Hallie Welch is living a pretty good live in Napa, California. She is one of the few gardeners in the area and is managing her late grandma's gardening business. Hallie is surrounded by her friends and local businesses that she loves supporting...and yet she feels unsettled. Her feelings only intensify when she realizes that her old high school crush, Julan Vos, is back in town.

Julian is back in Helena, back to his family's vineyard. He doesn't have a very great relationship with his family, and yet he needed to get away from his teaching position at Stanford. Time to take a sabbatical, finish his book and get some perspective on his rigid control and lifestyle. But Julian does not expect to find himself sending so much time with his gardener. And to top it off she seems to know him and for the life of him he can't recall who she is and how she knew him.

But the more time they spend together the more he wants to get to know Hallie. Who is this messy, beautiful and sweet human being? And while he's getting to know her more, he's also receiving anonymous secret admirer letters. Who is this person and should Julian respond to the letters?? With so much uncertainty, will Julian be able to retain his rigid control and court Hallie while also dealing with a secret admirer?

Oh, how I loved Julian and his rigid control. He was such a teddy bear/cinnamon roll combo and he was just so sweet on Hallie. These two had so much chemistry and I loved their banter. The Napa backdrop was so beautifully written and I could totally imagine being in the vineyard with Julian and Hallie.

Hallie was so fierce, sweet and yet she had vulnerabilities just like we all do. I loved the support group she had and how fiercely they backed her up, no matter what she was thinking. Julian also gained support from an unlikely source - his sister Natalie. I enjoyed their scenes together - they were funny and so authentic.

I will say that the secret admirer letters got pretty messy there towards the end. But that's usually how it works in these kinds of scenarios. I only wish I felt a little more angst between Julian and Hallie.

Overall, I enjoyed Secretly Yours and can't wait for the next book (Julian's sister Natalie) in the series!

I'm a simple person--if Tessa Bailey writes it I will read it. A perfect balance of cute fluff and real, concrete character development, Secretly Yours was everything I wanted out of her next romance novel. I can't wait to read Natalie's story!

It took me a couple of chapters to get into it but then I was hooked. Great spice, great emotional development - funny, a littlr cringworthy at times but not overpoweringly so

Tessa Bailey has done it again. Tessa Bailey knows what she’s doing when writing romance. Also the spice in this book… dang Hallie has it made is all I’m gonna say. But seriously I loved this book. Hallie and Julian are so cute together. I love a couple that brings out the best in one another. I am also a sucker for small town romance so this was right up my ally. I can’t wait to own a physical copy of this book and make all my friends read it!

I really enjoyed Secretly Yours by Tessa Bailey. It had the perfect amount of romance, angst and family and friend dynamics, as well as a few goofy dogs. I am looking forward to reading future installments in this series.

I’d give this a 3.5 but I’m rounding up to 4 because I love wine valley romances. I think maybe this book was a little overstuffed, like I’m not sure I was really into the secret penpal aspects. I’ve been a little disappointed with Bailey’s recent works lately. Not sure what’s going on.

I love Tessa Bailey’s books but this one was mostly a miss for me. It took me forever to slog through it, everything felt too tropey or stereotyped, like virginity aspect- just not a fan. Honestly, I’d rather go back and re-read It Happened One Summer, Hook, Line & Sinker, or My Killer Vacation.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a digital ARC- sorry I didn’t like this one. :|

Tessa Bailey has done it again! Another cute, fun rom-com with quirky characters and lots of steaminess.

Set in the world of California vineyards, are main characters are Hallie and Julian. Hallie has carried a torch for Julian for years, ever since an almost-kiss as teenagers. Years later Julian has returned to his family vineyard and Hallie decides to try to and check him out by offering her landscaping business to his family. The two quickly clash- Julian is addicted to schedules and Hallie likes to fly by the seat of her pants. But they feel a chemistry, and after a drunken mistake leads to Hallie writing a secret admirer letter, antics ensue. As a fun B-story line you also have Hallie trying to save a local business, including several acts of sabotage that can only be described as foolishly silly.

Bailey does grumpy-sunshine romances very well, and this is yet more proof of that. An enjoyable book, and a quick read. I'm excited to read the next book in this series, which was set up very nicely.

Tessa Bailey can write some fun, steamy romances, Unfortunately Secretly Yours missed the mark for me. Hallie is a free spirited gardener who has harbored a crush on Julian Voss since high school. Fortunately for Hallie, Julian is back home, staying at his family’s vineyard while he writes a novel,. Halle is determined to cross paths with Julian and hopes that he will remember her and their almost kiss (and maybe give her another chance to make that kiss happen).
I just couldn’t connect with the characters or the story here. Sadly this one just wasn’t for me.

Tessa Bailey is an insta-read author for me. I usually don’t mind the silliness and quirky characters, but there was too much in this story for me. Hallie is a landscaper who relies on her gut for flower placement, has several dogs (who don’t dig holes in landscaping, I guess), resorts to petty vandalism to save her grandmother’s friend’s wineshop, and is generally chaotic in dress and personality. Julian by contrast is wound tightly and has general anxiety. Meanwhile, there are also subplots about a secret admirer who leaves notes in trees, a forgotten high school kiss, a failing vineyard, and an absent father. It became too much, and I feel like focusing on one or two of these stories could have stabilized the plot and allowed for a deeper exploration of anxiety and the relationship/attraction between Hallie and Julian. I was more interested in Julian’s sister’s story and the set-up for her book, which I will read.

I found the book info-dumpy and unrealistic. Not the book for me.

Thanks to NetGalley and Avon for the ARC.

Dammit this shit was so cute. Hallie and Julien not only find themselves and their individual paths, but find each other in the CUTEST FREAKING WAY UGH it’s like You’ve Got Mail but with WINE and FLOWERS

I love Tessa Bailey so much. An absolute delight -- and what might be my favorite of her most recent string of successes.

Man can Tessa Bailey write an amazing sex scene. I don’t know that I’ve read a better sex scene by anyone else. She is really incredible.

*I received this book free as an advanced readers copy, and that has in no way altered my true reflections of it.*

I love Tessa Bailey, her books have never let me down, they are cute and fun and flirty and everything good. "Secretly Yours" definitely had the usual sexy tone of Bailey others works, but it also had an incredibly intense stalker subplot. I tried to get past it and enjoy the love the story, I really did, but it just kept getting worse. The stalker vibes are so bad that I had to skip scenes for fear it would make me get a permanent wince. Add into that the thirty year old virgin trope and I AM OUT.

Tessa Bailey, I love you girl, but this was just not it.

Secretly Yours may be my favorite Tessa Book yet! Hallie Welch is one of the very few non traditional heroines. She’s not a super skinny gal, but isn’t technically plus sized. Not a lot of authors dare to write such a real body in their stories. Instead, they tend to go for the chiseled guy and the runway ready lady. Thank you, Tessa, for writing a woman so many can relate to. Hallie is also amazing because of her lack of coordination and time management. She’s walking chaos and isn’t the perfect put together person. She’s a real character with flaws and shortcomings. Tessa also very beautifully wrote Julian’s mental health journey. If you’re looking for a hometown romance with a chaotic woman and a man who owns up to his mental health issues, Secretly Yours is the one for you! Funny, honest, and steamy, I can’t wait for everyone to meet Hallie + Julian.

** Thank you to NetGalley for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review. **

Hallie is chaos incarnate, while Julian's life is scheduled down to the second. The two couldn't be more different, and yet, there is no denying the attraction they feel. But when Julian starts receiving love letters from a secret admirer, he's torn between the woman who makes him forget his schedules and the admirer who makes him feel seen.

Tessa Bailey is at it again with a steamy, grump/sunshine romance. Secretly Yours is a delightful romp that reminded me of a mashup between her books Fix Her Up and It Happened One Summer. The storyline is ridiculous, but Bailey makes it work in a way that keeps you turning the pages and begging for more.

Just like every other Tessa Bailey book, this book was AMAZING! I loved the plot, storyline, characters and spice! Such a fun and easy read.

Hallie Welch is a landscaper, living in a little town, and relatively happy. She is surrounded by friends, loved ones, and a successful business...until Julian Vos comes back to town. He doesn't remember her from high school (when she had a huge ol' crush on him) and he thinks she's a little kooky. To combat that, she begins leaving secret admirer letters for Julian and in the midst of this drama, they fall in love.

This book was cute, don't get me wrong. I smiled but I didn't love it. I didn't care for the secret admirer angle (it seemed pushed in there awkwardly honestly), so I skimmed those. I enjoyed Julian, he's so delightfully awkward but loving. He doesn't seem to fit into the world he's been thrust into but he wants to soooo badly.

Solid story from Tessa. I'll read anything she writes honestly. It's sweet, cute, and a little spicy near the end. Be ready for a slow burn.

I love reading cute romance novels and this one was a great read! I love Tessa Bailey because her romance novels never disappoint!