Member Review

Jamie Clevenger continues to surprise me with consistently good storytelling. This time she draws on her real life work as a veterinarian. Paige Dannenberg is a veterinarian in smallish town in California. When her mother takes a fall she good naturally takes over teaching water aerobics to a rowdy bunch on senior citizens. Seren Winters is single and four months pregnant. At 38 her pregnancy is high risk and her doctor suggests water aerobics. Of course there is attraction between the two and much teasing from the elderly class mates. Seren sees Paige as the whole package but the timing is bad. She wants to see where the relationship goes but to her the baby is an end date. Paige is equally drawn to Seren but friend or lover lines are blurry.

I love so many things in this story. The communication is excellent. Paige is more awkward but both are trying to be honest. The sweetness of a biking date is delightful as are all things with cows. The heat between the two is palpable. I liked the naturalness of the check ins and consent. Seren who is a massage therapist wants to give Paige a massage but checks in that is okay and doesn’t conflict with their toppy role. These two make the loveliest couple. Throw in cats, dogs and baby cows and I’m over the moon in love with this romance. Thank you to NetGalley and Bella Books for an eARC in exchange for an honest review.