In Change of Plans, Bryce has become guardian of her three young nieces and is learning to juggle life with kids and a career. She meets Ryker, who is a former Marine and they hit it off. However, a relationship seems to be one more thing that neither of them have time for at the moment.

I love this book! Bryce is struggling with real life issues and I think that a lot of us can sympathize with what that girl is going through. Ryker is a great character and I would not have changed anything about him. These two have so much "life" happening between them and to them. It is just really a fantastic story.

Thanks to NetGalley and Forever Publishing for this ARC! All thoughts and opinions are my own.

“A hometown hero comes to the rescue of a struggling chef unexpectedly caring for three little girls who may end up saving him too, in this romantic comedy that perfectly balances depth, charm, and all the feels.”

A Change of Plans was super cute, but also hurt my heart at times- in the best way that a book can.

Ryker is definitely my favorite Matthews brother; I absolutely adore him. The chemistry that sparked between him and Bryce the first time they met continued throughout the book and flourished their relationship. Both of the main characters have a heavy weight on their shoulders and I loved watching them overcome and adjust. Such great character development in this book!!

The three girls brought a challenge and quite a bit of humor to the pages-all the chaos in chapter one had me giggling.

Overall, this was a pleasant read and it made me want to read the first two books again!

CUTE!!! I immediately fell in love with Bryce and Ryker. This might be my favorite Matthews Brothers novel. I just thought the characters were genuine and the love was mature. Bryce had a lot on her plate with being her nieces guardian and Ryker never asked questions and was also lending a helping hand. There wasn't a big miscommunication like you see in a lot of romance novels. I could've lived without the girl's annoying grandparents, but I knew where that was going. Sad to see there's no more Matthews brothers to write a book about.

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for my eARC.

Bryce Weatherford has been given guardianship over her three beautiful, wild, fun nieces whom are a bit overwhelming to care for when she's never cared for children full time before. She runs into a few fun and funny scenarios which test her patience and her skills.

Ryker Matthews is a retired marine and a recent amputee who has been dealing with phantom pains. He has been trying to figure out a way to manage them when he runs into a slightly frazzled Bryce in the grocery store.

Together they work together to address each other's issues and have some fun in the process. Can a super busy "new mom" and a traumatized marine come together to overcome their issues and care for 3 young girls and also find love or will it blow up in everyone's faces?

Read Dylan Newon's Change of Plans to find the adventures that these crazy folks get to go on and how each of their stories ends. You are in for a fun ride. And as with all of Dylan Newtons other works you will find a beautifully written novel with amazing characters and a storyline that touches your heart and makes you cheer on the characters. Truly a must read of 2023

Dylan’s writing is captivating and witty. I loved all the Matthews brothers books, but this book was my favorite of the series! I loved Bryce and Ryker’s story so much. It was a very emotional read covering a lot of heavy topics, but the book itself was still a lighthearted romance, and had me laughing out loud multiple times. I seriously can’t get enough of Dylan’s writing! I loved getting to revisit the characters from the previous 2 books as well.

"In this charming romantic comedy, a hometown hero comes to the rescue of a chef unexpectedly left to care for three little girls—who may end up saving him too."


Bryce not only has to cope with the grief of losing her beloved brother, her life turns upside down when she moves to a small town and becomes an insta parent figure to her three mischievous nieces per her brother and sister-in-law's will. Enter Ryker, an injured former Marine who's also dealing with his own grief and struggling with PTSD, a funny meet-disaster at the grocery store, and their already wayward lives will never be the same again—but this time change is for the best.

This book is such a delight! Sweet, hilarious, touching, and written with so much sensibility and care. I love how real every character feels. Like, they could be anyone out there, real people with real life situations, which made the story even more compelling.
The progressing of the relationship between Bryce and the girls is so believable and beautiful. Same for the romantic aspect of the story. And even though there are some sensitive, difficult topics, Dylan Newton weaved them perfectly throughout the book that it never felt like a heavy read.

Change of Plans is part os a series, but they are all stand-alone that can be read independently. I'm going to make sure I'll read the entire series because now I'm a fan!

Change Of Plans by Dylan Newton is the conclusion to the Matthews Brothers trilogy which I've really enjoyed thus far. Each book is a contemporary romance set in Wellsville, NY - just outside of Buffalo - about each Matthews brother. Change Of Plans features Ryker Matthews, the middle brother. Ryker is struggling with PTSD. He's a Marine who returned from war a few years ago missing the lower part of one of his legs. And so, Ryker is battling some inner demons. One day, he's at the grocery store and happens to help Bryce Weatherford, new guardian to three young girls, with a situation. In fact, Ryker keeps helping Bryce and the two are super attracted to each other. But, miscommunication keeps popping up and plans keep changing.

On the whole, I do really like this trilogy. Ryker is kind, but he also stops communicating to protect Bryce and his family when really that's the opposite of what he should do and absolutely not reassuring or validating. I liked that Bryce loved cooking and cars - that she has some blue collar roots. However, there is one scene that absolutely should have been cut because it tainted my whole view of the book. The scene involves Ryker having a makeover from the girls. he goes back to his garage where his brothers are and they mock pronouns and transgender people. Like, what is that? It's transphobic and makes me think less of this book. Otherwise, I did like that this book brought up garbage plates and I was able to guess that it would bring up Nick Tahou's, so that was cool - local knowledge! I also liked how the relationships developed between Bryce and her nieces.

I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I enjoyed this book a lot. It was part of a series, but I think it could also be read as a standalone.

I didn't realize upon requesting this book that it was the third in the series. I wanted to be excited for this book, but unfortunately, it didn't do it for me.

Thank you to Forever (Grand Central Publishing) for this title in exchange for an honest review.

This is the third one in the series that follows a group of friends and three brothers who live in a small town. In this story we have Bryce who after a tragic accident is left as the main caregiver for her three nieces. While out grocery shopping she meets Ryker, the grumpy Matthew's brother and probably my favorite. This was such a cute and fun story about not only Bryce and Ryker but also with Bryce and her three nieces. I loved this one so much and highly recommend it!!! Thank you Forever and Netgalley for my gifted copy!

I was excited to give a Dylan Newton novel a try, but unfortunately, this was a DNF for me as I just could not get in to the story. Thank you to Forever and NetGalley for the opportunity.

Change of Plans was so touching and heartwarming. Ryker's journey with PTSD was really well written, and Bryce and her nieces brought such joy to this book.

I did not finish this one, it was not for me, I couldn't relate to the characters, and just did not care for the story.

Found Family is one of my favorite tropes, and I loved how this book brought it all together. We’re introduced to Bryce, a chef who becomes the guardian of her three nieces after her brother's death, and Ryker, a disabled former marine currently struggling with PTSD and integrating back into the world. I absolutely loved the way that Ryder was silently there, supporting and providing necessary relief from Bryce’s daily struggles. I enjoyed seeing Ryker’s and Bryce’s developing relationship, as well as how the girls and taking care of them played a role in Bryce’s grief and imposter syndrome. Ryker’s relationships with the girls were also very cute, and I loved how that was a central part of the story.

Thank you, Netgalley and Forever Grand Central Publishing, for this ARC.

Thank you to Forever Publishing for my review copy. After reading the first two books in the series about the Matthew's brothers, I knew I wanted to read this one as well. Dylan's books are always heartwarming reads and I really enjoyed this one as well. While it is not my favourite of the three, I thought it was really sweet.

What I liked:
- the main characters were great. Bryce was a really strong female lead. I loved her love for her nieces and the way she stepped up without question as their guardian after the death of their parents. Ryker was great as well and I love the way he came out of his shell as the story went on.
- the topics of mental health, ptsd, time in the military and guardianship were all handled well.
- steam was good, but more on the mild side.
- service dog!

Topics in the story include:
- time served in the military
- mental health representation
- disability representation (loss of limb)
- ptsd
- legal guardianship after parent death

Overall, a really good read! Definitely pick this up, especially if you've read and loved the first two books!

In a Nutshell: A romcom where I enjoyed a lot of the ‘rom’ and disliked a lot of the supposed ‘com’. USP: a male protagonist with a prosthetic leg and PTSD, thanks to his days as a marine. Worth a read especially for this factor.

Story Synopsis:
After her brother and sister-in-law lose their lives in an accident, Bryce Weatherford is given guardianship of her three nieces: June (11), Cecily (8), and Addie (5). As a chef, the only mess Bryce knows how to handle is the one in her kitchen. But to fulfil her brother’s last wish, she knows she will do whatever it takes to sort out teenage June’s moody grumpiness, Cecily’s determination to not have a bath, and Addie’s refusal to take off her fairy wings. Handling all this along with her job at PattyCakes, she has no time for anything else, least of all romance.
Enter Ryker Matthews, a disabled ex-marine, who is focussed on his car restoration business while keeping himself locked away from displaying any kind of emotion so as to not worry his family. But he knows that his PTSD is getting worse.
When Bryce and Ryker bump into each other at the supermarket… Ah well, you can guess the rest.
The story comes to us through the limited third-person perspectives of Bryce and Ryker.

This is the final book of the ‘Matthews Brothers’ series. I haven’t read the first two books, but each book contains one brother’s love story. As such, the books can be read as standalone, except that you will get a few spoilers in the later books about the earlier couples.


Bookish Yays:
❤ I liked the two main characters. Their inner strength and courage is visible almost throughout the book. More than their almost-instant sparks, I enjoyed their banter, especially the way they exchanged dirty jokes when the kids weren’t around. They were cute as a pair!
❤ Rarely do romcoms give the male character a voice, so I loved to see the narration balanced between Bryce and Ryker. Seeing the male perspective in romance is a nice experience, especially when the MC is also struggling with his issues.
❤ I am the kind who doesn’t go awww at romantic scenes but at cute kids. And this book gave me three kiddos to gush over. Cecily, Addie, and baby Lisi were adorable! (Except during certain unhygienic accidents.)
❤ Through Ryker’s perspective, the story covers the important issue of how PTSD can trouble marines, to the extent that it can impair even daily functioning. I loved how genuine this portrayal felt. The author’s note reveals the extent of her research in order to depict this correctly. Kudos!
❤ One specialty of this romance novel is its choice of having an amputee as the MMC. (How I wish the cover had highlighted the prosthetic leg better!) Ryker’s disability gives us a glimpse of his struggles with his missing leg, whether through phantom pains or because of HO (heterotopic ossification). There are also details about his prosthetic, and about his getting a service dog through PAWS. Rarely does a portrayal of a disabled person feel so authentic in this light-hearted genre.
❤ On that note, the story has a wonderfully sweet service dog, though in a limited role. Every such dog deserves a separate capitalised YAY!
❤ The ending is as expected, happy without going much over the top. It redeemed my rating to a certain extent.

Bookish “Nay-For-Me-Possible-Yay-For-Others”:
📌 I’m not a fan of steamy romances. I prefer reading about a connection of the mind than of the body. The steam level in this book, though not a 5 on the spice meter, was still too much for me. I also don’t like books where the characters view each other mainly through the physical lens. A couple of mentions of anatomical attraction is probably fine, but to keep referring to it feels too shallow.
(On the anatomical note, do large-chested women seriously refer to or ponder about their bra size every time they are donning a bra? I didn’t get Bryce’s repeated reference to her DD cups. Yes, she has large breasts. We get it. Move on!
PS: I had honestly assumed that the author is a male, considering the extensive focus on breasts. Whoops!)

Bookish Nays:
💔 I disliked the portrayal of the eldest child. June is supposed to be eleven, so I get why she was sketched with some teenage (tweenage?) angst. But her character development isn’t consistent, and her behaviour seems to swing abruptly between positive to negative, sometimes within the same scene. I’d have preferred a more realistic depiction.
💔 I’m equally dissatisfied with the sketching of the grandparents. They were so ridiculously stereotypical in their ‘Grandparents have the priority’ attitude. I get that the book needed some conflict, but doing it through hackneyed characters in roles that no longer suit this millennium is passé.
💔 Honestly, the author is really good at crafting emotional scenes, humorous interactions, and heartfelt romance. I have no idea why she felt the need to add OTT fiasco situations in the story. There’s hardly any scene with the kids where there is no disaster. The mid-book puke scene was the most ridiculous. (And that’s not the only puke scene in the story!) Who the heck wants to read an extended vomit scene in between a romance? Not I, for sure.
💔 The story goes way overboard with the miscommunication trope. And it’s not just miscommunication on the lines of characters not revealing the complete truth. But every time a character is on the verge of confessing something serious, there’s an interruption, and the other character totally forgets that they are having a meaningful conversation and moves onto some other topic. It was so repetitive!


All in all, this is a story that has a lot to offer. With loveable characters, great themes, and a great meet-cute-turns-steamy, it would have been the perfect contemporary romance book. Unfortunately, it tries too hard to be funny with the OTT situations, which is really sad as the story had enough substance and didn’t need to resort to cheap attention-grabbing tactics.
Of course, this could just be my personal bugbear. I’m not a regular reader of this genre, so I have no ides what’s *in*. Maybe cheesy or cringey scenes add to the OMG effect of such books for other readers. If you are one of those, I am strongly recommending this read to you.
To those who are more like me in your romance-reading preferences: if you can grit your teeth and make it through the steamy scenes and the puke overload, you might like this one for its disability and PTSD rep, and for the DOG and the KIDDOS! So yeah, still recommended to you, but be prepared to roll your eyes many times.
3.5 stars. (Rounding up because I did love the essence of the story, and it’s not the book’s fault that I prefer slow-burn romances that are clean in terms of open-door scenes as well as hygiene.)
My thanks to Forever, Grand Central Publishing, and NetGalley for the DRC of “Change of Plans”. This review is voluntary and contains my honest opinion about the book.

I absoloutely loved All Fired Up so I was stoked to learn there would be another book in the Matthews Bothers series! This book has a MMC with an amputated part of his leg and I thought the author did a fantastic job writing his story. I loved the three little girls' antics and how they all came together to be a little family. My heart couldn't take all the cuteness!

Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for the chance to read an advanced copy.

This was a new author for me and I really enjoyed this romance. Newton had me from the first chapter with a laugh out loud meet-cute between Bryce and Ryker. This was a sweet story while also dealing with sensitive topics such as the death of Bryce's brother and sister-in-law and her stepping up to care for her three young nieces and Ryker's PTSD from his time in the Marines.

Bryce and Ryker's story gave me all the feels. They found each other at what seemed like their worst but it was exactly what they needed.

Ryker is struggling with PTSD after having a below the knee amputation and Bryce is feeling like a failure after gaining guardianship of her nieces, after her brother and sister-in-laws death.

Their instant attraction is so sweet and their chemistry is great and sexy. Ryker was there for Bryce is the most simple and sweetest ways. This is such a feel good, heartwarming story, while also dealing with loss, grieving, and a <u> CHANGE OF PLANS </u>. Seeing them both open up and open their hearts for love was amazing.

Overall, Change of Plans is a romantic comedy, with swooning, miscommunications, and communication issues in general, so beware! It was still a great book if you don't mind those!

Thanks to Dylan Newton, Netgalley and Forever for an early copy.

Change of Plans was so cute. I didn't know this was part of a series until the end, but I am interested in reading the others in it. Loved the daughters and I loved Bryce's chracter!