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Actions speak louder than words and Corinne Michaels fully embraces this statement in her third installment in the Whitlock Family series. Tempting Promises is an enemies to lovers small town romances, that truly shows the line between love and hate is much closer than you think. Corinne Michaels shines! This novel is beautifully written, deliciously plotted, sensually tension filled and a sexy exploration of someone’s true character. This series has been full of gem, each novel has felt wonderfully unique while still keeping the Whitlock family at its center. Corinne Michaels continues to broaden this small town with dimensional characters while fleshing out the world around the main characters. While this is the third installment in this series, you can easily read it as a standalone, and I would highly recommend this to any small town romance lover!
Rowan and Charlotte both sparkle and sizzle off the page! Their history, dynamics and competitive natures put them both at odds from the start of this novel, and I love how Michaels does not shy away from keeping the “enemy” tension between them for as long as she can. These two are the perfect match for the other, their banter and chemistry enlivens every interaction and drives their romance to a beautiful end. Michaels also uses a snowed/iced in situation to truly create the perfect forced proximity element to drive them into a new physical exploration. These two together are sexy and watching their inner battles with themselves is delightful and fun. Actions truly speak louder than words in both Rowan and Charlotte’s cases, they both struggle with trust in a romantic relationship; so, it is truly through their actions that their feelings speak a world of depths. The strength of their romance lies in the quiet moments of exploration, understanding and trust, as they both learn the inner truth of the other.
Tempting Promises is absolutely worth a read! Pick up this novel if you are looking for a hero that will work hard to show his heroine that she is the one. Pick up this novel if you love two people supporting each other and being proud of what they achieve. Pick up this novel is you love to explore the sensual tension of an “enemy”.
Thank you so much to Valentine PR for an eARC, all thoughts and opinions are my own.