Ever since incurable
romantic Chloe Daniels was left at the altar by her cheating fiance, she's been trying to make the best of things and move on with
her life. She has a job she loves as a greeting card designer, an
awesome family, and her supportive best friend/business partner
Veronica; she's sure that she will find her soulmate too when the time is right. Eight months after the wedding that wasn't, the official matchmaker of the town of Romeo, NY (also known as Chloe's Great-Aunt Erma)
announces that Chloe's soulmate is "the boy she
first kissed" and that she only has a week to find him, sending Chloe on a wild journey to track down the Matt
Smith she knew from summer camp before it's too late. That turns out to be easier
said than done, so Chloe is forced to seek help from the decidedly UN-romantic Nick O'Shea, a private investigator who also happens to be her high school ex-boyfriend. Sparks fly as Chloe and Nick set out on a cross-country road trip, but will the ones between Chloe and Nick be bigger than the ones between Chloe and Matt Smith?
Sarah Ready is a new-to-me author, so I didn't know what to expect before I started reading. I was completely blown away by how much I loved this book! For starters, it's probably the most genuinely funny rom-com I've picked up so far this year. Nick and Chloe's flirty, witty banter was epic and there were so many scenes that I could see translating perfectly to a movie screen. The slow burn was also phenomenal, and it was incredibly sweet that Nick did so many crazy things to help Chloe in her quest even though he didn't really believe in it. In addition to all of that, there were some genuinely emotional moments, such as when Chloe confessed the real reason she was so determined to follow through on finding her soulmate.
Overall, "Chasing Romeo" gave me all the feels and I can't recommend it highly enough. I'm certain that it will find a place on my "favorite books of 2021" list, and Sarah Ready has likewise found a place at the top of my "authors to watch" list. I look forward to whatever she writes next!
Sarah Ready is a new-to-me author, so I didn't know what to expect before I started reading. I was completely blown away by how much I loved this book! For starters, it's probably the most genuinely funny rom-com I've picked up so far this year. Nick and Chloe's flirty, witty banter was epic and there were so many scenes that I could see translating perfectly to a movie screen. The slow burn was also phenomenal, and it was incredibly sweet that Nick did so many crazy things to help Chloe in her quest even though he didn't really believe in it. In addition to all of that, there were some genuinely emotional moments, such as when Chloe confessed the real reason she was so determined to follow through on finding her soulmate.
Overall, "Chasing Romeo" gave me all the feels and I can't recommend it highly enough. I'm certain that it will find a place on my "favorite books of 2021" list, and Sarah Ready has likewise found a place at the top of my "authors to watch" list. I look forward to whatever she writes next!
*Review copy provided by the author via Social Butterfly PR. All opinions expressed are my own.
About "Chasing Romeo"
Chasing Romeo, an all-new heartwarming opposites-attract standalone romantic comedy from author Sarah Ready is available now!
A laugh out loud, soul mate chasing rom-com romp, Sarah Ready’s Chasing Romeo is a perfect feel-good novel about finding love where you least expect it.
Chloe Daniels is a starry-eyed romantic who believes in true love, soul mates and happily ever afters. So when a psychic predicts the identity of her soul mate Chloe will do anything to find him.
But there’s a tiny problem.
Chloe’s soul mate is 1 of 7 men, spread across the U.S. and she has only one week to reach him.
Out of desperation she hires Nick O’Shea, a cynical private investigator who thinks soul mates, love and happily ever afters are a load of crap.
Chloe and Nick have nothing in common. She wants her soul mate. He wants to get paid.
But on their crazy, true love chasing road trip across the U.S. Nick starts to wonder if maybe he was wrong about love, and Chloe starts to wonder if she was wrong about the identity of her Romeo.
Soon, Chloe will have to choose between her soul mate and the man she hired to find him.
Opposites attract in the first book of a heartwarming new series by romance author Sarah Ready.
Read an Excerpt from "Chasing Romeo"
“I’m just asking,” I say, “are you sure you want to bet your future on a myth?” Because, to be honest, something inside me wishes she’d get up and say, screw you, fate, I’m taking my future in my own hands.
“Would I bet my future?” she asks.
I nod and lean forward to hear her answer.
Slowly, she says, “I’d bet everything.”
Her words ring in my ears. She’s serious. She’ll do anything to get with this random guy she hasn’t seen in nearly twenty years. It’s like a cosmic joke, except I’m not laughing. I guess I shouldn’t have expected anything less.
“It’s a myth,” I say. “It’s not real.”
“It is,” she says. She points her finger at me and jabs me in the chest. “And I’m going to prove it to you.” Her hand rests over my heart. We both look down at her touching me. She yanks it back and wipes her hand on her napkin.
No man likes to see a woman wipe herself off after touching him. I scowl and then take her unspoken challenge. “More likely, by the end of this week, I’ll prove that soul mates don’t exist.”
“Good luck, you have hundreds of Aunt Erma’s successes against you.”
No worries, I stand by my belief that the whole town of Romeo is suffering from romantic delusions. Hey, the tourism dollars depend on it.
Also, I’d like to push a little bit of reality into this situation and throw out the idea that this guy might not be decent.
“He could be a rapist,” I say. That gets her attention. Her head snaps up and she glares at me.
“Or a Lothario,” she says. Take that, her eyes say. She bares her teeth at me in a semblance of a grin and I smile back. Game on.
The minstrel who had wandered close again hightails it to the other side of the restaurant.
“He could be a drug dealer,” I say.
“Or a pharmacist,” she says.
“He could be an alcoholic.”
“A vintner.”
“He’s unemployed,” I say.
“Independently wealthy.”
“He looks like a frog.”
“He’s a prince,” she says.
“He’s boring.”
“Strong and silent.”
I glare at her and she glares back, a smile curving on her lips.
“Bad in bed,” I say.
“A sex god.” She bites at her lower lip and I have the urge to take it in my mouth and show her a decade of pent-up wanting. I yank my thoughts from her lips and drop my ace in the hole.
“He could be an ax murderer,” I say. Take that and chew on it.
She laughs, throaty and low, and her eyes light up. The candlelight sparks off her glowing skin.
“Or,” she says, “he’s a lumberjack. Mmmm. Sexy ax. I’ll hold the handle. Rawr.” She claws her hand and scratches at the air.
I shake my head. “You got it.” I hold up my goblet of mead for a toast. “To Matt Smith. Chloe’s lumberjack soul mate.”
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