What I Should've Said (Red Bridge, 1)

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When grumpy, muscled-up artist Bennett Bishop bothers to speak, it’s usually to say something you’re not ready to hear.
When he first speaks to Norah Ellis, a rambling runaway bride who hitchhikes a ride from him, it’s to tell her to get out of his truck and walk because she’s a pain in the a-s-s.
By appearance, Norah Ellis is a fancy fashionista who’s spent the last several years living the good life in the city—expensive apartments, highbrow events, and a fiancé with wealth and good looks. The only problem is that she didn’t choose any of it for herself.
On the day of her July wedding, thanks to a letter from a stranger, Norah’s world turns upside down. She runs for the hills of Vermont to start a new life, but what’s waiting for her, between her estranged sister, the townspeople, and bad-boy Bennett Bishop himself, is way more than she bargained for.
Enemies turn to lovers, strangers become friends, dark secrets bust open like cans of worms, and most of all…Summer will never be the same.
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Community Reviews
Wow! This book is an emotional roller coaster!
Norah and Bennett have chemistry and the sparks fly from the first meet-cute.
As soon as Norah becomes Bennett's assistant, she falls in love with Bennett's
handicapped daughter and she and Bennett can't help but fall in love, facilitated by their mutual love of his daughter. This is insta love for sure, it happens in a matter of weeks.
This book has some high highs and some low lows.
This is absolutely a romance, it doesn't need to be anything more. It's perfect the way it is.
I am definitely emotionally attached to these characters now. I can't wait to read book 2.
There are two spicy scenes, and they aren't that spicy. I'm giving it 🌶1/5 chilies on the spicy scale.
I listened to the audiobook.
Dual narration, 2 narrators, 2 POVs, first person
Norah and Bennett have chemistry and the sparks fly from the first meet-cute.
As soon as Norah becomes Bennett's assistant, she falls in love with Bennett's
handicapped daughter and she and Bennett can't help but fall in love, facilitated by their mutual love of his daughter. This is insta love for sure, it happens in a matter of weeks.
This book has some high highs and some low lows.
This is absolutely a romance, it doesn't need to be anything more. It's perfect the way it is.
I am definitely emotionally attached to these characters now. I can't wait to read book 2.
There are two spicy scenes, and they aren't that spicy. I'm giving it 🌶1/5 chilies on the spicy scale.
I listened to the audiobook.
Dual narration, 2 narrators, 2 POVs, first person
This book just broke my heart and stitched it back together raggedy Ann style. I decreased my rating to 4-4.5 stars though because I wasn’t at all prepared for the hurt that is on this book. PLEASE read the author’s note and consider the trigger warnings of the sensitive subjects (and know that even though I did…I still didn’t know what I was getting into as the blurb for this book portrays it in such a way that you might be expecting a standard rom-com).
Norah is a hot mess at the beginning of this story, and while she has some character growth, it’s not truly explored. Regardless, I ended up loving her character.
Bennett, interestingly enough, I loved right from the beginning. Despite him being the biggest grouchy grump - I can’t explain it but I just felt like I got him (maybe because I’m a grouchy grump a lot of days these days 🤷🏻♀️).
This is a romance, but it’s not an easy one. You’ve been warned. I can’t give more of a warning without delving more into the trigger warnings, and that might create spoilers so I won’t do that.
My thanks to NetGalley & Entangled for digital access to this book.
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