Review: Make it Real (The Walkers of River's Edge Book 2) by Nan Reinhardt

 

They were only faking it….

A landscape designer for his family’s construction firm, Joe Walker, is nearing completion on one of the most important projects of his career—gardens for spec homes that if they wow, Walker Construction will survive. When a freak accident sidelines him with a broken leg, the firm hires a competitor. Her ideas are radically different, but his stalker ex arrives to play nurse, and Joe needs more than gardening help.

After six-years working in English manor gardens, horticulturist Kara Sudbury returns to River’s Edge to help in her grandparents’ struggling garden center. She’s thrilled when Jackson Walker hires her to execute his injured cousin’s designs. Ignoring Joe is difficult because he’s as sexy now as he was in high school and even more stubborn. But when Joe asks Kara to play the role of girlfriend, they strike a deal that will help Joe handle his tenacious ex and put Sudbury’s Nursery back in the black. Kara’s up for the subterfuge…for a price, but then the pretense feels real, and Kara is reminded that every rose has its thorns.

 

My Review:

This book has everything I look for in a romance.

Every time I hear of a new River’s Edge book, I know I have to read it.  It’s like coming home to my old friends and family.  In this book we meet Joe Walker and Kara Sudbury, who fake a relationship, but it soon turns real.  This book has all the feels, lots of witty banter, sweet and touching parts and even some parts where I just laughed out.  This is a great addition to the Walkers of River’s Edge series.