The Reluctant Romantic

Emery is a well known, successful romance novelist. She doesn't believe in romance for herself though. On her way to a book signing she goes into the wrong book store. There, she knocks over a display of books! While helping to pick up the books, she finds out that the propieter, Eveline doesn't like romance novels. And this is how this opposites, forgiveness, love story starts! A FAVORITE! 5 stars!! I LOVE THIS BOOK!

Just finished the last part of the story and have been crying with happiness for quite awhile. Love the characters, setting, dialogue and brilliant story within the story. I think you will too! GB

Sienna Waters is one of the Lesbian Romance authors I've long admired for her reliably entertaining and unique novels, but that reliability dimmed about halfway through The Reluctant Romantic, went into brown out at two-thirds, and blacked out entirely at three quarters. The problem was our heroine went from awkwardly shouldering an unintended misunderstanding to deliberately misleading her love interest for purely self serving reasons. One of those reasons was profit, another was cowardice: her fear that the truth would damage her developing relationship. Her "fix" was to make a choice where the only possible outcome was exploding the relationship. I know we have to have the second act crisis, but surely there less despicable devices available. I assume the novel has an HEA, but I can't attest to it, since I had all I could take at 80% when it looked like it was the wrap up was going to get even more idiotic.

This was the sweetest and funniest book I have read in a long time. Great storyline and lovable characters! Buy it you won't regret it!

Thank you to Booksprout and Sienna Waters for this ARC opportunity. I am happily leaving my honest review. I was so excited to read another book by Sienna Waters and The Reluctant Romantic did not disappoint! I really enjoyed this delightful sapphic romance and was happily entertained from beginning to end. The Reluctant Romantic is an emotionally intelligent sapphic romance that I found to be quite charming and satisfying opposites attract love story. This book was so fun to read and Waters uses her signature humour to create a warm, funny and emotional story that I didn’t want to put down. Emery Parker is a romance writer that uses the pen name Emerald Pearl. She has had considerable success but finds herself suffering from a case of writer's block as of late. Despite her successful writing of swoon worthy love and perfect happy endings she is notoriously shy and rather clumsy around real life women. Emery’s clumsiness is on full display as she bulldozes a carefully constructed book exhibit at Eveline quaint french bookshop. In a fun twist, Emery ends up working at a Bookstore believing that perhaps a little immersion therapy will help unblock her writing and allow the creative juices to flow once again. Eveline is composed and definitely emotionally guarded. She runs her own successful business and is skeptical about romance novels and just loves itself. This book was such a fun and refreshing sapphic love story. Though the premise is simple, a romance writer hiding…