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Simply You

(Hope Valley #1)

Maggie Wild

it was amazing 5.00 · Rating details · 2 ratings · 2 reviews

It rains on Sarah’s wedding day. As luck would have it, she isn’t getting married. Instead she’s riding her bike, Cecelia, through the soggy English countryside and trying to figure out where her plans for a simple country wedding went wrong.

When Cecelia is stolen and Sarah is stranded in the tiny village of Hope, she refuses to call her fiancé, Amir, to be rescued. Inste ...more

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Published January 12th 2021 by Steel Rose Press

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Jan 11, 2021 Jayne Townsley rated it it was amazing

Shelves: england, chick-lit, clean-romance, contemporary-romance, hea, small-town, weddings, wrong-side-of-the-tracks, runaway-bride, homesteading

Simply You by Maggie Wild

Book 1 in the Hope Valley Romance Series

Adult Contemporary, Clean Romance

Probably one of my favorites ever. It's built in that Mary Blair/Disney style that I like so much. Colors are fantastic, it sets the mood and tone for the book, font choices and placements are really good.

The plot is clever in that it entices you to continue reading to find out some things. This book took a bit more patience than usual, and I

Simply You by Maggie Wild

Book 1 in the Hope Valley Romance Series

Adult Contemporary, Clean Romance

The plot is clever in that it entices you to continue reading to find out some things. This book took a bit more patience than usual, and I almost gave up because the love Sarah has for a bicycle was just a bit wonky to me. It's explained, though, and once done, it made so much sense, and I just wanted to hug Sarah. The ending surprised me, as well. Pleasantly. And that's all I will say about that because of

There's something I want to talk about so bad that Sarah asks about Amir...to herself, but it's still a question she has and shows how insightful she is even if she doesn't give herself enough credit due to fear. But the answer will have River Song shushing me. Suffice it to say it took a while for me to figure out if I liked Sarah or not, and in the end, I did.

Michael I like from the get-go...and his sister and all the people in the town. It's what small-town living should be like. These folks understand community, and it means something to them.

Amir and Claudette...I don't think we're supposed to like Claudette, and I think we're supposed to, at the very least, like Amir. But he gave me creeper vibes from the get-go. You'll have to RAFO to see if my assessment is correct or if I changed my mind and he redeemed himself.

The "hero" is quite a shock and none of the people mentioned above.

Like the movie The Holiday, this book has me dreaming about a trip to the English countryside. And it made me LONG for a small town/fair carnival. We missed all that in 2020. Keeping a weather eye out on the horizon to see if they return.

I'm waffling between a 4 and a five. Four for me is "really enjoyed it," and 5 is "think it's wonderful and that everyone should read it, and I'll probably reread it." In truth, I'm still in 4.5 mode, but that rounds up to 5 Stars, so 5 Stars it is. I received an ARC of this book.

I'm looking forward to the sequel.

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Jan 21, 2021 Kathleen Guthrie Woods rated it it was amazing

“Simply You” was just the great escape I needed. A sweet and engaging modern romance, it allowed me to travel vicariously as Sarah, the lovely protagonist, cycles through the British countryside on her bike, which she affectionately calls “Cecelia”, to shake things up a bit and try to figure out what, for her, is the good life.

Her stop in the village of Hope – it’s a real place! – got me day-dreaming and mentally planning a future vacation. It’s so warm and welcoming. I want to ride my bike the ...more

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Maggie Wild writes fun, flirty contemporary romance novels. She lives in California Wine Country with her own Mr. Right and a small collection of furry friends.

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