Review of ‘Secretly Yours’ by Tessa Bailey

Tessa Bailey, queen of the steamy rom-com, kicks off a brand new collection set in Napa Valley with Secretly Yours. Grab a glass and settle in for an opposites-attract, grumpy-sunshine love story that’s as easy and fulfilling as a very good Pinot Noir.

As Secretly Yours begins, gardener Hallie Welch is feeling nostalgic, ruminating on Uncorked, the brand new wine store in her small city that’s taking enterprise away from the oldie however goody throughout the road, Corked. Hallie embarks on a one-woman try to save lots of Corked however quickly learns the onerous manner that day consuming must be accomplished sparsely. Because in a wine-fueled haze, she writes a love letter to the thing of her teenage self’s obsession, Julian Vos, who she occurs to be working for over the summer season. 

Now a professor at Stanford, Julian is supposedly on sabbatical, however he really simply traded his inflexible college schedule for a inflexible novel-writing schedule. He has no thought learn how to loosen up, however the lovely gardener his mom employed is proving to be a distraction he didn’t anticipate.

Julian’s planning tendencies are the proper foil to Hallie’s spontaneous ones, and Bailey peppers the story with humorous demonstrations of their personalities. He irons his socks; she gardens from the guts. He’s all about order; she will be able to’t keep away from chaos. He’s buttoned up; she’s broad open. Bailey’s humor and optimism shine by means of her characters, making each Hallie and Julian compelling and attention-grabbing figures. And followers of epistolary romances will probably be significantly tickled by Bailey’s trendy nod to the format. Hallie’s letter is courageous and cathartic, and within the good-hearted world of a Tessa Bailey rom-com, such an motion deserves to be rewarded with a fortunately ever after.

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