Wishful is a southern romance series written for anyone looking for love in a small town. If you loved Hart of Dixie and miss the residents of Bluebell, you just might fall in love with Wishful. It’s a town where everybody knows your name and hope springs eternal! This volume contains Books 10-12.You Were Meant For Me (Book 10)It was just supposed to be a fling, so they agreed to no last names—a … agreed to no last names—a decision Mitch regretted the moment he woke up to find Tess gone. When Fate gives them another chance, they dive headlong back into their affair to find out whether there’s more than simply heat. But when Tess ends up pregnant, he’ll have the biggest fight of his life convincing her that their fling should be forever.
A Lot Like Christmas (Book 11)
Hannah’s waiting tables at Wishful’s Dinner Belles diner and dreaming of getting an interior design business off the ground. What better way to practice and show off her skills than with some holiday decorating? Jaded Ryan, an Army medic on leave, and his cantankerous great uncle, Percy, are desperately in need of Christmas cheer—and a referee. Can Hannah’s warmth thaw these frosty hearts?
Dancing Away With My Heart (Book 12)
After a high school trauma hit like a ton of bricks, Lexi has spent years avoiding her best friend, Zach. Now she’s back in town just in time for the high school reunion she never planned to attend. All she wants to do is get through this with her secret—and her heart—intact. But what if 10 years is just the right amount of time for Zach to finally get a clue?
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The town of Wishful is special. A box set gives you three opportunities to catch up with friends. Kait Nolan has built a town that makes you feel like you are part of it. Everyone feels like a friend.
This box set has one of my favorite characters, Mitch. He’s appeared in other books and I was thrilled to get his story. And it gave me all the feels! The other two books introduced new friends and I enjoyed both of the stories as well.
Each story stands alone so you can read any of them without any reading previous books. But it’s kind of like potato chips….you won’t want to read just one!
I received an advance copy and am voluntarily leaving an honest review.
Of all of Kait Nolan”s series of books, the Wishful series is one of my favorites. This is three separate stories about three couples that make you believe in second chances. Come meet the people of Wishful and see how they can take you away to a special town where anything is possible. I hope you enjoy these stories as much as I did.
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Three books in one!! What else could you ask for? The casserole patrol is back intending to melt hearts so they can have more adopted grandkids.
New resident of Wishful, Mr. Peyton’s daughter finally decides to visit. But will she find it as charming as others seem to? Or will everyone be to suffocating for her to find room in her heart for this charming town? And maybe slow down a bit for romance? A few surprises along the way should help her.
Christmastime is everyone’s favorite. Ryan comes to ‘help’ his adopted uncle to get out among the living. But can Ryan learn the same lesson? A Christmas Elf is sure to help.
Photography is everything in both their worlds but can they join their two styles together or will they clash too much to make a match?
All three books are just as good as the rest of the series as Kait Nolan brings us this wonderful trio of books.
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I have been provided with a review copy of Wishful Romance Volume 4 (Books 10-12): Small Town Southern Romance (Wishful Romance Boxed Sets) by the author via Booksprout for an impartial review. This box set includes the following titles You Were Meant For Me, A Lot Like Christmas, and Dancing Away With My Heart.
You Were Meant For Me
This is a book in the Wishful Romance series and we finally get to see Mitch who we have previously met find his happily ever after. This book was just wonderful. I absolutely loved this story and this book was just cleverly written. I just didn’t want this story to end it just captured my attention and had my emotions all over the place. I can’t wait to see what this author has in store for us next.
A Lot Like Christmas
This novella is a part of the Wishful Romance series and I just absolutely loved coming back to this world and meeting some new characters as well as seeing some beloved characters from the past books. This novella was just such a quick and easy read and I just couldn’t get enough of it. I just fell in love with Ryan Malone and Hannah Wheeler and their journey together was just beautiful. I was just crying at the end of this beautiful story. I can’t wait to see what’s next from this author.
Dancing Away With My Heart
This novella is a part of the Wishful Romance series. I really enjoyed getting to back into this amazing world with its awe-inspiring characters. I just really enjoyed this story and getting to go along for the ride. I loved getting to see Lexi Morales and Zach Warren find their way to each other. It was just such a beautiful story and I was sad to see it end. I can’t wait to read more wonderful stories from this author.
Lovely collection of small town romance. You Were Meant for Me :Mitch is the reliable flirt we have all know, with a huge heart. Tess, a career woman, only child with big plans, meets our flirt in an unusual way, and disappears from his life. Our hero reenters every day life with a shadow large enough for friends to notice. Sweet second chances save Mitch and bring his new love to Wishful. Unintended consequence through many curves into happily ever after, but through the love of a large family the world heads back on track. A wonderful story of love threw generations and the ever changing course of family.
A Lot Like Christmas: The Spirit of Christmas is alive in Wishful! Not only do the young find love this time, but older residents rediscover love. It’s so sweet to watch a recent transplant to Wishful spread holiday cheer, and find herself and new love. Our hero ,sent by Mama to help his grouchy uncle, finds that Christmas is alive, and so is love. Curl up with a cuppa in front of the Christmas tree and enjoy!
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I love everything that is Kait Nolan and most especially, “Wishful”. Each book in this series takes you in and makes you just want to live there. Each of these books will make you fall in love! Definitely 5 star reviews for each one! <3
A wonderful collection! Kati Nolan is a fantastic author!
You Were Meant for Me: A wonderful story! Tess and Mitch struggling through many misconceptions keep you turning pages to find out if they can overcome all to find a happy ever after.
A Lot Like Christmas: a touching story with wonderful characters. Hannah and Ryan’s stories will keep you entertained until the end.
Dancing Away With My Heart: Kati comes through again! A quick relaxing read with wonderful easy to relate to characters.
It’s always fun to spend an afternoon in Wishful!
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You Were Meant For Me
Tired of always trying to be perfect, Tess decides to take a break from reality and have a little fun while vacationing in Scotland. She meets up with Mitch and they begin a romantic fling. They vow to keep it simple and only exchange first names. Simple quickly becomes complicated and Tess leaves without a word.
Through a crazy turn of events Tess finds herself meeting up with Mitch in his hometown in Mississippi. They are given a second chance at romance.
A Lot Like Christmas
Hannah is living in Wishful with her sister while she recovers from a health scare and tries to decide what to do with her life.
Ryan is a military man in the special forces. He doesn’t have time for relationships.
Ryan takes a leave from the military to check on his “Uncle” Percy.
The three join forces to decorate Percy’s home for Christmas. Everyone starts trying to play matchmaker.
I love how the book shows the different challenges each character is facing and how their relationships with each other help them overcome the obstacles they are facing.
Dancing Away With My Heart
This book did not disappoint. The characters are fun and likable and make you root for a happily ever after.
I love Kait Nolan’s books because they are fun and light reads. I enjoy following the characters through the books and watching the family interact.
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Wishful Romance
You Were Meant for Me
Another wonderful story taking place in the southern town of Wishful. Tess and Mitch met while visiting Scotland and fell head over heels in love, although they didn’t know each other’s last names or personal information. In fact, Mitch did not even know Tess’ first name, for reasons eventually explained. Tess left without saying good bye on their last day together. But it truly is a small world, as they say. Tess came to Wishful to visit her recently remarried father and ran into Mitch. It was fun reading about their reunion, whether they should tell the family and friends about their relationship, and other circumstances arising during their reunion and days following. No spoilers, but keeping in mind there are a few engaged couples in Wishful, there is one unique wedding at the end that you don’t want to miss. This book left me wanting more visits to Wishful.
A Lot Like Christmas
This story of Hannah and Ryan is so delightful. You find out why Hannah, an interior designer, ends up being a waitress in Wishful and why Ryan, an Army medic, ends of up on leave in Wishful. It is so fun seeing how the two of them find each other and how they help each other overcome major obstacles in their lives. Ryan’s adopted uncle Percy plays a key role and it’s just wonderful watching it all play out. Another great story by Kait Nolan. So great, I read it in one sitting because I just had to know how the story ended.
Dancing Away With My Heart
This story of Zach and Lexi is wonderful. Lexi temporarily returns to Wishful to help while her mother recuperates from an injury. Zach was her best friend many years prior, but they drifted apart and Zach was never sure why. It just so happens their class reunion is happening during Lexi’s visit but she swears she will not go. Zach’s photography business is quite busy, and it just so happens that is Lexi’s chosen career as well, so Zach asks for her assistance while she’s in town. You will discover the reason behind the estrangement and find out what happens with the reunion and how Lexi’s mother fits into the grand scheme of things.
Great stories by Kait Nolan!
You will love reading this series if you believe in romance!
If you believe in fate and romance then You Were Meant For Me by Kait Nolan is the book to read. Six weeks after having an romantic chance unforgettable affair in Scotland, Tess Peyton comes to Wishful to be with her father. Mitch Campbell hasn’t been himself since his European vacation and is invited to his Aunt’s house with the whole Campbell family to meet her husband daughter, Tess. What are the chances fate had a hand in bringing them together again! Surprised and then they try keeping their first meeting secret from her dad and the Campbell’s. You Were Meant For Me is romantic and full wonderful characters in the small town of Wishful.
A Lot Like Christmas is a beautifully written story of the romance between Ryan Malone and Hannah Wheeler. Ryan looks homeless when Hannah sees him outside the diner on a cold winter night and brings him in and pays for a coffee and soup. Ryan, a Army medic, whose borrowed truck breaks down outside of the town of Wishful is in town to check on his Uncle and access him whether he is ok to live alone. When they meet again Hannah is decorating his Uncle’s home for Christmas as a gift from one of his late wife Uncle’s friends. A Lot Like Christmas is romantic and full of unique characters in the wonderful town of Wishful. It is beautiful story of finding love and the Christmas spirit, and one you will thoroughly enjoy reading.
I loved Dancing Away With My Heart! Lexi returns to the town of Wishful after 10 years to help her mother and runs in to her best friend Zack. Zack doesn’t understand why Lexi stopped being his best friend and is clueless yet he wants her to work with him in his photography business. Kait Nolan wrote a wonderful story of best friends, misunderstandings and second chance love. She is one of my favorite authors and I love her characters in the town of Wishful
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4.5 You Were Meant for Me
5 A lot Like Christmas
5 Dancing Away With My Heart
I love this series!
I always enjoy revisiting Wishful and its characters.
What I liked:
The writing style
The characters
Part of a series: Wishful
Standalone
HEA
Epilogue
I always look forward to reading Kait Nolan’s next book.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an ARC from Booksprout.
Need a little scandal romance? Need a Christmas (almost Hallmark-like) romance? What about a love story ten years in the making? This book series has it all! Just enough suspense to keep you wondering, a little heat (that you can skip through it that’s not your thing) and a whole lot of southern love. These books will make you want to move to Wishful!
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You were meant for me
Couldn’t wait for Mitch’so story and I loved it. Tess and Mitch make a great pair. I would definitely recommend reading this book.
A Lot Like Christmas
Ryan and Heather, what a couple. Both had things to work through together and on their own. Love this Christmas story. Great addition to the wishful series, get to see some old familiar faces but as all the books in the series it is a stand alone.would recommend
Dancing Away With My Heart
A second chance, a wish finally coming true in Wishful. Zach and Lexi get there hea. This is a sink into novella that will definitely keep you reading. Friends, family and that small-town we love.
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I always enjoy returning to the small southern town of Wishful and its quirky inhabitants, and stories like those in this boxed set are why.
“You Were Meant For Me” is another wonderful addition to the Wishful series.
Mitch is a(nother) swoonworthy hero, fitting in really well with the other Wishful heroes I’ve met so far, and Tess is a likeable, relatable heroine.
A minor drawback for me was that Tess’s personality is so much like Norah’s, that – while it makes for an interesting dynamic between those two – it felt at times like a bit of a déjà-vu.
Countless bonus points, as pretty much always, for the Campbell clan, this wonderful, messy, brilliant, meddling bunch of “good people” who everyone would love to have in their corner.
“A Lot Like Christmas” is a wonderful (if a bit short-ish) addition to the Wishful series that has all the things I love about Kait Nolan’s books:
Southern small-town charm, likeable, “real” characters struggling with real problems without too much melodrama, a swoonworthy romance story with a dash of humor – the latter not only but also served by the Casserole Patrol.
“Dancing Away With My Heart” hits the swoony spot!
– Favorite tropes? Check! (best friends to lovers + high school reunion)
– Favorite small town? With a lovable + quirky cast of characters? Check!
– Perfect combination of swoon-worthy, funny, and sexy? Check!
I love this series, and I’ll always come back for more!
Wishful Romance Volume 4 tells three beautiful love stories set in the backdrop of small town Wishful, Mississippi. Kait Nolan skillfully uses humor, Southern charm, community and love to craft this feel good book!
You Were Meant for Me
Who doesn’t love the thrill of a vacation romance?
For workaholic overachiever, Tess Peyton, a few days with Mitch, a hot and handsome stranger, while in Scotland is exactly what she needs: all fling, no strings, no last names! However, at the end of their interlude, both find themselves wanting more.
Back to reality…
Her dad has remarried and she is jet lagged, overwhelmed and not excited to meet his new wife and her large extended family in Mississippi. She doesn’t count on him being a member of that family!
Kait Nolan does it again! She had me cheering for a happily ever after for these two complicated yet well written lovebirds! Will they pick up where they left off? Will it be awkward? Will they find the love they’ve both been wishing for in Wishful, Mississippi?
This is a must read, all the feels, standalone romance but many beloved characters from the Wishful series appear in this story!
A Lot Like Christmas
I absolutely love this book and the way it still makes me feel good just thinking about it! It’s a standalone story set in Wishful, Mississippi. Hannah is so sweet and kindhearted that she buys soup for a man she believes to be homeless. Ryan is on leave from the Army to check up on his aging Uncle Percy. Things are not quite as they seem. There is so much warmth, kindness and love radiating from this book and sparks do fly! The main characters each have personal issues to overcome and Kait weaves these so well into the story!
After reading this, I want Hannah to be my new best friend! She is so genuine and deserving of receiving the love that she puts out in the world. Percy is like that wonderful old neighbor who we all grew up with and Ryan? A true hero who takes chances with his life but not his heart!
For those of us who have read other books in Kait Nolan’s Wishful series, many fun and quirky characters reappear, like the Casserole Patrol. It leaves the reader wanting more Wishful adventures!
Dancing Away With My Heart
Dancing Away With My Heart is a stand alone sweet, sentimental story that perfectly captures the angst that is teenage unrequited love. It’s also another delightful visit to Wishful, complete with everything we’ve come to love about Kait Nolan’s books: small town camaraderie, well written characters, humor and true love finding it’s way through obstacles. Teen aged Lexi Morales is hopelessly in love with her best friend, Zach, who loves hanging out with her but has absolutely no idea of her feelings. He thinks she asked him to prom as a joke and she buries her feelings even deeper and laughs along with him. Everyone can see how perfect they are for each other, except of course, him. Ten years later, she comes back to town and finds that her feelings still haven’t changed. Zach? Well, Zach hopes to rekindle the friendship, offers her a job opportunity and is genuinely confused as he begins to see her as something more than a friend… However, there is a golden opportunity to right a ten year old wrong. Are they both willing to take a chance on love this time? Can she fit her new self into her old dress, her old life and her new place in his heart?
I love Wishful and everything about it. I’ve read every book and each one is totally relatable, the conversations realistic and the people mostly adorable. These books cv make me smile and isn’t that the most important thing right now?
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Here’s what I love about Kait Nolan: her characters. Many times when I’m reading a series, by the time the next book comes out how many months after the previous, it takes me a couple of chapters to remember who some of the characters are and what their story was and what their relationships are to other characters. But not in Wishful! It’s so easy to slip back into that little town like you never left. Every single character might not be in every single book, but there’s enough mention of them all throughout the series that it’s easy to remember every last one of them. Mitch we’ve known from the very beginning – and I just knew the town flirt would be a big soft marshmallow deep down, and I loved every single word of it. I’m not going to give away anything more than that, so take the leap and read this one for yourself
I don’t remember a mention of Hannah in previous books, but it doesn’t matter, you definitely feel like you know her by the end. No Wishful story would be complete without the Casserole Patrol! Honestly I don’t know what I liked more, Ryan and Hannah or Percy. Even though there was a lot going on in this story, I always want more. There were a few great lines that just made me crack up.
Book 12, This was such a sweet friends to more story. Even though it was pretty short, it still felt complete. This one deals with a lot of lesser mentioned Wishful residents. In fact, I don’t remember a mention of Lexi or Zach before, but we have seen most of their friends crop up in other books. This was just sweet enough to satisfy my need for more of Wishful. Can’t wait for the next installment
You were meant for me:
Tess believed that she had to lock her emotions away in order to take over the family business. When she meets Mitch on holiday she doesn’t want to be herself, she wants to be carefree and spontaneous, and in so doing loses her heart without even realizing it. Mitch, on the other hand, coming from a big family that openly shares their feelings, realizes what he has long before Tess. When he meets her again at a family gathering he sets his heart on winning hers. This story is wonderfully written with two people from two totally different families (emotionally) coming together to show each other the best of both worlds.
A Lot Like Christmas:
With the opening chapter, you are struck by the big And pure heart that Hannah has and her optimism is contagious. Both Ryan and Hannah are hiding behind their fears, and don’t realize it until it gets “thrown” into their faces by the people they love. The characters were so real and could easily be one of your friends. Both are so lovable that you feel you have a vested interest in their future.
Dancing Away With My Heart:
Could not put this book down – literally read it in one night. Loved the dynamic between Lexi and Zach, even after 10 years of not seeing each other, they just seem to click. The way Kait writes makes the characters totally believable and you are rooting for the couple to find love.
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You Were Meant For Me
I love Wishful. And being a Northerner myself, I adore when I get the chance to see Wishful through the eyes of an outsider. Tess and Mitch pretty much took this story and ran away with it. There were so many times I wanted to take this pair and shake some sense into them With one running scared and the other trying to bulldoze through, I’m so impressed that the author was able to corral them into a common outcome. My favorite part of any Wishful novel has got to be the interactions within the Campbell clan. They’re pushy, and nosy, and opinionated, and the whole lot of them just have so much love to give. Now that we’ve finally read Mitch’s story, I have no idea what’s still to come, but I can’t wait to get my hands on it no matter what it is.
A Lot Like Christmas
There is nothing at all quite like a Wishful Christmas. I’m a sucker for a military hero and I simply ADORE Wishful. Pair these things together and I’m happier than a cat with her own garden full of catnip. Hanna embodies the Christmas spirit I wish I could maintain. Her unrelenting delight in the season is awe inspiring to witness. Being in military service and having seen and done what he has, Ryan’s a bit more cynical about the season. So, what happens when the burned-out army medic is forced to spend time with the holiday elf? A Christmas miracle. And in case you didn’t already realize, keep the tissues handy because, like me, you’ll probably need them before you get to the end.
Dancing Away With My Heart
There just aren’t any words to explain how very much I love Wishful. I don’t care if the stories are long or short, I want to read all of them. Zach and Lexi are adorable and tragic together. High school best friends that maybe could have been more at the time if one of them hadn’t been a blithering idiot. I loved watching Zach as he started realizing what he’s been missing in his life. But it hurt my heart every time the pair of them retreated behind their defenses rather than own up to their feelings. I know I’ve made it to the end of this part of their story, but I hope this isn’t the last we’ll read about Zach and Lexi.
I received a complimentary advanced copy of this book through Booksprout.
You Were Meant For Me
Mitch and Tess had this whirlwind romance, but they still seemed so connected and had this awesome chemistry. I didn’t understand why they felt the need to keep it a secret. Maybe I missed something.
I did understand Tess’ hesitation after her big surprise. Communication would have resolved a lot of issues but it didn’t happen that way initially. Mitch and Teas did finally reach their HEA in a rather unique way.
A Lot Like Christmas
A sweet, romantic holiday story. Three people, each carrying their own baggage, come together at Christmas. Everyone brings something special into the relationships and help to heal one another in the process. Ryan and Hannah find love, and both help Percy to get past his loss.
Dancing Away With My Heart
This was my least favorite of the 3 books. I didn’t like Lexi. Zach spent most of the book being clueless through no fault of he own. I thought it was interesting that when the lightbulb moment occurred for him, and he tried to address it, he still was made to feel at fault.
I felt like it wasn’t fair that Lexi knew what was wrong, held on to it and let it simmer for 10 years, and Zach had no idea what was going on.
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