Author: Traci Douglass

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Publisher: Entangled: Bliss

Page Count: 200

ISBN: 1640637869

Goodreads Rating: 3.75

Mandy Reynolds needs a reset on life in so many ways. Her acting career isn’t exactly where she’d hoped it to be. She can’t even get a job as a germ for a commercial. When she inherits half a house she sees it as a sign and heads home to Heavenly Falls, Illinois. She’ll sell the house, and use the money to take her career to the next level in Los Angeles. That is if she can convince her hard-headed––and stupidly gorgeous–– ex-stepbrother, Alex Noonan, to sell fast. The last time Alex saw Mandy, she was a gangly teen, who followed him around like a sad puppy. But she’s grown into a smart and funny woman, who is as frustrating as she is beautiful. The fact that they have to live in the house––together––while they fix it up, is one temptation he doesn’t need. And while he’s having fun spending time with her, she’s moving on soon, and he needs time to heal. Plus, she has no idea he’s got a secret that could put a monkey wrench in all of her plans...

I’ve read several books by Traci Douglass over the last year. And I’ve really enjoyed them. So when I saw ‘Worth The Wait’ on Netgalley, I requested it immediately and got super excited when I got the ARC in my mail. Traci Douglass has a way of writing ‘very easy to read’ romance stories, and this one definitely sounded like another fun one.

In ‘Worth The Wait’ we meet Mandy Reynolds. Mandy has had it hard the last view months. Losing her mother to cancer, and not being able to get her acting career going the way she’d like. So when her mother leaves her ‘half’ a house in her home town of Heavenly Falls, she is determined to make this in something great. This story starts right when Mandy is visiting her new ‘house’. And although I get why we missed out on Mandy losing her mother etc. It took me a long time to really get into this story.

Mandy only inherits half of the house. The other half is now owned by Alex, Mandy’s ex- step brother who she always had a crush on. Somehow Mandy’s mom left the house to both of them. Something I definitely didn’t get. I mean, Mandy’s mom rarely had any contact with Alex anymore.. So the reason that is given for leaving him the house just felt off to me.

Although I liked Mandy and Alex, and I liked their connection, I just didn’t really feel their chemistry all that much. There’s just so much going on with both Mandy and Alex, that I just couldn’t really seem to focus on their romance. And even in the end of this book, I still had so many unanswered questions.

The setting of the book in Heavenly Falls was something I really liked. I love small town stories. And this town definitely seemed charming.

Overall I enjoyed this book, but didn’t really love it. There was just to much going on that distracted me from Mandy and Alex.

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I’m a USA Today Bestselling Author whose stories feature sizzling heroes with humor, quick wits and troubled pasts and heroines who are smart, tenacious, and always give as good as they get. I hold an MFA in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University and I love cute animals, chocolate, coffee, hot British actors, and sarcasm—not necessarily in that order. For more information about Traci please visit her website. Or visit her on Facebook and Twitter.

I received this book from Netgalley in exchange of my honest review.

Maureen Bakker

Maureen is a mom, wife, nurse, and Ravenclaw living in the Netherlands. She spends her days juggling mom-life, reading, blogging, planning date nights with her husband and working as a nurse. Maureen also is a big Anglophile, loves cooking, Gilmore Girls, Bridgerton and Harry Potter.. Always!  Facebook | Instagram