Title: Denim & Diamonds
Authors: Penelope Ward & Vi Keeland
Genre: Standalone Contemporary Romance
Release Date: July 27, 2025
Authors: Penelope Ward & Vi Keeland
Genre: Standalone Contemporary Romance
Release Date: July 27, 2025
BLURB
When the board of directors of my company mandated that I go to a wellness facility in small-town Maine to recharge, that shouldn’t have included:
He was also a cinnamon roll despite his seemingly rock-hard exterior.
And the last man I should’ve been falling for—because my time in this small town was limited.
I had to head back to my life in New York City, one that was the complete opposite from the kind Brock lived. He was denim. I was diamonds.
The problem was, the sexy lumberjack wasn’t the type of man who was easy to walk away from. Hell, I couldn’t even part with his plaid shirt that had become a constant fixture wrapped around my shoulders most days, let alone think about erasing him from my life.
A life with Brock, though, would have to be all or nothing.
Go big or go home.
I just didn’t realize that choosing to go big might also mean getting my heart broken when Brock’s life took a turn neither of us saw coming.
- Using a ladder to sneak out of the bedroom window at night and going to the local bar.
- Getting so drunk that the bar owner brought me upstairs to sleep it off in his bed.
- Waking up staring at the taxidermy moose head on said bar owner’s wall.
- Falling for said bar owner who was the most drop-dead gorgeous man I’ve ever seen.
He was also a cinnamon roll despite his seemingly rock-hard exterior.
And the last man I should’ve been falling for—because my time in this small town was limited.
I had to head back to my life in New York City, one that was the complete opposite from the kind Brock lived. He was denim. I was diamonds.
The problem was, the sexy lumberjack wasn’t the type of man who was easy to walk away from. Hell, I couldn’t even part with his plaid shirt that had become a constant fixture wrapped around my shoulders most days, let alone think about erasing him from my life.
A life with Brock, though, would have to be all or nothing.
Go big or go home.
I just didn’t realize that choosing to go big might also mean getting my heart broken when Brock’s life took a turn neither of us saw coming.
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MY REVIEW
February may have dreaded being sent to this tiny Maine town to "recharge" but she changes her mind when she meets the gorgeous lumberjack bar owner who took care of her after she snuck out of the wellness center where she was "recharging." But despite how instantly she and Brock form a connection, they're miles apart, and not just physically. She's a fancy handbag designer in New York and he's a bar owner in Maine. They couldn't be more different and more perfect for each other. They'll just have to find a way to blend their lives together.
Brock tries to do at least one good thing a day. He did his good deed today when he helped the gorgeous February get back to the wellness center where she was apparently sent to by her company. He can't stop thinking about her even though she's the least appropriate woman he can think of for him. He's a small town guy and she lives in New York and designs fancy purses. How can these two opposites possibly work? Especially when a bombshell revelation is laid on him?
I don't think I'll ever tire of Penelope and Vi's brand of romance with heart. Brock and February (love the name!) have smokin' chemistry, but what I love most is how heartfelt their story is. They could have let go of each other when it got hard, when life took a huge twist. But nope, that connection they formed so quickly wouldn't allow them to quit, even though getting through it was difficult and took more than the usual amount of work. By the time I read the last page, I was smiling, as this adorable couple of opposites finally got their happy ever after that they had worked so hard for.
PENELOPE WARD
Penelope Ward is a New York Times, USA Today and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of contemporary romance.
She grew up in Boston with five older brothers and spent most of her twenties as a television news anchor. Penelope resides in Rhode Island with her husband, son, and beautiful daughter with autism.
With over two million books sold, she is a 21-time New York Times bestseller and the author of over thirty books. Her novels have been translated into over a dozen languages and can be found in bookstores around the world.
She grew up in Boston with five older brothers and spent most of her twenties as a television news anchor. Penelope resides in Rhode Island with her husband, son, and beautiful daughter with autism.
With over two million books sold, she is a 21-time New York Times bestseller and the author of over thirty books. Her novels have been translated into over a dozen languages and can be found in bookstores around the world.
VI KEELAND
Vi Keeland is a #1 New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author. With millions of books sold, her titles are currently translated in twenty-seven languages and have appeared on bestseller lists in the US, Germany, Brazil, Bulgaria and Hungary. Three of her short stories have been turned into films by Passionflix, and two of her books are currently optioned for movies. She resides in New York with her husband and their three children where she is living out her own happily ever after with the boy she met at age six.
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