This is the first contemporary romance I’ve read by New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Julia Kent, and I found her style to be engaging. This story is a prequel to her new Love You, Maine series. Let’s meet Kellan "Kell" Luview, an environmental policy fellow with an international NGO, the EEC, in Washington, D.C. Kell hails from a quirky small town in Maine called "Love You," where every day feels like Valentine's Day. He's romantically involved with Alissa, his confident and driven supervisor, who is also the head fellow. Recently, though, Alissa has been distant, ignoring his calls and skipping their dates. Things unravel further when Kell’s friend Rachel—who has a bit of a crush on him—reveals that Alissa has accepted a position with MonDex, a big oil company she refers to as the "Evil Empire." Kell feels blindsided, wondering if Alissa was only dating him to connect with his Uncle Ted, Maine’s Commissioner of Agriculture, Fo...
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