Release Blitz: Did Not Finish by Nicola Marsh

Genre ~ contemporary romance

Featuring ~ grumpy/sunshine, recluse, age gap (28 & 38), forced proximity, snowed in, insta~ish love, fade to black

Release date ~ October 4, 2022

POV ~ dual ~ 1st person

Page count ~ 253

Audio length ~ 6 hours 40 minutes

My rating ~ 4.25⭐

My review:

Mia & Axel
Mia is excited to win a contest to go on a retreat to bestselling author, Axel Low’s, house for a week long retreat. A book reviewer by day and an aspiring author by night, she’s hoping to get feedback on her work. When they get snowed in, and none of the other contest winners can make it, they soon act on their mutual attraction. But does Axel have an ulterior motive that could ruin things before they fully even get started?

I was so sad about Axel’s secret. He was a really sweet man under the grump. The trope name drops throughout the book was fun, but somewhat overdone, to see as I’ve read at least 1 book from every trope listed. I did not really get an enemies to lovers vibe with them at all. There is zero steamage here, they talk a big game and it seems like we’re going to get some action…but then poof ~ fade to black. Overall, I enjoyed this quick read.

I’m excited for the next book featuring hot lumberjack lookalike, Buzz.

I was fortunate enough to receive a kindle copy and the audiobook to review. I started out listening to it, then switched to my kindle, then back again and ultimately I preferred the kindle, so that’s how I tackled most of it.

Narrated by Kendra Murray & Connor Brown for 6 hours and 40 minutes, easy to follow at 2x. The narration was okay, but I wasn’t overly in love with either of their voices.

*Thanks to Grey’s Promotions, Dreamscape Media, Nicola Marsh and NetGalley for the ARC and advance audiobook. I am voluntarily leaving my honest review*

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Book blurb:

Stranded…with my nemesis.

AXEL: It’s bad enough an unseasonal blizzard means I’m stuck with my PA’s annoying cat, but to make matters worse, Mia Samson and her poison pen are in my house too. The renowned reviewer has tanked enough books with her dreaded DNF and I need to teach her a lesson.
But my enemy is not what I expect and if I’m not careful, I’m in danger of revealing my secret to the one person who can use it against me.

MIA: I know people in publishing call me the career-wrecker behind my back. What they don’t know is, I’m writing a novel, and when I’m lucky enough to win a week-long retreat with bestselling Axel Low in quaint Sugar Plain, Nebraska, I’m thrilled.

Until I discover being snowed in with the reclusive grump is merely the first trope my life has turned into, and soon I’m sorely tempted to enact enemies to lovers…

Which one of us will lose the plot first?

Meet Nicola Marsh

USA TODAY bestselling author and multi-award winner Nicola Marsh writes page-turning fiction to keep you up all night.

She has published 80 novels and sold over 8 million copies worldwide.
She currently writes contemporary romance, domestic thrillers and small town women’s fiction..

She’s a Waldenbooks, Bookscan, Amazon, iBooks and Barnes & Noble bestseller, a RBY (Romantic Book of the Year) and National Readers’ Choice Award winner, and a multi-finalist for a number of other awards.

A physiotherapist for thirteen years, she now adores writing full time, raising her two dashing heroes, sharing fine food with family and friends, cheering on her beloved North Melbourne Kangaroos, and curling up with a good book!

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