I think I will never not recommend a Staci Hart book. Ever. Her stories are simply literary magic. One of the best Romance authors of our time for sure. I've read everything she's ever written and never once she's left me without a fast heart rate and a swoon that lasts for hours. She did it all over again with this book!
As a reader, Staci always leaves me craving for more. More of the characters, more of the story, more of the addictive fictional worlds she creates with her poetic voice. As an aspiring author, my question is HOW? How does she do it? How does she crafts these complex stories, characters that go deeper every time and manages to pull my heartstrings this hard? Duke and Poppy are definitely one of my favorite couples of Staci (yes, I know I say this with every book, but can you blame me?). I could feel their fear, their regrets, the battle between love and hate, the longing and hidden desires from the moment they saw each other again. The emotions in this book were so vivid and so beautifully developed in every page and I simply couldn't put the book down!
“It was complicated before. What’s unbearable isn’t regret because—I don’t regret a single moment. What I can’t live with is knowing that moment with you was all I’ll ever have. It’s the truth of your hate for me, hate that I earned and will bear as my burden. I can’t sleep without seeing you. I can’t breathe without catching your scent. And I can’t have you."
Staci can write enemies to lovers like no other. If you have followed my reviews for a while, you know this isn't my trope of choice, but I do love a book that can develop the trope with the right elements and I can tell you, this book is a beautiful example of an enemies to lovers done well. A strong, undeniable chemistry between the characters (Good Lord, don't get me started on the steam! These two were absolute fire), an interesting and intense plot that really made me understand the reason behind their rivalry and the most beautiful and heart shaking resolution that made my heart flutter and squeal hard.
I also want to mention that I love how Staci has been tackling important social issues in this series. The Blum sisters have a heart of gold for their family and their town and I love seeing them fighting the right battles and getting in the good kind of trouble. Staci has always managed to talk about things that truly matter in her books and I love how she's using her voice and platform to speak out.
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Loved this tension filled second chance romance!
“If you’re always lookin’ for what’s next, searchin’ for more, you ain’t never gonna be happy.” These Blum sisters and the town of Lindenbach Texas have just been so much fun! And boy did the final sisters book go out with a bang! Poppy and Duke’s second chance romance was full of so much tension and hatred and remorse that I just knew that the love between them had truly never let go of either of their hearts. So with competing against each to be the new mayor, I loved all the forced moments we got with them to interact and work out their differences if you know what I mean, wink wink. But Duke definitely didn’t make it easy to love him! Solely career focused for so long, he forgot what it was like to be part of a small town and all the antics and love that it entailed. “I’d never stopped loving her, I knew that to my very core, though I’d hidden the fact away like I’d hidden the rest of me. She would be my undoing, unraveling all my hard work, all my dreams. I didn’t know if I cared anymore.” Poppy was such a spitfire with her spirit and determination to take on a mayoral race against a career politician like Duke and most importantly her ex first love. So while the whole town might not have loved her, she knew what living in a small town truly was like, love curse gossip and all. I laughed over all the things a small town mayoral race could include like calf roping, a greased watermelon race and a pie eating contest! Overall I have loved this small town romance series and am sad to see it end. This book wrapped up a little quickly for me but it was such a fun read that I wish I could have gone and voted for Poppy myself! “It was his fault that I loved him. It was his fault that I was here. He’d weaseled his way into my heart, and I hated him for it just as much as I loved him.”
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- Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2022
“If you’re always lookin’ for what’s next, searchin’ for more, you ain’t never gonna be happy.”
Loved this tension filled second chance romance!
Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2022
These Blum sisters and the town of Lindenbach Texas have just been so much fun! And boy did the final sisters book go out with a bang! Poppy and Duke’s second chance romance was full of so much tension and hatred and remorse that I just knew that the love between them had truly never let go of either of their hearts. So with competing against each to be the new mayor, I loved all the forced moments we got with them to interact and work out their differences if you know what I mean, wink wink. But Duke definitely didn’t make it easy to love him! Solely career focused for so long, he forgot what it was like to be part of a small town and all the antics and love that it entailed.
“I’d never stopped loving her, I knew that to my very core, though I’d hidden the fact away like I’d hidden the rest of me. She would be my undoing, unraveling all my hard work, all my dreams. I didn’t know if I cared anymore.”
Poppy was such a spitfire with her spirit and determination to take on a mayoral race against a career politician like Duke and most importantly her ex first love. So while the whole town might not have loved her, she knew what living in a small town truly was like, love curse gossip and all. I laughed over all the things a small town mayoral race could include like calf roping, a greased watermelon race and a pie eating contest! Overall I have loved this small town romance series and am sad to see it end. This book wrapped up a little quickly for me but it was such a fun read that I wish I could have gone and voted for Poppy myself!
“It was his fault that I loved him. It was his fault that I was here. He’d weaseled his way into my heart, and I hated him for it just as much as I loved him.”
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- Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2022
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- FlaminSamboReviewed in Australia on July 22, 2022
Just When you think you know……….
- Maddie HoyReviewed in the United Kingdom on May 5, 2023
This isn't the same Poppy from the first two books
