Tessa Bailey books are an auto buy for me, they are all amazing and Unfortunately Yours was no different! August is a retired Navy SEAL who is attempting to run a successful winery in Napa but has no idea what he is doing. Natalie has spent the past few years in New York as a financial investor but is back at her family winery after a work risk went wrong.

The two are anything but friends. However when they realize that getting married can help them both achieve their dreams they call a truce.

I loved how supportive August was of Natalie, he wanted to protect her at all costs from the very beginning and the thought of her being hurt or embarrassed clearly caused him pain. He was absolutely perfect for Natalie. He a total badass in life but when it came to Natalie he was an adorable golden retriever.
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🔥: adrenaline

Unfortunately yours was more a comedy of errors that ended in a wonderful love story. While the miscommunication trope was the highlight, the resolve at the end was different from other books I have read, I always enjoy reading Tessa's stories as her characters are relatable.

3.75. Maybe 3.8?? It’s definitely a LOT better than Secretly Yours. Natalie and August are toxic together but like in a hot way, you know? I hated him calling her princess but that’s a personal thing. I was a little bummed that the mean investor guy still did not take her seriously until he saw that she had a hunky ex SEAL husband who said hey man you should listen to her!!! And then suddenly he’s like ya okay after she’s been livid the whole time about men making her dance for money. This felt a bit anti-feminist, which I don't think she was plannign on- I think maybe she was hoping it would come across the opposite. But the plot wasn’t terrible and surprisingly felt more real than Secretly Yours even though the situation is a bit more out there, and I felt like it balanced the smut with the slow burn love a little better than her previous few I’ve read by Tessa Bailey.

After not loving Secretly Yours, Unfortunately Yours is back to the Tessa Bailey we know and love!

This marriage of convenience was full of angst and lots of lust. August is the epitome of the "he falls first" trope, which is just always so fun to read. I loved the chemistry of these two characters and their relationship felt so real. This was just such a fun read.

4⭐️

<b>“Maybe you’ve been with men in the past who don’t want to label shit or be tied down. Well, that’s not me. Not when it comes to you. I want you to count the minutes until we’re breathing the same air again, the way I do.”</b>

When Natalie is fired from her Wall Street job in New York and dumped by her fiancé after a bad business deal, and returns to St. Helena where her family owns a winery and she is a winery heiress. She needs money for her next business venture, but her father refuses to release her trust fund unless she gets married. August owns and operates a small vineyard in honor of his best friend, but makes terrible wine because he’s a trained Navy SEAL, not a winemaker. He needs money to continue to run the vineyard but can’t get a loan. Natalie proposes that she and August get married to solve both of their problems, even though neither of them get along.

August is a puppy dog/himbo and the banter between him and Natalie is pretty funny. This was a really fun and sexy read overall, and my only issue with it was the unnecessary flood scene and act of heroism by August. It felt really weird and totally random, especially remembering that they haven’t even been married for a week. It’s a lot of stuff happening in such a short amount of time, and I would have liked for it to have been more drawn out. Otherwise, this was a good romcom and a lot of fun to read!

<b>“I don’t need any fancy language to know you belong with me.”</b>

𝐿𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝓂𝑒𝒶𝓃𝓈 𝓁𝑒𝓉𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑔𝑜 𝑜𝒻 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓅𝓇𝒾𝒹𝑒

I think we all deserve a big glass of wine and to buy this incredible book! I’ve been going through it the last few weeks and this book is exactly what I needed to put a big ole stupid smile on my face. I couldn’t stop grinning. I think it’s a given fact that romance books make everything better but this book was a total knockout. Unfortunately Yours is the second book in a series set in Napa Valley, but could be read as a standalone. Its an all consuming, passionate, enemies to lovers whirlwind.

After losing her job and her fiancé in one fell swoop, Natalie Vos returned home to her family’s vineyard to lick her wounds and drown her sorrows in cabernet. After a few months she’s finally ready to make her return to NY she just needs her trust fund to finance her new business venture. Unfortunately, the terms require she be marry to get the money. Natalie is desperate enough to propose to a man who makes her want to kill him—and kiss him, in equal measure. August Cates may own a vineyard, but he doesn’t know jack about making wine. He’s determined to do his late best friend proud, no matter what it takes. No bank will give him the loan he needs to turn the business around, until Natalie approaches him with a proposal. Natalie has haunted August's dreams since the moment they met, but their sizzling chemistry immediately morphed into simmering insults. Now, a quickie marriage could help them both. A sham wedding, a few weeks living under the same roof, and then they can go their separate ways—assuming they make it out alive. There’s just one thing they didn’t account for: their unfortunate, unbearable, undeniable attraction.

Tessa Bailey is the queen of dirty talk. It should also be illegal to create such a hot, complex, mature character like August. NEW BOOK BOYFRIEND. Like seriously I’d be running down the alter to marry this man. And Natalie is pretty badass too. Without a doubt this is a must read!

Read if you like:
- Enemies to lovers
- Cinnamon hero
- Marriage of convenience
- Guy falls first
- Complicated Grief
- Forced proximity
- World’s cutest epilogue!

Despite this being the second book in the series, I loved it even more than the first!! Something about these two characters and their crazy chemistry had me absolutely hooked!!

Honestly, you don't need to read Secretly Yours to enjoy the heck out of this one - get ready for a wildly passionate love story between two polar opposites. They're each trying their best to avoid confronting how much they love each other and it causes all sorts of chaos!

Natalie and August both need money, which they can get from Natalie's trust fund. But she needs to be married first. So obviously they'll pull of a sham wedding, take the money and run. Natalie is planning to return to NYC to start her own business while August needs an influx to keep his winery open.

What starts as a sham quickly turns serious, though. It's just that these two love birds won't be honest with themselves or each other!

Absolute 5 stars to this sexy, wild romance. Another smash from Tessa Bailey!

Unfortunately, yours is so much better than the first book. The plot and characters were developed much more than the first book. This was a great fake marriage trope.

This was, by far, my favorite Tessa Bailey to date. I was a swooning the entire time. There was never a lull. I will be recommending this to everyone!

I just think maybe Tessa Bailey isn’t for me. I’ve read one of her other books and it was a little better than this one. I do see the appeal of her books though!

Let’s start with what I liked:
Napa valley
Wine country
Marriage of convenience
Enemies to lovers
SPICE
Quick, easy, fun read.

What I ended up not liking was the relationship between the leads. August was an overprotective male chauvinist and Natalie was supposed to be this independent woman figuring out what she wanted but it didn’t really land. Half of the things that came out of August’s mouth made me what to roll my eyes or throat punch him.

Nothing felt all that developed. I didn’t connect with the characters and they didn’t feel like they had much depth.

I really wanted to love this book but the whole ending I found myself skimming and speed reading just so I could be done with it.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for approving this ARC. This book is out now!

Another great book from Tessa Bailey. So hot but also so emotional and fun. I loved the sparring (flirting) between August and Natalie and also how protective they were of each other. The connection between them was perfect. They were a team from the beginning and I loved it.

Unfortunately Yours is Natalie Vos' story. I really felt for Natalie. Every one underestimated her and treated her like she was just another heiress. She went through a lot of growth throughout the book, and I really enjoyed that. August was not my cup of tea, and that made it hard to feel the chemistry between them. I'm sure he is right for many readers!

As always Tessa Bailey's books are steamy and that part did not disappoint.

Ugh… I loved this so hard! I enjoyed this even more than the first book in the series (and I liked that one a lot). I could relate to the FMC in a way that I did not expect and the MMC is the archetypal man that I’ve come to love from Tessa Bailey because she does them so well. This is definitely a book that I will be rereading over and over again. 4.5 out of 5 wine glasses.

This is the first book that I have read from this author and I have to say I didn’t know what to expect.

August and Natalie are enemies and have been for some time. I was a little nervous about this because sometimes in enemies to lovers romances they can take things too far.

August is trying to create a wine that will be good, but has failed so far, it seems like he just can’t get it right. He’s a retired SEAL trying to bring forth the vision of his best friend who died in combat and he’s failing so far. And it’s starting to look like he might need to give up on his best friends dream and move on. So he’s on his way out of town.

Natalie belongs to a family that is basically wine royalty, she comes from a family that has perfected the art of making good wine. But let’s just say her family is dysfunctional and she’s never really fit in. She’s tried and failed many times so she decided to do something else. And she was successful for some time and was engaged but everything fell apart and she’s lost her job and her fiancé and has to head back home to regroup and start over.

August and Natalie need each others help and there’s only one way to do that they have to get married.

Now this is wild because August and Natalie have disliked each other for a long time but secretly they really want each other more than they can say. They go back and forth with the insults which fuels their desire for each other but I don’t feel like the insults went too far.

When August and Natalie start to spend time together they start to uncover things about each other that they didn’t know before and started to understand each other in a way they never had before.

August was a loose cannon, he would speak first and then think later but this was so funny at times but I loved it about him, he didn’t really hold much back. I also really loved how he knew when he messed up and tried his best to fix it and be better.

Natalie just wanted to be needed and wanted someone to appreciate her for who she was but also just appreciate what she was capable of. I loved watching her grow to accept August for who he was and what he meant to her.

This was so much better than I expected and I really enjoyed both characters and how they made each other better. This is a definite must read, I actually want to go back and check out the first book in this series. I really like Julian and Hallie.

I love a Tessa Bailey romance. Natalie and August fit so well together, and I loved how sweet he was. I still haven't finished the first book in this series, but this one felt like a simple romance that came together at the end. I wish it was longer

Nataly Vos is an heiress from a wine royalty family and finds herself in a tight spot when she realizes she needs to get married to access her trust fund. Enter August Cates, a vineyard owner who is in desperate need of a financial boost for his struggling business. The two strike up an arrangement, proposing a marriage of convenience that could help solve their respective problems while forcing them to explore the persistent spark between them.

This was such a fun read and reaffirmed my passion for all things Tessa Bailey. Savage banter? Check. Undeniable chemistry with characters who try to deny it? Check. Scorching spice? Check. Heart-squeezing romance? CHECK.

Despite their initial clashes, it's clear that the MMC’s connection goes beyond their verbal sparring. This is definitely a he falls first romance, and August falls hard and fast. He’s loyal, protective, and so sweet despite his initial clumsiness in expressing his feelings.

Natalie is a relatable and resilient FMC. Her struggles with self-worth and feeling overlooked by her family add depth to her character and made me feel SEEN. As she navigates her complicated relationship with August, she discovers her own strength and grows into a more confident version of herself. I loved watching her rediscover her own strength and level up to the bossiest and snarkiest (in the absolute best way) Boss B*tch.

While the plot follows the familiar path of a marriage of convenience, TB reliably followed through with her signature touches and lovable characters that make this one stand out from other MOC stories. Despite some minor miscommunications and conflicts, the development of August and Natalie's relationship feels genuine and satisfying. The book tackles themes of trust, forgiveness, and personal growth, all wrapped up in a charming Napa Valley setting that adds a touch of magic to the story. Which, despite my lack of interest (and palate) for wine, had me setting alerts for cheap flights to Napa.

Just go read this book. The only regret you’ll have is not reading it sooner.

Marriage of convenience ✔️spicy ✔️

Absolutely loved this book from beginning to end. Loved the banter between the characters. Such a fun spicy read.

Another hit from Tessa Bailey! I love an enemies to lovers story and this one between Natalie and August was so cute! It also follows the marriage of convenience trope which made it even more interesting. The setting in Napa was so dreamy and had me adding it to my bucket list. August was a great main character and I especially loved him with his cat. I found myself laughing and swooning throughout.

4.5 Stars!

Natalie Vos is an independent, sophisticated Napa Valley heiress who returns home to her family's vineyard in St. Helena after losing her job and her fiance. She's been back for a few months and still feels lost. It's time to stop avoiding her problems, and take charge of her life. All she needs is to release and secure her trust fund to put her career plans into motion. The only issue is the terms state she must marry first before she can have access to the money. Now she has to find a groom, and she's desperate enough to propose to a man she can't stand. August Cates knows just how to rile her up. They were always arguing and throwing insults, but maybe they could call a temporary truce.

August Cates owns a vineyard, but knows nothing about wine. He'd do just about anything to make his late best friend's dreams come true, but nothing is going his way, and the winery is a disaster. He needs a loan from the bank, but continues to be denied. Then the beautiful, feisty princess of St. Helena comes to him with an offer he's not sure he can refuse. This woman usually loathed the sight of him, but suddenly she wants him to pretend to be a happily engaged couple. It could be the answer to both their problems. It would be a marriage in name only, but he'd wanted her since he'd first met her, so things could turn complicated if lines were blurred. It would just be one enemy helping out another. They were now a team whether they liked it or not. Everything is going great until their physical attraction becomes too hard to ignore. In the end will they go their separate ways, or will they finally stop fighting their feelings and have a chance at a real marriage?

Unfortunately Yours (A Vine Mess, #2) by Tessa Bailey is a marriage of convenience, fake relationship, enemies to lovers romance about trust, family and unexpected connections. Opposites attract when an ex-Navy SEAL and a Napa heiress clash and ignite. We get a wonderful story full of humor, sexy banter and fabulous chemistry. <333

I loved this book! This was only second Tessa Bailey book, and I really enjoyed it. Great characters, great plot, and it kept me interested the whole way through.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a digital ARC in exchange for a review.