Truly St. James is a successful romance author with a deep-seated belief in true love (based on her parents' long marriage, not her own now-defunct relationship with a cheating fiancé). When she meets divorce lawyer Colin McCrory on a podcast recording, she's sure that the two of them will never see eye-to-eye, though her parents' surprise trial separation and the undeniable chemistry she and Colin have certainly keep drawing them together.
I've really enjoyed Bellefleur's past romance novels, so I had high hopes for this one. Unfortunately, it seems poorly considered, almost unfinished. She picks up threads and then forgets about them (nothing ever comes of Truly writing something for her high school's GSA about bisexual erasure and her and Colin's subsequent discussion about being bi, making me wonder why it was included); there's no real conflict to set up a will-they-or-won't-they moment between the main characters; and Truly's parents' musical theatre game chucked my ability to suspend disbelief right out the window. Like I said, I had high hopes for this one, but it fell VERY flat. Skip this one and pick up Written in the Stars instead.
*This book will be published April 30, 2024.
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