When We Meet Again Published by Boldwood Books by Jill Steeples
on May 12, 2022
Genres: Women's Fiction, Chick-Lit
Source: Netgalley
Format: ARC, eBook
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Also by this author: Snowflakes Over Primrose Woods
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Alice Fletcher doesn’t like to take chances and she certainly doesn’t believe in fate. Three years after the end of her last long-term relationship, she’s in no hurry to risk another heartbreak.
But fate has other plans. One day, on her drive home, Alice comes across a man, dazed and lost, by the side of a wrecked car. And with no one else around, Alice goes to help.
TV star Jimmy Mack is riding the crest of the career wave one minute, and the next he’s staring at his crashed car. But when Alice comes to rescue him, things start to look up.
What Alice and Jimmy discover next changes everything. Fate might have marked them out for each other, but somehow their destinies have got tangled. Will they get their happily-ever-after, or might their time together be shorter than either of them would hope…
This book was a complete juxtaposition of what works and what doesn’t in a book.
For starters, the synopsis of this book was just so promising! A plain Jane and a celebrity who come to depend on each other? Sounds great. And, really, the story was pretty sweet and entertaining.
However, my issue was with how, at times, the story seemed a little weak and I failed to connect with the characters–mostly Jimmy.
Which, once you read the story, I think you’d understand.
On the more positive side, however, I think this book was one of the quickest, easiest reads for me because I really couldn’t wait to see how this one ended for Jimmy and Alice. I wanted the happy-ever-after–I got a version of that.
I really did like this enough that I’m going to have to read another Steeples book. It was light-hearted, sometimes sad, and whimsical.
About Jill Steeples
Jill Steeples lives in a small market town in Bedfordshire with her husband and two children. When she’s not writing, she enjoys reading, walking, baking cakes, eating them and drinking wine.
From an early age she fell in love with the fabulously funny romances of Jilly Cooper, and vowed, one day, she would have a go at writing one of her own.
Jill loves writing short stories, particularly those with a twist in the tail, and her work has appeared in popular women’s magazines around the world and in a number of charity anthologies.
She is the author of seven romantic comedy novels.
Glad to hear it was good in the end for you. Great review!
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