I first bumped into author Courtney Walsh with her novella in the collection entitled, Right Where We Belong. I lovedddd it so I was pumped to join the book blog tour with Celebrate Lit when I saw that Courtney Walsh had Just Let Go coming out.
Keep reading for my review and to enter the giveaway!
About the Just Let Go
Title: Just Let Go
Author: Courtney Walsh
Release Date: June 5, 2018
Genre: Contemporary Romance
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.
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About the Author
Courtney Walsh is a novelist, artist, theatre director, and playwright. Her debut novel, A Sweethaven Summer, hit the New York Times and USA Today e-book bestseller lists and was a Carol Award finalist in the debut author category. She has written two more books in the Sweethaven series, as well as two craft books and several full-length musicals. Courtney lives in Illinois with her husband and three children. Visit her online at www.courtneywalshwrites.com.
Cordially Barbara’s Review
On a scale of cotton candy to Brussels sprouts, Just Let Go by Courtney Walsh is honey lavender ice cream. A frigid dessert with surprising yet tasty flavors that melts across the tongue. Dark chocolate flakes sprinkled cut through the sweet.
[Copy received. Opinions always my own.]
Quinn, a new flower shop owner, has her life perfectly planned, and then Olympian Grady crashes into town and into Quinn’s life. For all his infuriating wildness, Grady makes a place for himself in the small town. Quinn isn’t so sure what to do with this man, who seems set on flipping her world upside down.
Courtney Walsh came into my world with her novella from the Where We Belong novella collection. I was eager to read another book by her. Just Let Go brings to life two very different types of people, a perfect example of “opposites attract.” I tend to love this type of tension although I did want Quinn to soften up a bit faster! Both Quinn and Grady had to grow for their relationship to work, and I liked seeing that reality.
Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this novel and actually had to face a couple of issues in my own life (namely fear) that this novel brought right up to the surface (thanks but no thanks…hahaha). That’s the true gift of story. While the characters were going on an emotional journey, I was too–not just with their journey but with my own.
If you love romance, winter settings, and “opposites attracting,” then I think you’ll really love Just Let Go by Courtney Walsh.
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Giveaway
To celebrate her tour, Courtney Walsh is giving away a grand prize of a library of Courtney Walsh’s books and a $25 Amazon gift card!!
Click below to enter. Be sure to comment on this post before you enter to claim 9 extra entries! https://promosimple.com/ps/d0a4/just-let-go-celebration-tour-giveaway
I wanna know! Would you be willing to fall in love with a celebrity? Tell me in the comments.
