Not a bad read! It was a great book to break up my heavier more involved books. Cute quick reads like this I love personally. It’s like a made for tv movie.

if you want a sweet rom com that gives Gilmore girls vibes please read this! there has not been a sarah adam’s book that i have not enjoyed. All her books are amazing and so sweet, feels like a breath of fresh air and comforting.

I am officially a BIG Sarah Adams fan! I love her writing. She somehow perfectly develops both female and male characters. Her supporting characters are also equally charming and interesting. I love this family. I am irrationally invested in their happiness.

this was such a cutie little romance!!! i loved the small town and how Amelie grew during this book. I also LOVED Noah!!! I couldn't out this one down

I’m a huge Sarah Adams fan! I’m so excited to read When in Rome. Thank you NetGalley for this complimentary copy! My review will be updated once I’ve finished.

This was my first Sarah Adams book and I was really excited to read it after the hype that The Cheat Sheet receives. I was not disappointed. I could totally see this being made into a Hallmark Movie. The main characters, Amelia and Noah are the absolute cutest. I fell in love with them quickly. The writing in this book is well done. I caught myself smiling and giggling at the banter more than once.

Amelia is a pop star that was so stressed out she ran away to hide before her tour. An absolute catastrophe of a day happens and she meets Noah, the grumpy Pie Shop owner in the extremely small town of Rome, Kentucky. Stuck in town for a bit, the town grows on Amelia. While I love the main characters, it was easy to love the side characters too. Annie was my favorite secondary character in the whole book.

Such a cute book!! Loved the plot and how she wanted to escape her current situation. She got a taste of another life and what it could be like. The sisters were a great add to this story & so fun!

This was a really cute read, but I think that everything just moved WAY too fast for me. They barely knew each other for a week and were already head over heels in love with each other (while denying their feelings, not because it was too soon but because they didn't think they could make it work with their lifestyles). I really liked the premise, and I liked the characters overall, but I wish there was a little more time actually developing the characters and their relationship. I do think it was still a fun read, and it was light and easy, but I still was hoping for just a little more depth.

I absolutely loved When in Rome by Sarah Adams. The cozy feel of this small town romance made this book and I adored the characters in this story! Amelia and Noah were adorable!

Sarah Adam’s is the queen of quick wit and laughs. When in Rome didn’t disappoint!

Rae Rose is burnt out on rockstar life. She wants to be free of the demands, pressure, and paparazzi. She escapes to Rome… Kentucky. Her beat up (blending in) car breaks down in front of Noah’s house.

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You won’t want to miss this!!

I absolutely adored this book. Amelia actually gave me Taylor Swift vibes, and it was just so nice to have a musician represented in this way in a novel! The characters were charming, the storyline was believable and sweet, and it was just an all-around perfect setting for a small-town getaway romance.
I have already recommended this book to everyone I could. It's just such a quick and wholesome read!

Tale as old as time where a big shot wants to get away from it all in a small town and ends up finding more than she bargained for, LOVE. I finished this book quickly as it was terribly cute and sweet. Thank you to NetGalley and Random House for a copy of this book for an honest review.

Sarah Adams is a go-to favorite author of mine and When in Rome was yet another lovely read by her! I absolutely loved this story and the characters. This was such a cute and delightfully cozy read to curl up with.

This was a classic opposites attract rom-com between a burned-out pop star and a small-town baker that had me rolling on the floor laughing. It was witty and fun and sucked me right in from the start. And the characters, oh how I loved them and their banter! They were so relatable and I enjoyed coming alongside them every step of the way. I'm such a fan of small town stories and all of the crazy people in Rome, KY were just wonderful to read about.

Truly the perfect, closed-door, rom-com, this is one that I will highly recommend! I absolutely cannot wait for more from Sarah Adams.

Many thanks to Random House for the gifted e-copy!

Sarah Adams has quickly become one of my favorite authors. Her books make me feel cozy and comfortable. I loved this story. The characters were funny and relatable and I found my self wanting more of them when I was finished

Such a cute read. I loved getting to know the little town of Rome,KY and all its crazy citizens. I received this as an ARC a while ago but ended up listening to the audiobook. I really liked the audiobook of her novel The Cheat Sheet and this one did not disappoint. Love love loved the voice of Noah! I wish more chapters had been from Noah's POV.

Thank you to the author and Random House Pub for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

This was my first book by Sarah Adams but it certainly will not be my last. I loved these characters, I found them so relatable and I loved the premise of this book, her writing was so fun and pulled me in right away. I finished this book so quickly!!!

This was such a cute book. This is my first by Sarah Adams and definitely not my last. Amelia and Noah fought it hard but couldn’t deny their attraction to each other. I loved their banter so much. This small town/celebrity/grumpy and sunshine romance was delightful. Four stars

Amelia Rose needed a break. She had been promoting her latest album and getting ready for her upcoming tour until she couldn’t think any more. She was burned out and shut down and she needed to get away. So with a little help from her favorite actor, Audrey Hepburn, she pointed her car to the nearest Rome to get a holiday. But she didn’t get far before her car broke down. Sitting in the front yard of a stranger, with no cell phone reception, she’s not sure what to do.

Noah Walker looks out at the woman sitting in the car in his front yard, and he’s not sure what to do. She won’t get out of the car. He’s tried talking to her, and she’ll respond, so she’s okay. But she won’t let him help her. He decides to call Mabel to act as a character witness, so maybe he can get this woman out of her car. He hands his phone over to the woman and lets Mabel do her magic. Amelia agrees to get out of the car, and that’s when he realizes who she is. The woman whose car broke down in his front yard is pop star Rae Rose.

They can’t do anything about her car until the next morning, so he invites her to stay the night in his guest room. But Noah calls the local auto shop to get her car towed in and fixed. He makes her pancakes for breakfast, and her use his landline, so she can call her manager and let her know what happened. But Amelia refuses to go back to Nashville, needing some time to clear her head. Her manager isn’t happy with her, but there are still a couple of weeks before Amelia needs to pack up for the tour. She agrees to let Amelia have her time there, but she is clearly not happy about it.

Noah tries to find another place for Amelia to stay, but there is nothing available, so he agrees to let Amelia stay in his guest room. And as the weeks go by, and Amelia meets more of the residents of Rome, Kentucky, she falls in love with the small town. Noah has three sisters who take her out, and she has a great time, until she falls asleep on them. She tries to make Noah’s pancakes and nearly burns down his house. And when they start flirting with each other, the sparks fly fast and hot.

But Amelia is leaving soon, and Noah is still recovering from the last big city woman who broke his heart, so neither are looking for a relationship. But will they be able to convince their hearts of that, or will their feelings override their best intentions at protecting their hearts?

When in Rome is a sweet rom com about finding the ones who really care about you in a world filled with selfish people. It celebrates the simple, small town life and the love of family while letting these characters be true to who they are.

I listened to When in Rome on audio, and narrators Karissa Vacker and Andrew Eiden brought the heat and the snark to their character’s voices. I thought Vacker did a particularly good job making Amelia strong yet vulnerable, and Eiden got Noah’s protective vibe just right.

I loved the sweetness of When in Rome, and while there were moments verging on too much, I thought it was well balanced and so much fun. I did have some skepticism about Amelia’s tour and how it all fell into place with her being out of town, but I was willing to suspend my disbelief because I liked this story so, so much.

Egalleys for When in Rome were provided by Dell through NetGalley, with many thanks, but I bought the audio myself through Chirp Books.

Read if you love
- small town romance
- grumpy x sunshine
- celebrity romance
- closed door romance
- kicking your feet giggling 🤭

I loved this book! The story was, as always with a Sarah Adams novel, just perfect. A great balance to keep me reading and interested the entire time!