A short, gentle, clean lesbian romance. The setting is interesting and the characters unusual: I was excited to read a complicated relationship between a butch moonshine runner and a widowed daughter of a homophobic preacher. SO much potential for conflict, right? But there actually isn’t much; the stakes feel very low and there’s not much at risk. All the problems are easily overcome. Also I know there’s a difference between romance and erotica, but I personally do like some sexual tension and hot bits even in a sweet romance. Here there’s only one sex scene, and it’s weirdly clinical (“Royal continued to rhythmically push in and out until Lovey climaxed under her.”)

I still love the potential of the characters - I just wish there was some actual conflict and some hot bits. Still, no use complaining when a book isn’t exactly what I want it to be. If you want some undemanding comfort reading after a hard day, this works fine.