A stand-alone romantic comedy set against the background of Scottish small towns and lochs that will make you laugh, cry, and definitely melt your heart.Livie Dunn, bookworm and aspiring bookstore owner, has been in love with her best friend ever since he dropped a bug down her shirt in primary school. She never stopped hoping that one day he’d realize they were made for each other.Until … other.
Until Mia got in the way.
Kyle Huang has been taught to always do the right thing. But when that involves ostracizing his best friend by marrying her childhood nemesis, Mia, life as he knows it derails and crashes.
Suddenly, their happy ever after seems like a broken dream, especially when Livie moves across two continents to open a bookstore in Scotland.
To salvage a love that seems all but lost, Kyle must come to terms with his own bad choices and hope that Livie is willing to forgive and help him face his demons—a task that is anything but simple. Will he be able to reignite her love or will he lose it all?
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I loved this book! This is one of my favorite authors as her story are well written and creative. Her characters bring the story to life and make me feel as if I am part of their world. This book is no different. It is a romance story about two best friends. Livie thought they would find a way to each other. But when Kyle marries her best friend, things come crashing down. Now Livie and Kyle are worlds apart but will there be some forgiveness in their future to find their HEA? A must read!
4.5 Cranky Stars
Kyle and Livie had been best friends since they were young. Livie was setting up Kyle’s stag night, everything would have been OK if he wasn’t marrying Livie’s worst nightmare Mia. Livia and Mia were BEF (Best Enemies Forever) again since they where very young. Mia came from an affluent family where money no object, Lia an only child from normal hard working parents, but Mia always seemed to be jealous of everything that Livie had. Now she has the ultimate prize Livie’s best friend. Livie got very drunk at the stag night and let out her inner most secret, that she Loved Kyle more than just friends. Kyle chose to ignore it as she was so drunk, but the next day at the wedding, nothing was going right down to the brides dress being ruined by spilt drink. Mia decided to postpone the wedding as she took this as an omen. Livie was relieved and thought that Kyle would come to his senses and see Mia for what she was. But after a couple of weeks they got married. Livvie was not staying around this time. The book is set in Australia and Livie took a job as part owner of a book/coffee shop in Scotland UK. It wasn’t long before Kyle came to his senses and realised that Mia didn’t love him and where he had gone very wrong. Now it was time to try and sort this mess of a life he had out.
The book is a very enjoyable read and even though not action packed I was still hooked wanting to know what was going to happen next.
I am a big fan of this author and was excited to read a rom com written by her.
This is a story that “on paper” checks all of my boxes. The blurb was right up my alley. In fact it felt oddly familiar as this happened to a couple of friends of mine.
I struggled with this book for a couple of reasons but if I told you why, I would be giving things away so I am going to “vague post” this review….
Don’t you hate when you hear that someone had really bad timing when admitting something and then expected things to turn into the fairytale? Me too. BEFs are real y’all.
This is a well written story and even though i found both MCs super annoying at times. The supporting characters were wonderful and i loved their support and encouragement.
I must admit that I read this story in accents – both Scottish and Australian and my accents are horrible. Lol
I’ll be honest and say although I did enjoy myself I wasn’t blown away. And the main reason is Kyle. If he were my BFF I’ll cut him out of my life and wouldn’t even blink.
But despite my anger towards him at the beginning of this story he did kinda grow on me. I mean he flew half way across the globe to be with Livie so there’s that. I adored Livie. She was strong, sassy and had a big heart.
I’m giving it a -4* because I just can’t look completely the other way from how Kyle acted in the beginning of the book.
***Review copy requested and reviewed on behalf of OMGReads Blog***