Liam and Marigolds story was so sweet and sad at the same time. I loved getting glimpses of the past and seeing them fall in love. Seeing how much they still obviously loved each other but fought it was UGH.

The boys and their mischief was adorable till the end.

My only complaint is that it took so long to find out WHY they split.

Seriously I just love the whole Wells family and still want more.

“Most people would never find a love like this, and yet I was lucky enough to have found it twice with her.”

“She carried sunshine with her everywhere she went, and she shined it on everyone in her proximity.”

“I like this version of you. The Marigold who doesn’t hate me.”- “I’ve never been able to hate you. No matter how hard I try.”

“We were the endgame.”

first of all thank you so much netgalley and Juliana Smith for the arc!!

Mini review!!
Rating- ♾️/5

i am in love with this book- i can already tell i’ll be thinking about this book daily for the next few days🥹 i highlighted so many little lines in this book- Liam knew exactly what to say to make her heart melt and mine too🥲 Liam and Marigold were so perfect!! I was giggling, smiling and kicking my feet through the entire book and i may or may not have shed a few tears through the book.

i’ll add a full review soon!🤭

Hard NOT to Love
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (5/5)  
Spice: 🌶️ (1/5)  

“𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯?” 𝘔𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵. 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦, 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬. “𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥?”

Tropes:   
Second Chance Romance
Single Mom x Single Dad
Forced Proximity
The Parent Trap
Struggles of Motherhood Rep

✌🏼Vibes:   
I am in AWE! This was such a fantastic read about the struggles of marriage and parenting while also being deliciously swoon worthy and hilarious. Each character added to the story. Each heartbreak drew out raw emotion. Heavens… Liam is a fantastic book boyfriend/second chance husband.
Marigold is inspiring - her love for her boys, her tireless work ethic, her nurturing heart. The whole Wells family is so fun! Mama B is a top tier secondary character. I’ve got to get my hands on Books 1 & 2!

👇🏼Recommended to...  
EVERYONE! Seriously to anyone who reads the lighter side of romance with true emotion and realistic characters - I would 100% recommend reading this spectacular second chance romance.

I really enjoyed reading this it was a different spin on "second chance" and a version of second chance that i (personally) haven't read before.

3.5 stars

“𝙈𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙚𝙩 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙡𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙮 𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙬𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙝𝙚𝙧.”

This book was so sweet and I loved seeing Liam and Marigold’s story! Truly two people who were meant to be with one another, with a loving connection. The only thing I found difficult with this book was the pacing. It felt suuuper long because tbh a lot of times nothing happens. 😖

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝:
▫️their banter - omg it was so cute and hilarious
▫️the twin boys - being so devious and pitting them together was great and definitely fit the parent trap trope
▫️the way they return back to each other and clearly care for one another after so many years

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐃𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞:
▫️HEAVY on the miscommunication trope in this one. A lot of their divorce could’ve been rectified or even canceled if they had acted like adults and talked it out
▫️the length. I love a slow burn, but this was sooo slow and we got nothing but kissing in the end

So far I still think Layla and Luke were my favorite of the Wells boys, but I’ll continue to read this series because I love this authors writing style.

Where are all my romcom lovers? How often have you read a romcom that features a divorced couple with kids? If you're like me, you'll be saying "not often at all" and that is why I'm going to say, give this book a whirl! 

It is clear the chemistry hasn't faded between Marigold and Liam, despite the many years they've been divorced. This second chance, parent trap romcom doesn't only focus on the two getting together, as cute as that is. I couldn't help but be impressed at the way our two main characters coparented and maintained a healthy relationship purely for their children. Both characters were so likeable with so much history, that you couldn't help rooting for them to get back together. This was such a gorgeous story and that ending, wow!

I’ve been highly anticipating this book, and it did not disappoint! It’s a second chance romance for a divorced couple that were high school sweethearts and are parents! He never stopped loving her, despite their divorce, and ahhh! Liam always drops everything for Marigold, and I love it! And seeing Marigold slowly let Liam again was just so sweet. Honestly, FANTASTIC book! Cannot recommend it enough.

- forced proximity
- single mom
- single dad
- second chance

Marigold and Liam Wells <3 After reading the first two books in this series I was so happy to learn more about their love story, and ultimately how the two fell apart. With a bit more heavier moments with topics of some hardships Marigold faced in motherhood and their divorce, not only did this book make my heart ache, it also made my heart soar !!! Watching Liam and Marigold’s story unfold and face the love they still had for one another was so adorable and precious. Miles and Dallas are the cutest sets of twins and I adored the parent trap moment, along with the spring school carnival. Their story was a super sweet, cozy, and comforting springtime read.

“She was an open book I wanted to read over and over again”

“This was stronger, more beautiful, undying and eternal”

“What makes you so sure I ever stopped?”

This gem of a book is out now 💐

This book is a sweet, second-chance romance between two single parents who used to be married. The healing and growth between Marigold and Liam, both as individuals and as a couple, was beautiful. I loved seeing their journey from high school sweethearts to where they ended up. Juliana never fails to write the most heartwarming books 💜📖

This book has:
•Childhood friends to lovers 💕 The leads have been together since high school
•Marriage in crisis (Technically, they are divorced, but neither has fully moved on, even if they didn’t want to admit it.)
•Single mom x single dad
•Parent trap vibes
•Sunshine x sunshine leads ☀️
•Some major Noah from the Notebook vibes: The hero renovated his house to match the heroines Pinterest boards

This book was so heartwarming and swoon-worthy. Thank you to Victory Editing and Netgalley for an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

3.5 stars

Thank you to NetGalley for an Advanced Reader Copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. I absolutely adore Juliana Smith’s writing and this was no exception. I loved the story line and overall it was a great time. I cannot wait to read more of her content!

This book is perfection. I absolutely loved these characters and following them along their journey. You can definitely tell when an author is passionate about a topic because it is written so well and intentional. I feel that this book is perfect for anyone going through a rocky relationship or someone wanting to understand both point of views in a relationship falling apart. Just fabulously done.

A perfect, second chance romance where Marigold and Liam are assigned to work together on a project for their son's school. They can't deny the sparks between them and Liam pushes to resurrect their friendship while hoping to rekindle their relationship. This was my first Juliana Smith book and I look forward to reading the rest of this series.

Where oh where do I start? This is my first time reading Juliana Smith, and now I’m running to read her backlist. What a precious story of two people who give their love a second chance. I think a lot of romance readers are moms, and have probably been where the FMC of this book was. So Juliana definitely knew her audience when she wrote this. This story meant so much to me and I’ll be thinking about it for a long time.

When I say I breezed through this book? I mean it. I started it somewhere in the afternoon and finished it by nightfall, and for me that's fast.
But that's just how hooked this book had me.

I've never read a second chance romance that involved two people who had children but oh my god, this might be one of my new favorite tropes. The angst, the tension, the yearning for each other but not daring to make a move because making the wrong one would make things so much worse... 10/10.

And the boys! Dallas and Miles stole my heart in a matter of seconds and they never let it go, not even when they decided to be little troublemakers and scare their parents.

Now, I'm not necessarily a fan of kids. Not in real life nor in books or TV shows, but these damn ten-year-olds seriously gave me baby fever. Congrats.

There's nothing else to say than this book was just such an amazing read it almost felt like a gift to have it in my hands (well, on my kindle).

This was my first book from this series, but it didn't matter one bit. I have to read the rest of the series now.

Thank you to Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review

I liked the beginning of this book, but about 60% it started to fall for me!
I loved getting to know Marigold and Liam and their boys in the first few chapters and it made me giggle a few times!

For me, the why of Marigold and Liam on why they got divorced and how they reached that point dragged out too much for me and that’s where I sort of started to lose interest.

Special thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced copy of this book! All thoughts and opinions are my own.

closed door romance queen! i have yet to find a book by juliana that i didn't fall in love with. the most amazing love story with real characters you can root for

I love some second chance romance. And this one was a REAL second chance. They are a married couple who's been divorced for a few years.

This is the third book in the Wells family series, and to be honest, you can really read this one as a stand-alone.

Marigold and Liam are both great people. They were high school sweethearts and super in love. Were. Now they're co-parenting ten year old twins. Liam keeps himself in his ex-wifes life by irritating her whenever they're together.

Marigold is still close to Liams family (which is nice but different since ya know. They're divorced). And now they're paired together on a project that will take a long time to finish for their son's school. Who would have paired them together?

It was, of course, super sweet. Each book I've read of Julianas has been super sweet. I enjoyed every minute of the slow burn. We know they're meant to get back together, but it takes them a while to realize that they can work together again.

The boys were great, too. And they really love their parents. 😉

I truly enjoyed this read SO much! If you like the movie The Parent Trap you will LOVE this read! The story it tells is so beautiful and so many twists that you are not expecting. I also loved how the chapters went back and forth with each point of view between Marigold and Liam. The story is so wholesome and I definitely recommend reading it. I could not put this book down!

Sometimes history repeats itself. Sometimes, it rewrites itself entirely in this second chance, parent-trap-style romantic comedy.
Stuck between a rock and a hard place, Marigold and Liam are forced to figure out if their relationship can flourish again, or will they burn out?

There's something about 2nd chance romances that hit different. Having characters with so much history really adds to the emotional impact of the love story, and the chemistry between Marigold and Liam in this one gives ALL the feels ❤️

4.5⭐️ | 1🌶

She had me at parent trap! I grew up obsessing over that movie so when I saw this book was a modern day version of that, I obviously had to get my hands on it.

I’ve read a couple of Juliana’s books and one things for sure, she certainly knows how to write the most swoony MMCs! Liam is just the sweetest, most non toxic ex-husband I’ve ever get read of; and he always knew what to say to make Marigold’s heart melt (and mine too!). The banter with him always pushing her buttons made their interactions a lot more fun. Marigold is an absolute darling! Seeing her navigate through motherhood as a single parent and always putting her boys first made her one of my most favourite FMCs. I loved reading about both Liam and Goldie (as he liked to call her ❤️) falling back in love and giving their relationship a second chance.

I was giggling, swooning and kicking my feet throughout this book; and the little girl in me had a blast reading this story!