Lillian is sent to a tiny Alaska town to study the declining salmon population. the town s not happy she s there, but she makes fiends with fisherman Matthew.

Thank you Net galley for the ARC! I'm speechless!!!! This book was soooo good.
I requested it initially because something about the cover drew me in and just felt real, And that's exactly what this story ended up being. This story follows Lillian who is a scientist in
L.A at a place called PMI ( pacific marine institute) when she gets sent on a job to a small fishing town in Alaska (Naknek) to collect samples and research why the coho salmon population is dying. From the moment she gets to town she is basically hated by everyone. Nobody wanted a scientist/ government coming in and restricting the fishing community.
Everyone is being so hateful and unhelpful except our mmc matt who immediately we can just tell he has the biggest, kindest heart. Matt offers to take Lillian around to different fishing towns and take her out on his boat and they end up spending so much time together that they develop this beautiful romance while literally fighting for the right to stay together against the whole towns wishes.
This story blew me away! It was so well written and real, it just felt like Lillian and Matt were to real people dealing with real problems. I loved it so much and definitely think this deserves to be hyped up.

4.5 stars

I liked the story. Our heroine is a climate scientist who is sent to Alaska. (Though IMO she is a bit preachy)
Our hero is part of the fishing community affected by the reduction in stocks of fish. Lillian is there to discovery why stocks are reducing. This book was down on the erotica list as well as the romance but though it could be thought as romantic any activity is behind doors.
The indigineous folk are highlighted as well as Mathew's drunken father and angry brother. It was faily obvious to me who Gwen's love interest would turn out to be...The authour is new to me, I might look for her books in the future. It was interesting to read about life in the artic circle.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own