Work and Play: A workplace, grumpy sunshine, forced proximity, small town romance

#Ashlinn for the win 💙💜💚 I always enjoy going back to Dogwood Cove but this trip was my favourite! This story has some really fun push/pull tension between winery owner Finn and his new interior designer Ashley. These two just can't seem to get on the same page when it comes to finding the perfect balance of class, comfort and cost. When unforeseen events throw them into shared accommodations, butting heads at work is the least of their worries. What is a guy to do when this sassy and tempting princess starts befriending everyone he knows and keeps showing up where he least expects her...including his shower? Filled with wonderful imagery and hallmarky-small town feels (think Gilmore Girls meets Chesapeake Shores) Julia once again brings us a story of love, heartache and following your dreams, and even gives us some amazing friends to help and support along the way. As someone who lives in a place surrounded by vineyards and wineries (and has spent a decent amount of time visiting them) I very much enjoyed the setting of this story. This was quite low on the angsty scale with a satisfying wrap up and a really good amount of spice for the length of the book. I feel like this might be her spiciest book I've read so far and I am Here For It ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 Finn is definitely going on my #bookboyfriend list!

This is the third book in this amazing series and is Finn and Ashley’s story. Finn is grumpy, stubborn, and sexy, but hidden underneath this façade is a sweet and caring man. Ashley has a huge heart and is caring, and she is an interior designer, who has Finn as her new boss. When they are forced to share an Airbnb there is no escaping each other under the same roof. Finn has met his match with Ashley as she is not afraid to stand up for herself and is determined to prove to Finn that she is perfectly capable of doing her job. This is a well written sweet, fun, and light-hearted read, which is a small-town romance, forced proximity tale, with humor, witty banter, and love, which leads to an entertaining and steamy addictive page turner. I look forward to reading more from this talented author whose work I always highly recommend.

It was so nice to get back to Dogwood Cove, I absolutely adore this small town, it’s a town and a group of people that I would definitely hang with. The characters in this series are just wonderful friendly people, friends who are loyal and would drop everything at the drop of a hat to help each other out. I really liked the snippets we saw in book one and two of Finn so it was really great to finally see inside his head. He is a lovely guy, who has a heart of gold, though he also has some grump in him too haha, though there are reasons for that. Ashley was a welcome member to add to this group of friends, she is a lovely girl, one who needs someplace new to call home, she has definitely landed in the right town for that. Super sweet but sexy read with some added steam for the win. It was a real easy read, one I didn’t want to put down. Thanks for the pleasure ❤️