Shelby instantly hates Nate the moment she meets him because he’s become her boss in a complicated turn of events at her family winery. After her Dad died Shelby had to find an investor so her mom could use the money to retire. Shebly naively thought she’d be able to keep running the winery but “Harvard Bot” Nate has been brought in. Nate and Shelby become instantly obsessed with the other and their hate quickly turns to love.

This is for you if you like sappy inner monologues and instant love. Cute but very Hallmark move vibes in my opinion. Thank you Net Galley and the publisher for the ARC!

Thank you to NetGalley and Harper Collins UK for the opportunity to read this eARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

Corkscrew You is a sweet romcom set in the small town of Verity. Most of the action takes place on a small vineyard now owned by our FMC, Shelby, after the passing of her father. When she realizes she cannot continue to run the vineyard on her own, she seeks investment help, and when she gets someone to help her, the caveat is that a new manager, Nate, will suddenly be in charge. Romance builds between Shelby and Nate, but Nate's facing similar familial struggles to what Shelby went through the year prior with the loss of her father. Nate's own father has heart issues and is refusing help, much to the chagrin of his own family. Can Shelby help save Nate's father while he attempts to save her vineyard?

The writing was nice and easy to follow. The story flowed well, and was on pace with most romcoms. The characters were quirky, but tight knit, which made you really root for them as individuals and as a collective unit. It may be a bit difficult to read if you've recently lost someone close to you, but the overall story is very sweet.

this book! It was quick and easy to read. I sped through it. I loved the vineyard setting!

The only thing I had an issue with was the speed that the MCs fell for each other, it all felt rushed which meant it’s a 3 star for me.

Definitely would read more by the author though!

Thanks to Netgalley and Harper Collins UK and OMC for the ARC

I am a huge lover of romantic comedy books… i was approved for an advance reader copy and was so excited! this one had such great potential but I have to say it fell a little short.

Spoilers ahead …..






So the main characters were both likable people but the entire story felt so rushed for me. Nate falls in love with Shelby within like a half day of meeting her… I am all for love at first sight, but there wasn’t enough character development to feel invested at that point.

The overall feel of the book was positive… loved what little I got out of the character development but the whole time I just wanted more. I think if this book dove
a little deeper and went a little longer it could have gotten to four or five stars for me. But it was just way too rushed and I felt very meh when I was finished.

Felt like a familiar live to hate but then love story. I didn’t quite get into this one all the way. I think the cover is fantastic though! Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.

Thank you Netgalley and publisher for the ARC!

This is a small town romance. Shelby is looking for ways to save her fathers winery, and seeks advice from someone she despises: Nate.

There is a lot of banter, love growing between business partners, and tension! This is categorized as a slow burn, but the story is so fast paced (in my opinion) that it doesn’t feel like a slow burn at all.

All in all, this is a decent and quick read!

Shelby is determined to save her father's winery even though she's forced into a working relationship with Nathan. Nathan has big plans to change the winery, so naturally the two butt heads. After one spectacular kiss, Shelby and Nathan are left to figure out where they stand between love and business.
I loved all the pieces of this, but it was a little too insta love for me. I didn't feel the depth or connection between Shelby and Nathan, and I wanted to so badly! The depth is there for their families and the tough situations they find themselves in. Overall this was a fun read.

Loved the cover and the name
But I have a problem with the download. It didn’t have any pages . Not sure who to ask for help

This would have been better as a singular perspective. When you have a jerk MMC, but immediately get into his head and find out within pages that he's not really a jerk, all tension is lost. Not to mention when the jerk falls in love before learning ANYTHING real about the FMC. This was difficult to get through because nothing got to build or develop. The MMC is just dealing with his feelings from day 1, and his inside monologue is so whiny and kind of pathetic. "Oh woe is me, I treated my ex like a prize and lost her." Yeah obviously... and then you just immediately develop feelings for the next girl you lay eyes on?

I like Shelby. She is the one redeeming side of this. What you see is what you get. She's not pretending to be anything and she's not afraid of conflict or fighting for what she wants.

But overall, I am not the audience for this book

Spicy contemporary rom com that had potential but missed the mark for me. It was a bit frenetic and I was thrown off by just how quickly the male lead fell in love with the female lead. The strength of his feelings seemed like a red flag or rebound because their interactions were fun with chemistry but nothing earth shattering that should lead to more than like/lust at that point. I rate this a 3.5 since the writing was ok and there were fun moments and characters. I would consider trying another book from this author and hope the next one floats my boat.

I just really feel like this could have been so much better and it missed the mark for me. It felt too fast paced, not realistic and the banter was very cringe. Shelby also felt SO immature to me, right from the first page and the first paragraph. Also, Nate was much too instalust and I felt like he was already in love with Shelby right off the bat and I didn't care for that. She used really weird words to take the place of swear words too, which made it seem even more childish. I'm disappointed and sad because I loved the cover, the blurb and the premise of this book but it just wasn't good to me.

Thank you to NetGalley, Catherine Robertson, and HarperCollins/One More chapter for an eARC of this book.

DNF... This was way too fast paced to be realistic and not a story of my liking. I don't want a super slow burn but there needs to be some anticipation. Just a miss on this for me.

I don't know if maybe I read this book at the wrong time or what, but I not only didn't like Nate and Shelby's story at all, both because of the insta-love and because there were too many other characters besides them. But most of all, a family of beautiful people with beautiful friends meets another family of beautiful people, and all of their children will be wonderful. Like all the first books in a series, with the eagerness to introduce all the possible next main characters, there is so little room left for the two "book Hero and Heroine" that then obvious that their love born in one week is absolutely weak and too out of the blue.

Io non so se magari ho letto questo libro nel momento sbagliato o cosa, ma la storia di Nate e Shelby non solo non mi é piaciuta per niente, sia per via dell'insta-love, sia perché oltre a loro c'erano troppi altri personaggi. Ma soprattutto una famiglia di bellissimi con amici bellissimi, incontra un'altra famiglia di bellissimi e tutti i loro figli saranno meravigliosi. Come tutti i primi libri di una serie, con la smania di presentare tutti i possibili papabili prossimi personaggi principali, avanza cosí poco spazio per i due "titolari del libro" che poi ovvio che il loro amore nato in una settimana é assolutamente debole e improvviso da risultare ridicolo..

I received from the Publisher a complimentary digital advanced review copy of the book in exchange for a honest review.

Corkscrew You is, as the name indicates, about wine. Well, somewhat. In this spicy hallmark-esque RomCom we follow Shelby, who is trying to save her late father‘s organic winery by getting investors involved. Nate gets sent by said investors to make sure the ship doesn’t sink. The story features themes of family and grief about losing family members. There’s quite a bit of content about illness, so if this is a topic that affects you badly, maybe avoid this book. Personally, I couldn’t really connect with the book. The relationship between the two main characters moved too quickly for my personal tastes which resulted in a lack of investment on my end. I can totally see the appeal for other readers, but I personally prefer more slow moving books. This doesn’t recalls reflect the quality of the book of course. In terms of personal enjoyment, I have to give this book quite a low rating in the name of honesty, but the book is not bad, it’s just not for my personal taste.

Thank you to NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read this before the release date in exchange for an honest review. I had high hopes going into this. The synopsis was very enjoyable and the cover was very eye-catching. However, this book was too unrealistic even for fiction. I am all for happy ever afters, but Nathan was in love with Shelby within the first twenty percent of the book. It made the rest of the story hard to be excited.

I enjoyed this book, it was quite light hearted and an easy read. I enjoyed reading the character development.

This is a story of enemies to lovers, and I will say that the character of Nate was already in love with Shelby pretty early on in the book, so be aware of that going in, and if that happening quickly doesn’t bother you, I would recommend this book. I took off one star for it as I personally love more build up. However, I thought there was good chemistry between the two characters, and I also liked the more serious component of the storyline where the author covers grief, death, and depression. It was nice to have something to balance the 'immediately in love' storyline. I maybe could have done without Shelby's names for some things.

Thank you to NetGalley and HarperCollinsUK/One More Chapter for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

First of all, this cover is ridiculously cute and what drew me to the book. Nate and Shelby were so fun and swoony! I agree that the instalove can come off and unbelievable but I LOVE when the man is down bad for a girl quick. Enemies to lovers is so fun and I absolutely loved the setting/career of this story. I enjoyed it!

Could the guy she loves to hate turn out to be her perfect pairing?
If Shelby Armstrong wants to keep her late father’s beloved Flora Valley Wines in business, she’ll have to listen to Nathan Durant’s advice. But given the fact that Shelby is all heart and Nate is nothing but tough love, bringing the winery back to life quickly becomes a battle of wills.

And yet, Shelby and Nate aren’t incompatible in every way – in fact, an unexpected (and unexpectedly hot) kiss shows Shelby that they’d make a very good team – in the bedroom! But as is always the case when it comes to love and money, things quickly get complicated…

i enjoy this so much

Okay so, I had really high expectation from this books as the cover and blurb were so good I really find it hard to connect with the main characters if there's insta-love in the book, which is what happened here. Nate and Shelby barely knew each other and he was already gone for her. Also, some dialogues and the way the characters spoke was cringe and it took me quite a while to really get into the book. The grumpy sunshine trope was well represented but maybe if the execution of the book was a bit better, I would have liked it more tbh. I had no issues with the writing so maybe I'll try some of the author's other books or wait for the ones she writes in the coming months.

I received an ARC from Netgalley in exchange of an honest review