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Katherine is excellent at her job, but she works for a male-dominated art gallery, and when she is overlooked for a promotion, she decides to quit instead. She moves back home, where her family is only too happy to welcome her back. In a very spontaneous move, she rents a building, starts renovations, and commences the process of opening her very own art gallery. Wooing the local famous artist to headline her opening turned out to be not quite such an easy feat. Kit is hiding from the world, and his prickly side was on display when he met Katherine for the first time.

I loved Katherine and her amazing self-confidence. She displayed an immense amount of courage with all her decisions, and she rarely second-guessed herself. Kit wasn’t easy to warm up to, and I’m not sure that I ever did.

Usually, with books like these, I can’t wait for the two main characters to meet, so the fireworks can begin. But with this book, Katherine was just such a force all by herself, that I didn’t have the same anticipation for the usual meet-cute. I was invested enough in her efforts to start her own gallery. And throughout, it really wouldn’t have bothered me at all if she and Kit never fell in love. Their interactions were interesting, but just not engaging enough for me.

Thank you to HQ Digital and Netgalley for providing me with an ARC. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Was I hooked by this book? Parts of it, for sure.

Genre: Contemporary Romance