The Co-Op

By: Tarah DeWitt

Many thanks to St. Martin’s Press, St. Martin’s Griffin, and NetGalley for the ARC of this book!

This book is sweet, cute, and heartfelt as well! When LaRynn’s grandmother passes away, she leaves half her ownership of a building to her. LaRynn’s grandmother was married to Helene, who left her half ownership of their building to her grandson, Deacon Leeds. Deacon and LaRynn had a summer fling when they were younger, but he broke her heart and they stopped liking each other. The co-op is in shambles and now Deacon needs LaRynn there to either pitch in and help, or sell it. She doesn’t have any money currently, but can get her trust fund… if she gets married. So they agree to get married for however long it takes to fix the building. But how is this going to work if they hate each other?

This was such a great read. I’ve read a few renovation romances but this has to be one of the better ones that I’ve read. I liked the characters; I thought that LaRynn’s change of being kind of grumpy to becoming more sunshine was great, but also well explained that it was easy to understand why she was grumpy. Deacon was really trying his best, and he was sweet. I recently read a book that I didn’t like, where everything felt forced, and this was quite the opposite. These two were perfect for each other. Nothing felt forced, and I was smiling along reading about these two.

I really loved the little stories of the grandmothers. There was a lot of sentimental moments in this book which really made the book special.

Romance lovers are going to love this book!!!

This will be out on November 12. Pre-order/check it out here.