I think this book would have been more enjoyable if I had read the previous book. I didn't even realize this book was second in a series. I had to really search and dig deep to find out it is the second book in a series. I was so lost with the amount of different characters and not really getting an introduction to who they were. It was hard to keep track of and become connected to the characters. This doesn't seem to work well as a stand alone novel. I would not recommend reading this before reading the first book.

Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press | St. Martin's Griffin for a digital ARC in exchange for my honest review.

WOW! Thank you to Netgalley and Jen Devon for allowing me to read this book for an honest Review.
If you love a good slow burn, Second Chance Romance where they met and had a whirlwind romance at 18 that continued through the years as random hook ups. I was sad for the lack of flashbacks into their past as that is one of my favorite parts of second chance romance but it did not take away from the storyline at all. I enjoyed the characters and their banter. This story was more character driven than plot but again did not take away from the story. I loved that TJ was still close with Bradys family and it often had them needing to be in the same place and man oh man was it sometimes hard to experience with them. I loved the way the family meddles in their relationship! This is my first book by this author and i can promise it will not be my last!

Temperance and Duncan spent one summer falling in love and then years of hurting each other. Now, they are forced to spend some time together where old feelings come to the surface.

I loved the concept of this one and enjoyed some of it. The family feel of the Brady's was amazing. I loved how close they all were and how they pulled everyone together. The second chance romance was good, although a little too much of a slow burn. I did want them to work everything out and be happy together. However, there are a lot of characters and very early. It was almost like a large character dump and I felt like I was dumped into the middle of a story. By the end, I did like all of them, but I wish there wasn't as many.

Overall, this was a cute slow burn, second chance romcom.

Thank you to the author and publisher for the gifted copy!

Right Where We Left Us is the second book about the Brady family - this time following Duncan Brady and TJ Madigan and their angsty relationship. This is a standalone book but very helpful to read the books in order to have backstory on all the supporting characters. Like the first book, I love the cinematic descriptions of the winery and the pure love from the welcoming Brady family. Tropes include forced proximity, second chance romance and a lot of will they/wont they. If you enjoyed the first book you will love this one as well!

Thank you to St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley for the ARC.

This was a great book. I connected with the characters. I felt engrossed with the plot. I would read another book by this author.

After reading Right Where We Left Us, Jen Devon is an author on my radar. This one follows the author's first book but worked for me as a stand-alone. The relationships were as important as the romance in this sweet novel. I am already looking forward to the next part of this series! Who will be the next couple?
Thanks, NetGalley and the publisher, for providing me with the ARC ebook I read and reviewed. All opinions are my own.

Right Where We Left Us is a nice, second chance genre, romance story, not exactly a rom-com although there is some humor in it. In some ways it felt a little unrealistic, this great sweeping powerful love, but it also made it fun. Temperance is a doctor who keeps getting in situations with her ex boyfriend due to all their friends and family being connected. There are some not very good reasons why they've stayed apart all these years despite being very hot for each other. There is a pretty high spice level in the romance!

Right Where We Left Us was an emotional, angsty, second chance romance that broke my heart before healing it.

Temperance’s sister married Duncan’s brother when they were teenagers and ever since then they have shared a complicated history.

At eighteen they began a secret relationship which ended in devastation. Every encounter since then has been fraught with tension or led to a messy hookup that leaves them feeling even more broken.

After years of painful secrets and hurt feelings, Duncan and Temperance are forced to spend the summer together in the lead up to Harry and Rowan’s wedding. They enter into a tentative truce in the hopes of surviving their time together, but it soon becomes apparent that this is their last chance to make it right or the end.

Jen Devon’s debut novel Bend Toward the Sun was my favorite read of 2022 and Right Where We Left Us was just as emotionally devastating and featured the same captivating storytelling.

P.S. I also really hope we get Malcolm and Frankie’s story next.

This second-chance romance was sweet and descriptive. I think the biggest challenge for me was that I hadn’t read the author’s first book, and while I thought this would work well as a standalone piece, I found myself having trouble keeping up with all of the characters. I kept having to flip back to figure out who was who because the supporting cast is so large. I also both appreciated the descriptive writing and at times found myself skimming to get to the point of the scene. Overall, beautifully written but maybe just not the right fit for me.

Thank you to NetGalley and SMP for the ARC in exchange for an honest review

I woudl recommend if you're looking for (SPOILERS)

-m/f contemporary raomcne
-second chance
-aaangst
-found family
-hurt/sick comfort
-it's always been you

Jen Devon is just an incredible talent. Reading this I would just sit staring at her line level writing, the lusciousness of it, the angst, the feeling, she does na incredible job of just dropping you right in the scene. I don't know how you can read this books and not want to just go live at the winery if not be adopted into the Brady family. This was angsty goodness of two people who the timing wasn't right, but the yearning never let up. And maybe also a bit too stubborn to get out of their own ways.

I won't give any spoilers but the way this book left me screaming for who I assume the next couple in the series is, I cannot wait. I am a forever Jen Devon fan.

I received an advanced copy of this book through NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review. I absolutely loved Jen Devon's first book. We are in the same world as the characters in the 1st book, which came out a couple of years ago. I definitely needed a refresher on the Brady family. The author provides that well. You don't necessarily need to read the books in order, but it probably makes sense.

This book is a second chance romance. Temperance, or TJ, as she's known, is a pediatrician who is finishing her residency. Duncan Brady is one of the younger of the Brady kids and the general contractor at his family's business. He has aspirations of being an architect. When the two were 18, they had a secret fling. (Or not so secret to members of their families, her sister Maren married Duncan's brother Nate) they are in each other's lives by proximity of their friends and family. Something ended their fling, but as readers, we don't quite know at first what it was. There's an unstoppable attraction there that they can't fight. The feelings run deep. The book was a little slow in the beginning, and it took me until about 60% to really get into the book.

I really enjoyed most of this book and how they take care of each other. The chemistry was hot. It just felt a little slower paced than I would have liked.

4/5☆ out June 18, 2024.

Right Where We Left Us takes us back to Vesper Valley and the Brady family. Even though it can be read as a stand-alone, I will forever recommend reading Jen’s debut Bend Toward the Sun first.

When I read Bend Toward the Sun, it blew me away and I’ve been waiting for Jen’s next book ever since. When I finally got my hands on Right Where We Left Us I was torn between devouring it in one sitting and savoring it.

Jen Devon is just the absolute queen of angst and pining. You feel every emotion radiating off the page, it’s just so easy to lose yourself in the story. Here she goes gracing us with another gorgeous love story in Duncan and Temperance. Their spice and banter were *chef kiss*. It was impossible not to feel the tension and chemistry between them, they were electric.

While Temperance and Duncan rightfully took center stage in this story, I loved that we got to check back in with Harry and Rowan as well as the rest of the Brady family who’s joy and love is as contagious as ever. (I’ve said it before and I’ll say it forever, someone please tell me where to apply to join the Brady family!)

Back in 2022, Bend Toward the Sun immediately took a top spot on my favorite romance list and Right Where We Left Us has definitely joined it. (And I have no doubt that whenever we are graced with a Frankie and Malcolm book, that one will join them as well.)

Thank you SMP Romance and Netgalley for my review copy in exchange for an honest review 💜

P.S. I eat cupcakes the same way as Temperance and it is without a doubt the superior way to eat cupcakes. That’s a hill I’m prepared to die on!

I really enjoyed this book and won't be the last one I read by Jen Devon!

I loved the forced proximity and the mutual pining between the two! Devon's descriptions of everything really put you into the story! I could picture everything in the vineyards and their love for each other!

Truly loved this story! Thank you NetGalley, Jen Devon, and St. Martin's Press for the ARC!

This book was "finish the arc and immediately preorder a finished copy" good.

I absolutely love Jen's writing and will never grow tired of the Brady family. Jen has such a lovely author voice and, while the story arcs in Bend Toward the Sun and Right Where We Left Us are very different, the prose is undeniably Jen. Right Where We Left Us immediately sucks you into the sweet vortex that is Duncan and TJ.

I love a story with angst and pining, and Right Where We Left Us DELIVERS. Temperance (TJ) and Duncan have been on-again off-again since one magical summer when they were eighteen. They can no longer avoid each other when Duncan's brother and TJ's best friend ask them to help them plan their wedding at the Brady family vineyard. Old wounds resurface and the chemistry is palpable.

I loved getting to revisit Harry and Rowan as they plan their wedding. Right Where We Left Us included more of the Brady family and Frankie, which I absolutely loved. I adored all of the interactions between Duncan and his brothers! This is a story any romance lover needs to read, and it is one I cannot wait to re-read.

Asparagus and Duncan's enemies to lovers romance deserves a mention because it is delightful.

Read for:
- pining
- second chance romance
- puns
- a donkey named Asparagus
- more Brady family shenanigans
- beautiful prose
- broody Mal 🔥🔥🔥

I'm off to prepare a powerpoint on why Mal is the best Brady brother. I dearly hope that we get to see his full story someday!

To read a Jen Devon novel is to fall in love with the characters and world that she so vividly creates and brings to life as she pens words to paper like the artist paints a canvas.

I adore everything about this book and was thrilled to be returning to the vineyard of Cloud Tide which we were first introduced to in “Bend Toward the Sun.” While you do not need to read this before “Right Where We Left Us,” I would definitely recommend doing so as you’ll have a better understanding and connection with the characters and a thorough introduction to the Brady family. In this novel we see Temperance and Duncan’s love story as well as the love, trust, respect, and caring of the entire Brady clan. And oh how I love the Brady family and all their distinct personalities and connections to each other. A second chance romance after a secret fling that fell apart where they were 18, Duncan and Temperance are still fighting their feelings for one another 14 years later when they come together for a few weeks for a family event. This is a charming story with witty banter, sage advice, undeniable chemistry, steamy romance, character growth, second chances, and complex realistic characters that you’ll root for and want to have by your side in real life.

Devon’s writing is a breath of fresh air leaving you with all the scents and sounds of a vineyard as if you were actually there. “Right Where We Left Us” will soon have a home on my shelves so I can revisit Cloud Tide. @kisscrafter (who also has the bestest Instagram handle btw) has quickly become an #autobuyauthor for me and I cannot wait for her third book to hear Malcolm and Frankie’s story as well as more details about the Brady family. Are there any Brady brothers in real life? ‘Cause I think I’ve fallen for the entire family…

Thank you so much to NetGalley & St. Martin's Press for the digital advance ebook. I loved it! Pre-order now so you have it for its June 18, 2024 release!

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I really enjoyed this book. One of my favorite tropes is second chance-love. The chemistry between Temperance Jean (TJ) and Duncan was palpable. There was a small amount of spice and was overall very sweet.

While this was not a sequel, it is part of a series. I was not aware of this when I started reading this book. I will go back and read the first one.

Forced proximity means second chance love for Temperance Madigan and Duncan Brady.

This romance was a highly entertaining and easy to breeze through. All of the characters are well fleshed out as are their flaws and the backstory explaining why the relationship didn’t pan out the first time around.

The last 10% of the book could have been condensed in my opinion but this is a small issue.

One other comment is that while this is the second of Devon’s books in the series, it acts as a self contained, standalone story. You just need to be patient to understand how people connect but the author gets us there pretty quickly.

Thank you to NetGalley and St.Martin’s Press for the advanced reading copy.

“Right Where We Left Us” by Jen Devon
Love is complicated
I really did enjoy my time in this story. The love journey of TJ and Duncan Brady was loaded with difficulties some from outside forces, some their own making. Oh, so much like the real world. The Brady family seemed familiar. I checked my reading journal and yes I had spent some time with them a couple of years ago. Loved that story, too. Note: For me there were a few spicy scenes with a bit more detail that I care to read. So, I just skipped those paragraphs. Happy Reading ! !

Right Where We Left Us was a sweet second chance for on again off again Duncan and Temperance. This sweet second novel from Jen Devon was so cute! It's technically not a sequel but these characters are in her debut novel which I also loved!

The chemistry was undeniable and they had a lot of growing to do together and apart. I loved the banter, the fun and all the side characters! They all bring so much laughter to the table! A must read!

Thank you Netgalley, SMP and the author for providing an arc copy as a teavelling arc in Canada aka arctic. Jen has become an autobuy authoe for me. I loves everything abou this book and immediately want to reread and annotate ny copy. This is a beautiful book aboit redemption and forgiveneeas and obsessed with the gorgeous purple cover love how it wad s broken down into parts. I will need a tropy for my shelf.

5/5☆