⭐⭐⭐⭐ Was I hooked by that book? Yes, it made me smile a lot.

Blurb

Laurie runs a café in Mermaids Point and all the business owners there are feeling the pinch. The community needs tourists, and they get their wish when hazy photos of a mermaid start appearing on social media. Jake has just resurfaced after exposing a horrific case of human trafficking, and his editor encourages him to take a much-needed break. And while he is on this break, he might as well find out what’s going on with the mermaid-sightings. Jake sets himself up in a cottage at Mermaids Point and tell everybody he is there to write a book.

My thoughts

That was some meet-cute between Jake and Laurie. I couldn’t help but smile throughout the encounter.

Jake fell in the trap of feeling guilty about not telling Laurie and her family the truth about himself and trying to find the right time to tell them. And then, of course, he manages to make a huge mess of everything. It didn’t help that Laurie had some experience with flaky boyfriends.

Laurie’s father and his big personality was my favorite by far. Jake and Laurie and the rest of her family weren’t too far behind. I liked the two of them together.

It’s a very sweet story of the power of having a supportive family behind you and of finding love when you least expect it.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with a copy. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Genre: Contemporary Romance