Let me start by saying I'm a sucker for a second chance romance, so I couldn't have been more excited when I saw this book. I'm only sad I didn't know about it's first print in 2018.

So if you're like me and you’re into second-chance love stories, London by Patricia Evans is a total treat. Evans really captures that “what if?” magic of reconnecting with an old flame. This book is everything you’d want in a reunion romance—there’s passion, history, and plenty of drama, all wrapped up in a beautifully written story that’ll keep you turning pages.

What I loved most is how Evans dives into the emotional rollercoaster of picking up where you left off with someone who once meant the world to you. It’s intense, exciting, and honestly, pretty heartwarming. If you’re a sucker for romances that explore rekindled love and the thrill of second chances, London is the perfect read.

Big thanks to Bold Strokes Books and NetGalley for the ARC!

I received an advance copy from NetGalley.

Is there a second chance at love? Forced apart by prejudice during their high school years, Jaq and Bronwyn get a second chance at romance when they get thrown together for an ex-classmate wedding. While misunderstandings from the past are cleared up and Bronwyn's mother no longer holds the same power over her, complications from the present (meaning a controlling fiance) might still keep them in their separate ways.

While the beginning seemed a bit rushed and the two main characters just fell together too easily, the story picks up in depth as their relationship develops making it more realistic. The characters are easy to connect with and overall is just an entertaining story about second chances and protecting the ones you love.

Thank you NetGalley and publisher for this arc!!

What a good book! I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. I loved the main characters! They had great chemistry and worked so well together. I loved how the book just flowed. My first by this author but will not be my last!!!

A missed opportunity for me, so many things happening but not one of them fully explored. Starting with their meeting after so many years and the way they parted, how are they just falling back into things so quickly, then the wedding and the bullies for school. And that random hookup that was never mentioned again. Not to mention the whole Ian debacle, that’s a whole book on its own. Not for me this one I’m afraid.

Patrica Evans did a wonderful job with the character development in London as well as writing descriptive scenes to where the reader almost feels present. This book started as a romantic second chance romance and around the mid way point it evolved into a thriller.

The book was well written and the spicy scenes sizzled with emotion of past lost love. Jaq from Scotland Yard was a dream but I didn’t like her blowing off steam with another woman a couple of weeks after Bronwyn returned to her fiancé. 4.5 stars

I received an ARC from Bold Stokes Books and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I loved this book. I've read several of this author's books and so far, this is my favorite. The MC"s were wonderful, with just the right amount of angst, and lots of spicy romance. Her descriptions of the area were easy for me to see with my mind's eye. I'm not at all familiar with London, but the food descriptions were informative. Very well done.

Unexpectedly exciting!
A second chance for one true, great love!
Bad people have come between Jaq Baley and Bronwyn Charles and their wonderful first love in their lives.
Ever since they met as young students at Stratford Academy and fell in love, they have not forgotten each other.
Not even when Bronwyn's mother made sure that they were separated and no longer went to the same school together.
Back then, her mother managed to separate them, but no one could take away their feelings and deep love for each other.
Because now, apparently after so many years and a chance meeting at a wedding of a mutual acquaintance from the past, they meet again and everything is back. They have never forgotten each other…

Phew, Jaq and Bronwyn are hot and full of passion for each other and a deep bond.
When they are together, everything burns brightly with passion for each other. It’s definitely hot, hot, hot!
But then Bronwyn's strange and quite violent fiancé comes into play, making everything dangerous and exciting right up to the end.
Another wonderful and exciting novel by Patricia Evans!
I have already read a few of her books and can say that as soon as I see her name on a new book I know I have to have it and that it is again wonderfully written with an inimitable depth in her characters which I truly enjoy!
Just beautiful sapphic romance with really deep emotions!
Thanks to Patricia Evans, Bold Strokes Books and NetGalley for the ARC!

Erotic romance laced with danger
Shy Bronwyn (what a wonderful, quintessentially British name) and bad boi met at a posh London school and when discovered as lovers were separated by Bronwyn‘s mother. By chance they meet again - shortly before Bronwyn is going to marry Ian according to her mother‘s wishes. That is the start of a highly erotic affair - very enjoyable with a great butch/femme dynamic.
When it turns out that Ian has more to him than just being a successful investment banker, an element of danger is added - only hightening the butch/femme theme. This part of the story and Bronwyn‘s family dynamic might have deserved more attention and loving care.
To sum it up: An enjoyable erotic read with Jaq as the butch protector.

I received an ARC via netgalley. The review is left voluntarily.

It was an ok second chance story but I did not understand the need to add a fiance that is both horrible and a crook. The romance between Bronwyn and Jaq is really enough as a story. I also had severe issues that Jaq just after getting back together with her first love is hooking up with another woman.

Extremely fast, sexy read that felt like an old episode of a racy 80s thriller romance. Definitely surprised by the plot turnabout, but it was a helluva good time. Could of used a bit more fleshing out given the pace of the story. Thoroughly enjoyed!

Thank you to Bold Strokes Books, Inc. | BSB genre and NetGalley for providing an eARC for a honest review.