Late Bloomer
A sexy, sapphic, opposites-attract romance with Mazey Eddings' signature sparkling voice!
Winning the lottery has ruined Opal Devlin's life. After quitting her dead-end job where she’d earned minimum wage and even less respect, she’s bombarded by people knocking at her door for a handout the second they found out her bank account was overflowing with cash. And Opal can’t seem to stop saying yes.
With her tender heart thoroughly abused, Opal decides to protect herself by any means necessary, which to her translates to putting almost all her new money to buying a failing flower farm in Asheville, North Carolina to let the flowers live out their plant destiny while she uses the cabin on the property to start her painting business.
But her plans for isolation and self-preservation go hopelessly awry when an angry (albeit gorgeous) Pepper Boden is waiting for her at her new farm. Pepper states she’s the rightful owner of Thistle and Bloom Farms, and isn’t moving out. The unlikely pair strike up an agreement of co-habitation, and butt heads at every turn. Can these opposites both live out their dreams and plant roots? Or will their combustible arguing (and growing attraction) burn the whole place down?
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Community Reviews
WHAT I LOVED:
1. Mazey put the meaning of different flowers at the back of the book.
2. The Anatomy of a Title section was hilarious!
3. Heck, the entire book had me laughing out loud like an utter geek!
4. The sex scenes were hot!
5. I could relate to the insecurities of the main charactersâ¦so much had my eyes watering and my heart squeezing.
I will admit that it takes a lot more for me to get invested in a romance book than most other types of books, as Iâm not the most romantic person. But I do like one every now and then between the âseriousâ literature. Everyone needs to be whisked away in a happy ending sometime and I appreciated the unhappy bits balancing that out throughout the story.
Personally, I could have done with a little less in terms of sexual content, but I get thatâs the direction the genre is going in and everything else I did enjoy. The characters were fun and had personalities of their own that were clear throughout the book. My only constructive feedback would be to build out the supporting cast a little bit more. When itâs just the relationship it doesnât always feel like real life.
Also kudos to the author for sharing the (hilarious) list of would be titles at the end. Had a good laugh at those.
Overall, definitely on the upper end of romances. 4/5
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