Practice Makes Perfect

This was a fun RomCom with humour, heart, a great secondary cast, and a couple you will swoon over. I read the first book (When in Rome) and liked it but it wasn't until a coworker told me this book was was so much better that I decided to give this author another try. I'm glad I listened to Amy because I loved this book. Word of mouth books, there's nothing better!

For me, a RomCom needs to have great banter, a couple I'm eagerly rooting for and some spicy scenes for good measure. Practice Makes Perfect is all that and a bag of chips.

First off, Will Griffin is one of my favourite leading men. *sigh* He's got some baggage but this tatt'd up ol' softie won me over immediately. I loved seeing his bond with Annie grow as he appreciated her for being her true self, despite Annie's feeling that she had to hide her true self from her siblings. 

I've been told by one person that I'm picky when it comes to RomComs and rightfully so! We should all know what we love. I want to be swept away in a RomCom! When the story is wrapped up in a small-town setting with fantastic townsfolk, some emotional baggage, snarky banter, and swoony romance, you will have me heart and soul. 

My Rating: 5 stars

Author: Sarah Adams

Genre: RomCom

Series: #2 in When in Rome

Publisher: Penguin Random House

First Published: May 2, 2023

Book Description from GoodReads: Annie Walker is on a quest to find her perfect match-someone who nicely compliments her happy, quiet life running her flower shop in Rome, Kentucky. Unfortunately, she worries her goal might be too far out of reach when she overhears her date saying she is "so unbelievably boring." Is it too late to become flirtatious and fun like the leading ladies in her favorite romance movies? Maybe she only needs a little practice...and Annie has the perfect person in mind to become her tutor: Will Griffin.

Will--the flirtatious, tattooed, and absolutely gorgeous bodyguard--is temporarily back in Rome, providing security for Amelia Rose as excitement grows for her upcoming marriage to Noah Walker. He has one personal objective during his time in town: stay away from Annie Walker. But no sooner than he gets settled, Will soon finds himself not only breaking his rule, but tasked with far more than simply providing security.

Will wants no part in changing the sweet and lovely Annie, but he can't bring himself to say no to her request, so he officially agrees to teach her how to be the next leading lady of Rome, Kentucky, and find the love of her life-even if he doesn't believe in love himself. Between faking a relationship so the meddling town doesn't catch on to what's really happening on their practice dates, and tutoring lessons that convince Annie to add passion to her list of must-haves in a mate, it doesn't take long for the lines of their friendship to blur...