While they're different in nearly every other way besides that, there's still something about them that feels alike. Each month, members receive a free book from one of our moderator-authors and have a chance to ask questions and chat with the featured author. He needed her, regardless of the possibility that he can tell more about the lady by just a look at her. But there’s something so familiar about her…and the mere presence of her turns her world upside down.

I'm going to be honest with you, the only thing Things We Never Got Over and Secretly Yours have in common is the small-town romance trope. Hallie Welch fell in love with Julian Vos at fourteen after they almost kissed in the dark vineyards of her family’s winery.They had great chemistry and connection, they were both each other’s first loves and Hallie is a Virgo. The palpable, intense chemistry between Beat and Melody turns them into instant celebrities, leading fans to embrace their on-camera romance with even more intense fervor than the possible Steel Birds reunion.

She was riding to the rescue of her estranged twin to Knockemout, Virginia, a rough-around-the-edges town. Julian’s family owns a winery where he grew up, but he now lives a few hours away and works as a teacher. The winery owned by Julian’s family, Vos Vineyards, was once one of Napa’s preeminent wineries, but it's struggling to recover after wildfires almost destroyed the business.Hallie had a crush on Julian when she was a teenager and she has spent years wondering what could have happened between them. Octavia’s son, Beat, and Trina’s daughter, Melody, grew up in the spotlight, but Beat was fawned over by the press, while Melody’s awkward teenage years made her the object of derision and disdain. They meet on a rooftop in Boston on the night Ryle loses a patient and Lily attends her abusive father’s funeral. When Julian finally finishes his book and emerges from his study, he realizes how long has passed and his sister tells him Hallie blames herself for what happened. To give you a better idea of what the book's about, here's a brief description: " Bearded, bad-boy barber Knox doesn't tolerate drama, even when it comes in the form of a stranded runaway bride.

Tessa Bailey's book, Secretly Yours, is about the love story of a free-spirited landscaper and an ultra-regimented professor turned novelist. Eventually, everything is tied up with a bow, but the easy resolutions for so many long-standing feuds and family dramas feel pat and unearned. After Hallie sneaks out in the middle of the night to retrieve her final secret admirer letter, Julian has a panic attack when he cannot find her. The novel was published in 2013 while the second novel that was also published in 2013 is known as “His Risk to Take”. Their post-it notes conversations were heart-warming, funny, touching, and just all-around wonderful.Bailey’s characteristic banter and instant chemistry between her main characters aren’t enough to salvage the novel, which feels entirely constructed of scenes and tropes but without any real plot.