Synopsis:~

For Quinn Collins, buying the flower shop in downtown Harbor Pointe fulfills a childhood dream, but also gives her the chance to stick it to her mom, who owned the store before skipping town twenty years ago and never looking back. Completing much-needed renovations, however, while also competing for a prestigious flower competition with her mother as the head judge, soon has Quinn in over her head. Not that she’d ever ask for help.

Luckily, she may not need to. Quinn’s father and his meddling friends find the perfect solution in notorious Olympic skier Grady Benson, who had only planned on passing through the old-fashioned lakeside town. But when a heated confrontation leads to property damage, helping Quinn as a community-service sentence seems like the quickest way out—and the best way to avoid more negative press.

Quinn finds Grady reckless and entitled; he thinks she’s uptight and too regimented. Yet as the two begin to hammer and saw, Quinn sees glimpses of the vulnerability behind the bravado, and Grady learns from her passion and determination, qualities he seems to have lost along the way. But when a well-intentioned omission has devastating consequences, Grady finds himself cast out of town—and Quinn’s life—possibly forever. Forced to face the hurt holding her back, Quinn must finally let go or risk missing out on the adventure of a lifetime.

My endorsement:~

Courtney Walsh is gifted with an ability to create characters that reflect us, in all our glorious and wounded humanity. Quinn and Grady are opposites – each striving to prove something, both fighting to be seen and heard for who they really are. I could relate to Quinn in so many ways that it was a little painful to see her stumble and feel her heartache. Walsh doesn’t hide Grady’s sense of entitlement, but layers him well, revealing the man underneath the arrogance, someone living with pain and regret. Contemporary romance readers will find so much to love in Just Let Go, from the small town characters and shenanigans to the blossoming romance, and the themes of forgiveness, redemption, and discovery. I loved this story!

With thanks to the publisher for my review copy. I provide Author Support Services to the author, but my opinion remains my own

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