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Savor the Moment
476 pages
A cozy, sugar-dusted romance about risking a lifelong friendship for the chance at a forever love.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like stepping into a sunlit, sugar-scented kitchen surrounded by your closest friends. It delivers a deeply comforting, low-angst experience where the central tension stems not from external melodrama, but from the terrifying vulnerability of risking a foundational friendship for romantic love. The narrative moves at a steady, engaging clip, driven by sharp, affectionate banter and the sensory delights of wedding cakes and bustling event preparations. The heroine's prickly, fiercely independent exterior perfectly balances the hero's steady, protective warmth, creating a dynamic that is both playfully combative and deeply tender. It is a perfect escape for anyone who delights in stories of found family, lifelong crushes, and the quiet courage it takes to finally ask for what you want.
- Mood
- cozy
- romantic
- comforting
- sunlit
- Tone
- warm
- playful
- affectionate
- feisty
- Pace
- steady
- Themes
- found family · brother's best friend · overcoming insecurity · female solidarity · workplace romance
- The writing
- Accessible and dialogue-driven, the prose is rich with sensory details that bring the bustling, sugar-scented world of a wedding bakery to life.
- The arc
- The protagonist moves from prickly, guarded longing to a vulnerable and wholehearted acceptance of a love that was always right in front of her.
- Who it's for
- Romance readers who crave low-angst, comforting stories anchored by fierce female friendships and the delicious tension of a childhood crush.
Content notes
- mild sexual content
- class insecurity
About the book
New Love takes the cake in the third novel in Nora Roberts's new Bride Quartet-in a stunning French flap edition Wedding baker Laurel McBane is surrounded by romance working at Vows wedding planning company with her best friends Parker, Emma, and Mac. But she's too low-key to appreciate all the luxuries that their clients seem to long for. What she does appreciate is a strong, intelligent man, a man just like Parker's older brother Delaney, on whom she's had a mega-crush since childhood.But some infatuations last longer than others, and Laurel is convinced that the Ivy League lawyer is still out of her reach. Plus, Del is too protective of Laurel to ever cross the line with her-or so she thinks. When Laurel's quicksilver moods get the better of her-leading to an angry, hot, all-together mind-blowing kiss with Del-she'll have to quiet the doubts in her mind to turn a moment of passion into forever...
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