This is one of my favorite romcoms of the year! Emily hires Ryder to be her guide when she goes to Isle Royale National Park to spread her dad’s ashes. There’s a diamond, adventure and so much humor! I loved it.

Emily has been out of sorts for the past year since her father died unexpectedly. She’s been restless and taking on more double shifts in the ER, where she’s a doctor, trying to keep her mind busy. Her father loved adventure and one of his dreams was to visit Isle Royale National Park, known for its wolves and moose. She decides to take a trip to the island in his memory to spread his ashes and hires a tour guide to help her navigate her way.

Ryder is co-owner and head of marketing at Fleet Outdoor Adventures but after the death of his brother, who was the real wilderness expert, Ryder’s been struggling with grief and the company is barely staying afloat. He’s been doing odd jobs for the TaskRabbit app to make ends meet when his brother’s former fiancé, Tara, asks for a favor - she needs him to guide Emily on this trip - he agrees to do it to help Tara out, even though he really doesn’t know much about the outdoors.

Emily and Ryder meet in a hilarious scene on the ferry on their way over to Isle Royale and their adventure takes off from there. They meet an archeologist and some other academics on the ferry who are exploring an old shipwreck and it's suspenseful. When Emily and Ryder make it to the island, they soon realize they are lost and I laughed out loud at the witty banter between them. Things heat up quickly when they find a lost jewel and are chased by villains!

Emily and Ryder are a delight but I wished they had mentioned protection when things got steamy. Besides that, I thought this was a fabulous read, with a mystery, priceless treasure and humor that kept me laughing the whole way through.

This doesn’t come out until November so if you haven’t read Lucy on the Wild Side yet, you might want to check that out while you wait. I am thankful to the author, Berkley and NetGalley for the ARC. My full review will be at All About Romance closer to the release date.

📖📖 Book Review 📖📖 Can you close your eyes and think of your worst break-up ever? Emily sure can and it involves a bucket hat. But even a recent bad break-up cannot stop her from her bucket list trip, even if it means hiring Ryder as her wilderness guide. Between the adventure and witty banter between these two, is a beautiful story of grief and healing. Emily is an ER doctor whose grief over losing her father has caused her to bring her work home. Hoping to feel the connection to her dad through his last big dream trip, she embarks on this camping journey with the emotional weight on her shoulders…equaling that of her over-packed backpack. Ryder is half of the duo behind Fleet Outdoors Adventures but his brother was the real adventurer and the business all but failed when he died two years ago, and so did Ryder’s sense of purpose in the world. These two could not be more ill-prepared for what turns out to be a far bigger adventure than they could have imagined! The summer before my mom died, we planned a big bucket list National Park trip with her guidance (she was far too ill to come). Finally making it to Yellowstone, we saw signs along the way of her spirit with us and the catharsis in healing through nature was surreal. The Jewel of the Isle is a delightful, perfectly balanced read that truly has it all wrapped up in one wild adventure

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Review is posted on Goodreads and final review will be on instagram closer to the publication date!

This was quite the Rom-com! I felt like I was inside one the entire time and I couldn’t help but laugh/giggle the entire time I was reading this. I. Need more !

This book gave me the ick in a big way. Ryder was just really annoying and had to compare himself with every other guy and was just over compensating at every turn.