ROMANCE

No One Does It Like You

Berkley. Sept. 2024. 384p. ISBN 9780593549339. pap. $19. CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
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Rose Kelly and Tom Wilczewski had the kind of love-at-first-sight relationship that people write songs about. But they’ve been divorced for years, and the paparazzi are convinced Tom is dating his Broadway costar Boyd. After Tom risks his life to save Boyd from hurricane floodwaters, however, the only person he can think about is Rose. Tom leaves Rose an impulsive voicemail pledging eternal love, which reaches her just as she’s facing extensive renovations on her great-aunt Max’s inn, with no help in sight from her preoccupied family. She accepts Tom’s offer of help with the repairs as a belated sort of apology, while he maintains hope that they’ll rekindle their lost romance. What follows is a comedy of errors involving movie stars, fan fiction, home renovation, will they/won’t they tension, and an unwelcome colony of bees.
VERDICT In Shepard’s (Sweeten the Deal) latest, Rose and Tom make a charming couple, although their patterns of behavior might not change enough for some readers to fully embrace the second-chance happily-ever-after. It’s the hapless movie star Boyd and his cadre of fan-fiction-writing devotees who will keep readers rooting for this second chance at marital bliss.
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