What I Liked:
- funny, flirty banter
- beautiful Ontario cottage country setting
- amazing secondary characters (Prue's parents and Milo's siblings Nadia and Nik) who stole the show
- the care and sensitivity the author gave to emotional topics: dementia and its impact on the person and their family, and how Milo and his sibs confront the effects of their horrific childhood
What I Struggled With:
- Milo and Prue. I wanted to love them but didn't connect with them at all. They were caricatures whose bond was more physical than emotional. Milo was the experienced lover with a substantial spicy body count who instantly objectifies Prue, the small-town, friendless virgin, who asks the muscly man to teach her about sex.
- the emotional connection was much stronger between Milo and his family and Milo and Prue's parents than it was with him and Prue
- spicy bedroom talk and Milo's nickname (Killer!) for Prue were just plain cringy
Overall, I had hoped to love this book, but it was just an okay read. It had good topics, setting and secondary cast, but unlike Out On A Limb and Next To You which were five star reads, I was left me wanting more connection, more time with the emotional familial topics raised and less cringy bedroom talk.
My Rating: 3 stars
Author: Hannah Bonam-Young
Genre: Romance, Canadian
Type and Source: Trade paperback from public library
Publisher: Dell
First Published: Sept 9, 2025
Read:Sept 17-21, 2025
Book Description from GoodReads: In this sexy and emotional romance from the acclaimed author of Out of the Woods and Out on a Limb, a small-town woman’s journey to spread her wings intertwines with the arrival of an adventurous newcomer who brings out the best in her.
Prudence Welch has found solace in her introverted life in Baysville, a charming tourist town in Northern Ontario. Despite once dreaming of a life beyond its borders, she now finds contentment in her working at her father’s gas station, writing poetry, and caring for her mother, who was diagnosed with Early Onset Alzheimer's shortly after Prue’s nineteenth birthday. But as her mother’s condition worsens and her father’s concerns about her future intensify, Prue feels her world slipping further out of control.
Enter Milo Kablukov, an enigmatic wanderer whose beat-up van covered with ill-advised bumper stickers rolls into town just when Prue needs a change. It’s all too easy to let go with him, and Prue can’t help but strike up an unlikely friendship with Milo, which leads to a wild and sexy agreement between them.
Milo, a man of many adventures and countless stories, is not one to settle down. However, his brother’s urgent need for help has brought him to Baysville, and now the intriguing Prue has given him more reason to stay. Especially once they start spending more time together, their chemistry intensifying, and casual-sex lessons start at Prue’s request.
But as their temporary arrangement blossoms into something deeper, Prue and Milo discover that getting out of their comfort zones is one thing . . . taking that leap together is something else entirely.
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