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What I Should’ve Said by Max Monroe

Small town love story perfection!

What I Should’ve Said by Max Monroe is small town romance at its absolute best. I fell completely in love with the characters, every single one of them felt real and unforgettable. The emotional depth of this story was both heartwrenching and heartwarming in the most beautiful way. Norah and Bennett were everything together. Their connection was so genuine, and I loved how they pulled the best out of each other through raw, vulnerable moments. And don’t even get me started on Bennett and his daughter, Summer, those two were pure sweetness and charm. This story tugged at all the right heartstrings and left me smiling (and maybe tearing up a bit, too). I didn’t want it to end!

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐️

Blurb:

When grumpy, muscled-up artist Bennett Bishop bothers to speak, it’s usually to say something you’re not ready to hear.

When he first speaks to Norah Ellis, a rambling runaway bride who hitchhikes a ride from him, it’s to tell her to get out of his truck and walk because she’s a pain in the a-s-s.

By appearance, Norah Ellis is a fancy fashionista who’s spent the last several years living the good life in the city—expensive apartments, highbrow events, and a fiancé with wealth and good looks. The only problem is that she didn’t choose any of it for herself.

On the day of her July wedding, thanks to a letter from a stranger, Norah’s world turns upside down. She runs for the hills of Vermont to start a new life, but what’s waiting for her, between her estranged sister, the townspeople, and bad-boy Bennett Bishop himself, is way more than she bargained for.

Enemies turn to lovers, strangers become friends, dark secrets bust open like cans of worms, and most of all…Summer will never be the same.

Tropes:

🩷 Contemporary Romance
🧡 Runaway Bride FMC
🩷 Artist/Painter MMC
🧡 Enemies to Lovers
🩷 Grumpy x Sunshine ☀️
🧡 Dark Secrets
🩷 Emotional (You’ll Need Tissues!)
🧡 Small Town
🩷 Spicy 🌶️ Scenes
🧡 Dual POVs

XOXO,

Courtney

What I Should’ve Said by Max Monroe
Published: April 1, 2025
Genres: Romance
Pages: 352
Rating: 5 Stars

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