A review by whimsicalyme
Why I Held Your Hand by Augusta Reilly

4.0

Take a look at this cover.....I’ll wait. Doesn’t this look like an idyllic Winter scene? I saw the cover of this book and thought, “Yay, sweet holiday romance!”

Hold on to your hats friends cuz this is not a sweet little holiday romance. Nay, Nay this is the late night edition, I kept thinking Skinamax, Cinemax’s late night sister!!

I absolutely LOVED the banter, the sarcasm, the witty comebacks and the characters in this small town romance!

Laura has the unfortunate luck to meet not one but 2 amazing men at the almost same time.

In an attempt to save her fledgling town, Laura is meeting with high powered marketing firms to increase tourism in the area. North Powell is surrounded by larger cities with ski slopes, hot springs, fancy eateries, and late night bars and clubs. North Powell can’t compete. Enter David, Spencer, and James....

Laura meets David first, in an opening scene that is so funny and memorable, I read it aloud to my husband! Laura and David are soon dating and happy but Laura is working closely with Spencer to save the town. As they work together they develop a close friendship...that evolves into so much more. It almost takes Laura by surprise, how much she cares for Spencer.

Laura was a very likeable main character that just happened to meet the man she was destined for while she had something pretty great with someone else.

This was literally a one sitting read, at less than 200 pages, I flew through this book! I was so invested in who Laura would end up with, I couldn’t put it down! I liked both men so I expected to be sad, but the author wrote the ending so well, I wasn’t upset.

I thoroughly enjoyed Why I Held Your Hand and 100% swooned when the title was referenced near the end of the book. I loved this one! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️, pick it up ASAP, it’s available now!

Thank you Suzy Approved book tours, Augusta Reilly, and Rhapsodic Press for my digital copy of the book to review!