Basically this book is a funnier and gayer version of Romeo and Juliet. If Montagues and the Capulets had hot sauce businesses.. An okay read, so give it a try!

I liked that this book had an interesting take on romance, and how a family feud can affect everyone.I recommend to romance lovers

This book is filled with laughter, heartbreak and twists and turns. Claire left her fiance, Kurt, at the altar knowing that marrying a man would be a very bad idea. Kurt's family never forgave Claire or her family for her running away. When Claire is asked by her aunt to run her shop while she is on vacation, Claire agrees. The shop is located where Claire's family and Kurt's family own competing hot sauce businesses. Kurt's sister meets Claire on a chance encounter, but does not know who she is. A growing relationship between the women begin. Until Ivy finds out who Claire is. That is when the twists and turns begin.
I would recommend this to anyone who wants to read an unusual book!
I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

How can an event which occurred 15 years ago continue to affect a community? Well, it does in this romance. Two families are feuding over a “runaway bride” incident. Claire Fontenot is to wed Kurt Savoy but leaves him at the alter on their wedding day. Thus, the feud begins between the Fontenot’s and the Savoy’s. Claire leaves town in disgrace.

Fast forward 15 years and Claire returns to the small town for a vacation. She wishes to visit with her aunt and father while not letting anyone know she is home—especially not any Savoy’s. Ivy Savoy is Kurt’s younger sister. Ivy has been dreaming of her perfect woman and thinks that she will never come along until she meets Claire. Both are interested in each other and a simple date is set up. Unfortunately, when they originally met, they only used first names. Once last names are revealed sparks fly.

This is a cute romance. The storyline is believable, and one hopes that Claire and Ivy are able to smooth out their problems. Ms. Moreau has a nice writing style which makes the book flow nicely.

I highly recommend this book and give it 4 out of 5 stars.

I received this ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

The feud between two St Augustine families is a young one, only 15 years old, but the tempers are as hot as the sauces that the Savoy and Fontenot's each produce. Ivy has been dreaming about her soul mate and when she comes across Claire's broken down car, the woman who emerges from the smoke is the one from her dreams.

I do like books set around New Orleans along with the mystique and superstition which appeals to me. Ivy and Claire are likeable characters who both have really interesting career desires. The feuding families theme has been well executed by authors like Robin Alexander and this one is definitely up there with them.

It's light, fun and infinitely plausible. Even the odd goings-on seem believable.

Book received from Netgalley and Bold Strokes Books for an honest review.

<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48745561-a-moment-in-time" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img border="0" alt="A Moment in Time" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1573385903l/48745561._SX98_.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48745561-a-moment-in-time">A Moment in Time</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/14157766.Lisa_Moreau">Lisa Moreau</a><br/>
My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3095973968">3 of 5 stars</a><br /><br />
An unusual read from the author. There's a family feud, comedy, hot sauce battles and a slow burn romance that somehow works out at the end. Main characters Clair an Ivy mesh overtime despite age, family drama issues of death and bullying. The central take away: Be true to yourself. Read slowly, thoughtfully and enjoy.<br />3.5 stars<br />I rec'd an ARC from NetGalley/Bold Strokes Books for review without prejudice.
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Claire Fontenot did the unforgivable. She left her groom Kurt Savoy at the altar. She should have spoken up much earlier but at the time she was just coming to understand that she was a lesbian. But for the timing she was in reality saved Kurt from what could have been a sham marriage.
Problem is her father was best friends with Kurt’s father. Both men ran their family businesses, both making hot-sauce. Now because of a wedding that never happened making hot-sauce became a competition.
Claire left town and tried her best to stay as far away as possible but when her father complained he never saw her she felt going for a couple of days won’t hurt. Besides it would give her time to work on a presentation to the company Board of Directors that would ensure her a promotion. That is if she can do it without being sick. Giving presentations was something she just couldn’t do.
Ivy Savoy, Kurt’s younger sister worked alongside her father and brother at the family company making hot sauce. She wasn’t very old when the ‘left-at the-altar’ turned ugly. Along with her twin sister she quickly learned they were doing battle with Claire’s father Blaze. Her dream was to go to college so she could learn how to repair clocks, especially the older ones her grandmother owned and loved.
So the two meet and the attraction was immediate. But how to overcome the family feud wasn’t going to be that easy.
Ms Moreau tells us a nice story where my only complaint is the fact that you have two businesses that are doing good but both women were very poor. I mean Claire was at her job for 15 yrs but she still didn’t make enough to have her car fixed.This thread ran throughout the entire book. The way they finally came together was somewhat surreal. Having said all that I still enjoyed reading this book. Nicely paced with some surprising twists and turns making “A Moment in Time’ a very enjoyable read.
ARC via NetGalley/ Bold Stroke Books

What drew me to this book was its premise - two people from feuding families "meet" and fall in love fifteen years after one of the women left the other's brother at the altar. Sounds like a good read with lots of drama, but I was left wanting more. There really was no drama at all, and the romance was a long time coming. At times, I felt as if I were reading a Robin Alexander book as the setting and characters felt similar, as was the touch of humor. The characters were likable if not totally believable but all in all, it was a sweet story.

What happens when you meet the woman of your dreams but realize you cannot be with her because of a long-standing family feud. This is the predicament that Ivy is faced with when she meets Claire. Even though Ivy discovers that Clair is a family enemy that she cannot associate with, fate is somehow determined to have Ivy and Clair's paths to keep crossing. And as both women reluctantly form a mutually beneficial relationship, Ivy finally realizes that Claire is not the horrible person Ivy thought she was. With the help of the very special characters like Myra, Bruiser, and a very wise saint, forgiveness becomes a possibility but would the feuding families understand?

Lisa Moreau does a wonderful job writing a beautiful story about finding your true love. But this is just not a romantic story but this also a story that expertly explores how unhealthy holding a grudge is and then shows the impact of forgiveness! Great job!

The main characters in this book are Ivy and Claire. Ivy works in a small town at her dad’s hot sauce shop, Claire works in Houston and is visiting family in St. Augustine.
Ivy has a recurring dream where she finds the woman of her dreams, she feels it but she ant make out any of her features. They embrace in the fog in her dream and Vivaldi plays. One day she meets Claire on the side of the road, her car broke down and she is standing in the smoke of it. Ivy tries to help, she is taken snake by the woman and can’t seem to think straight. She feels like this is her soulmate, and low and behold, Vivaldi plays, it’s Claire’s ringtone. Her car gets towed and ivy thinks she’ll never see her again. But she runs into her in town, they set up a lunch date. While on their way to lunch Ivy discovers Claire is the woman who left her brother at the altar 15 years ago. This started a feud between the two families. How can Claire be the woman of her dreams, she is clearly straight and she has hurt her brother. Ivy makes a run for it, hoping to never get to see Claire again. But faith brings them back over a clock and a clock shop. Can they overcome the family feud and be happy together?

I like the 2 main characters, they seemed real. I didn’t care much for their father’s “high school friend” Bruiser, to me it was a weird addition to the book, unnecessary as well. Also, can I get a painting of the sky? I love how that is described and I love looking at the clouds.
The feud and Ivy’s brother Kurt were a bit much as well, of course leaving someone at the alter is horrible, but Claire never got a chance to explain. And after explaining, after 15 years, everyone is still so sour. All in all it’s an ok read for rainy day.

As I have gone deeper into this book I liked it more, in truth at first it seemed a bit too surreal, but in the end all the oddity has made sense and I ended up enjoying this almost fairy tale very much. Saving the distances, there are many parallels with the stories of Clare Ashton that I have enjoyed very much, The Goodmans and Poppy Jenkins. Perhaps it has been because of the small community environment, the extraordinary events and the strength of the feelings, both positive and negative, all the characters wear their hearts on their sleeves.

The story goes about a fact that happened fifteen years ago and that has led two families to maintain a feud that seems to go beyond the logical. To finish off this, the two families are engaged in the same activity, creating and selling spicy sauces, continuously competing to be the best at this. And in the middle of these disputes two women, Ivy, the youngest daughter of one of the families, who has a great secret that torments her and also has a recurring dream in which she finds the woman who will be the love of her life, and Claire, the only daughter of the other family, the cause of the feud that she doesn't know how to solve.

I can understand that this story can be found somewhat simple and overly sappy, but I have found it quite fun and romantic. It is not necessary that everything makes sense to finally get a good story.

3.5 stars. This book is about Claire Fontenot who is forced to take two weeks off from her job working with data for clouds. She decides to go back to her hometown as it is her aunt's birthday and she has not been back in a long time. She has not been back since she left Kurt Savoy on the alter 15 years ago. She left Kurt for a valid reason, but it led to a family feud between the two families. When her car breaks down outside of town, she meets Ivy Savoy, Kurt's little sister. They do not realize whom each other is at first and are both instantly attracted to each other and cannot stay away from each other. Ivy is convinced that Claire is the woman of her dreams, and is perfect for her and will not let the feud destroy what is going on between them, despite Claire being a little careful since there is an 11 year age difference between them,

Truthfully, the description for this book made me a little hesitant to read it. I thought it would be a bad Romeo and Juliet book that would be predictable. I was mistaken and really enjoyed this book. I really liked all the tension and drama between Claire and Ivy. The way the book went about them being able to be together was clever and their interactions made sense and were cute. Claire and Ivy were cute together and they both evolved throughout the novel. The dialog was well written and the book as a whole seemed to flow well. There was a lot of tension between the two characters and I enjoyed it a lot. The book was more well written then I expected and I would recommend it. I had not read this author before and would definitely read another book by her.

A Moment in Time is a cute, insta-love age-gap romance. This was a really quick and enjoyable read.

Clarie Fontenot, a 35 years old nephologist (studies clouds) has avoided her hometown for fifteen years, ever since she left her fiance at the altar. But forced to take vacation from her job, she reluctantly returns for two weeks. Ivy is 24 and, reluctantly, works for her family's hot-sauce company in the same hometown.

Ivy's always believed in a one-true-love romance and when she inadvertently meets Claire, all the stars seem to be aligning; however, their two families hate one another, Claire's history with Ivy's older brother Kurt only makes things much more complicated, Claire has sworn off younger partners, and besides, she's only staying for a few weeks. Can the two women overcome all this to make true love happen?

**I received this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.**

3 to 3,5 stars
Cute story with light paranormal elements, great chemistry between the main characters, but strange parts too.
The idea of a feud sounds silly in this day and age and that was certainly the most difficult part to swallow, especially as I'm not someone to hold grudges and don't understand those who do.
It also gave me the feeling of the supporting characters being more caricatures that real people. All over it's a lighthearted tale despite handling some issues like death and bullying.

This was an interesting book, not what I expected at all. You truly feel for all involved throughout. Read with an open mind and see.

This is the first book by Lisa Moreau that I have read, so I wasn't sure how she wrote. After completing A Moment in Time, I can say that I absolutely love her storytelling ability.

The Fontenot and Savoy families have had a long-standing feud going after Claire Fontenot left Kurt Savoy at the alter. Little did they know that fifteen years later, Claire would return to the town and would meet her soulmate in Ivy Savoy. I enjoyed so much how the walls of the feud between the families began to crumble as Claire and Ivy began to get together. The build of their relationship was a very slow build that was just fine with me. It allowed the story to evolve, for bits and pieces of the past to be revealed, and for their feelings to grow and grow. By the time they finally get together, it was such a sweet moment.

The way the story was written kept me interested the whole time. I read the whole book in a day's time as I didn't want to put it down. It is a sweet romance as well as the redemption of two families who had feuded for so long. I highly recommend this novel.

I was provided with an ARC of this book by NetGalley in exchange for a fair and unbiased review.

Like the title. Moments are what our day-to-day life is made of. From moment-to-moment, we can effect change. For example, if you are interested in losing weight and eat way more calories today it does not mean a healthy lifestyle is over for you. As Scarlett O'Hara states, "...Tomorrow is another day." This read held an interesting premise with an age gape romance, hot sauce, family feud, high school boyfriend jilted at the altar, and interesting supporting characters. Ivy Savoy, strong willed yet working in the family business out of guilt. Claire Fontenot, leery of returning home, believing she is on track for the job and career of her dreams. What both women do not realize is that they are not being their true self or living their best life. Slow burn with a little bit of spice.

This is an age-gap, slow burn romance, but the plot is a very interesting one.

Claire Fontenot "dared" to leave her fiancee, Kurt Savoy, at the very altar, and that itself had been a disaster that started everlasting feud between these two families. Everything, since that moment, was cursed and forbidden regarding the latter family, from the former one, and vice versa. To add to the feud, they are main hot sauce makers in the town, and deadly opponents.
15 yrs later, no bad blood has calmed down, them still being where they were, Kurt still bearing old wounds, throughout new relationship. But, of course, the main traitor happens to be Ivy, Kurt's much younger sister, who finds herself involuntarily falling for Claire, the more she gets to know her.
Everything would've been easier, if Claire hadn't felt the same...
Will their love for each other finally put a stop to the feud, or will it fuel the hatred even more, making their love impossible ?

It was a very fun read... Few misses every now and then (I didn't quite feel their chemistry burning, which is a shame, really, the plot is great), but I very very decent read overall. 3.5 leaning towards 4 stars.

I’m not sure how to feel about this book. It’s an okay read and I really wish it had been more, as I remember loving The Butterfly Whisperer (even though, as usual, I don’t remember why since I only rated it at the time, and didn’t write anything).

Anyway. Claire Fontenot left Kurt Savoy at the altar when they were only nineteen, because she had realized she was a lesbian and couldn’t marry him, however sweet he was. Fifteen years later, Kurt is still kinda traumatized, and so are both families. Blaze (Claire’s father) and Hubert (Kurt’s father) used to be best friends but are now ruthless competitors in the hot sauce business. When Claire is ordered by her boss to take two weeks off, she agrees to go visit her family, hoping she won’t have to face any member of the Savoy family. Then she meets Ivy, Kurt’s younger sister. Ivy was eight at the time of the disastrous non-wedding, so neither she nor Claire recognizes the other until they sort of go on a date. They both try to stay true to their families but the attraction is too strong.

A Moment in Time is a rom com / age gap / slow burn romance, with some really good scenes (there’s one with Ivy and her parents, another with her and Kurt) and many little things that just didn’t work for me. Like when Ivy is so suprised Claire is a lesbian even though earlier in the story she talked about a blind date with a woman. Or how Claire keeps insisting she’s so old. She’s thirty-five, and even though I get that she’s the age her mother was when she died, it still doesn’t make sense (or maybe it’s because I’m so much older now, that I feel thirty-five is really young). Or the tragedies both familes have suffered, which don’t really bring much to the plot.

So, if you’re in the mood for a cutesy and (not so) light read, go for it. If you’re looking for more, I’ve reviewed quite a few 5* books lately.

I received a copy from the publisher and I am voluntarily leaving a review.

Romeo and Juliet bored me back in school, so I'm not sure what I expected to get out of this lesbian version... I'm honestly not sure exactly what I expected to get out of this read, but whatever it was, it didn't happen for me in this one. To be perfectly fair to the author, I'm not usually a fan of rom-com or cutesy stories though.

So, in the style of the Montagues and the Capulets, the families of our two main characters Claire and Ivy are feuding. They used to be close, but when Clair left Ivy's brother at the alter, it set off a string of problems between the families and they've been fighting ever since.

Even though there's an 11 year age gap between Clair and Ivy, it was still hard for me to believe that Ivy didn't recognize Claire when they first ran into each other again. I know that many of their interactions were meant to be cute, but I had a hard time seeing any sparks or feeling anything for them really. All of the incredibly contrived circumstances that forced the two back together once they found out who each other really was felt unbelievable, and the entire family feud thing felt totally ridiculous. I also don't really understand why the author chose to toss in two random side plots of Ivy dealing with her twin sister's death and Claire's bully from high school coming back.

This one just felt a bit too cutesy for my taste. 3 stars.

**Many thanks to Bold Strokes for providing me with an ARC in exchange for my honest review.**