A hopeful single mom moves to the Houston suburbs to start anew, only to find a new adversary in the HOA.
Amelia Marsh relocates with her two young kids to a northern suburb of Houston after a brutal divorce. All she wants is a bit of normalcy for her children. The last thing she needs is to be the center of a disagreement with the HOA representative. Believe it or not, her children’s garden gnome is accused of violating the association’s rules. No way is Amelia backing down on this one. Gnomegate? Really? HOA President Kyle Sanders would be a good friend—or even something more—if Amelia wasn’t gearing up for battle with the HOA in her determination to make her house a home and her neighborhood a community…
Release Date: Aug 2, 2022
Heat Level: Sensual
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Imprint: Casablanca
Price: $7.99
Amelia just wants what is best for her kids after a terrible separation from their father. They deserve it and the small town she picks to settle on seems like the ideal place. She just didn’t anticipate rubbing the HOA representative the wrong way. Her children painted her gnomes and wanted to display them in the yard. It just so happens that it foes against the rules and the rep is not budging one bit. Amelia and her kids have been through a lot and she refuses to abide by the rules on this one. She has to bring this up to the President.
Kyle is the HOA president and a sweet guy. He instantly likes Amelia and her kids but he doesn’t want to get in the feud between her and Carla over the gnomes. He also has a policy of not dating single moms after too many bad experiences. He can’t afford to get his feelings hurt. However, he can’t resist being around them.
I found the battle with Carla and Amelia most entertaining. It was better than the romance aspect of the book. It definitely is the enemy portion of the story because I felt like Amelia and Kyle was not enemies. They liked each other from the start but kept dancing around their feelings and desires. I didn’t enjoy the slow burn because it was not logical.
While I didn’t really care for the romance, I did love the small-town vibes. The community was great. Everyone was a little too perfect for me but I like the cheesiness. I wanted Carla to fall in line quicker, but she even makes for a great villain.
Overall, this is cute and lighthearted but nothing memorable.
~ Samantha
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