Will Amelia do the same?

Sarah Adams has done it again. She really knows how to write the perfect romcom and she certainly captured the small town charm in this book. I am a big fan of the grumpy/sunshine trope so this one was a win for me.

A special thank you to NetGalley Random House and Ballantine for the ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

WHEN I TELL YOU I LOVED THIS BOOK. I LOVED THIS BOOK. I literally screamed when I got the notification that I was selected to review this book. I really *really* love any book by Sarah Adams. She is one of my favorite authors. If not my favorite author, I'm really a simple girl. I see a Sarah Adams book, and I buy it. I really enjoyed being in 'Rome' and I loved all of the characters that we met. I also think that it's really fun to already know that there will be a sequel to this book. I can't truly describe how much fun I had reading this book. I was cackling over so many funny scenes and I loved the way that Noah and Amelia first met. This is definitely a book that you HAVE TO READ. This is my favorite book of the year, and I think everyone should read it. I love the love story between Amelia and Noah and I just loved this book, I've already reread it twice. I am so excited for everyone to be able to read this now, and I am not so patiently awaiting the sequel Practice Makes Perfect.
Thank you to Sarah Adams, NetGalley, and Random House Publishing for allowing me to receive an ARC of When in Rome.

Sarah Adams delivers yet another fantastic romantic comedy with the story of Bruner out pop star, Amelia, and small-town baker, Noah. I am not typically a big fan of celebrity romance tropes, but I loved this one!

Adams is the QUEEN of building romantic tension while keeping it closed door, and the tension between Amelia and Noah practically SIZZLES on the page. So many great tropes here: Opposites attract, forced proximity, grumpy vs. sunshine.

I also found myself relating to Amelia’s struggles with burnout and boundaries, which lent a layer of depth to an otherwise lighthearted read.

If you’re looking for a delightful bit of escapism and some warm cozy vibes, then settle in with this gem for a quick and easy read! (Maybe you can even forget about the cost of groceries for a few hours!)

#wheninrome #sarahadams #arc #bookreview #netgalley

Y’ALL.
I’M DECEASED.
I’M DEAD.
I’M IN A FEELINGS/BOOK COMA!!!

How am I going to get over this book? I don’t know if I can. My heart has been taken captive by the town and residents of Rome, Kentucky!

I loved this book so so so so much!
I went in to this book with certain expectations and I thought I knew exactly how this book with it’s certain tropes would play out.
I’m extremely happy to say I was wrong!
This was like no “Falling for a Celebrity” book I have ever read!

Amelia, or “Rae Rose” as she is known to the public, wasn’t the spoiled or selfish celebrity stereotype you find sometimes. She was genuine, kind, giving, lonely, and so likable.
I felt I could relate to her and her feelings even with her being a Pop Star. She definitely surprised me!

Noah was just… OHMYLANTA!!!! 😍🥵
He was a grumpy and surly, cinnamon roll sweetheart! He tried so so hard to keep Amelia at arms length. But, just like she surprised me, she surprised him. He didn’t stand a chance!
Especially with Mable and the rest of the town rooting for a romance with Amelia! 😂

I loved the town’s dynamic. The small, close knit, Mayberry-esque town of Rome was delightful! Growing up watching The Andy Griffith Show and it being one of my comfort shows, this town stole my heart and made me feel at home!

There was so much else I loved but darn Instagram won’t let me write a book about how much I loved this book so I’m going to wrap it up.

This comes out TODAY!!! RUN, do not walk to your nearest book store or to Amazon and order this! 😍😍🤩


Extra things I LOVED:
The car meet cute! 😂🥰
Miss Mable is a real one! 💯
Noah’s sisters!
Taking care of each other scenes
“I see you.”
Truck swapping 🛻
Chastity blanket 🤣
Drunk Noah 🤭
All the pancakes 🥞
The Roman Holiday parallels ♥️
The “sensual” almost hug! 😂
The lake kiss 🔥😍
Jimmy Fallon Musical game!
The storm and “Can I sleep with you?” 🥰

Thank you Netgalley & RandomHouse for the eARC!!! All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Rea Rose (real name Amelia) is sick of her famous life. She’s incredible burnt out, has lost touch with her mother, and doesn’t feel seen by her team. So she decides to find the nearest city called Rome and head there. Which happens to be Rome, Kentucky. Her car breaks down while headed to her B&B in Noah’s front yard. Noah is done with love after having his heart broken too many times and doesn’t want to help Amelia but his southern upbringing won’t let him leave her stranded. However, he refuses to like her despite her many cute quirks.

This is the first book I’ve read by Sarah Adams and I enjoyed it! Did it blow me away? No, but that’s okay. It was a solidly cute romcom that makes ya feel good. There were some very good “aw” moments and I loved the quirkiness of the town. The towns folk and small town vibes were written perfectly and that honestly was my favorite part of the book.

The romance and connection felt lacking at times. The book happens over the span of two weeks and I didn’t feel like the characters could have realistically fallen for each other so quickly with how little they talked to one another.

Overall this book would be a good palette cleanser if you’re looking for a good typical romance.

Thank you Dell and NetGalley for the eARC of this book.