Review: A Place to Belong

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Horror author Felicity Bell moves to the charming town of Oak Bend after being shunned from the last place she called home. When she walks in the door of her new rental, she doesn’t expect to find a half-naked man standing in her kitchen. There’s just one problem: Wyatt Dawson seems to think it’s his kitchen. Misunderstandings aside, her new neighbor is lumberjack hot, and his grumpiness only makes her more determined to bring a little joy to his life, even if he’d rather be left alone.

Burned by his past, Wyatt isn’t about to let the cheerful free spirit next door into his heart only for her to crush him when she flits out of town again. But with his well-meaning, matchmaking, mother on the case, these two end up spending far too much time together and things between the unlikely pair quickly heat up. It may be true what they say—opposites do attract, but only if their relationship can survive Wyatt’s interfering ex-girlfriend and Felicity's fear of history repeating itself.

A Place to Belong is part of the Blue Collar Romance series, a multi-author series of standalone novels. Welcome to Oak Bend, where blue-collar hotties work hard and love even harder, especially when it comes to landing their happily ever after.

Genre: contemporary romance

Publication date: September 2021

Mature content: yes

Review: A Place to Belong is not overall bad but it's a bit...cheesy. From the matchmaking mother (who really does that?) to the ex-girlfriend (who cheats on Wyatt but then apparently wants him back) to the writer who talks a lot about writing but seems not to write all that much, but is instead intent on planning festivals and the like to make sure she fits in - it's a full range of stereotypes. 

I found the romance a predictable and not all that realistic either - Wyatt goes from uninterested/working against his mother's machinations to getting all-out involved with Felicity in just a couple of days. 

If you're a fan of contemporary romance, you may want to give A Place to Belong a try, but I can't bring myself to actively recommend it. 

Happy readings!

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