Do Me a Favor Review

By Cathy Yardley

Star rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Spice rating: 🌶️🌶️🌶️

Pub date: 7/23/2024

Blurb

Willa Lieu-Endicott moved from California to the Pacific Northwest to start over. Since her husband’s death, she’s been struggling to get back her old career as a cookbook ghostwriter. Unfortunately, her latest project—ghostwriting for a viral cooking sensation known more for his washboard abs than his meals—has her stuck.

Until she meets her new neighbor.

Hudson Daws, the handyman next door, lives on a farm with his parents and two adult children. He’s the opposite of everything she’s ever known. His happily chaotic life includes biker barbecues, an escape artist dog, and adorably menacing goats. He’s also got a sinfully sexy smile and a rumbling bass voice that makes her shiver. He inspires her.

From their first meeting, the two fall into an escalating cycle of favors, paybacks…and attraction, even though Willa’s trying to keep her distance.

They both have their own pasts to deal with. Now, they just have to figure out if they have a future.

A delectable rom-com about a widowed cookbook writer and a divorced handyman who find that it’s never too late for a fresh start.

Category: Contemporary Romance

 

Read if you Like:

🛠️ Older MCs

🛠️ Contractor MMC

🛠️ Neighbors

🛠️ Cookbook writer FMC

🛠️ Dog escape artist

My Thoughts:

We live in a society where we often get told to follow our dreams but one thing I don't think we always hear is that if life gets in the way the chance isn't gone. I recently found this myself when I got the opportunity to move to New York City 10 years after I thought that was a dream I needed to let die. Do Me a Favor very much gives this message while also being an adorable romance with great characters.

Hudson and Willa are two people who gave up their dreams to support the people they loved and had wonderful experiences. However, now they are both in a place where they can make some changes. I loved that they encouraged each other to be the best version of themselves and find what makes them happy.

If you are a fan of romances with main characters in their forties, something I think we need more of, neighbor romances, reading about food, or small town romances this one is for you! Do Me a Favor is my first Cathy Yardley book but it won't be my last!

Thank you to Montlake for providing me with an eARC. All opinions are my own.