RELEASE BLITZ & REVIEW: Bittersweet (Ashton Family #1) by Carrie Aarons

 NEW SMALL TOWN ROMANCE 

Looking for a small town, enemies-to-lovers romance? Say no more! Carrie Aarons just released Bittersweet! This is a star-crossed novel about neighbors who have to play nice when he realizes she's selling the land joining their properties that his family has fought to claim for decades.

The last place Cassandra Mauer ever thought she’d step foot again was Hope Crest, Pennsylvania. But once the world famous actress gets the call that her estranged father has passed, and his only living relative will need to settle his estate, she finds herself back in the small town that sent her running once upon a time.

Little do her dilapidated childhood home and her father’s affairs know, Cassandra was in need of a project exactly like this to distract from the glamorous life she no longer wants or recognizes. That is, until she bumps into the man whose family is considered Main Street royalty.

Patrick Ashton is the boy next door, a Hope Crest celebrity, and one of the heirs to the most famous restaurants on the East Coast. He has no problem reminding her just how much the town hated her old man … and in turn her for sharing his last name. But when he realizes she’s going to sell the land their two families have fought over for decades, Patrick might have to change his tune.

As he begins scheming to charm the woman the entire country wants to be or be with, she can’t deny the spark of chemistry between them still exists after all these years. The one that simmered in the shared woods behind their homes where no one else could see.

And when the danger that sent her fleeing as a teenager returns to seek revenge, she finds Patrick genuinely in her corner, despite his family’s objections. In the place she swore never to return, she might have just found the love and life she was searching for.

Except old wounds and unsettled scores might not let her keep it.

Read it now in KU: mybook.to/ReadBittersweet

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My Review

I received an advanced copy of this book with the promise of an honest review. 

Cassandra has returned to a town where she didn't stay long, but definitely made an impression. Her father's death has forced her to face her past and that comes with some surprising outcomes. Back in high school Patrick had eyes for Cassandra and now that she's back, he sees it as an opportunity to wrong some rights. 

I really enjoyed this book! From the moment that Cassandra and Patrick reconnect, it is evident that there is a connection between them. His family may not think well of her family name, but he is determined to change their minds. 

This is a sweet story that has some sexy times thrown in for good measure. I always find Carrie's books to be easy reads that give me the warm and fuzzies. Small town romance at its best!