Thank you NetGalley and Canelo Publishing for this arc.

This book follows Jess, who is a very successful event planner. She is riding high in her career when her brother suffers a stroke. Since their parents do not take responsibility for her brother, Jess decide to step down on her career and be her brother's caretaker. Her boss is not that understanding (like most bosses in real life) and demotes her to part time with not that great events to manage. She is then sent to an animal reserve that needs to raise funds. There he meets the incredibly grouchy Head Keeper Nick. They can't stand each other even though they have to work closely. This is an enemies to lovers touchy story that showcases how life can change in a blink of an eye. Jess is a strong, caring woman who basically leaves everything for her brother but ends up finding love. Easy, quick and enjoyable read.

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

Disclaimer: This review isn’t to tell the author that they are bad or not. This review is simply based on my own personal opinion of the book. I do suggest you give it a chance before you form an opinions about it and decide whether you like it or not.❗️

The book was quick, easy to read and enjoyable. It had a simple plot that was easy to follow and the setting was really nice. The ending was cute and I really liked it but the chapters before that weren’t that good and almost made me dnf. The story is good until you get to that final stretch. I also think that the story could have been a little shorter and think it was unnecessary to make it that long. Overall it was a good read and it kept me entertained.

This was a simple, fun, easy and quick read. The perfect type of book for your holiday, beach, pool kind of read. This is a first for me by the author and one I enjoyed and I would read more of their work. The book cover is eye-catching and appealing and would spark my interest if in a bookshop. Thank you very much to the author, publisher and Netgalley for this ARC.

A glorious, relatable book that covers so much in such a short number of pages and yet everything feels like it was covered perfectly. I really enjoyed this book. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for a review.

Such a brilliant story that has me hooked from the first page. Everything was just so perfect from the characters being relatable to the gorgeous cover . 100% will recommend

As usual in my reviews, I will not rehash the plot or publisher's blurb - there are already reviews like that out there.

This was an enjoyable light read with a "romance" at the heart of it - but the book also deals with severe illness and the effect that has on those who have to care for that person.

I found some parts of the book rather jarring - for instance I didn't understand why Jess jumped to the conclusion that Nick was "hitting on her" at the hospital (it sounded to me as if he was just concerned for a fellow human). If I'm honest I didn't really take to Jess - she came across as a rather "entitled" young woman - but some of the other characters made up for that.

I liked the setting for the book, and the animals were a cute addition to the tale.

This would be an ideal book to take on a journey or holiday.

My thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for an ARC. All opinions my own.

I thought this story started out really strong. The premise was fantastic. A young and upcoming event planner's career is taking off and she is smashing it. The story starts off with Jess, the event planner overseeing a big event and her brother shows up in support. Her boss, Craig is loving her work and the revenue she is bringing into his company so much so that the next time they see each other in the office she can negotiate good terms for her place in the company. As she is doing so she gets an emergency phone call that her young and fit brother has had a major stroke. I thought this is such a unique story and an opportunity to educate that young people can get strokes, also there is an issue that she now needs to advocate for herself regarding labor laws with a boss that isn't very accommodating about her situation as she will now be a caregiver to her brother. They do have parents but depressingly they only want to contribute to Seth their son's recovery only financially.

But the story just goes so from there. In fact, the pace is pages and chapters of basically the same thing and it's a lot of grievance to the point where the story lost my interest. Also, the male love interest Nick leaves much to be desired just the proverbial good looks for a male protagonist.

I forced myself to trudge through the rest of the book even though the book is well written it just lacks in pace and interesting things happening. It is a sweet story with a lot of HEA for both her and her brother Seth.

I would like to thank NetGalley and the publisher Canelo Digital Publishing Limited for the opportunity to read Just Like That by Nina Kaye in exchange for an honest review.

A great read. It deals with some serious issues around being a carer and raises some interesting points. I really liked the setting in the wildlife park too.

An easy read. I enjoyed the setting and the secondary story of trying to save the wildlife park. The romance between Jess and Nick had enough angst to keep me reading, although I didn't connect to either of the characters. I did give props to Jess for doing whatever it took to care for her brother but her attitude was a bit exhausting at times.

This is the first book of Nina Kaye’s I’ve read and I can’t wait to read more! A lovely and endearing story, featuring:

-workplace romance
-disability rep
-a bit of enemies to lovers
-a bit of grumpy x sunshine
-closed door romance

I was actually a bit surprised that this was a closed door romance, given the tension and chemistry that had so clearly been building up between the MCs.

Also - a top tier epilogue 😭

Just Like That by Nina Kaye is a cute romcom set at a zoo in Scotland. First of all, who doesn't love going to the zoo! Second, to have a romance at the zoo was a perfect setting for this story. I loved Jess and her story but Nick delivered on all the swoon as a gamekeeper. While it was a slow burn for me, I was hoping for a little more spice. Overall a great read and perfect for summer!

Just finished reading this today. Read it one one go. Really enjoyed. Full review and links to come shortly...


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I want to thank Nina Kaye, Canelo and NetGalley for this ARC read,

This book was a nice surprise for me. It was a very fast, cute and fun read for me that I can recommend to others.


We follow the main character Jess who is very career driven, she handles a lot of larger clients at work and she is on top of her game. One day she gets a call informing her that her brother Seth had a stroke. Since their parents don't live near them, she decides to get a hold of them to let them know what has happened. She soon finds out they could care less about them, something they always joked about but never thought to be true. All they want to do is to throw money at them to clear their conscious for abandoning their kids when they need them most, why have kids if this is how you treat them? Shame on them. Due to her parents lack of compassion and responsibility, Jess is now the main carer of her brother. Jess soon realizes this is all a lot, girl I feel you, and needs to go part time at work to properly take care of her brother. She is still willing to bend backwards for this company but of course... her boss Craig is a dick and could care less about his employee.

WOW, big shocker I bet? Just kidding, this is how I feel like everyone gets treated at work nowadays.

But fuck that guy because the story isn’t about him!

So needless to say, Jess is having a ROUGH day after dealing with all this and needs a good cry. This stranger happens to see her going through something and checks on her to see if she is doing okay and to get something to drink. Getting hit on is the LAST thing Jess is wanting right now and tells this stranger off.

Fast forward...

Jess gets assigned to a low-end event to try and save this animal enclosure who has fallen into hard times. She goes to this meeting to help them keep afloat until they can get a loan but… what would you know? She runs into no one other than Nick, that stranger who hit on her at the hospital on one of the worst days of her life and boy do they both look very unhappy to see each other. I will not say more, just pick up this book!

Onto my thoughts...

I enjoyed how the book takes place in an animal enclosure because I have not read any romance books with this setting before. I did like the characters but I wish I could have learned a little more about them and got to see them really connecting through their time of having to work together because their story felt a little short for me, I just like a lot of character development.

I'm not going to lie, this book did make me cry a little because some of this did hit a little close to home for me.. but a good cry never hurt anyone, ask Jess!!

I feel like this book teaches us that life just happens and you have to go along with it, it won't stop when times become hard. You will learn who is actually there for you when you need them and who isn't. Letting go of toxic people is okay, even if they are family, life is too short to keep people who don’t have your back at the end of the day. It is in times like these that you need to be strong and move forward, because life sure as hell won't stop and wait for you.

Okay enough of that.

I will recommend this to others and would not mind a second book diving more into Jess and Nick's relationship. Maybe even finding a love interest for Lauren or someone else in the group, just an idea!!

Jess is a highly driven event manager. She is the best in her company and in line for a promotion.
Then a tragedy happens in her personal life which means she has to scale back on her work. Due to this her boss takes away all major clients leaving her with some less than favourable minor events to organise.
And to top it off, she gets to her new main client and has to deal with a grumpy grouch of a man, there too, who seems hell-bent on making her life miserable.

A romance which follows a fairly predictable formula ....boy meets girl, they clash, meet again and are attreacted though she is not completely honest about her current personal responsibilities which leads to more than a few misunderstandings with different people. An easy and entertaining read , it deals with emotions quite well, though there is a tendency for characters to fill in the emotions of another and jump to conclusions. It is set in the border region of East Lothian and Edinburgh.
A good read where you don't have to concentrate too much on events ... perfect as a holiday read
Thanks to Net Galley for the ARC in exchnage for an honest review

The cover and synopsis do not do this book justice — it was SO much better than I could have even hoped for!

Jess is a highly-driven businesswoman, whose career takes an unexpected turn when her brother experiences a life-altering event. Nick is a zookeeper, who is still carrying wounds and healing from his previous relationship. When their lives intersect at the zoo where Nick works, it’s the start of a beautiful love story.

The setting for this novel was impeccable. I don’t know how no one, at least in my experience, has thought to write a romance novel at a zoo, not to mention one in the beautiful countryside of Scotland! The characters were a little quirky but all felt real and deeply lovable. I appreciated the authors commentary on the way we view people with disabilities and how we need to change the narrative there.

My one critique is the main character’s “best friend” played a very random and seemingly unnecessary and sporadic role throughout the story, so I think we could have done without her.

Thank you to NetGalley for the advanced copy of this book!

As much as I wanted to love this as I thought the concept of it was very interesting (being an event planner has always interested me!), this one fell short for me.

A few reason why I thought this one didn't work:
- dialogue throughout didn't feel natural
- the connection between the love interests wasn't there for me, and I couldn't see how we got from point A to point B
- the female main character was hard to like and made several questionable decisions throughout the novel

I just needed a little more from this one, but if event planning, zoos, and/or the enemies to lovers trope interest you, this one could be for you!

This is the perfect book to cheer you up when you are having a rough day. It can take your mind off of everything else and transform your surroundings into the book. Jess and Nick fall perfectly into the enemies to lovers troupe. Jess is struggling to balance life and work when she takes on an event at a little known zoo. It turns out the zoo is exactly what Jess needs. What I loved most about this book was no matter how my day was going I knew it would get better when I picked up this book. I highly recommend this book for a wonderful romcom.

I received this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

As other reviews have me ruined, not really an enemies to lovers. Barely any conflict before they're suddenly in love and that's that.

I thought this book would be good, easy and a fun read, and it delivered. It was fun, and I overall liked this book. The two main characters, Jess and Nick, were a little unlikeable to me, especially with their first meeting. Jess is one of the best events managers from Edinburgh. But then her brother becomes ill, and she has to help him.

I thought this was an enemies to lovers, but they barely bickered except for the first few times and moved on pretty quickly, and they just weren't enemies. The part which I loved the most was the "animal saving", and I think that is the reason I gave this book a 4 stars instead of 3 stars after the disappointing enemies-to-lovers romance.

So if you can get past the enemies to lovers' disappointment this is a pretty good read.