GRR Reviews Happily Ever Kissed (Heartland Cove) by Vicky Holt

Happily Ever Kissed used a fairly unique, if a bit contrived setup to drive the meetcute, but ultimately, it's an "everyone but you" romance.

Ava is co-owner of the Heartbeat Inn, near the historical Heartland Cove Bridge, the 2nd longest covered bridge in North America. Her family always had their first kiss on the bridge, and she's under a deadline... The mayor said the bridge is too dangerous and will be torn down, leaving her not too much time to pick out a candidate for her epic kiss, and that would include her inn's guests... but she doesn't want just anyone. He needs to be someone dreamy, like romance novel heroes... and definitely NOT her handyman Sebastian. But asking guests out for a kiss isn't as simple as it seems, even though one of them is definitely drool-worthy... Just who would she pick?

While the premise is unique and rather "cute", it's also really contrived, or at least it felt that way. The stake should have been higher, like those who didn't suffer broken hearts or something. We can see the end result from quite far away and predict the ending. The journey is... "okay".

Category: Contemporary

Primary Plot: Can a young woman get the epic kiss like her family always did on the historic bridge before it got torn down? With who?

Tropes: triangle, innkeeper, family pressure

Overall Rating:  3/5