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The story has a powerful start, where we meet Dr. Cohen Beckett, the local vet, mourning his young wife’s passing. He is left with his heartbreak and a 2-year old son. Skip forward 8 years, and Paige Henley moves into town to take over the bakery. They make an instant connection when Cohen comes into the bakery on the grand opening day.

This is a slow, clean, HEA romance. Paige and Cohen were very cute at the start of their relationship. Does she like me as much as I like her? What does it mean when he says this? Or does that? Many of the expected feelings and thoughts that go along with starting a new relationship. But poor Paige had carefully opened her heart to a man who wore blinders when it came to his son. And that caused the main friction between them.

I liked Paige and Cohen, they were fairly mature for most of their interactions. They had to contend with an entire town interfering, and that was a bit much at times. I understand the whole small-town thing where everyone knows everyone’s business, but this was just a bit over the top. Everyone had them marrying before they even went on their first date. That would be enough to make any one nervous. I also didn’t quite buy into the situation with Paige’s ex-boss later in the book. It just wasn’t very realistic for me.  

It’s a great book for a quiet, easy, relaxed read.

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

Was I hooked by this book? Not completely, but yes.

Genre: Contemporary Romance