•Type: Contemporary adult romance
•Tropes: childhood friends to lovers, runaway bride, overprotective hero, small town romance, road trip
•Pages: 406
•Series: #3 Chestnut Springs Series
•Spice: 3/5️

Favorite Excerpt
“JASPER: I don’t like talking to people.
SLOANE: You’re talking to me.
JASPER: You’re not people.
SLOANE: Then what am I?
JASPER: My person.”

Sloane met Jasper when she was still braiding her hair and dragging a doll everywhere with her. It was... Friendship at first sight...
Today, Sloane is a talented ballerina on the steps of the church and Jasper is a successful heartbreaker and hockey player.
This... friendship has lasted for years but honestly...
Is there really friendship between a man and a woman?

⛸️ Someone get me a fire engine and call 911 NOW?
If you thought life stopped with daddy Cade, the third book in the series is here to prove you wrong and show you that you’ve got a lot more to experience with this series, and I’m saying this as someone who wanted to quit the series after reading the first book.

⛸️ The story is light, extremely enjoyable, and will make you laugh in many places. The pages turn without you realizing it, and even though nothing earth-shattering happens, you find yourself constantly curious to see what will happen with this couple.

⛸️ Meanwhile, the couple is so hot ? with great chemistry and lines that win you over from the start—Jasper will become your favorite broody-moody book boyfriend and Sloane the girl with the golden heart who will win you over in no time.

⛸️ Honestly, I’m telling you, some scenes in here I did not expect—I was left gaping and gaping again at what I read and I had a BLAST.

I recommend it to anyone who ever said, “Is there friendship between a man and a woman?” because, well, meet Jasper and come tell me that again, madam!!!

‼️WARNING‼️
The book contains plenty of spicy scenes so keep that in mind if you are under 18

4/5

Is there friendship between a man and a woman? No, because they are FRIENDS. But are they really?
Charming Jasper and dynamic Sloane were definitely once friends, childhood friends.

Jasper is a talented hockey player but for Sloane he will always be the sweet boy with the sad eyes she once met at the ranch and hasn't stopped thinking about since. Even if she has to marry someone she doesn't want. But what happens when she becomes the ultimate runaway bride and Jasper is there to support her while his own life falls apart? The time they spend together as “friends” will blur the lines of their relationship, and the way he touches her is certainly not friendly, right?

The third book in the spicy Chestnut Springs series that follows the Eaton brothers, wild cowboys in this small town and their girls. Having read back to back the 2nd and 3rd books of the series, I came to share my thoughts with you.

So I give it 4 stars because I really like the whole plot and the series! I find the found family one of the best I have read and I can't wait to continue with the 4th book as they are addictive!

I honestly loved Sloane, she was a dynamic protagonist who knew what she wanted and after years of unfulfilled love she did not hesitate to stay strong and demand what she wanted.

I want to say the following and I say it with much love: I love the series, I will read them all. But I have the following thought, the author is excellent at writing spicy small-town romances with very deep friendships. However, if something was missing for me and I found gaps, it was the depth of the characters and specifically Jasper. I understand his childhood trauma but he kept saying that everyone leaves if you love them, while this was not true except for his parents.

In terms of romance and the relationship between the two protagonists, I really liked the childhood friends to lovers trope and I think it was very well written!

P.S. Cade will always be no.1 in my heart with Willa but Jasper and Sloane will be no.2