Rock and a Hard Place

“What was it with people telling young moms that we couldn’t pour from empty cups? Watch me. My cup was dry as a desert, but the water was flowing anyway.”

This series just keeps getting better with each book.
I loved Per My Last Email and Signed, Sealed, Delivered- but this one got me in my feels like no other!
The characters were absolutely amazing. I loved Marigold and how she constantly put her twins before anything else, even herself most of the time. She was such a strong character. I loved Liam to pieces and how much you knew he still loved “Goldie” regardless of the years they’d been apart. I loved that he didn’t let his relationship, or lack thereof, with their mother come between him and his sons. He was always the best dad to them. I loved seeing characters from the previous books and loved how close they all are. 💗

Marriage is hard. Parenting is hard. It’s easy to lose yourself when going through the “trenches” of newfound parenthood- whether that be ignoring your needs to take care of your children and family or burying yourself in work to provide for your family. I loved how REAL the problems this couple faced were. It made the book so much more enjoyable being able to relate or empathize because you are familiar with those struggles. Seeing this divorced couple find their way back to each other after all that they faced was everything I didn’t know that my heart needed.

“What makes you so sure you could fall in love with me again?”

“What makes you so sure I ever stopped?”

*cue tears* 🥹

5 stars 💐

❛❛ most people would never find a love like this, and yet I was lucky enough to have found it twice with her. ❜❜


・❥ second chance romance
・❥ heartwarming twin sons
・❥ new fav book husband
・❥ marriage in crisis
・❥ closed door
・❥ parent trap
・❥ slowburn
・❥ romcom
・❥ divorced


I was taken aback by this book. although the cover and plot were enticing enough to read it, I didn't have high expectations for it other than having a good time with a lighthearted read when i dived into it. yet, I concluded it with a ribambelle of tears running down my cheeks. It was utterly beautiful; the writing was exquisite, the metaphors and quotes were splendid, the orchestration of events was brillant.

”I knew that laugh. I’d spent years doing anything I could to be the cause of it. be the recipient of that joy. tossing notes in class that said her butt looked good in her flare jeans. dancing like an idiot to make her smile on hard nights. telling stupid jokes while she was in labor to take her mind off the pain. My entire universe used to revolve around that laugh. It’d be a lie if I said I didn’t miss it.”
❤️‍🩹

Liam and Marigold’s bond was bruised with anterior mistakes, suffocated with unuttered epiphanies, tarnished by unexpressed feelings. even so, it was a painfully and crudely real portrayal. their relationship was breathing through the frequent disputes, the digs, the jealousy, longing, pinning, declarations, and long-lost memories of once-in-a-lifetime sort of love. i loved how some of the most important memories that retraced their past relationship were depicted through religiously kept items in the narrative. Liam and Marigold’s love story was more than just a comedy romance, and i simply fell in love with them while they were trying to comprehend that they never really wavered in their love.

”we weren’t exactly broken, but we were definitely in need of repair.”


I won't elaborate on this review any further. I'm afraid to divulge and spoil some important details about the book and its characters that would be better left as a surprise, otherwise I could end up writing an essay and ruining the storytelling. (if you’re a fan of Sarah Adams know that this book is for you) 🫶🏼

⚠️ safety spoiler : no cheating during their marriage. Liam & Marigold are separated for approximately 7 years, both were celibate and didn’t go to any date. no ow or om darma. however marigold goes to a single, one date in the book.

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many thanks to NetGalley and the author for providing an arc in exchange for an honest review
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the cover is so pretty 🥺💐

“Come on. Get mad. Yell if you want. Throw a hair dryer at my face like that first time we argued. But for the love of God, just say something.” - quite actually a scene out of the Parent Trap.

A Rock and A Hard Place follows Liam and Marigold, divorced parents who are tricked into working together for their sons’ school event fair. The two learn to navigate a new normal of co-parenting and working in close proximity of each other while being unknowingly “parent trapped.”

I normally and not one for books with children but this was so good!!! The parent trap is a classic movie and one of my all time favs and this book really met the nostalgia that is found with that movie!! The pacing of this book was perfect and the two characters really expressed their longing for each other through their own POVs. Would highly recommend this cute read!!